Lianzong Temple

Lianzong Temple

Lianzong temple is located in Baoan street, Heping District, Tianjin. It is the only Buddhist monastery in Tianjin after 1949. Master Ji ran, the founder of the temple, made a vow when he opened the mountain that "the monks will not rush, the monks will not stay, and they will not personally spend the apprentices", which made the temple famous for its strict and pure way in the ten square jungle. This style has been inherited by master Shenghui, the successor of jiranni, and will be preserved as the family tradition of lianzong temple.

On February 14, 2014 (January 15), the ground overhaul project of lianzong temple was officially launched, and all religious Buddhist activities of lianzong temple were transferred to the temporary activity track of lianzong Temple (No. 32 Gansu Road, between Wanquan road and Anshan Road on Gansu Road).

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Master Jiran was born in Zhengbai banner of Manchu nationality. His common surname was Aixinjueluo. As a child laborer in British American tobacco company, he was expelled from the factory because he took part in the May 30th strike movement when he was 18 years old and lived in poverty. In 1935, Ji ran was a monk named Liangyuan who lived in Nianhua temple in Beijing. Because Ji ran went to Wutai Mountain to pay homage to the Northeast Buddhist nuns passing by Tianjin, he had no place to settle down in Tianjin. He wanted to provide a temporary place for them to rest during their hard pilgrimage, so he made a wish to build a ten square jungle where they could stay alone and meet the public.

However, she was destitute. The gap between ideal and reality is so big that the world can't understand it. But all of us did not expect that she explained a truth with her life: if a person's heart of compassion is deep enough, it will produce inexhaustible motivation; if the will is firm enough, any difficulties in the world are not worth mentioning. Finally, God uses her example to tell the world that an ordinary person can also have and realize a great dream!

In 1936, she was finally able to raise a sum of money to buy an acre of land. It used to be a coal factory, and the surrounding environment was filthy. It was adjacent to brothels, big smoking houses and other filthy places. But master Ji ran said, "isn't the symbol of Buddhism the lotus that comes out of the mud and doesn't stain?" Therefore, lianzong temple is called lianzong Temple because lianzong is the Pure Land Sect, which means to recite Buddhism and take the lotus out of the mud. Later, it gradually expanded, and the whole project was designed, purchased and supervised by master Ji ran himself, which took 13 years to complete. The middle is full of ups and downs. Until he died in the year of Mishou in 1996, master Ji ran still devoted himself to the restoration of the temple.

In 1938, with the help of master Chang Wen and master Guangdao, the master built the main hall for the first time, and then built the mountain gate, the East and West chambers and the back hall of nianfo hall. The whole project was designed, purchased and supervised by master Ji ran. It took 13 years to complete.

During the "Cultural Revolution", nuns were forced to return to the secular life. Although master Ji ran had a lot of hair, he still lived in the temple for quiet meditation. Until 1980, the state implemented the religious policy, and the government allocated 220000 yuan to rebuild lianzong Temple according to the original style. In 1988, master Ji ran was born again by master Daguang of Hong Kong. Lianzong temple is still under construction.

features

Today's lianzong temple has two courtyards, with Suzhou garden style and well-organized halls. The Sanmen hall was rebuilt in 1996 after master Ji Ran's death. It has half rooms from east to west. The building is exquisite, solemn and simple. There are Maitreya, Weituo, Kalan Bodhisattva and Qingtian holding a pestle inside. The Dharma is majestic and majestic. Sitting in the main hall from north to south, it is magnificent. The plaque of "Da Xiong Bao Dian" was written by Jiang Chaozong, a military and political officer of Beiyang in 1942. Outside the hall, there is a couplet holding a column, which says: "nine lotus stands, lion roaring, elephant roaring, Mount Dharma seat, three golden statues, dragon chanting and tiger roaring out of the Tiantai". It is a well-known calligrapher Gong wanglishu. Baozhu is made of gold foil and painted with black lacquer, with different styles. There are three Buddha statues in the main hall, including Sakyamuni Buddha in the middle, pharmacist Buddha and Amitabha Buddha in the East and West. There are niches on both sides for Avalokitesvara and Bodhisattva. The five statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are all made of Ming Dynasty copper and gold, which are very precious. There are 16 Arhats on the East and west walls, and the glass relief is vivid. There is a small two-story building with five bays at the back of the hall. The upper floor is the Buddhist hall and Sutra collection Pavilion. The couplet in front of the hall says: "once you read the pure mountain, you can allege the great Luotian at six o'clock.". Amitabha is worshipped in the hall, and one hundred copies of Dazheng collection are collected. The couplets in the downstairs Zhaitang are concise and comprehensive: "three meals always remember the hardship of the farmer, and one meal unforgettable the kindness of the Buddha.".

In the center of the temple, there is a rare "ten thousand year tripod" in China, which embellishes the temple and adds a lot of color.

Cultural value

Today's lianzong temple is full of incense. Many believers have come to commemorate the day when Avalokitesvara became a Taoist. Lianzong temple, located in Baoan street, Heping District, Tianjin, is the only Buddhist forest with Suzhou garden style in Tianjin during the liberation. It faces the Dabei temple in Hebei District from north to south, and is a key cultural relic protection unit.

