Zongshan Temple

Zongshan Temple

Yangshan temple is located in Yulong Road, Gupi Town, 44 meters high, 520 meters around, three kilometers away from the town. It is a national AA level tourist attraction, the first batch of recommended scenic spots in Suining County, and a famous religious Daoism center in Suining County. Yangshan is a beautiful scenic spot in Xuzhou since ancient times.

brief introduction

Zongshan temple, also known as Yangshan temple, is located on Yangshan mountain, not on the top of Mount Yi. Yangshan temple has nothing to do with the temples on Mount Yi (originally named as Yiyang mountain and Geyi mountain). It is located at the junction of Pizhou and Suining in Jiangsu Province

213 meters, the highest peak in Northern Jiangsu except Yuntai Mountain in Lianyungang. Ji Yunlong, a Jinshi in the reign of Emperor Kangxi, wrote the poem "eight sceneries" in xiapi: the peak is unique and the sky is towering. According to historical records, there are ancient trees blocking the sun on Mount Yi. In ancient times, there was a village on the top of the mountain, and there was a "Taishan Palace" in the village.

history

In 193 ad, when Zuo Rong, a native of Danyang of xiapi state in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was appointed as xiapi prime minister, he built the futu temple on the Yangshan mountain, two Li southwest of xiapi city. Under the golden plate of futu temple is an important building, which can hold more than 3000 people. There is a pagoda in the futu temple, on which there are nine gold plates (nine bronze mirrors): eight facing all directions, one facing the sky in the middle, so it is called the nine mirror pagoda. The nine mirror pagoda made of brick and stone is octagonal and nine level, with cornices and angles on each floor. There are 480 Buddha sculptures inside and outside the pagoda, decorated with gold brocade. The pagoda has 148 steps, spiraling up to the top of the pagoda, which is the earliest Pagoda in China. Futu temple was also renamed "Jiujing Temple" because of Jiujing pagoda. During the Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty, Jiujing temple was renamed Sakyamuni, which is the predecessor of Yangshan Zongshan temple. Unfortunately, the nine mirror pagoda was destroyed in the war of song and Jin Dynasties.

During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Ying, a eunuch from Pizhou, who was appointed by the empress Yizhi, spent money to rebuild the Sakyamuni. It was completed in May of the seventh year of Chenghua (1471), and was named "Zongshan Temple" by Emperor Zhu Jianshen. The temple is large-scale, climbing 18 plates from the foot of the mountain. The couplet of the mountain gate is "three treasures of Sibin for thousands of years, a Buddhist temple in Yangshan for thousands of years". According to the mountain trend, the hall is divided into "Jingang hall", "Jieyin hall", "Daci hall" and "Luohan hall". In the backyard, there are two floors dedicated to "Huanggu statue" and "Sanguan". On the East and west sides are "xuandu hall" and "Yanluo hall". The bronze statues of the Tathagata worshipped in the temple have thousands of small Buddhas, weighing 4800 Jin. Before liberation, the temple lost its reputation. There were nearly 100 permanent monks in the temple, and thousands of worshippers and tourists came in and out every day. Unfortunately, during the Anti Japanese War, the temple was burned by the Japanese army; during the cultural revolution, the monks were expelled (the last monk, Shi Haichao, died in 1970), and the temple property was destroyed, leaving only a plaque of "Zongshan Temple".

Reconstruction

In 2002, with the support of the government, the temple was rebuilt. Now it covers an area of 60 mu. There are three holy halls, Guanyin hall, dizang hall, etc. in the temple, the pines and cypresses are green, the gingko is covered, and the golden hall is majestic, grand, solemn, and antique. It is a holy land of ancient temple scenery. Abbot: Master Shengxiang.

legend

It is said that during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the abbot of the temple, Zen master Dayin, came from Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province and was once a teacher of Zhang Jia, the second living Buddha. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, he especially respected the trumpet sect in Tibet, especially the holy land of Mount Wutai, the Taoist temple of Manjusri. Shunzhi, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, believed in Buddhism very much and even wanted to become a monk. Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Yongzheng, Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Jiaqing all paid homage to Mount Wutai many times, which shows that the heart of worship is extreme. As a result, Buddhism in Wutai mountain flourished for a time. Zhang Jia II had boundless Buddhism and was familiar with the four languages of Han, Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian, as well as Sanskrit. He had translated the incantations in Dazangjing in the four styles of Han, Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian, and many monks and disciples. Originally a Han Chinese, Dayin traveled around the mainland to spread Buddhism. Yuyangshan temple, where the incense is strong, preaches Buddhism and later becomes the abbot.

The old monk learned a lot. He not only got the essence of Buddhism, but also excelled in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He is an open-minded man and is famous for making good friends and helping all living beings. In particular, he has a close personal relationship with the magistrate of xiapizhou. Because the magistrate is also obsessed with black and white, he is a chess match with monk Dayin. He often plays chess in three or five games. Besides his official business, he often goes to Zongshan temple to play chess with Zen master. He has been studying Buddhism for a long time. The monk knows that the magistrate is clean and honest, loves the people like a son, and his chess friends complement each other. In his spare time, he plays chess and writes poems to respect each other.

