Jingci Temple

Located at the foot of Nanping mountain on the South Bank of West Lake, it is only one street away from Leifeng sunset, another scenic spot

Jingci Temple

Jingci temple, located on the South Bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, opposite Leifeng Pagoda, is one of the four ancient temples in the history of the West Lake and one of the famous temples in China. Because the bells in the temple are loud, the "Nanping evening bell" has become one of the "ten sceneries of the West Lake".

Jingci temple is located at the foot of Huiri peak of Nanping mountain in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It was built in 954 by Qian Hongfu of Wuyue state in the Five Dynasties for Yongming Zen master. It was originally called Yongming Zen temple. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Jingci temple, and 500 Luohan halls were built. The temple was destroyed and built again and again. The temple, Mountain Gate, bell tower, back hall, yunmu ancient well and Jigong hall were all rebuilt in the 1980s. Among them, the single-layer double eaves of the main hall and the yellow glazed tile ridge make it more solemn and grand. In particular, a newly cast bronze bell weighing more than 100 kg bears the Lotus Sutra written by Zhao Puchu and others, with a total of 68000 words. Every evening, the melodious bell rings on the West Lake, arousing people's infinite reverie.

Historical evolution

Jingci temple is close to the city and lake, which is the best place in Nanshan. Song Dynasty is its heyday, where people and culture gather together, Confucianism and Buddhism mingle, and Lingyin Temple coexists. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was rated as one of the "Five Mountains" of the Jiangnan temple.

Song Dynasty

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many famous monks in Jingci temple, and some of them became masters of Zen Buddhism. In the early Song Dynasty, there were "two shous", i.e. Yanshou and Hongshou. They both learned from Deshao and developed their education in Nanping. Their Buddhism and education concepts were prevailing at that time. After "two shous", there are Yuanzhao zongben and Datong Shanben, who successively live in Jingci temple. They are called "big and small Ben" in the world. They all visited famous mountains to promote Zen Buddhism and became eminent monks in Kaifeng, Kyoto, Northern Song Dynasty. Shenzong of Song Dynasty once praised Zhaozong as "true blessing and wisdom monk" and "treasure of monk", and asked him to "be good at enlightening and enlightening in order to promote Zen Buddhism". Datong rare book is a descendant of Dong Zhongshu of Han Dynasty, and is also respected as "Datong master". It is because of these eminent monks' abbots that "the name of blue has light" and is valued by the Song Dynasty. After the unification of China in the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty granted Huiri Yongming temple the title of "Shouning Buddhist temple" in 977, the second year of Taiping Xingguo period, and paid more attention to repair. In the following year (978), Qian hongchu, king of Wu and Yue, obeyed the will of Zen master Yanshou and "went to the Song Dynasty to offer the land of thirteen prefectures.". When commenting on Qian hongchu's action, later generations said, "we should attach importance to the people and despise the land. We should give up and go back to the general manager, and use the advice of our teacher." (records of the Ming Dynasty). As a result, the imperial court treated Jingci temple with green eyes. In the second year of Tianxi (1018), Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty gave a bronze statue of piluca Buddha to the Shouning Buddhist temple. Since then, many famous officials have made friends with Buddhist disciples. The preface of Xin Fu written by Zen master Yanshou was written by Qian Weishan, the son of Qian hongchu, king of Wu and Yue. When FA Yong, a disciple of longevity extension, was studying zongjinglu, he was prefaced by Yang Jie, a doctor of Shangshu. In the past dynasties, most of the officials of Hangzhou Prefecture and state communicated with the monks of Shouning temple, sang with each other, participated in Buddhism and scriptures, and even delayed in business and political affairs. For example, after the death of master Lei Feng HUICAI, Zhao mu (Zhao Dudao), who was then the magistrate of Hangzhou, saw a picture of him on the wall of Shouning Buddhist temple. He could not help but feel dejected

White crane jungle ancient Vatican Palace, wall left like see true wind.

