Feilai Hall

Feilai Hall

synonym

Feilai Hall of the great temple generally refers to Feilai hall

Feilai hall, built in Song Dynasty, is located in feilaigang, Wuli north of Emei county. It was originally a Taoist temple, worshipping the statue of the great emperor of Dongyue, and named Qitian Wuxing temple. Now it is a national cultural relic protection unit.

In November 2012, the Religious Bureau of Leshan Municipal Government approved the restoration of Feilai hall in Emeishan temple as a fixed place for Taoism, and formally transferred it to the management of Taoist staff.

The origin of history

Feilai hall is commonly known as the "great temple". The three Bay eaves and columns on the front of Feilai hall are 18.28 meters long. The inner column is divided into five bay and five bay deep. On the plane of the main hall, the columns are made of reduced columns. The eaves and columns are also made of hurdles and flat panels. On the flat panel, there are Dougong. The Dougong are made of six pavilions, with one second and two lower arches. The upper arch is rolled up into elephant trunk shape, and the lower arch is carved into dragon head. It is very exquisite and gorgeous.

In Ming Dynasty, there are clay bodied flat dragons on the left and right columns, which are vivid and lifelike, and have typical architectural styles of song and Yuan Dynasties. The hall is the top of Xieshan mountain, covered with small green tiles, which was paved during the reconstruction of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

geographical position

Feilai hall is located in feilaigang, Wuli north of Emei County, 2km north of Emei county.

Feilai hall is located on the abrupt hill, with high terrain, dry land and air circulation. Surrounded by green cages of trees, hills and hills, such as battlements, the clouds are resplendent and majestic.

Main structure

Feilai hall is a single eaves Xieshan style wooden structure building, covered with small green tiles, beautiful caisson, magnificent building. There are main hall, Wuyue hall, incense hall and jiumang hall in the temple. The hall was built in the song and Yuan Dynasties and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are two steles in Feilai hall, namely, records of temple rebuilding in the fourth year of Song Chunhua and records of Dongyue Temple rebuilding in the fourth year of yuantaiding.

The facade of Feilai hall is 18.28 meters long with three eaves and columns. The inner column is divided into five sections, and the depth is five sections, with a length of 13.26 meters. On the plane, the columns are distributed into reduced columns. The eaves column is equipped with a flat plate Fang, and the flat plate Fang is equipped with a Dougong. Dou Gong Jun six shop for single copy double next high, high on the roll into elephant trunk shape, carved into a dragon head, very gorgeous. In the Ming Dynasty, there were two clay figurines and two coiled dragons on the left and right pillars, which were lifelike and had the style of song and Yuan Dynasties. Now it has become a scenic spot in Emeishan tourist area.

Legend

It's said that in ancient times, it was a smooth place. On a stormy night with thunder and lightning, there was only a huge sound. After daybreak, the wind stopped raining, and a magnificent hall appeared on feilaigang. Since then, the weather has been good and things have changed for the better. In order to pray for the gods, every year on the eighth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, believers go to burn incense and paper.

According to the county annals and the records of Emei Jialan Ji, the former name of Feilai hall was "Jiaqing building", which was built by Emperor Yizong of Tang Dynasty in the second year of Xiantong (A.D. 816). It is 30 meters high and 40 meters wide. It is skillfully made, exquisitely carved and decorated with gold and blue. The four walls of the building are all famous paintings of the Tang Dynasty. One wall is painted with crabapple and one tree. The flowers and leaves are luxuriant and the branches are intricate. The rest are painted with the most flying insects and birds, which are lifelike and full of interest. The "Jiaqing building" is a book written by Wei Heshan, a famous Neo Confucianist.

Feilai hall has a long history. There is no textual research on when it was first built. According to legend, it was chosen by God. In order to save the suffering creatures in the world, God ordered two golden dragons to fly into the clouds and fly to the mountain with the temple. From then on, the people had no pain and the grain was plentiful.

Special funds for maintenance

In the fourth year of Chunhua of Song Dynasty, it was rebuilt and called "Dongyue Temple" for the great emperor of Dongyue in the hall, which is the God of Mount Tai worshipped by Taoism, also known as "Mount Tai God"; in Wanli of Ming Dynasty, it was also called "Feilai Temple" for the Buddha statue, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was added to the hall for ten halls of Yanluo.

It can be seen that since the Song Dynasty, various dynasties have built temples on feilaigang, forming ancient buildings where Taoism and Buddhism coexist and gods worship. There are 2119 square meters of wooden buildings in song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are Feilai hall, Xiang hall, jiumang hall, Guanyin hall, etc. in the temple. They are all single eaves Xieshan style wooden buildings with beautiful caisson and magnificent architecture.

Feilai hall, Xiang hall and jiumang hall are empty now.

The bronze statue of the great emperor of Dongyue supplied by Feilai hall was put into the steel furnace during the Great Leap Forward period. The three halls suffered several fires. Its cultural relics have been destroyed, but the Zhennan wood structure used in the building is still intact. After 83 years of special funds allocated by the State Administration of cultural relics for maintenance, it still retains its original style, including the stones on the ground are still paved thousands of years ago, antique, real, friendly, and no man-made It was deliberately carved.

