Lingying Temple

Lingying Temple

Lingying temple, also known as Lingying rock and purple hat rock, is located on the hillside of the southern foot of Maoshan mountain in Hongmei Town, northeast of Nan'an City. It is connected with yingwuling, Xiangling, lingyunzhai and Fengping mountain in the East, and Xuefeng Temple of Yangmei mountain in the West. Its front is facing Majia Shuangji temple. It is one of the famous ancient temples in Southern Fujian.

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Lingying temple, also known as Lingying rock and purple hat rock, is located in Hongmei Town, northeast of Nan'an City.

Lingying temple, formerly known as "purple hat rock", was founded in the late Tang Dynasty (904). It is said that there was a child prodigy named Li Wenyu in the later Tang Dynasty. He was filial when he was a child, had a poor family and had ambition, and abandoned the common customs. He sat in the eggplant hanging Teng in the back of the rock. Later generations molded him and worshiped him as the ancestor of Lingying. It is recorded in the stone tablet of Xianhua record of Lingying patriarch of Tang Dynasty that Li Wenyu is one of the "three real people and six patriarchs" of Lingying temple. Wen Yu was born in the Li family, a benevolent family in Tang Dynasty. He had filial piety when he was young, had ambition when he was poor, and was well-off and virtuous. He often showed his love for God. His deeds were well-known, such as crossing the stream and flying Li, setting up a stone to face the sky, and planting bamboo in the ground. He was sitting in the "eggplant vine" in the mountains. The local people worship the statue of Li Gong in purple hat rock. The temple was built in the later Tang Dynasty (923-936).

Historical heritage

Beitaiding, also known as yedoufeng, is 3058 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak in Wutai Mountain and the highest point in North China. Lingying temple was founded in the Sui Dynasty. It faces south from the north. There are three original mountain gates with a huge plaque of "Chijian Taibei Ding" hanging on the gate. There are three stone steles built in the East and West, which record the construction of Lingying temple in the past dynasties.

Along the mountain gate to the north is the "Arctic Palace", that is, Lingying temple. There is a statue of Bodhisattva Weituo on the front of the original hall. There are eight Buddhas sitting around the Bodhisattva Weituo. In the travel notes of Li Xiangzhi during the period of the Republic of China, there is such a description of Lingying Temple: the decoration of the two halls is very neat. The main hall has five rooms, which are very tall. The wood used is very solid. The tiles on the top of the hall are yellow green glazed tiles, built into a chessboard shape. The huge plaque on the front of the gate reads: "piluzhenjing", which was established in 1669 of Kangxi. Lingying temple was rebuilt in 1567-1572 of the Ming Dynasty. It was rebuilt in 1986. The main hall is composed of three stone caves, in which there is no scale Manjusri Bodhisattva.

In 2001, Lingying temple was expanded and maintained again. New Manjusri hall five, three Longwang hall and a stone archway, are white marble masonry. The main hall has a single eaves at the top of the mountain, arched doors and windows, and a front porch. In front of the gate, there is a stone lion on the left and right sides, and the side halls on the left and right are suspended on the top of the mountain. The column headdress between the porches is made of stone brackets. The overall facilities are simple, lively, stable and generous. The Dragon King Hall is located on a two meter high platform, with three rooms in width, arched door openings and single eaves at the top of the mountain. In front of the hall, there is a white marble guardrail. The guardrail is embossed with all kinds of flowers and grass leaves, which is very spectacular.

Yinfeng pagoda, located in the east of the Dragon King Hall and on the top of the North platform, was built in memory of Zen master Yinfeng, an eminent monk in the Tang Dynasty. Zen master Yinfeng, with a common surname of Deng, is a famous monk in Tang Dynasty. He often lives in Hengyue in winter and is cool in summer. After his death, later generations cremated him and took his relic to build a pagoda on the top of Beitai. Therefore, the pagoda is named yinxiu, with exquisite workmanship and strong texture. It is a must for monks to come to the top of Beitai.

Related Legends

There are two legends about "Lingying".

The first statement

It is said that in the last year of Guangxu B of Qing Dynasty, due to successive years of drought and the fulfillment of praying for rain, it was named "Lingying Temple" by Wurong county magistrate at that time. It is said that since then, the founder of Lingying temple has become more powerful, responsive and famous.

The second statement

On the other hand, Liang Yunqing, the magistrate of Nan'an County, came to the temple to pray for rain during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1821-1850), so he inscribed the word "Lingying" as a plaque, and "Lingying Temple" came from it.

