Yungang ancient temple

Yungang ancient temple

Yungang ancient temple is a harmonious place where Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism coexist; also known as Yungang social school, it is a place where children study and study; it is adjacent to the noisy streets, but with giant banyan trees in the shade and winding paths leading to secluded places. Built in the Song Dynasty, Yungang ancient temple is the only ancient building in Dongguan with the inscription of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In 2004, Yungang ancient temple was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Dongguan City; in 2006, the incense revived and became the spiritual conversion of believers; in 2012, it became a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province.

Brief introduction to temples

Yungang ancient temple is the Hongsheng Temple of Taoism. Here is the Buddhist temple of Yungang ancient temple. According to the old people, there is a Confucius Temple in front of it, but it has collapsed. There is a ruins left over there. There is Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, the three religions in one.

Yungang ancient temple is exquisitely decorated with stone carvings on the door pillows, and decorated with carvings on the beams and piers, such as unicorn and ichthyosaur. It is the only ancient building with inscriptions of Ming and Qing Dynasties found in Dongguan city so far. It has high historical, artistic and scientific value.

The first entrance and the second entrance of Hongsheng Palace are connected with the Yungang social school. When it was rebuilt in 2009, a stone carving of the 33rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1605 AD) was unearthed.

Yungang ancient temple used to be a religious place. In 1881, Wang Debang, who was then the Governor General of Fujian Province, converted it into a school. It was also called Yungang social school in the early days of liberation.

In 2000, Yungang social school and Hongsheng palace were managed by monks and became religious places. In 2004, it was announced as the eighth batch of cultural relics protection units in Dongguan City.

Changes of temples

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was changed into a social school, and then it was dilapidated into a "bullpen". There is another name of Yungang ancient temple, which is called "Yungang social school". When it comes to Yungang social school, we have to mention Wang Debang, a historical celebrity in Puxin village. Born in 1837, Wang Debang was a famous general of Hunan army, who followed Zuo Zongtang to reclaim Xinjiang. In the Sino French war, Wang Debang and Feng Zicai won the zhennanguan war in February 1885 and became a national hero.

It is recorded in Shi Pai Shi Chao that Yungang social school was built by Wang Debang. It is mentioned in Dongguan county annals about Wang Debang that in 1881, Wang Debang was ordered to go to Yunnan to take office. He passed by Shipai, so he went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, build graves, recruit a group of rural children to join his subordinates, and set up Yungang social school to teach poor children to read and read.

In 2000, shiyanran, appointed by the religious department, came to manage the ancient Yungang temple. He recalled: "the degree of dilapidation of the temple is beyond my imagination. The temple is leaking everywhere and may collapse at any time. There is no Bodhisattva, no decent Road, only a few bricks on the muddy road. Villagers raise cattle and beggars live in it. The front door of the temple is full of garbage. It took two months to get rid of it

An inscription made of red sandstone beside the ancient temple attracted the attention of the reporter. The inscription is incomplete, about 1 meter long and 0.5 meter wide, like the shape of a memorial archway. According to master Yan Ran, when the Hongsheng palace was rebuilt in 2009, the workers digging the foundation found a big stone, which was not easy to clean, so they broke it with a hammer. Master Shi Yanran finds out and immediately asks someone to recover the fragments. There is a pattern of eight immortals on the remaining steles, and the inscription in the middle is still visible. The main idea is that a person made a wish in the ancient temple, which was later proved to be effective. Therefore, the stele was engraved as a memento, and the inscription was made in the 33rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.

be reborn

In 2004, the declining Yungang ancient temple ushered in the opportunity of rebirth. In the name of Puxin Village complex, it was rated as a cultural relic protection unit in Dongguan City. And experts come up with the design scheme to restore the original appearance of the ancient temple and repair it.

In 2006, the construction of Yungang ancient temple was started.

In 2009, the Hongsheng palace was rebuilt. At that time, shiyanran met a Shunde resident. Seeing that the temple was in a state of disrepair, the resident was kind-hearted, but his financial strength was limited. Therefore, he found his sister, Ms. Huang, and donated 1.2 million yuan for the construction. Most of the money for the renovation of Hongsheng palace came from this.

In 2012, Yungang ancient temple became a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province.

Experts say that Yungang ancient temple is an ancient building with both Ming and Qing restoration inscriptions, which is the first in Dongguan.

Under the management of Yanran master, Yungang ancient temple regained its glory step by step. Today's ancient Yungang temple is quiet and simple, with deep Zen charm. Outside the ancient temple, there are some cars from other places, all of which are sincerely prayed by the Pearl River Delta region.

In early 2013, the Shipai government also plans to transform 26 old houses in Puxin village into a cultural and leisure village, named "Yungang ancient garden". After the reconstruction, it will integrate tourism, sports and leisure. There will be Qingba, CAF é, lovers' restaurant, open-air party, wishing tree, tea house, special food restaurant, special private restaurant and other places. There will also be shady paths, pavilions and corridors, and waterfront pavilions around to show Puxin's diversified folk culture.

Address: Tangwei commercial street, Dongguan City

Longitude: 113.92802518832

Latitude: 23.080881281236

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