Chaoyin Temple

Chaoyin Temple

Chaoyin temple is commonly known as Guanyin hall. Located in lijiapan East, Gulu Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. It was first built in the seventh year of Jingtai in Ming Dynasty (1456). In 1730 (the 42nd year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty), Li Fazhi, the magistrate of the county, wrote about the amount of the gate. It was destroyed by fire in Yongzheng period. In 1739, it was repaired again. In the eighth year of Qianlong (1743), Zhang Chengzhong wrote about his family. Jiaqing eight years (1803) added. It was rebuilt in 1813. In 1930, it was destroyed by fire. In 1934, local people raised money to rebuild the temple. Huang Yanpei wrote the forehead of Chaoyin temple.

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Chaoyin temple is called "Haichao sound" because of the wonderful sound of Buddha and Bodhisattva. The second volume of the Lengyan Sutra says: "the Buddha is merciful and merciful to Ananda and all the people. He speaks the tide of the sea and tells all the good men. "Hai Chao Yin" also refers to the sound of Guanyin.

Chaoyin nunnery, the main hall for the western three saints and Sakyamuni, Nanhai Guanyin, dizang and other Buddhas, the two sides of the 18 Arhats, East and west between the two for Zen.

The East chamber is for the portraits of Wenchang, Chunyang, Leigong, Dianmu, shixianggong and liuyinggao, while the west chamber is for the living room.

Enter the Maitreya hall for Maitreya Buddha and Wei Tuo statue. There is a big iron tripod outside the hall. An area of 3640 square meters.

When the Japanese imperialists occupied Shanghai in 1937, the east wing was hit by Japanese artillery shells, a huge hole was blasted in the wall, and the doors and windows were destroyed. In 1940, abbess bao'ang entered the nunnery and gradually restored it.

After liberation, the nunnery was once used as a workshop and warehouse, and many buildings in the hall were damaged. In 1982, it was restored and opened. In 1989, the construction of the lecture hall and the benediction tower was started and completed in early November 1992.

There are two floors in the lecture hall, the upper one is the Sutra hall, the lower one is the lecture hall, and one Jade Buddha is in the middle.

On November 14, 1992, the opening ceremony was held for the Jade Buddha in the lecture hall. Zhenchan monk, the president of the municipal Buddhist Association and the abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple, presided over the opening ceremony and held a three-day Buddhist sermon in the lecture hall.

Baoen tower is 51 meters high and has seven floors. You can view Donghai in the East and the urban area in the West.

It is a great wish of abbess bao'ang to build a tower of gratitude. She takes righteousness to repay four kinds of kindness, one for the country, two for Buddha, three for all living beings and four for her parents. Now it is a Buddhist pilgrimage site and a good tourist attraction.

In 1982, Chaoyin nunnery was approved to open and renovated. After years of repair and construction, the scale of Chaoyin nunnery gradually recovered and took on a new look.

At present, the main buildings are Weituo hall, Daxiong hall, Yuantong hall, sutra library, gratitude tower, senliao hall, Qitang hall, etc.

In the hall of Mahatma, there are three Buddhas and eighteen Arhats. Yuantong hall for a four thousand hand Avalokitesvara, benevolent like, wonderful phase majestic.

On both sides are the 32 Ying bodies of Guanyin Bodhisattva. The tower of gratitude stands in the air, which can be called the first tower in Pudong New Area.

There are Buddhist classics such as dazhengzang in the temple, and there is a monument of Chaoyin nunnery.

The current abbot, master bao'ang, is 90 years old. He was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province. He became a monk in 1923 and studied under master Dahe. He is also the executive director of Shanghai Buddhist Association and the president of Pudong New Area Buddhist Association.

building structure

In April 1996, the Management Committee of Chaoyin nunnery applied step by step and was finally approved as a legal place for Buddhist activities by the higher authorities.

For this reason, the Shanghai Buddhist Association appointed the eminent monk, master Jichang, 88 years old, to live in Chaoyin nunnery as the abbot.

Since then, the incense of Chaoyin nunnery has become more and more popular, and more than 300 residents in Shanghai have been given legal places for their activities.

With the joint efforts of master jingjichang, five monks and all the residents in the temple, elder jingjichang and ten believers worked together to make the temple the first Buddhist temple in Shanghai.

The temple has high mountain gate, bell and Drum Tower, Tianwang hall, Dabei corridor, release pool, Daxiong hall, Guanyin Pavilion, sutra collection building, guest hall and Zhaitang. There are 14 East-West halls, several men's and women's squatters, and two-story Dharma hall under construction. The temple is surrounded by mountains, water and a spring.

Every spring, the flowers of Nanshan pear are like snow, and the peach blossom in front of the gate is like powder; in autumn, pomegranate fruit is hanging, and the four mountains are green.

Today's Chaoyin nunnery has built a new Tianwang hall in front of the release pool. On both sides of the hall, east-west corridors are built to connect with the East-West wing rooms. At the same time, zhaifang is also built to solve the problem of food and accommodation for monks and residents.

Now, master Jichang often travels between Chaoyin temple and Qianfoshan, engaging in Buddhist activities.

Master Xinhao presided over the daily affairs of Chaoyin nunnery.

In the process of rebuilding Chaoyin nunnery, the local government also excavated and sorted out 12 steles related to the reconstruction of Chaoyin nunnery in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and built a forest of Steles on the right side of the reconstructed Daxiong hall.

