Jingguo Temple

Jingguo Temple

Jingguo temple is located in Jingguo village, Gulou Town, Hechuan District, Chongqing. It is also known as the four famous temples of Hezhou, together with Huguo temple, Longyou temple and Fangxi temple.

Jingguo temple was first built in the second year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty (985 A.D.), in the fifth year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty (1169 A.D.), in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1404 A.D.), in the 53rd year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1783 A.D.) and in the 23rd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1897 A.D.), and has been partially repaired and expanded.

It was announced as the protection unit of Chongqing in 2000.

layout

Jingguo temple is a quadrangle. The main building faces south. It covers an area of 4000 square meters, but now covers an area of more than 3000 square meters. It is a beam lifting or short wood structure building. On the vertical axis of the temple, there are Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and Yuhuang hall in turn; on the left and right sides of the temple, there are runner Jingcang hall, Dabei Pavilion (Guanyin Hall) and two corridors, and the arrangement of the buildings in each hall is not very regular due to the different construction years.

Daxiong hall is three rooms wide, 14.5 meters deep, with double eaves on the top of the mountain. It was built in the second year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 985) and rebuilt by monk Daoguo in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1404). There is an ink inscription in Zhengliang, which says "on the seventh day of guimao in the first month of Yongxi in the Wei Song Dynasty, jichenben mountain presided over the construction of monk Daoguo in Yangyuan.". In the Qing Dynasty, local maintenance was carried out in Daoguang, Xianfeng and other periods.

Zhuanlunjingcangdian, Xieshan, Zhengliang have ink inscription "Ming Zhengtong eight years (AD 1443) re established title.". The original octagonal tower type wooden iron structure wheel was built in 1169 A.D. of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty. It has seven floors at the bottom and is 5.1 meters high. It can carry many people to rotate. Later, it was destroyed when Jingguo temple was converted into a school in the early 1960s. The iron shaft seat was kept in the district literature management office, with the words "Jiashen was established on October 2, the fifth year of Chou Qiandao in the Song Dynasty".

history

In guloujingguo village, Hechuan District, there is an ancient temple of Song Dynasty hidden in the field. It is Jingguo temple, one of the four famous temples in ancient Hezhou.

According to the records of Hechuan county annals, Jingguo temple covers an area of more than 4000 square meters, including dashanmen, Zhaobi, Yongdao, Wufo hall, Daxiong hall, Nuwa hall, Guansheng hall, Dabei Hall (Guanyin Hall), Yuhuang hall, zhuanlunjingcang hall, cangjing building, lelou, Chanfang, etc.

Entering Jingguo temple, the old gate, Zhaobi, corridor, five Buddha Hall and Guansheng hall are all gone. Villagers nearby said that all of these were demolished in the early 1960s when the road from Gulou to Yongxing (formerly Yongxing township of Hechuan county) was built. Now the mountain gate is newly built in recent years. Jingguo temple, which used to be full of incense, is now a little desolate: there are few people in the temple. Birds often land on the ground from the roof to look for food. Dogs sleep in the corner under the eaves. When they see someone coming, they raise their heads and shout "Wangwang" to greet them.

Today's Jingguo temple has only the main hall, the zhuanlunjingcang hall, the Dabei hall and the Jade Emperor hall. Daxiong hall is a Xieshan style building with double eaves and intact brackets, eaves and columns. On the main beam of Daxiong hall, the inscription "on the seventh day of guimao in the first month of the second year of Yongxi reign of the Wei Song Dynasty, Jichen Benshan presided over the construction of the monk Daoguo Dingjian" is engraved. In front of the left side of Daxiong hall is the wheel Scripture collection hall, which was originally built in the Song Dynasty, but later rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty due to damage. In the hall, there was an octagonal tower type wooden iron wheel Scripture collection, which was built in the fifth year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty (1169 A.D.), with a total of 7 floors and a height of 5.1 meters. It can carry many people to rotate. Later, it was demolished when Jingguo temple was converted into a school in the early 1960s. In front of the right side of the main hall is the great mercy Hall (Guanyin Hall), which was originally built in the Song Dynasty. Because it was damaged and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, it is somewhat small. Behind the main hall is the Jade Emperor hall, which is built in Qing Dynasty according to its architectural style.

It is sad that Jingguo temple, one of the four famous temples in Hezhou, originally had many exquisite Buddha statues and inscriptions, but they were all destroyed in the cultural revolution. Only an ancient couplet in front of the main hall has been preserved. The first couplet says, "it's also difficult to become a Buddha. It's the only way to put down the butcher's knife is to sweep away everything when you are in a state of mind." the second couplet says, "it's not easy to enter Zen, but it's the only way to open the martial arts of subduing demons when you are standing on your feet.". The couplet signed: "Yi Sheng, Tai Yong, Chu Jing Shu.". This couplet full of Zen can be called the treasure of Jingguo temple.

Address: Jinge village, Gulou Town, Hechuan District, Chongqing

Longitude: 106.156816

Latitude: 30.169371

Ticket information: free.

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