Shingwang

Shingwang

Shenguang temple is located in Shenguang mountain, Shenguang Road, Xingning City, Guangdong Province. Shenguang temple, formerly known as Nanshan Shouqing temple, was built in the third year of Jiayou reign in the Northern Song Dynasty (1058 A.D.). The existing buildings in Shenguang temple include Mahavira hall, sutra Pavilion, dizang hall, Guanyin hall, zushi hall, monk's room, Haihui tower, etc. among them, Mahavira hall is Thai style lotus hall, and there are 14 Tablet Inscriptions in the temple.

Shenguang Mountain Buddhist culture scenic area has a planned land area of about 7.4 hectares, with a total investment of about 420 million yuan. The planning and construction are divided into three parts: 1. Buddhist worship area, including Wanfo hall, Guanyin hall, dizang hall, Fatang, Abbot's room, bell and Drum Tower, ancestral hall, Fangsheng pool, Buddhist culture wall, etc.; 2. Hakka culture leisure experience area, including Shendeng square (Shengguang Yingdu), Kuixing building, etc.; 3. Zen The area of cultivating enlightenment includes Buddhist precinct, inner view room, meditation room, Zen tea room, Zen Hotel, Buddhist office building, etc.

The main area of Shenguang Temple inherits the ancient architectural style of Shenguang temple, renovates its Nanzhuan style Daxiong hall, expands the activity space in the temple, and adds the Wanfo hall, Guanyin hall and related auxiliary halls with a construction area of 900 square meters, which is solemn, simple and elegant.

Historical evolution

There is a legend about the founding of the temple: Luo Mengjiao, a native of the city, went to the palace examination in the capital in 1030, visited flowers in senior high school, and became an official, a counsellor and an academician. At that time, a senior official of the imperial court was demoted to Chaozhou. He passed through Yonghui Pavilion (now Fuxing Wuliting) in Xingning County, overlooking Shenguang mountain (then called Nanshan), which was like a banner. It was connected with the noble peak, and it was also beautiful and magnificent. I really appreciate it. In the evening, he lived in a farmhouse at the foot of the mountain. Seeing that Xingning, the Prime Minister of heaven, belongs to niunv and Liangxing, he sighed: there are now many Hanlin flower explorers here. In the future, there should be a large number of talented people. If a temple can be built on the mountain, it will be even more icing on the cake. He instructed local elders to build a temple on the Shenguang mountainside. Shenguang temple is surrounded by picturesque mountains, facing fertile fields and flat ground. From a distance, the Ningjiang river is like a belt, the city is like a stream, and the farmhouses and gardens are scattered high and low, row upon row. The villagers wrote the title for the gate of the temple: "Shenguang Temple depends on the ancient temple, and the mountains surround Qichang.". The couplet in the temple is: "Ciyun is widely distributed in 3000 circles, and the dew bows its head to the sky.". Every Double Ninth Festival, city people climb, will go to Shenguang temple to pay the ceremony.

During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Shouqing temple had been damaged after hundreds of years of wind and rain. At that time, Chen liming was the magistrate of Xingning County, paying attention to culture and education, and cultivating talents. In 1479, he expanded and rebuilt the old Shouqing temple. According to the folk legend that Luo Mengjiao had studied in Nanshan as a child, it was like a candle ring. Later, he visited flowers in high school, so he changed Nanshan into Shenguang mountain and Shouqing temple into Shenguang temple.

In 1521, when Wei Xiao, the vice envoy of Guangdong University, visited Xingning, he changed Shenguang temple into Tanhua Academy for students to study. In 1551, Wang Tianxu, a native of the city, rebuilt the Shenguang temple and moved the Tanhua academy to the side of Mochi.

In 1612, Chen Yingjian, the magistrate of Xingning County, advocated the re construction of Shenguang temple. Later, it was a Buddhist temple. In front of it was a bachelor's temple. In front of it was a grand view Pavilion and an ancient banyan. In the early years of Chongzhen, monk muyuan rebuilt Shenguang temple and lived there for several years. He had many apprentices. In the eighth year of Shunzhi of Qing Dynasty, he was buried under muyuan tower in Caoyuan temple at the foot of Shenguang mountain.

By 1958, the temple had been completely destroyed, leaving only the foot of the wall. The large plaque "saving the people with sweet rain" and the bronze incense burner are still preserved.