Among them, there is a Dragon carving stone tablet, which was erected in 1802, the sixth year of Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. This tablet records the history of its name. The inscription says: "the coal mines of Wuyi people have been excavated since the Wanli period of the previous dynasty (i.e. the Jiaqing period). At the same time, it also introduces in detail" Wang Chen, a man of the city, and Taigu zhitaiyang, a man of the mountain, got them by mining coal together "and the process of building a kiln temple in Chaoyin nunnery The monument further enriched the cultural connotation of Chaoyin nunnery. A collection of scenic spots

Continuation of the site

The only surviving site in modern times, rebuilt in 1992, was named Chaoyin nunnery, which was named after Ganquan. It covers an area of 10.7 mu. Inside the temple, there are the main hall, the heavenly king hall, the Sutra collection building, the kiln temple, and the East-West side hall. On both sides of the temple are the connecting corridors. Inside the temple, there are the releasing pool, the sweet spring, the gingko trees more than 1000 years old, and various ancient trees. There are also stone tablets built in the past dynasties. There are three Golden Buddha statues in the main hall, with eighteen Arhats. They have different and vivid expressions. There is a dragon riding Avalokitesvara in the release pool, and the sweet spring water flows into the pool.

Chaoyin nunnery also suffered from disasters in history, and was repeatedly attacked by thunder and fire caused by war. By around 1949, the area had been completely destroyed, leaving only the decadent walls. In 1992, kekou Town, Shizhong District, Shanghai renovated Chaoyin nunnery on a large scale. After the reconstruction, the main hall, the East and West Wing rooms, the carved gallery and the painted buildings are antique, and the courtyard walls are winding, simple and elegant. In the main hall, the Buddha of the Tathagata sits in the center, and the eighteen Arhats on the East and west sides have different looks, which are vivid. Below the front steps of daxiongbao hall is the free life pool. In the northwest corner of the temple, the sweet spring under the ginkgo tree flows into the pool (hence the name of Chaoyin Temple). Fish play in the pool, adding infinite vitality. In April 1996, Chaoyin nunnery was approved as a legal place for Buddhist activities. In the process of rebuilding Chaoyin nunnery, the local government also excavated and sorted out 12 stone tablets related to the reconstruction of Chaoyin nunnery in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and built a forest of Steles on the right side of the reconstructed Daxiong hall. Among them, there is a carved dragon stone tablet, which was set up in the sixth year of Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. This tablet records the history of Zaozhuang being called the coal city.

Nowadays, Chaoyin nunnery has become a central scenic spot in the garden, where believers come to burn incense and worship Buddha, or to see the majesty of Buddha. As time goes on, Chaoyin nunnery will return to its former glory and become a splendid Buddhist cultural Holy Land in southern Shandong.

Under the ginkgo tree, there is a stone tablet standing in the 15th year of Wanli (1588) of the Ming Dynasty, which is entitled "the inscription of rebuilding Longwo Temple". It says: "Longwo temple is more than 30 li away from the site of the city, at the east foot of Pingshan mountain and before Yungu mountain, it has a secluded place and a spring in it. It was formerly known as Chaoyin temple. In the reign of Yuan Yanyou (around 1314), Liang Jiazhuang Hongkuan and others rebuilt it. " The tablet is about four meters high and is made of a huge stone. The inscription is written by Jia Menglong, the Minister of Guanglu temple in Ming Dynasty, and his younger brother Jia Mengli. On the back of the stele is recorded the past glory of Chaoyin nunnery: there are thousands of fertile fields, more than 100 monks in the temple, and thousands of donors when the temple was rebuilt.

Historical evolution

Luzong is a sect founded by daoxuan when Buddhism developed to Tang Dynasty, the country was unified, and Buddhism also needed to implement unified precepts to strengthen its own organization. The theory of Lu Zong founded by daoxuan is mainly the theory of "mind, ring and body". The so-called "precept style" refers to the way of giving and receiving precepts, which constitutes a psychological function of preventing bad habits. The law school divides the precepts into two categories: Zhizhi and zuozhi: "Zhizhi" refers to "all evils can not be done, stipulating 250 precepts of bhiksuni and 348 precepts of bhiksuni;" zuozhi "refers to" all good practices ", including all kinds of precepts, precepts, food, clothing, sitting and lying. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was originally a monk. In view of the historical fact that the peasants took advantage of the religious uprising to rectify Buddhism, support the right and eliminate the evil, and ensure the normal development of Buddhism in a stable environment. The Qing Dynasty inherited the Buddhist policy of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why it set up the altar in Fayuan temple was that it was designated as the temple of Lu Zong. It was intended to promote the doctrine of Lu Zong that "all evils should not be done" and "all good should be pursued" and "govern the mind" of the people.

According to the inscription of the Royal Fayuan temple, "people think that the precepts are in the right, that is to say, the law is in the right, and the source of the law is unknown; that is to say, the mind is taken to understand the precepts, but the source is not known." "The source can't be achieved without knowing the heart," and connecting with the social reality, it explains that "reaching the source" is "great and loyal to the country and filial piety, making and doing things; careful and eating and daily life, daily use and daily use". It also says that "the emperor's ancestors encouraged kindness to the utmost, and wrote" sincere "to reveal the essence of reaching the source in all ages", thus pointing out the gist of advocating the law school. Therefore, in 1778, Chaoyin nunnery was renovated again. After its completion, Emperor Qianlong came to Chaoyin in person

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