SONGYIN Temple

SONGYIN Temple

Songyin temple is the largest Buddhist holy land in Jinshan District of Shanghai, No. 1080, Jiufeng village, Tinglin Town, Jinshan District. SONGYIN Temple (1352).

Songyin temple, formerly known as "Songyin nunnery", was built by monk Wei'an (also known as monk de ran).

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The origin of temples

Zen master Wei'an was born in Huating. At the age of seven, he became a monk at Tianlong temple in Hangzhou. Later, he became a monk at Wuxia mountain in Jiangsu Province. There was a pine tree in front of the stone house, which covered the ground. One day, Shiwu Zen master pointed to the pine tree and said to Wei'an, "the son is still a pine, and then it should be widely shaded by people." Also said: "fate in Wusong." So he wrote the word "Songyin" to Wei'an. Wei'an followed his teacher's instruction, and soon returned to Chisong stream in Huating. He lived in jiemao for three years, but he was unable to practice for three years. Wu Shanshe, a native of Li, donated money to build a temple for Wei'an. It was completed in 1357, and Wei'an was named "Songyin".

Twenty three years after the completion of the nunnery, the scale of the nunnery became wider and wider, and the halls, halls, Zhai and Liao gradually became available. In 1380, Wei'an raised money to build Huayan pagoda beside songyin'an, which greatly expanded the influence of songyin'an. In the 29th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1396), Wei'an passed away. In the 12th year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty (1447), the abbot Daoming expanded the nunnery. In addition to the original Huayan pagoda and other buildings, there were also Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Guanyin hall, and the bell and Drum Tower. Later, Daoming monk invited him to the imperial court and got the imperial edict to change the amount to "SONGYIN Temple" and Taishi Yang Xuan wrote "the first mountain in Punan". During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty (1427-1435), the abbot Wujiu built an temple and fujingxian expanded it carefully. It took one hundred years to make the palace towering, the corridor lingering and the monks swarming.

Reconstruction and expansion

During the cultural revolution, temples were once destroyed and destroyed. On April 11, 1991, with the approval of the people's Government of Jinshan County, Songyin temple was restored and opened as a place for Buddhist activities, and a new main hall with a construction area of 260 square meters was built. Zhao Puchu, then president of the National Buddhist Association, inscribed the plaque of "SONGYIN Temple". Since then, the temple has been burning incense, Buddhist activities are frequent, chanting sutras and chanting Buddhist Chants, day and night after the heat and cold.

Songyin temple was expanded in 1996 and in 2000. In more than 600 years of history, the two old ginkgo trees in SONGYIN Temple witnessed the rise and fall of the temple, and also experienced the ups and downs of history. One of the burned Ginkgo biloba is still tenaciously alive, and the black trunk records the ignorance and ignorance in the special era of the "Cultural Revolution".

Songyin temple covers an area of 28 mu. There are Guanyin hall, Daxiong hall, sutra building and Huayan tower on the main axis. There are also side halls and living rooms in the temple. The Tibetan Scripture building, newly built in 2000, is a two-story building. The first floor is the Dharma hall, and the second floor is the Tibetan Scripture building, with a construction area of 650 square meters. The beams in the building and the colorful paintings of dragons, phoenixes, cranes, flowers and plants on the top are bright in color and lifelike in shape.

Buddhist activities

On January 2, 2008, SONGYIN Temple held the ceremony of the completion of the bell and Drum Tower and the opening of the three statues of Huayan. Buddhist representatives from some districts and counties in Shanghai, as well as nearly 3000 believers, attended the event.

Main attractions

Huayan Pagoda in Songyin temple is the only existing ancient pagoda in Punan. During the Zhizheng period of the Yuan Dynasty (1357), 23 years after the completion of Songyin nunnery, that is, the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1380), the scale of Songyin nunnery became more and more extensive. The only nunnery (monk de ran) sent Tu huizhao and dao'an to raise funds to build the pagoda. Because there are 81 volumes of Huayan Sutra in the pagoda, the name of the pagoda is Huayan. It was built in four years.

Monk de ran, the Zen master, pricked his finger to drain blood, and asked the eminent monk Dao Qian to write the Huayan Sutra. It was said that heaven was the rain flower. When the pagoda was decorated with pearls, the sky was full of rain and flowers, and the sky was full of depression. It was very amazing. After the completion of the tower, visitors from all over the world will be more and more.