The "ten thousand year tripod" in the center of the temple is a rare one in China. The plaque of "Daxiong hall" was written by Jiang Chaozong, a senior military and political officer of Beiyang in 1942. The pillars outside the hall are covered with gold foil and painted with black paint. The couplet says: "nine lotus stands, the lion roars and the elephant roars to the throne, and three golden dragons roar and the tiger roars out of the rooftop." Gongwanglishu, a great calligrapher in Jinmen, has different styles. The Sakyamuni Buddha, pharmacist Buddha and Amitabha Buddha, as well as the Guanyin Bodhisattva and dicangwang Bodhisattva, which are worshipped in niches on both sides, are all bronze wrapped in gold during the Ming Dynasty. They are national treasures ready to be carried away by Japan before its surrender. In the chanting hall upstairs, there are 100 precious copies of Japanese dazhengcang, all of which are lotus The pride of Zong temple. Whenever people see this temple with ancient charm, they all think of the noble soul of the founder, master Jiran. Master Jiran, a native of Zhengbai banner of Manchu nationality, was born in jinjiahala, Shenyang. The ancestor was the ninth son of Nuerhachi, the emperor Taizu. He was granted the title of King Zhao and his fiefdom was Dacheng, Hebei Province. In the imperial gate of the Qing Dynasty, there was always an open and secret struggle. All the kings set up a clique and regarded each other as enemies. I don't know which generation of ancestors offended the imperial court, so they were demoted to common people and were not allowed to be an official in the imperial court forever. As early as master Jiran's great grandfather, his family was already in decline.

About architecture

Lianzong temple, built in the period of the Republic of China, is the only Buddhist forest with Suzhou garden style in Tianjin city at the time of liberation, facing the Dabei Buddhist temple in Hebei District from north to south.

At present, lianzong temple covers an area of 1166.1 square meters. Due to many dilapidated buildings and unreasonable spatial layout, the temple can no longer meet the needs of normal religious life. If the monk's room is not prepared, it is difficult to leave a single one to meet the crowd; if the Sutra tower is not prepared, it is difficult to keep the magic weapon. Therefore, the temple from the architectural style, spatial layout, landscape composition and other aspects of a comprehensive integration overhaul, is imminent.

The design of the integrated overhaul project is undertaken by the architectural planning and Research Institute of Tianjin University, with a total construction area of more than 4300 square meters and a half floor underground. It is mainly equipped with Ji ran master memorial hall, Ji Fu hall, Gong De hall, Ju Shi Zhai hall and some living rooms. The main hall on the ground has two floors and some parts have three. The north is composed of jade Buddha Hall on the first floor, sutra Pavilion, Mahatma hall on the second floor, Guanyin hall and dizang hall. In the south, it is composed of Tianwang hall on the first floor and nianfo hall on the second floor. The first floor to the third floor of the East and West Wing rooms are respectively composed of the guest hall, the reception room, the legal logistics office, the Buddhist reception office, the living area of monks, and the monk's studio.

The whole building adopts frame structure. The exterior facade is a traditional Chinese style antique building, and the exterior wall is mainly made of gray bricks. The surrounding buildings are reasonably organized by using the scattered roof, the balance of volume and size, and the embellishment of traditional architectural symbols, so as to form a space environment with prominent theme, orderly advance and retreat, virtual and real exchange, front and back echo, and harmonious unity. The total cost is 15 million yuan.

The major repair project has been strongly supported by the urban government. We sincerely hope that the broad masses of believers and the ten great good knowledge will stand together to express their love for charity, share their heart of giving up, and give alms together. We will gather the net capital of thousands of people to become a good cause for thousands of years. We will plant a wide range of Futian fields and sprout their descendants. It makes lianzong temple a treasure temple for promoting Dharma, benefiting life and peaceful society, and a pure land for all living beings and purifying the soul.

Treasures in the temple

Among the three jadeite Buddhas in lianzong temple, two of them are Avalokitesvara and one is Maitreya Buddha. They are all made of the whole piece of high-quality jadeite. The jadeite is warm and moist in texture. The natural jadeite color and emerald color are extremely beautiful, which makes it quiet and noble. According to master Shenghui, the abbot of lianzong temple, the three precious jade Buddhas were donated by Mr. Aixinjueluo Puzheng.

This emerald Maitreya Buddha shows the world with the familiar image of Da Tu Maitreya Buddha. The emerald color is pure, clear and crystal clear, the carving is exquisite, and the production is exquisite. It can be called a beautiful work. The main body of feicui Maitreya is light green, 50 cm high, 50 cm wide and 25 cm thick, with beautiful red jade color distributed around the body and base. Maitreya's right hand holds the staff, curved eyebrows and smiling eyes, long ears and shoulders, a face of smile hanging in the corner of the mouth, eyebrows, big belly is very convex, carving delicate, full of happy smile, it can be said that "laugh at the world's ridiculous people, tolerance of the world's difficult things.". Red jadeite with auspicious, rich and festive color is particularly rare in jadeite. In the collection circle, it has long been said that "ten thousand Jadeites are easy to get, but one jadeite is hard to find".

Master Ji ran

After master Jiran passed away in 1996, many disciples built a "Jiran" in the north of Dongkui courtyard

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