Xianggu Temple

Xianggu Temple

Xianggu temple in Linze County is now a class 2A tourist attraction. It is located in beibanqiao town of Linze County, covering an area of about 201 mu. It is adjacent to the Ming Great Wall in the north and overlooking the Heishui River in the south. It was built in the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty during the reign of Yuanshou. It is a famous ancient temple on the Silk Road for thousands of years. The architectural layout, style and the "three religions in one" keynote of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism fully demonstrate the characteristics of the integration of eastern and Western cultures in Hexi corridor. It is a famous pilgrimage resort in Northwest China.

Xianggu temple was first built in the first century B.C. and was rebuilt in the 1990s. Its scale layout, architectural style, sculpture painting, worship of deities, and the tone of "three religions in one" of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism fully show the special national mentality formed under the specific historical conditions and the characteristics of the fusion of eastern and Western cultures in Hexi corridor. Xianggu temple is composed of one gate, three courtyards and one side hall. The main building of the front courtyard is "Tianwang hall", and the main hall of the middle courtyard is the main hall of the whole temple. The architectural structure is five to seven hall type. Behind the main hall is the highest building of the whole temple, which is called "kumaroshi reliya pagoda". Inside the pagoda, there is a tooth relic of kumaroshi master, which is the treasure of the temple. The pagoda has four stories and is 36 meters high. The grand momentum of Xianggu temple, exquisite buildings, bright murals, exquisite sculptures, green trees, flowers surrounded courtyard, attract many tourists.

legend

Banqiao and Xianggu are inseparable. Banqiao is famous for Xianggu. Xianggu makes Banqiao more geographical, folk and humanistic, and gives Banqiao the soul of culture. It is said that at the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han Dynasty, there was a girl named he in the north of Zhaowu city. When she saw that the Heihe River flooded every year and drowned people and animals, she repaired the bridge by fate. The back bridge was washed away by the water. The girl died to protect the bridge. The people of Banqiao generation buried her on the sand slope near liushubao and set up a temple for sacrifice. Huo Qubing, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, attacked Xiongnu, and the fairy maiden appeared. He built a bridge on the Heihe River to help Huo Qubing cross the river. Huo Qubing won the Hui Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty granted "pingtian fairy maiden". Li Yuanhao of the Western Xia Dynasty granted the title of "xianjue Shengguang Bodhisattva".

history

Xianggu temple was built in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty in the reign of Yuanshou. According to the inscriptions, since the Ming Dynasty, it has undergone four major repairs and maintenance in the sixth year of Wanli, the third year of Tianqi, the eighth year of the Republic of China and the fourteenth year of the Republic of China. However, since 1952, due to historical reasons, a splendid historical temple has been artificially destroyed, and the temple buildings have been destroyed and become ruins. Since the implementation of the party's religious policy, with the strong support of relevant departments, the reconstruction and restoration of Xianggu temple has been put on the historical agenda.

development

In the spring of 1993, under the leadership of Master Li Kong, a leading group was set up to prepare for the construction of Xianggu temple. With the approval of the relevant religious affairs departments at the provincial, municipal and county levels, the Xianggu temple was registered, and more than 240 mu of desert land was allocated to the original site. After ten years of arduous efforts, it has been greatly supported by people from all walks of life More than 20 buildings, including the kumaroshiya relic pagoda, the Mahatma hall, the Sansheng hall, the zushi hall, the Jialan hall, the Guanyin hall, the dizang hall, the Tianwang hall, the Vajra hall, the pharmacist hall, and the Xiangu hall, 8 stele pavilions, turrets, chaperones, bell and drum towers, more than 100 Buddhist temples, Zhaitang, Hakka halls, Seng shaliao rooms, cultural relics exhibition halls, incarnation towers (kilns), and Haihui pagodas, have been built, In the hall, more than 80 statues of bronze, jade and wood Buddha are carved or invited. They are lifelike and resplendent in gold and jade. The magic tools and big shad are classic, simple and elegant. The temple covers an area of 161666.67 square meters, with a construction area of 18767.34 square meters. Beside the park of Linze County, a Xianggu Temple office with an area of 3.6 Mu and a construction area of 593.76 square meters is built, which is also the seat of Linze Buddhist Association. The master led the monks in the temple to plant more than 35000 trees, such as pine and cypress, poplar, willow, elm, locust, toon, Elaeagnus angustifolia, red jujube and so on, initially forming a 28000 square meter ecological sand control and protection forest. The reclamation of 9.5 mu farmland and 3 mu vegetable garden has laid a good foundation for the better implementation of ethnic and religious policies and the promotion of Buddhist culture.