Remembering my teacher's parting from Lei Feng last year is just like Nanke's dream.

Yuanzhao zongben was originally in Ruiguang temple, the abbot of Suzhou. He was invited by Chen Xiang and Su Shi, the second prefect of Hangzhou, and finally came to Shouning courtyard, the abbot of Hangzhou, after Shangshu's permission. When Su Shi was in Hangzhou, he was very concerned about his Buddhist friends. He visited Yuanzhao zongben with illness. He also discussed with the elder of Datong rare book, Chu mingbaoyin (later the abbot of the temple), FA Yong (a disciple of longevity extension), Zhen Qian (Master fan Zhen) and other "best friends" to discuss the best way to save the lake from famine. He once asked Fayong to come to Beijing to "carry forward the patriarchal clan system". In the fifth year of Xining (1072), Zhenqian was ordered by the imperial court to live in Shouning hospital. Su Shi "respected his teachers" and had a close relationship with each other. When Su Shi came to Hangzhou as governor for the second time in Yuanyou's time, he was very sad to hear that Zhenqian had passed away. In Dongpo Zhilin, Su Shi has his own evaluation of these monks, especially praises Yuanzhao, saying that "he has outstanding ambition, harmonious teaching methods, has been practicing Taoism day and night for more than 20 years, and he has come to the end of his life after self identification, and he believes in Taoism and customs.". Yuanjing, the abbot of shangtianzhu temple, is also the 18th generation abbot of Shouning courtyard. He, Zhao Jia, Su Shi and Daoqian, the monk of poetry, once opposed Wang Anshi's political reform and suffered from involvement and persecution.

During the reign of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (1068-1077), Yuanzhao zongben was the abbot of the temple. The lake was dry at that time. There was a sweet spring in the west of the temple. It was said that there was "golden carp swimming in the spring". So the spring was dug into a well. The temple people drank it endlessly, so it was named "Yuanzhao well". At the same time, Shouning temple has been built and repaired for many times, and its scale has been expanding. In front of the temple, it has collected 10000 people to dig a pool, which is called "Wangong pool", for the purpose of drawing water to put out the fire. In Ming Dynasty, because of the prevalence of pure land, it advocated doing good deeds and releasing life. The pool was changed into "releasing life pool". At that time, Shouning hospital was known as "the crown of Nanshan". Chen Yao of Song Dynasty praised Shouning courtyard

Attached to the Guoshan cliff if the suspension, leaning on the empty Pavilion, Baiyun Dian.

Lonely Xuan half out of the green pines, Hao gas doubt tour Bihan side.

In the first year of Yuanfeng (1078), master Lei fenghuicai of Jingci Temple taught Bodhisattva ring in Lingzhi and Yuanzhao temples. It is said that he had seen the statue of Guanyin shine. The court ordered monks Fazhen and Shouyi to write "zhengjiechenji" for this purpose. Secretary Mi Fu identified CAI (Yuanjing) in the temple. At this time, Bian Cai moved to Jingci temple in Nanping after Su Shi left Hangzhou.

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, also enlisted eminent monks from all over the world. He once warned the world that any famous monk who "learned from others" could play the title of Shi Shi Shi and bestow it on him. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, however, Lin lingsu, a Taoist, won the favor of Huizong of the Song Dynasty for his alchemy. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the temple was burned in the fangla uprising, the lake temple was destroyed, and only the Shouning courtyard survived.

Song Dynasty, the capital of Lin'an (Hangzhou). In the second year of Jianyan (1128), Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty ordered that Shouning courtyard be changed into "Jingci Temple". Soon after the temple was destroyed, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty came to see it in person. Then he ordered Daorong, a Buddhist temple in Huzhou, to come to Hangzhou and gather craftsmen to rebuild the temple. It was completed in five years. According to the nirvana Sutra, he built five hundred Arhats and set up Tianzi hall.