Cultural relics protection

Feilai hall is a rare ancient wooden building complex in Southwest China, which has been well preserved in song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Qianshan hall is on the left side of Feilai Hall's main hall. It is now on display to tourists at home and abroad on May 1, 2004. In 2002, it was unearthed in Luomu town of Emei. It has a span of nearly 140 years and weighs 16.32 Tons of iron money, known as China's first money.

Feilai hall was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Sichuan Province in 1956 and a national key cultural relic protection unit in 1988. Feilai hall was built in the Song Dynasty. It was originally a Taoist temple, worshipping the statue of the great emperor of Dongyue. It is called Qitian Wuxing temple. Feilai hall is a forest structure building with single eaves and mountains. The caisson is beautiful and the building is magnificent. There are main hall, Wuyue hall, incense hall and jiumang hall in the temple.

Scenic spots of Tourism

In 1959, the statue of the great emperor of Dongyue and the statue of Buddha were destroyed and became an empty temple. After the construction, pavilions and pavilions were added and gardens were cultivated, it has become a tourist attraction in Mount Emei tourist area.

Feilai temple is located in the suburb of Emeishan City. After seeing the Buddha from Leshan, the guide first took us to see the tea ceremony, and then drove to Feilai temple. The road is very difficult to walk. It's a small path. It's hard for two cars to meet. The tour bus in front of Feilai Temple almost stops, and the incense is very strong. From the second year of Dade (1298 A.D.) to the first year of TAIDING (1324 A.D.).

In 1956, Feilai hall was designated as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in Sichuan Province, and in 1988, it was approved as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council.

Cultural relics in the hall

There are steles in the hall, such as the records of rebuilding the temple in the fourth year of Song Chunhua and the records of rebuilding Dongyue Temple in the fourth year of yuantaiding. There was a statue of emperor Dongyue in the hall, but it has long been abandoned.

religious activities

For some time, Feilai Hall of Emeishan temple was managed by the cultural relics department and Sichuan ocean group company. However, the majority of local religious people have always regarded it as a place for Taoist activities. On the eighth day of the first month of every year, the traditional Feilai temple fair in Mount Emei has been held for three hundred years. Many good men and women from all over the world come to the temple to burn incense and pray to the great emperor of Dongyue. There are tens of thousands of believers.

The majority of believers have repeatedly responded to the relevant departments, hoping to transfer the Feilai Hall of Emeishan temple to the management of Taoist clergy, and restore it to open as a place for religious activities, so as to meet the needs of the majority of believers to carry out normal religious activities. Master Zhang Jiyu, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and executive vice president of the China Taoist Association, and Tang Chengqing, member of the CPPCC National Committee, vice president of the China Taoist Association, and President of the Sichuan Taoist Association, all attached great importance to the restoration and opening of Feilai Temple of Emeishan City. They visited Feilai Temple of Emeishan City many times and negotiated with relevant leaders of the Emeishan municipal government to reach a consensus.

In March 2009, Tang Chengqing, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and nine other members jointly submitted to the 11th Committee of the CPPCC the No. 1354 proposal of "requiring the Feilai Hall of Emeishan temple to be reopened as a place for Taoist activities", which was highly valued by the CPPCC.

In October, accompanied by Tang Chengqing, President of Sichuan Taoist Association, Gao Peng, director of the Religious Bureau of Leshan Municipal government, and leaders of Emeishan municipal government, the CPPCC National Committee inspection team inspected Feilai temple again to inspect the progress of Feilai temple as a Taoist place.

Leshan Municipal government attaches great importance to CPPCC member's proposal No. 1354, and has done a lot of work on the restoration and opening of Feilai temple in Emeishan City. It has repeatedly called the Religious Bureau of Leshan Municipal government, Emeishan municipal government, Emeishan Civil Religion Bureau, and Emeishan cultural relics management department to hold coordination meetings to study and coordinate the restoration and opening up and handover.

The leaders of the Religious Bureau of Leshan Municipal government have been to Emeishan City for many times to coordinate with relevant departments and urge the bureau to improve relevant procedures. On October 12, 2012, the 11th meeting of the 13th Standing Committee of Emeishan municipal Party committee discussed and studied the report on opening Feilai hall as a fixed place for Taoism, and agreed to open Feilai hall as a place for Taoism activities, which was managed and used by Taoism organizations, and planned and built Taoism places around Feilai hall.

After joint efforts, in November 2012, the ocean group company withdrew the cooperation project of Feilai temple, and Taoist staff officially moved into Feilai temple, which was reopened as a place for Taoist activities. The Taoist temple was officially named Feilai Hall of Emeishan City.

On January 25, 2013, the Taoist Association of Sichuan Province sent five Taoist priests, including Mao Yitao, to the feilaidian Taoist temple.

Address: feilaigang, Fubei Road, Emeishan, Leshan

Longitude: 103.469356

Latitude: 29.615727

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