Jinhua Great Buddha Temple

Jinhua Great Buddha Temple

Jinhua Great Buddha Temple is located two kilometers north of Caozhai Township, Jindong District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, about 18 kilometers away from the urban area, commonly known as "stone Buddha Temple". According to Guangxu "Jinhua county annals" records, the old name "chisongyan Temple". In the sixth year of emperor Liang Wudi's Datong reign in the Southern Dynasties, the monk Dow stopped in the south of the mountain. He heard the sound of Buddhist Chants of gold and stone, and went up to the edge of the rock. He saw a big stone Buddha, six feet high, sitting like a Buddha, because he was building a temple.

Jinhua Dafo temple has a history of nearly 1500 years. It was renamed Dafo temple in Song Dynasty.

Temple History

Jinhua great Buddhist temple, one of the few wonderful temples in Lingshan, is now lost in the misty rain of Jiangnan. However, the light of Buddha for thousands of years, the holy voice of the ancients, comes from the wisdom and compassion of Sakyamuni Buddha 2500 years ago, but in this mountain and temple, sitting alone on the cliff, guarding the common people, still waiting for the reunion of this life.

According to historical records, 518 iron Arhats were worshipped in the Great Buddha Temple. They were made by smelting iron during the song and Yuanfeng dynasties. They were originally preserved in the arhat temple and later worshipped in the Xiyan Buddhist temple. They survived in the Ming Dynasty and were later destroyed by war. Such a large number of statues is also rare in today's temples, which shows the huge scale of the great Buddhist temples in ancient times. In 1815, the temple was rebuilt by the monks; in 1822, it was rebuilt again; in the first month of 1892, the temple lost its incense, and the front hall and the middle hall were almost destroyed. In 1905, abbot Ruilong, a monk, offered his thrifty savings and raised money for the good men and women. As a result, the temple was built and completed in a few months.

Prosperous period

In the middle of the summer of 1918, master Ruilong raised donations to local gentry. He continued the previous work and achieved great success. The temple and the Buddha statues were named after each other. They were all glorified one by one and completely changed the old view. After the cultural revolution, the Great Buddha Temple was valued and protected by the government.

In 1989, the four disciples of the temple collected a lot of good luck and rebuilt the sitting statue of the ancient Buddha at the site of the "ancient Buddha Pavilion" (today's Great Buddha Temple). For a time, the ancient temple was full of light, the Buddha's true appearance was obvious, and there were countless deeds of Daoism. Once again, the Great Buddha Temple became the most influential and representative Dharma center in the whole Jinhua area. The main existing Buddhist buildings in Dafo temple include ancient Buddha courtyard, stone square, Mountain Gate, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Luohan hall, etc. The lake, the mountain, the seven treasures of pearl, the ancient Buddha's solemnity is still there, the golden cap is still there, the good man and woman worship sincerely, the heart of Bodhi never turns back, and all the wishes are satisfied!

Main landscape

Daoguang's "Jinhua County Temple" contains a poem: Danya cliff is thousands of feet green, and there are three or four peerless monk rooms. Old trees depend on rocks and houses, and white clouds fly away and back.

The great Buddhist temple, with its high rocks, dense forests and white clouds, is praised by pilgrims from all ages for its solemn and sacred beauty of red stone cliffs and winding paths. As a cultural heritage, this weathered thousand year old temple is well protected by the local government. The plaque in the temple records its ups and downs. In front of the eaves of the main hall, there is a four character plaque of "Da Xiong Bao Dian" hanging in the middle of the main hall. The font is vigorous and powerful. It was written by Huang RenWang in 1941. There are two hundred year old ginkgo trees in front of the main hall, and many exotic trees with the same root. They are the key cultural relics protection units in Jinhua City.

Ancient Buddha courtyard: the most distinctive feature of Jinhua Great Buddha Temple is the ancient Buddha in the ancient Buddha courtyard - Sakyamuni Buddha. The Buddha sat down in the grottoes, eight feet across, his head at the end of the cliff, his eyes burning like fire, looking down on all living beings. His appearance is serene, compassionate and amiable. His forehead is broad, his eyebrows and eyes are slender, his lips are thin, his ears are drooping and his shoulders are thin. The exposed part of the Buddha's chest is delicate and exquisite, and the decoration of the Yingluo is lifelike. In the proportion of the statue, the head is deliberately exaggerated. The width of the Buddha's eyes is almost the same as the width of the Buddha's palm. However, there is no sense of imbalance when viewing the statue. It is very solemn, just like seeing the real face of the Buddha. In the ancient Buddhist temple, the left flank of the Buddha is the great wisdom Manjusri Bodhisattva riding on a lion, which means all the wisdom of the Dharma Realm; the right flank is the great sage Bodhisattva crossing the elephant, which means all the power of the Dharma Realm; one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas, who look at all living beings with benevolent eyes, are superior to solemnity.

Architectural style

Mahatma Hall: in Buddhist temples, the Mahatma hall is the core building of the whole temple, and also the place where the monks practice in the morning and evening. Because Sakyamuni Buddha has the wisdom of full realization and can be powerful in the world, so his disciples call him Daxiong. The treasures in the hall refer to the three treasures of Buddhism and Buddhism. The majestic Hall of the Great Buddha Temple is a new functional hall built in recent years with three majestic jade Buddhas invited from Myanmar.