In Jingci temple, Daorong first made sixteen true statues and then five hundred Arhats. It is said that all the statues were made by a monk. They have different appearance and look, and look like a monk. The temple of Tian Zi, which is built by Daorong, divides the five hundred Arhats into four layers. It is a wonder that they are heteromorphic, zigzag in position and have many fingers. Daorong Jiantian temple is the first of the Buddhist temples in the south of the Yangtze River. The Tian shaped plan can not only worship the arhat statues, but also face the believers. It has good lighting and is convenient for worshiping the Buddha. This is a special building in Buddhism. After the reconstruction of the temple, Cao Xun, the festival envoy, said, "it is resplendent in gold and jade, gorgeous in Chinese and Sanskrit, prosperous in the Daochang, the capital of the line, and especially crown the mountains.". In 1139, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty granted amnesty to the whole world. In order to show his worship to Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he changed the name of Jingci temple to "Baoen Guangxiao Temple" and incorporated huizhao temple. In October of the 19th year of Shaoxing (1149), it was also called "Jingci Guangxiao temple for repaying kindness" (hereinafter referred to as Jingci Temple). It was ordered to be abbot of Daorong temple and granted scriptures to Tibet. KENTANG Yanchong, the abbot of Daorong Jingci temple, was once a monk of Donglin temple in Lushan Mountain and learned the pure land method. The famous monks in Hangzhou, such as chijue Daochong and Wuzhun normal school, all learned from KENTANG and inherited it.

Jingci temple was destroyed several times in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the fourteenth year of Chunxi (1187), the imperial court appointed Zen master tuigu Yiyun to speak and preside over the affairs of Jingci temple. The people of Hangzhou respected him very much. Lu You, a patriotic poet, praised him as a "talented man". One day, tuigu Yiyun led monks into the city. That night, a fire broke out and Jingci temple was completely destroyed

It was the Xi temple that burned all the buildings, and compared with the master who returned. In the rubble of the Dushan gate, the master was not moved and said, "if you look for the bad, how can you find the bad that you always have today? It's a good place for the four.

The so-called "seeking for the good and the bad" is the doctrine of "six aspects" in the Buddhist fayan sect, which means that "success" and "bad" often change with each other, similar to Lao Tzu's saying that "happiness lies on misfortune, misfortune lies on happiness". After hearing about it, Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty immediately gave money to rebuild Jingci temple. The reconstructed Jingci temple is more magnificent than before. Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty visited and wrote "Huiri Pavilion" in calligraphy. In the fourth year of Jiatai (1204), the Jingci temple was destroyed again, and the abbot Dehui was burned with fire. The prefect asked for money to rebuild it. Shi Daoji (Ji Gong in folklore) took yidehui as his teacher and wrote for the temple. He participated in the fundraising and rebuilt the temple. In 1210, Miao song of Shaolin was ordered to Abbot the temple for 12 years. He followed master Yongming and often went up the mountain to meditate. He renovated the temple and rebuilt it in 1220

Wet red Yingdi, feicui invasion of the sky, eaves turn Luan plume, echelon row geese teeth. Star hanging pearl net, palace hole in glass; sun Yao Xuan title, gold rafters towering tortoise shell.

After this reconstruction, the Jingci temple is "so grand that it is obvious in the lakes and mountains". Therefore, miaoshong was called to the inner court in 1221, and song ningzong granted Ziyi and the title of "Buddhist monk", aiming to build "Taining village" for miaoshong.

During the Jiading period of the Southern Song Dynasty, Rujing, the 13th ancestor of Cao Dongzong, came to Hangzhou twice to live in Jingci temple. Ru Jingyuan became a monk in Xuedou temple. He learned Dharma from wisdom and became a disciple of Hangzhou eminent monk Xieqing. He wandered in the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years. He received Dharma in the third year of Jiading (1210) of Southern Song Dynasty. The abbot built kangqingliang temple and later moved to Ruiyan Pure Land Temple in Taizhou and Jingci temple in Hangzhou

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