Xianfeng Temple

Xianfeng Temple

Xianfeng temple, located at the foot of Xianfeng rock in Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province, was originally named ciyan temple. It is 1725m above sea level, and its gate meets Huayan roof. It was founded in 1281, and was originally a small nunnery. At the beginning of Ming Dynasty, there was a special Sutra collection building for storing the Sutra given by Emperor mingshenzong. In 1612, Chan Master Ben Jiong expanded it into a big temple, which was called "Xianfeng Zen forest"; in 1612, it was named Chongzhen temple In 1643, it was destroyed by fire. In 1779, monks Tai'an and Yusheng rebuilt it again, named Xianfeng temple, which is still in use today.

Historical evolution

Xianfeng temple, the ancient name of ciyan temple and Xianfeng Buddhist temple, is 1752 meters above sea level. It is named after Xianfeng rock. It was a small temple in song and Yuan Dynasties. In Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, monk benjiong expanded and renamed Xianfeng temple, which was destroyed by fire. The present building was rebuilt by monk Tai'an in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty.

The ancient trees in front of the temple are towering, dense and rich, and the longevity rock behind the temple is high in the clouds; the Huayan top is like a jade screen, and sometimes white clouds are floating around, just like a pleasant landscape painting. There is an ancient cave in the bamboo forest at the back of the temple. It is said that emperor Xuanyuan once met Jiuhuang immortal here, so it is called Jiulao cave. The area of Jiulao cave is rich in Davidia involucrata, which is rare in the world.

Layout structure

In Xianfeng temple, there are the hall of God of wealth (for the Taoist statue of Zhao Gongming), the hall of Daxiong, and the hall of relic (for the copper relic tower). In front of the temple, there is a nine lotus pond, which was built in the late Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in 1930. It was used to store drinking water and fire water, but now it is used for emergency and fire fighting. There are many inscriptions on the stone railings around it.

In 2003, the Mountain Gate (stone archway) was newly built, and the earth dam was renovated to make it look fresh. The monkey group around the temple haunts the jungle, and tourists often block the way to beg for food.

The first Hall of Xianfeng temple was originally the hall of wealth, but later it was changed to Maitreya Bodhisattva, which was called Maitreya hall. Now it is changed into the temple of wealth. Plaque "Xianfeng Temple". There is a couplet: "ask nine old where to fly, a piece of blue clouds and sky shadow is still; Wu Sancheng looks away from the sky, the four mountains are bright and the Buddha is shining". Four wooden screens are hung on the left wall of the hall, which briefly describes the evolution of Xianfeng temple and the legend of Jiulao cave.

The second hall is the Daxiong hall, in which Sakyamuni Buddha is worshipped, with eighteen Arhats on both sides. On the back, Amitabha Buddha, Manjusri Bodhisattva, Puxian Bodhisattva, dizang King Bodhisattva, Guanyin Bodhisattva, sunlight all over Bodhisattva and moonlight all over Bodhisattva are worshipped, all of which are Buddha statues. There is a couplet in it: "here are lofty mountains, luxuriant forests and bamboo trees, and there are some kind clouds outside the top of the peak, which often protect the world of colored glass; I wish that people would come out of the evil sea, fame and fortune, and hold treasure rafts in front of the cave entrance to save hundreds of millions of lives.".

The third hall is the hall of relic, which is dedicated to the statue of pharmacist Buddha carved in white jade. There are relic copper pagodas, six sides and seven stories, 3.6 meters high, all covered with gold, glittering. In 1904, 1906 and 1910, Qingfu, a monk of Longhua Temple in Shanghai, went through Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) three times to retrieve 15 Buddhist bone relics, 3 volumes of Beiye scriptures and five jade Buddhas. Later, three pieces of relic and two volumes of Beiye scriptures were given to Xianfeng temple. The temple monk Hai'an and Hai liangte built the Relic Hall for storage. The Relic Hall was destroyed in the cultural revolution. Now the Relic Hall is rebuilt in the early days of liberation.

Related allusions

Xianfeng temple is located between hongchunping and Yuxian temple, facing huayanding and backed by dangerous cliff. It is about 15 Li up from hongchunping. It was built in Yuan Dynasty, and most of the existing temples were repaired and rebuilt in Qing Dynasty.

On the way from hongchunping to jiulaodong, we have to go through the longest, steepest, highest stone steps and the biggest turning road in the whole mountain, which is known as "ninety-nine road turns". Zhao Xi, a writer of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in his travel poems of Emei: "the dangerous place is vaguely up to 100%, and the human language above is half empty. At this point, visitors often stop timidly. Xianfeng temple is lush with vegetation and deep solitude. Temple hall four fold, covered with tin plate iron tile, after the hall for the relic copper tower. Not far from the temple, there is a huge stone "Sanfeng stone", which is engraved with the words "namo amih Puxian Bodhisattva" and "Xiangui", from which the name of the temple comes. Temple week is one of the habitats of Emei monkeys. Tourists feed the monkeys here, adding more fun.

Davidia involucrata, a rare plant in the world, is densely forested and full of flowers.

Folklore

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Originally a Taoist resort, it became a Buddhist temple due to the prosperity of Buddhism. However, the names of many nearby scenic spots still retain the name of Taoism.

On the right side of the temple is the emperor's platform, which is said to be the place where Xuanyuan asked. About a mile down from the emperor's platform, there is a deep and mysterious limestone cave called "Jiulao cave". It is said that nine old people, Tianying, Tianren, Tianzhu, Tianxin, tianqin, Tianfu, Tianchong, Tianrui and TIANLIAN, who were asked by the Yellow Emperor in ancient times, lived in the cave. The cave is about four meters long, and the inner cave overlaps and is unfathomable. There is the God of wealth in the cave It is said that Zhao Gongming, the God of wealth, once practiced here. This area is one of the "ten scenic spots of Emei" in the "nine old immortal mansion" -- the temple is called the immortal mansion, the cave is near the nine old; the mountain meets the Buddha top, and the platform meets the three emperors. "

This couplet on the stone pillar in front of the first main hall of Xianfeng Temple summarizes the main characteristics of "jiulaoxian mansion"; in addition, you can also enjoy many Davidia involucrata trees growing in the world. The flowers are white, shaped like Dove wings. The breeze blows and dances. They are rare plants in the world, and the Westerners call them "Chinese dove tree".

Address: Mount Emei Scenic Area, Mount Emei, Leshan (near Jiulao cave)

Longitude: 103.359036

Latitude: 29.547104

Tel: 4008196333

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Mount Emei Scenic spot.

Chinese PinYin : Xian Feng Si