Tianwang Hall: Tianwang hall, also known as Maitreya hall, is the first hall in a Buddhist temple. Maitreya Bodhisattva is worshipped in the center of the hall, four heavenly kings symbolizing good weather are worshipped on the left and right, and the Dharma protector Bodhisattva Wei Tuo Tianzun is worshipped on the back.

Luohan Hall: the 500 Luohan hall covers an area of 830 square meters. The hall is majestic and magnificent, and the golden roof is magnificent. You can see the beautiful scenery of Jinhua mountain with the green Danxia. There are 500 statues of arhat carved from Qingtian stone in the arhat hall. They are exquisite and vivid.

Yuanyang forest: in the dense hillside forest on the East and west sides of dafoshikou, there are a pair of trees with common roots. There are more than 20 kinds of trees, such as pine, camphor, holly, white gravel, Kuchu, etc. Among these opposite trees, there are not only the same tree species, but also the tree species with far edge. It is said that at the traditional prayer meeting on the third day of March, two men and women who had never met each other came to the great Buddhist temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. They met and fell in love at first sight. They decided to live for life and became husband and wife. After they got married, the couple felt that their fate came from the Great Buddha Temple. In order to commemorate this unforgettable day, they planted two trees side by side on the hillsides on both sides every year. A few years later, they became a forest.

Strangely enough, one tree grows a little bigger and the other a little smaller. The two trees are very close to each other. Later, people called it Yuanyang tree. Among them, one pair of ancient camphors has been more than 200 years. These trees are like a pair of infatuated men and women in a passionate love, and like a pair of loving couples, living together in the eternal world of heaven and earth, which is a mystery of nature, and can be called a unique. The East and West mandarin duck forests are less than 40 meters apart, and they are in pairs.

Abbot of the temple

The current abbot of the Great Buddha Temple in Jinhua mountain is master Jingzang.

Master Jingzang: born in 1983 in Nanyang, Henan Province. Influenced by his family since childhood, he always cherishes ants. At least he is committed to helping the poor and advocating goodness. Fortunately, due to his mature fate, he left his family to shave. In 1999, he became a monk in accordance with the ritual of the Great Buddha Temple in Xinchang, Zhejiang Province. In 2003, he received a full precept from the great monk yixuecheng in Guanghua temple in Putian, Fujian Province. In 2005, he graduated from Putuo Mountain Buddhist College. He got an incredible level in meditation and continued to study in Minnan Buddhist College.

In 2009, he was employed by Zhejiang Dongyang minzong Bureau and Buddhist Association as abbot of fahua temple in Dongyang. In 2012, he studied in the master's class (Buddhism) of Renmin University of China and obtained a master's degree. At the end of 2014, master Jingzang was invited by the minzong Bureau of Jindong District of Jinhua City to be the abbot of Jinhua mountain Buddha Temple. The grand overall maintenance and repair project was carried out in the great Buddhist temple. The ancient temple was rejuvenated and the Taoist wind was revived. Adhering to the holy essence of Buddhism, promoting Buddhism and enlightenment, the interests of the ten sides!

church service

Master Jingzang has been reporting to master Chengen to understand the teachings of the old monk, preach the Scriptures and spread the Dharma, and help others. Gather Liuhe monk group in fahua Temple of Dongyang to cultivate Buddhist Dharma protectors, set up Sanbao charity Dharma protection merit association to help the poor and provide for the aged, and set up fahua Temple meditation center to guide entrepreneurs to meditate. He insisted on leading the masses to do their homework in the morning and evening, praying for the good fortune of the people and protecting the territory.

The tradition of preaching to believers every Saturday has never been interrupted for many years. Every year, he leads four disciples to study Buddhism and help develop Bodhi. He is keen on public welfare and establishes the Dharma protection society of three treasures of fahua temple to help poor students return to school.

His compassionate love, tireless devotion to the spread of the Dharma, the convenient transmission of Yuanbo's learning and skillful metaphor, and his simple, industrious and practical personality all really inspire everyone around him.

After the master moved into the Great Buddha Temple, he continued to carry out the renovation of the ancient Buddha Temple, the Guanyin Pavilion and the overall maintenance of the temple, making the millennium old Buddha shine again one by one and the temple environment take on a new look.

cultural meaning

Under the leadership of master Jingzang, the Great Buddha Temple of Jinhua mountain has successfully held the culture and Art Festival and tourism culture week of the Great Buddha Temple of Jinhua mountain, and invited the Symphony Orchestra of the Central Opera House to hold the first "fanbei Shanyin" concert. It has promoted the popularity of the great Buddhist temple and the scenic spot, and created a good atmosphere for carrying forward the Guangda Zhengfa Taoist temple.

When we walk in the world, we will worship the prosperity, and all living beings will be happy and bitter, just as they were a hundred years ago. There is a hanging bell in the mountain temple, which can be hit every day. The heart is as still as water, and it will not change for a thousand years. From master Jingzang's essays on Zen, we can still hear Zen kowtow, which shows a monk's nostalgia for Suva's native land and his persistence in saving all living beings. Life is not only endless, but also endless. Master Jingzang said and did so.

Address: Dafosi scenic spot, Caozhai Town, Jindong District, Jinhua City

Longitude: 119.750969

Latitude: 29.219459

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