It was burned in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, the monk Ruhuan mage (who wrote the collection of thin pines), the number one scholar Huang Peisong, the Minister of punishment Huang mieu, the overseas Chinese and the local people raised money and rebuilt it, which was renamed Lingying temple. After several times of repair and expansion, the Dingmei monk made the most efforts in the late Qing Dynasty. It was decadent in the cultural revolution and rebuilt after it. Lingying temple also ushered in its heyday. In 1941, master Hongyi once stayed in Xizhi temple and wrote Buddhist scriptures behind closed doors. Ruhuan, Dingmei, Jinghui, Guangjing and other monks have also been the abbots of the temple, and have made great achievements. Many celebrities in the past dynasties have visited and returned, leaving behind a large number of ink treasures, poems and treasures. In the temple gate, there are many famous calligraphers and couplets. Huang Peisong, the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty, wrote: "moistening things with great profundity"; Lin Sao, the number one scholar, wrote: "this temple's name is Lingying, and it came from the later Tang Dynasty. There were two pavilions in the mountains and two in the rivers, and one in the Zhou and Song dynasties. Dream by cold bell, monk with me. If you look at the bamboo, you can't plant it. There are some complete poems, such as master Ruhuan's living in Lingying temple tongjinggong, Ming Dynasty poet Huang Kehui's tilingying temple, master Hongyi's not forgetting to save the country, not forgetting to save the country, not seeking happiness for oneself, hoping that all living beings will get away from hardship, etc.

Architectural features

The whole building of Lingying temple has a large scale. From the border protection pavilion to the Lingying temple, we can wait for about 140 stone steps. The earliest is the civil stone structure, now is the brick stone wood structure, with a construction area of 3000 square meters, covering an area of nearly 50 mu. It is composed of the main hall, color columns, two chambers, awning, border protection Pavilion, tower, etc. it is a qiluohan Temple community. Majestic, as if a folk usually used for "super" paper house, rich in folk style. Two archway gates stand in front of the temple, with cornices and red bricks. After the mountain gate is the release pool, clear as a mirror, fish experience. Located in the middle of the group houses, the body hall has five rooms, covering an area of more than 200 square meters. It has a large number of Zhuliang painted buildings. In the hall, the statue of Lingying ancestor is worshipped. On the right side of the hall, it is worshipped by his parents. On the left side, it is worshipped by Guanyin Bodhisattva, Weituo Bodhisattvas and Jialan Bodhisattvas. At the back of the hall, it is worshipped by eighteen Arhats. In front of the hall, the worship court is spacious. There are platforms on both sides of the worship court. You can have a panoramic view of the sunrise and mountain scenery of Dongshan. On both sides of the hall, there are more than 30 rooms built at different times. Lingying temple is unique in terms of the tortoiseshell peak and faces south. The overall natural landscape is very beautiful. In fact, such places of interest and historic sites as thousand year old strange bamboo (upside down bamboo), eggplant hanging Teng, ancient juniper and real body tower are rare in China.

[note] there is a green bamboo in the place where Li Wenyu died. It is said that there was an inverted bamboo.

On the left side of the temple stands the inscription "throwing bamboo upside down".

Huang mieu, the Minister of the Ministry of punishment of the Qing Dynasty, wrote: "the world's great Yan forest is like this, also known as the ancient temple. The best mountains and rivers in Gezhong come to visit the real people."

Huang GUI and Huang Wei, the famous guests of the village, inscribed the couplet: "the spirit inherits the deification of the emperor's affairs, and should move people's heart and play the Buddhist power; in order to show compassion for all living beings, they should have more spirit and be immortal." Hengpi: "as expected.".

A thousand year old Du Sheng stands out behind the temple. It is said that if there is such a temple, there will be such a tree. The height of the tree is more than 30 meters, and the girth of the tree is 4 or 6 meters. The mountain is rich in litchi, banana, peach, plum and other fruits and tea, and Lingying tea is famous. Huang Dingxiang's lingyingyan ancestor bamboo of Ming Dynasty

"Spirituality originally exists, but it takes a long time to get rid of it.

Life, old age, disease and death, root entanglement, withered bamboo root who suffer.

Jiaan green floating in the air, planted from the hands of Taoist cattle herders.

Taoist herdsmen return to pure white, and there's no need to look back on their whipping.

Business will last forever, and Youbo Luohua will be with you.

Up to now, people refer to the ancestors of bamboo, but their own heart on cattle

[note] grandmaster bamboo: grandmaster Li's hand planted "upside down Yuzhu", with branches hanging upside down on each pole and buds falling downward. Every year, new bamboos come out of the ground, green and green. Buddhist scriptures: concentrate on the study of Buddhist scriptures. Emancipation: a Buddhist term. Buddhists believe that when we reach the final stage of cultivation, we can get rid of the bondage of worry and karma and feel free. It is called "Emancipation". Hua: the same as Hua. Root: the vegetative organ of higher plants, also known as the term of Buddhism. In Buddhism, the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and body of human body mean six roots. Root means "can live". Because eyes and ears can feel color and sound, they are called roots. Receive: pass "teach". Business: vitality, vitality. Rob: Buddhist term. It is said in ancient India that the world was destroyed once in tens of thousands of years and started again. Such a cycle is called "rob". Bowl: food utensil for monks.

Address: North platform, Wutai Mountain scenic spot, Wutai County, Xinzhou City

Longitude: 113.5740814209

Latitude: 39.091064453125

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in Wutai Mountain tickets.

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