At that time, Huayan pagoda was a 7-story Pagoda with cornices and angled pavilions, 31.25 meters high and square. It is of brick and wood structure, with steps inside the tower, cornices outside, cornice teeth with high beaks, balustrades with wings, wind bells jingling, melodious and melodious. On the two floors near the earth, Zhou Yichong's Pavilion offers thousands of Buddhas on the top and two Tathagata statues of Sakyamuni and Duobao on the bottom. According to the records of Songjiang mansion, "there are four pagodas in the city: xingshengjiao Temple Pagoda (today's Songjiang square pagoda), Songyin Huayan pagoda, Yuanying Pagoda in the west of the city (today's Songjiang Jiangxi forest pagoda) and Xijiao ritual pagoda (today's Songjiang Li pagoda); the four towers stand in a towering position, facing each other from afar, adding infinite scenery to the beauty between the peak and Mao." Huayan pagoda is famous in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a marvelous sight of "Fengmao Pagoda Forest" composed of Huayan pagoda, Haomiao Sanmao and Cuiyi Jiufeng.

Huayan tower has gone through more than 600 years of vicissitudes and is in disrepair. It was rebuilt twice in 1775 and 1847. In 1961, the tower was struck by lightning and tilted. In 1963, it was renovated to straighten the tower core wood, remove the surrounding residual tiles and rotten wood, and set lightning rod on it. But in the end, because of the age, the eaves and flat seats of each floor were incomplete, the railings had nothing, and the corridors were destroyed.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the Buddhist statues and scriptures of Songyin temple were burned, and the release pool, steles and Zhongding were all destroyed. Some people tried to destroy the ancient pagoda with tractors, but failed. It was renovated in 1979. In 1982, a wall was built to protect it. In 1999, the people's Government of Jinshan District and the Shanghai Municipal Administration of cultural relics jointly invested 2 million yuan to restore the pagoda according to its original style. In this overhaul, 39 pieces (groups) of cultural relics of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties were found in the top bottle of the tower. There are three Buddha statues of Sakyamuni III of Ming Dynasty, a dragon head with fish tail and copper monster of Yuan Dynasty, a Buddha with a gold and wood seat in Ming Dynasty, a carved golden crown, coins, white porcelain statues, gilt gold and silver statues, a pure gold lotus flower boy, a silver niche, a Buddha's tooth, a rosary, and a gilt gold and silver Buddha of Qing Dynasty. The most precious is 15 ivory and pearly relics, which are rare. The fish dragon and bronze monsters of the Yuan Dynasty are unknown and unprecedented. Cultural relics researchers believe that they are of great research value. Huayan Sutra, a blood book of Yuan Dynasty, is also brilliant. It not only demonstrates the historical facts of monk Wei'an's blood stabbing Sutra and the name of Huayan pagoda, but also provides important materials for the study of Shanghai religion.

On August 30, 1999, the vase rose to the top. In addition to the original cultural relics, Jinshan peasant paintings (porcelain plates), black pottery, silver commemorative medallions of peasant paintings, golden Maple wine, commemorative coins, jade Buddha hands, etc. were added to the vase, which are preserved for later generations. The whole project was completed at the end of December. The Tiangong temple was restored, the cornices, cloisters, balustrades and escalators were restored, the wind chimes were re installed, the Aquarius, tower brake and tower core wood were replaced, the concealed works inside the tower body were reinforced with steel and cement, and the floodlights were newly installed. After the restoration, the tower is 32 meters high, the cornices are tilted, and the wind chimes are jingling. On April 27, 2002, Huayan tower was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Shanghai.

artistic value

Huayan pagoda is one of the earliest ancient pagodas in the south of the Yangtze River, which has high historical and artistic value. The structure of Huayan pagoda is unique among the ancient pagodas in Shanghai. The body of the tower is made of brick, with waist eaves, flat seats and veranda on each floor; there are brackets under the eaves and flat seats of the tower. The two-story veranda with lattice windows is a typical form of Jiangnan residential buildings; the seven story pagoda is inlaid with three colored glazed brick sitting Buddha statues, which are mainly green and yellow. The Buddha statues are sitting in the first place, and the backlight and clothing retain the style of the Yuan Dynasty.

At the gate of the temple is Huayan tower bridge, which was built in the Qing Dynasty. It got its name beside Huayan tower. Because it was in the south of the tower, it was also called tayang bridge. It is an immovable cultural relic registered in Jinshan District. There are couplets on both sides of the bridge, one side is: Gao Jiang crossing the two cities, bustling; Huayan dispelling the sense of business, bell tower shadow. On the other side are: Shiliang, Lai Shanxin, who gives money, and the police are easy to raise; his heart is to give birth to a treasure raft, and the good fortune comes true.

Transportation guide

Address: no.1080, Jiufeng village, SONGYIN Town, Jinshan District (north end of huayanta Road, national highway 320)

Transportation Guide: take Hujin line, Nanjin line (Nanqiao Zhujing), Lianjin special line (Lianhua Road subway station Zhujing), Lianfeng special line (Lianhua Road subway station Fengjing) and Shenjin special line (Xinzhuang subway station Zhujing) to Songyin villa (the intersection of huayanta road of national highway 320), and walk along huayanta road for 300 meters.

Address: 58 huayanta Road, Songyin, Tinglin town

Longitude: 121.246312

Latitude: 30.899145

Tel: 021-57381384021-573

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