Fawang Temple

Fawang temple is located at the south foot of Taishi mountain and northeast of Songyue temple. It is said that it was built in the 14th year of emperor Yongping of the Han and Ming Dynasties, and it was changed into the Huguo temple during the reign of emperor Qinglong of the Wei and Ming Dynasties. In the Western Jin Dynasty, fahua temple was built in front of the temple. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the relic pagoda was built and renamed the Relic Temple. During the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he ordered the restoration of Buddha statues and gave them to the manor, which was changed into Gongde temple. Xuanzong Kaiyuan years, renamed Yurong temple. Daizong Dali years, rebuilt halls and pavilions, renamed Manjusri division liguangde Fawang temple. In the Five Dynasties, it was abandoned and divided into five courtyards, which still followed the old names of protecting the country, fahua, relic, merit, Yurong and so on. At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was called the five courtyards. During the reign of emperor Renzong Qingli, temples and temples were built, and Buddha statues were rebuilt, which was renamed "dafajiang temple in Songshan Mountain". Today, there are Pilu hall, Daxiong hall and square 15 storey pagoda. According to the victory of Songshan, the temple is one of the famous temples in the world.

Fawang Temple

Fawangsi is located in fawangsi Town, Hejiang County, 820 meters above sea level. Fawang temple is a famous ancient temple in southern Sichuan and Northern Guizhou. It was built in the song and Yuan Dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the early Qing Dynasty, Zen master Gaozu Zhangxue, the founder of Buddhism in Linji of Song Dynasty, selected Fawang temple as the preaching temple in southern Sichuan and Northern Guizhou to promote Buddhism. In the year of Gengshen of Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, Zen master Wenzhu, an eminent monk of Sansheng temple in Chengdu, came to Fawang temple to preside over it, inheriting the Linji legal system,. After that, several generations of eminent monks, such as Huanyu, Huiyuan, Wulian, Defeng, Guoshan, etc., diligently started their own businesses. They invited the great collection of sutras, repaired the Sutra building, built the longevity Pavilion, and set up the Buddhist Academy. The Fawang Temple flourished and became famous.

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The Fawang ancient temple covers an area of 8400 square meters, with a construction area of 4800 square meters. It is composed of Mountain Gate, Guansheng hall, Wanshou Pavilion, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, sutra collection building, Buddhist Academy, Zen hall, Guanyin hall and east-west wing rooms. All the buildings of the temple are supported by 228 red stone pillars chiseled from the whole stone. The whole temple is made of red stone. Its engineering is huge, its shape is magnificent, and its carving is exquisite. It is a great wonder of the ancient temple architecture, and is known as "the best stonework in the world". All the people in the world marvel at it!

history

In the 10th year of Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, Guoshan, the abbot of Fawang temple, sent his younger martial brother guoduan to the capital. After going through all the hardships, he played to the emperor a Book of Tibetan scriptures, including 724 letters and 7168 volumes, so that he could "worship Buddhism forever". He also gave Fawang temple a forest of ten directions and ordered it to pass on precepts during its opening period. Empress Dowager Cixi personally granted a plaque of "Fawang Temple" and a half set of LuanYi to escort the Tibetan scriptures back to the temple. In order to repay the emperor's great kindness, Wanxing pavilion has been built for more than ten years to worship the imperial edict and LuanYi. Fawang temple is famous for its incense in southern Sichuan.

In 1941, Fawang Temple founded the Buddhist Academy, which was a grand event in southern Sichuan and Northern Guizhou. Master Taixu of Chongqing Jinyun Mountain Han Tibetan Academy of education is the honorary Dean of the Buddhist Academy. Famous mages from all over the country have come to the academy to give lectures. There are research classes and ordinary classes in the Buddhist College, which teach advanced Buddhist theories and general doctrines respectively. There are more than 100 monks. The Buddhist Academy was dissolved in 1949. After the opening of Fawang temple, monk Mingren, director of the first session of Temple Management Committee, Hong Neng, deputy director, and monk Yandi were all monks of the first phase of Buddhist Academy.

Scenery

Fawang temple is also a famous scenic and tourist resort. In the past, there were ten natural scenic spots, such as the flying swallow, the tide in the palace, the mysterious pearl, the clear water in the heaven and the earth, the Dragon absorbing the waves, the bright moon, the lotus, the Giant Buddha, the white horse and the Guanyin dragon ball. The trees around the temple are green, the bamboo sea is surging, the streams are lingering, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. It is one of the famous scenic protection forest areas. Its red beans, Ginkgo biloba, Yanhong, Fokienia hodginsii, Phoebe, ancient camphor, ancient cypress, ancient pine and other national protected trees surround the whole temple. With luxuriant branches and leaves, it blocks out the sky and the sun. Among the green trees, there are blue tiles and red walls, which set off the cornices and painted pavilions.

In 1958, the Sichuan provincial Party committee designated Fawang temple as the first batch of key protected temples in Sichuan Province. Later, Yibin Prefecture Administrative Office, Luzhou City and Hejiang County successively listed Fawang temple as key cultural relics protection units. In 1991, Fawang temple was opened as a Buddhist activity temple with the approval of the government.

Address: Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

Longitude: 113.02675780489

Latitude: 34.50214713191

Tel: 0371-62889259

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: you can take bus from Zhengzhou to Dengfeng, take bus No.2 or No.6 to Songyang academy, then transfer to tricycle or take a taxi to Fawang temple

Ticket information: 20 yuan; Songyang scenic spot package also includes this scenic spot (80 yuan)

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00

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