Wanshou Temple

Wanshou Temple

Wanshou nunnery, located at No.15, Qixing bridge, Jinshan foot, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, was founded in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. Wanshou nunnery was founded in the 10th year of Kangxi by Chen Wang, a guerrilla of the Chinese army in Chaozhou City of Qing Dynasty. Its original building area includes the current Suxi Diyuan and four shops in beimenzhi street. Its original residence is presided over by seven monks, including Haihai, haishou, Haifu and Haiyu. In the 18th year of Kangxi, due to the disturbance of foreign monks, it was submitted to the Lingdong army to plant the road, and the ownership of the nunnery belonged to seven disciples.

During the cultural revolution, it was occupied as a private house. In 1988, the religious real estate policy was implemented and returned to the Buddhist Association for management. In 2001, the abbot shikuanzhen received donations from Mr. Cai rutian of Hong Kong to rebuild the main hall and monk's house. The building area is 398.12 square meters. The female monk shikuanzhen presided.

Wanshou temple, Binchuan County, Dali, Yunnan

On the right of Xizhu temple in Binchuan County, Dali, Yunnan Province, it was founded in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. There is a screen wall outside the gate of the nunnery, and the building is a bungalow with two courtyards. There are two magnolias in front of the hall. When they bloom, they are crystal clear and fragrant. In summer, the green leaves shade the sun.

Wanshou an, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province

The nunnery is located at 11 wanshouan road. In 1668, the seventh year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, Chan Master Chengyuan of Yongquan temple in Gushan, in view of the fact that there are many ferry people in Hekou and the boats are small, and the travelers are in danger of drowning, he vowed to raise money to build "Wanshou bridge", which will be completed the next year. At the same time, Wanshou temple was built on the side of the bridge, including Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, guest hall, Squatter house and other buildings. There are more than 10 women living in the main hall where Guanyin Bodhisattva is worshipped. In the Qing Dynasty, Ryukyu officials who came with tribute ships lived in the nearby Ryukyu Pavilion, often went to the nunnery to pay homage, and left Ji You poems. In the temple, there was a stele named "long life bridge at the mouth of the river" written by Yongquan Temple of Gushan and Wang Yishu of Sanshan in 1670.

During the cultural revolution, the nunnery was destroyed and turned into Taijiang baby carriage factory. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the property right was recovered by Fuzhou Buddhist Association and still used by Taijiang baby carriage factory. The record of Wanshou bridge at the mouth of the river, written by Dao Pei, was moved to Yushan stele gallery for preservation in 1980. In the temple, there is still one stone inscription on the temple forehead of "Wanshou Temple" erected by Yu Daoyi. A large stone trough built in the seventh year of Kangxi reign (1668) is engraved with the words "Wanshou Temple" and placed beside the outer wall of the temple.

Wanshouan, Minhang District, Shanghai

Wanshou temple is located at No.1, Lane 23, East Street, Maqiao Town, Minhang District. According to the inscription on the raised field of Wantong nunnery written by the abbot Seng Mingxing in 1694, this nunnery was originally named "Wantong nunnery" and was built in the Yuan Dynasty. After the temple was decadent, the local people invited Mingxing to preside over the temple. She was determined to rebuild it, and then she raised ten mu of temple land to support the monks.

This nunnery is very small, single-layer, three in, each into three open face. Entering through the small door, the first thing you see is a mailbox, "wanshouan mailbox", which is made of iron and nailed to the wall. The door of the nunnery was closed, and there were two or three burning candles on the candlestick.

There is a ginkgo tree named "Shanghai ancient tree 120" in the nunnery. It is 350 years old. It may have been planted when the nunnery was rebuilt in Kangxi period. It was listed as an immovable cultural relic in Minhang District in December 2003.

Wanshouan, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Wanshou temple is located in gujiatou village, Zhenglu Town, Wujin District, Changzhou City.

Wanshou nunnery was founded in the late Qing Dynasty. According to records, in the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (around 1370), it was burned down by fire, and then it was rebuilt according to its original appearance. In the seventh year of Jiajing (1528) of Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt, and in the 29th year of Jiajing (1550) of Ming Dynasty, it was added with farm land. After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the house is in disrepair and dilapidated. In 2008, villagers raised money to repair it again. The existing building faces south from the north, with two entrances (three entrances and two side chambers in Ming Dynasty), all of which are hard mountain flat houses. There are four six couplets in the first and five in the second, covering an area of 250 square meters.

There are two stone carvings written by famous people in Wanshou temple. In the seventh year of Jiajing reign (1528), Tang Jingchuan, a famous Anti Japanese general and one of the four great masters of Ming Dynasty, wrote the record of Wanshou nunnery (also known as the record of houwei Wanshou nunnery). The monument is about 150 cm high, 81 cm wide and 23 cm thick. It has been more than 480 years since then. In the 29th year of Jiajing (1550), after the temple production of Wanshou temple was increased, Wen Zhengming, one of the four famous talents in the south of the Yangtze River, was specially invited to write the Tianji of Wanshou Temple (also known as the Tianji of additional Wanshou Temple). The monument is 161 cm high, 82 cm wide and 21 cm thick. The most valuable features of the stele are as follows: the stele was created by four celebrities at that time, and the writing is Wen Zhengming; the forehead of the stele is engraved with Double Dragons and double phoenixes, and the seal forehead is written by Zou Liu, Jinshi in the sixth year of Zhengde (1511) of Ming Dynasty and vice envoy of Yincha in Yunnan Province; the inscription is engraved by sun Yiyang's calligraphy Dan, born in liangxixiang, Wuxi; the figure is engraved by Huang Yue, Nanxi, Jingxi. Two stone inscriptions add a lot of luster to Wanshou temple.

In the old Wanshou temple, there were granaries and Jing'an palace for storing grain. The granary is also called the granary. When the poor villagers stop cooking every year, they can borrow grain from the granary and return it in autumn without interest. When they are in famine, they organize the villagers to open the granary to borrow grain and return it after harvest. This charity is well supported by the villagers. The Jing'an palace, also known as the water dragon palace, is a fire-fighting association with a special organization, the water dragon Association Responsible for the safety of houwei thirteen Village. Jingan palace is equipped with three water tankers and a fire-fighting equipment. When a fire broke out in the villagers' house, the gongs rang, and the villagers of 13 villages, men and women, rushed to the fire scene to fight it. As a result, Wanshou temple has won the respect of the villagers in eight neighboring townships, and its fragrance is strong and lasting for many years.

On February 26, 2008, the Municipal People's government announced it as the fourth batch of Changzhou cultural relics protection units.

Address: No.1, Lane 23, East Street, Maqiao town

Longitude: 121.37299

Latitude: 31.02907

Tel: 021-64099825

Chinese PinYin : Wan Shou An