In the summer of the seventh year of Kangxi, there was a big flood. One evening after the rain, the climate was muggy. Dayin Zen master putuan meditates. In the hazy, he suddenly sees a vast ocean. The water is fierce and wet to his cassock. The master is shocked. He suddenly wakes up to realize Nanke's dream. He feels uneasy in the aftertaste of the dream. Seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to come to the magistrate and finish his official business, so he ordered the little monk to invite the magistrate to play chess.

The magistrate of Pizhou felt that it had been raining for days and it was very boring. When he heard the invitation, he arrived immediately. The monk set up a chess game by burning incense and high candles in the xuandu Hall of the temple. The hall is surrounded by pines and cypresses. Although it is in the wind and rain, it is also comfortable. A monk, a vulgar, a black and a white, step by step on the empty chessboard, fighting back and forth. When playing chess, every move and every move contains the mystery of first and then, more and less, winning and losing, wisdom and clumsiness. In the past, you came and I went to win and lose. Unexpectedly, the old monk won three games in a row tonight. Although the magistrate was calm at ordinary times, he suddenly felt red in the face and called for another fight.

The way of black and white is most particular about taste, atmosphere and artistic conception. The impetuous spirit of the magistrate just violates the taboo of go. Although it is to win or lose, but always lose more and win less. However, the monk's face was as deep as water, and he was not happy, which made the magistrate feel dissatisfied. He said casually, "master's chess skill is no different from mine. Why is it so much better than mine? Can't it be blessed by Buddha?" The old monk said faintly: "the art of black and white is just the way of yin and Yang, and the victory or defeat has its own days.".

Gradually, the dawn of fish bellied white appeared in the eastern sky. On the mountain, there was neither the first singing of morning chicken nor the cry of dawn people. The little monk got up early and struck the bell. His eyes were dim. He only felt confused by the fog at the foot of the mountain. He quickly went back to the back hall, pushed the door and went in. He repeatedly called: "master, it's not good. There's a flood.". The magistrate and the Zen master hurriedly pushed the window to look into the distance, and saw that the city of xiapi, more than ten li to the east of Yangshan, was completely submerged (historical records: "on July 12, the seventh year of Kangxi, in 1668 ad, the Yellow River burst its dike at huashanba, and the city of Pizhou was submerged"). Because the lower Pizhou City is located at the intersection of Yishui and Sishui, the terrain is low. Days of torrential rain on the upper reaches of the Yellow River triggered the breakwater of the Yellow River. The water head was like a runaway Mustang, about two feet high and poured into the city. At the time of deep night, the people in the city were all in a dream and had been destroyed.

Facing the disaster of the collapse of heaven, the magistrate cried out: "why did xiapi City, which had been the capital of a prefecture for more than 20 times and had been glorious for more than 3000 years, suddenly disappear overnight?" The old monk advised: "don't be too sad, benefactor. The disaster has come, it's not your fault. You can settle down in Shangchai Posthouse and find another official position The magistrate turned pale when he heard the words: "the master is wrong. The city is full of calamities. The people are not spared. I am the parents of the people. I am greedy and vain. What's more, I have to let them go." The magistrate said that he was discharged from the hospital and wanted to drown himself. Seeing this, the old monk yelled: "benefactor is honest and upright and can escape a disaster. This is God's will. There is a certain number of life in the world. If you can't help it, why are you so stubborn?" The magistrate suddenly realized that it was no accident that he played chess last night. He turned and bowed down in front of the old monk: "thank you for your enlightening. In this life, I would like to be away from the world of mortals and the company of green lamp Buddha. I would like to follow the Zen master to chant sutras day by day and pray for thousands of lives." The monk agreed, and repeatedly said: good, good, benefactor and my Buddha have long been good friends, can break away from the secular, convert to Buddhism, cultivate body and mind, in the future will be able to spread the Buddhist dharma, and give the Dharma name "liaochen". From then on, the monk "liaochen" painstakingly practiced in Yangshan Zongshan temple, and died in his 80s.

After hundreds of years, Zongshan temple was occupied by the Japanese during the Japanese invasion of China. The ancient Buddhist temple relics were stolen and seriously damaged. In the 1960s, the Yangshan Zongshan temple was torn into ruins by the red guards in the name of "breaking the four old". In 2002, Zhu Zhichao and his wife donated more than 100000 yuan and dozens of Golden Buddha statues to rebuild the Tianwang hall and Sansheng hall on the site of the original temple, reappearing the aura of the three treasures, and gradually restoring the splendid history and culture.

Address: the junction of Pizhou and Suining, Xuzhou

Longitude: 117.99020385742

Latitude: 34.143634796143

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