Baoshou Temple

Baoshou Temple

Baoshou temple is located on the top of Dayun mountain on the East Bank of Jialing River Bridge in Nanchong. It is connected with the White Tower Park in Heming mountain. There is a white tower in the depression, which is a beautiful scene of "white tower morning bell" in Nanchong.

brief introduction

Baita was first built in Jianlong period of the Northern Song Dynasty (about 960), and Baita temple was built in Heming mountain and Dongyue Temple in Dayun mountain. In the Dongyue Temple, there is a statue for the great emperor of Dongyue. The great emperor is the God of Mount Tai worshipped by Taoism. It is said that this God is in charge of human life and death and is the commander of ghosts. Therefore, the emperors and scholars of the past dynasties most worshipped the great emperor Dongyue. Most of the prefectures had Dongyue temples.

history

According to Nanchong county annals of Ming and Qing Dynasties, "there is a sutra Pavilion behind Dongyue Temple, in which there is a bronze jade emperor, four feet high, which is the most precious." At that time, a bronze bell was hung on the pavilion, and it sounded early in the morning. The sound spread to several miles. It was known as the "white tower morning bell", which was praised by visitors throughout the ages. There is also a crane tower in front of the Dongyue Temple, overlooking the river. It was built to commemorate Xie Tianran, a female Taoist in Guozhou, who crossed the crane to heaven in the daytime. In the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty (about 1112), when Shao Bowen (from Luoyang) was the prefect of Guozhou, he once chanted in his poem "Crane Tower" that "spring comes and autumn goes, and the crane tower is better than Yugong tower." In the third year of Xuanhe (1121), Zhao Ze, the prefect of Guozhou (from Zhuoxian County, Hebei Province), once chanted the poem "Crane Tower" and said: "Jialing Tianhong drinks from the East China Sea, Xixi Yudai lingers in Nanshan. The peaks are surrounded by maids, and the surrounding area is like a ring. In the setting sun, the wind blows from the wind. Crane tower towering clouds, light and wind turn Hui pan chonglan Downstairs, there is an ancient well, named Longnu spring. The pool is dug underground and willows are planted everywhere. The scenery is pleasant. Temples and buildings were destroyed in the war in the late Ming Dynasty. In the 11th year of Kangxi reign (1672) of the Qing Dynasty, several main halls were rebuilt, including Mountain Gate, front hall, main hall and auxiliary hall.

During the land reform in 1951, the temple property was confiscated and the monks and Taoists returned to the secular life. During the great leap forward in 1958, Dongyue Temple was completely used by the central Sichuan Mining Bureau, and a petroleum instrument repair station was set up. In the 1980s, when the religious policy was implemented, all the houses used were returned to religious use. In August 2001, the people's Government of Gaoping District approved Dongyue Temple as a place for Buddhist activities and renamed it Baoshou temple. So the Bell Pavilion was rebuilt in front of the temple. A large bronze bell weighing two tons was cast and placed in the pavilion. At first, Shi linghang (commonly known as Yang Yuhua, from Xitou Township, Gaoping District) was appointed to preside over Buddhist affairs. Then, Shi Daohui (commonly known as Xiao Cixian, from Zhouxing Town, Longchang County) was appointed as the abbot. Relying on the donations of believers, he successively repaired the hall, rebuilt the Buddha statue, and bought back a jade Bodhisattva to be placed in the hall. And new mountain gate, so that the Millennium Temple, reappear glory.

Address: the junction of Cailian village and Liuwan village, Ducun Town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.490201

Latitude: 31.13735

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