In 1984, the economic investigation group of Xingning County visited Thailand. Master Chang Tzu (Shi Shanguang), the abbot of Longfu temple in Beiliu, Bangkok, and other overseas Chinese in Thailand proposed to open up Shenguang mountain as a tourist area, which was highly praised by local people at home and abroad. In 1985, the people's Government of Xingning county decided to open up a tourist area in Shenguang mountain and agreed to restore the thousand year old Shenguang temple. After several years of efforts, Shenguang temple in Shenguang mountain has taken on a new look and become a tourist and Buddhist resort for compatriots at home and abroad

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Status quo of temples

Existing buildings

The existing buildings in Shenguang temple include Mahavira hall, sutra Pavilion, dizang hall, Guanyin hall, zushi hall, monk's room, Haihui tower, etc. among them, Mahavira hall is Thai style lotus hall, and there are 14 Tablet Inscriptions in the temple.

cultural relics and historic sites

Despite the vicissitudes, the important cultural relics and historic sites of Shenguang temple are still countless

The thousand year old banyan grows on the right side of the gate of the ancestral hall, with a diameter of 2.17 meters and luxuriant branches and leaves, covering an area of 2 mu.

The group of ancient stone carvings is located on the mountain mouth behind the ancestral hall. On more than 30 rocks exposed to the earth, some of them are clear, others are blurred.

Myanmar white jade statue of Sakyamuni, 1.6 meters high. In 1993, he was invited to the temple to place it.

Thailand's 1500 kg copper statue of Sakyamuni Buddha is located in the middle of the main hall. In addition, there are Yuanyang bodhi tree, which is located in the center of the temple gate; inscriptions, which are stored in the twenty-four Zhou Tian corridor of the ancestral hall; plaques in the Ming Dynasty, which are stored in the muyuan hall; ancient censers in the Ming Dynasty, which are located in front of the Daxiong hall; a pair of cranes in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, which are located in front of the Daxiong hall.

Abbot of the temple

Abbot of Shenguang Temple: Shi Yaowei

On May 18, 2016, the fifth representative meeting of the Buddhist Association was held in Xingning City, and Shi Yaowei was elected as the new leader of the Buddhist Association.

In November 2006, at the request of local believers, master Yao Wei was appointed as the abbot of Shenguang temple with the approval of Xingning public Religious Bureau.

In order to rebuild Shenguang temple, master Yao Wei has raised more than 10 million yuan to build Zhaitang, Yanshou hall, complex building, Jiulongbi relief group, and expanded the square in front of the temple and Chongsu ancestral hall, with 24 Bodhisattvas in heaven, making Shenguang Temple look new and solemn. Shenguang temple now covers an area of more than 20000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 5000 square meters. Shenguang temple has also been rated as "civilized Temple" and "model place for religious activities" by the Provincial Bureau of people's religion for successive years.

Buddhist Culture Park

Shenguang Mountain Buddhist Culture Park

It is an important part of Xingning cultural tourism park and one of the key projects of three parks, one district and one base.

The project covers an area of 8.36 hectares, with a total planned investment of 410 million yuan. It mainly includes six main buildings with different functions, including Shenguang temple, Guanyin culture garden, Shendeng square, Buddhist precinct, Kuixing building and ancestral hall. It is planned to build a spiritual belief Holy Land integrating humanistic leisure, Hakka culture and religious culture in five years, so as to meet the people's cultural outlook The need of ceremony and blessing. It is understood that the construction of shenguangshan Buddhist Culture Park has received strong support from people from all walks of life. Zeng Yunshu, Liu Haiyun, Lai Yunhong and other social celebrities have generously donated money. Up to now, they have received donations of more than 23 million yuan.

The Buddhist culture of Shenguang mountain has lasted for nearly a thousand years and has a long history. At present, when the country is prosperous, the national strength is sufficient, all kinds of industries are competing, and all kinds of wastes are flourishing. The so-called prosperity of the country means prosperity of Buddhism. The tourism industry with Buddhist culture as the theme has become a hot spot of investment.

The establishment of shenguangshan Buddhist Cultural Park is supported by the state and supported by believers. However, the project of Buddhist Culture Park is huge, which is beyond one's ability. To this end, we should look forward to the great virtues of all parties at home and abroad, the good faith of Dharma protectors, and friends from all walks of life. Only by making good wishes and giving generously can we achieve great achievements.

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Tang Dynasty

[author] Ouyang gung

[title] Shenguang Temple

[content]

Xiangcha hanging green Deng, fly building boundary blue sky.

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Xingning Shenguang mountain

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