Today's Xianggu temple, with morning bell and evening drum and Sanskrit sound, has begun to take shape, with more than 20 permanent monks. In August 2000, the grand Dharma meeting with the completion of the temple, the opening of the Buddha statue and the elevation of the abbot was solemnly held. It will become a quiet and solemn Buddhist jungle rebuilt in the Hexi Corridor in the past 100 years. It is the essence of the combination of traditional architecture with gardens, national culture and Buddhist art. It will become the center of promoting the exchange and development of Buddhist culture and art in Northwest China Continue Buddha's wisdom and life, the base to support the three treasures

Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the religious policy has been gradually implemented. Some believers in Linze have come to Jiuquan fazhuang temple one after another to seek conversion under master Rongzhao, and some have been converted before master Xuchan of Ganzhou Dafo temple. Later, Niu dengde, a native of Chengbei Village, liaoquan Town, Linze County, went to Jiuquan to worship master Rongzhao. He became a monk and was named Dijing. In 1986, he went to Baoguang temple in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, where he was ordained as a monk. After that, he moved into the thousand Buddha cave of MATI temple in Sunan County and built the temple. In 1944, he was promoted to be abbot, and master Rongkai came to see him off. In 1986, another Yuanlong resident from Huangyi village, Pingchuan Town, Linze County went to the thousand Buddha cave of MATI temple in Sunan, where Master Li Dijing became a monk. His name is Li Kong, which is called Zen view and Miaoxin. In 1990, Master Li Kong went to Xudong of Xiangji temple in Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province to receive the precepts. He stayed in Xiangji temple for two years to study in the Deacon training class. Later, he went back to the thousand Buddha cave of MATI temple to help the Buddha shine. Xue Zhong, deputy secretary of Linze County Party committee, Wei Yanquan, director of the United Front Work Department of Linze County Party committee, Chen Yuan, director of the government office and chief of the religious section, and Li Yangchun, an education specialist of Banqiao Town, went to the thousand Buddha cave of MATI temple to propose a gift to master Dijing, inviting master likong to build a temple in Linze to promote Buddhism. In 1992, master Dijing agreed and sent master likong to live in the former site of Xianggu temple in Linze. In August of the same year, the master reported to the relevant religious affairs departments of the province, prefecture and county for approval to open up the Xianggu temple as a place for Buddhist activities, and registered in accordance with the law. The county government agreed to assign more than 200 mu of desert land to the original site to build temples.

Located 36 kilometers north of Linze County, on the southern edge of Badain Jaran Desert, Xianggu temple in Dongliu, Banqiao Town, Linze County, with the Ming Great Wall in the north and the Heishui River in the south, it was built during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. Layers of sand dunes undulating, trenches crisscross, debris everywhere, dead trees, woodland saplings scattered. In 1992, Master Li Kong, who returned to the former site of Xianggu temple, went all over the place by himself. He made friends with monks and folk believers inside and outside the province and led them to raise money. On the yellow sand rolling desert, he successively built a new archway gate, open-air Maitreya Buddha, King Kong hall, heavenly king hall, Mahatma hall, kumaroshi reliya pagoda, Guanyin hall, dizang hall, Jialan hall, zushi hall, Xiangu hall and three temples The main works of the temple (Buddhist Chanting Hall), pharmacist hall, ancestral talin, Haihui tower, cremation tower, peilou, Jiaolou, the second floor of Bell and drum, Beiting, Chan yuan, Zhaitang, Seng shaliao house, etc. were completed in 2000, with a cost of more than 20 million yuan. He led the monks and folk believers to move 120000 cubic meters of sand dunes, reclaim more than 30 mu of wasteland, and plant nearly 60000 trees such as pine, cypress, toon, locust, willow, elm, poplar, jujube and Elaeagnus angustifolia, with a green area of 40000 square meters. The temple has a quiet environment and is evergreen all the year round. In August 2000, he solemnly held a large-scale Dharma Assembly, such as the completion of the temple courtyard, the opening of the Buddha statue, the first Abbot's reception, and the elevation of the temple. Nearly 80000 people from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other provinces attended the grand ceremony. In just a few decades of spring and autumn, splendid halls with golden walls have sprung up, becoming the Buddhist jungle rising in the Hexi Corridor in the past 100 years, the national AA scenic spot with prosperous fragrance and famous reputation. In April 1995, using the classroom of Banqiao Dongwan primary school, Linze County Buddhist Association and Xianggu temple management committee were established, and the first representative meeting of Linze County Buddhist Association was held. More than 50 representatives of Jiuxiang town Buddhist Association participated in the meeting, and the first Buddhist Council with Master Li Kong as its president and Bian Weili, Jia Yongyong, Li zhurong, Zhang Tianfu and Li Maojin as its vice presidents was elected Leading group. In December 1999, the second congress of Linze Buddhist Association was held, and the second leading group of Buddhist Council with Master Li Kong as president and Cui Yufang, he Xinghong, Yi zhengcong, Liu Aiguo, Zhu Jiangong and Bao Yuanzhang as vice presidents was elected. In the winter of 2000, at the fifth session of the fifth session of the county CPPCC, Li Kong put forward a proposal to build an office in the urban area, which received the attention of the main leaders of the county Party committee and the county government. The leaders of the Urban Construction Bureau, the forestry bureau, the Land Bureau, the Cultural Bureau, the United Front Work Department, the religious branch and other relevant departments were convened to hold an on-site office meeting, which allocated 3.5 mu of shenshugou wasteland to build a Buddhist Association office, In the spring of 2001, the construction was started and completed on October 10. Leaders from the united front and religious departments of cities and counties were invited to complete the ribbon cutting. At the same time, the office issued amendments to the responsibilities of the main staff of the Buddhist Association and the temple to perform their respective duties. In August 2003 and October 2008, two sessions of representative meetings of the county Buddhist Association were successfully held. The leadership of the previous Buddhist Association was elected and the work of the Management Committee of Xianggu temple was carried out . At the same time, the county Buddhist Association irregularly organized Buddhist Association Leaders and monks to learn

Chinese PinYin : Xiang Gu Si