Ming Xing Temple

Ming Xing Temple

Mingxing temple, located in Ben street, gangyaoling Town, Nanpiao District, Huludao City, Liaoning Province, is a provincial cultural relic protection unit, a provincial religious activity site, and a national AAA scenic spot. It was built in 1901 and was fully renovated in 1901. Now it is a rare temple complex in China during the period of the Republic of China. The current abbot is Shi Yangren.

history

According to the records of Chaoyang County (guanyaoling was originally under the jurisdiction of Chaoyang, and was assigned to Jinxi in July 1961), "Mingxing temple was built in 1901 in guanyaoling Town, 160 Li south of the county (Chaoyang). At the beginning, the temple was built with Buddhism as the main body, compatible with Taoism, Confucianism and folk beliefs. Inside the temple, there were the main hall, pharmacist hall, Tianwang hall, Zhenwu Great emperor Pavilion, Longwang hall, Confucius hall, etc According to the inscriptions on rebuilding Mingxing temple, Mingxing temple was rebuilt in April 1923 under the leadership of the president of Beitang Charity Association. It is now a rare temple complex in China during the period of the Republic of China.

After liberation, the ancient temple was turned into a school room. It was damaged during the cultural revolution. In August 1988, the school moved out, and part of the palace almost collapsed. On February 4, 2008, the flagpole on the left side of the temple was broken by a motor vehicle and destroyed into 11 pieces. When the flagpole was knocked down, ocean and scriptures were found in the top flag bucket. In 2008, the Provincial Bureau of cultural relics made a general survey of cultural relics, and the ancient temple was paid attention to. Funded by the Provincial Bureau of cultural relics, the cultural relics were repaired. The temple was rebuilt in April 2009 and completed in November 2013.

At the beginning of 2014, master Yangren was invited by the culture and Broadcasting Bureau of Nanpiao District and guanyaoling town to settle in Mingxing temple. He began to protect the cultural relics, inherit the Buddhist culture and excavate the cultural and tourism resources of this century old "ancient temple of the Republic of China". Over the years, with the support and help of Party committees and governments at all levels and the general good faith, master Yangren has invested a lot of money to rebuild the main hall, Manjusri hall and Puxian hall The restoration period is about five years. The temple is expected to be completed in 2020.

After entering Mingxing temple, master Yangren, together with the Party committee and government of guanyaoling Town, organized and restored the first folk temple fair of Mingxing temple. After 100 years, Mingxing temple fair was still not inferior to that time. Five folk temple fairs have been successfully held. Every temple fair, the streets of guanyaoling town are full of thousands of people visiting the temple fair. Dragon and lion dance, northeast Yangko, stilt walking, juggling, Pingju, Qidan drum and paper-cut and other folk cultures have been well inherited and developed in the temple fair.

Architectural pattern

Mingxing temple cultural relic area, front and back six storey buildings, 91 meters long from north to south, 50 meters wide from east to west, covers an area of 4550 square meters, facing south from north. In front of the temple, there are a pair of stone flagpoles and a pair of stone lions. There are 3 mountain gates, which are hard mountain buildings with convenient doors on both sides.

The first floor is the Mountain Gate Buddha Hall. There is a small stone lion on each side of the gate. There are three gatehouses, one in the middle is the gate passage, and four King Kong are worshipped on each side. There are corner gates in the East and west of the mountain gate. The mountain gate and the corner gate are connected by walls. The style of the two corner gates is the same, with two wooden doors. The East-West gate of the mountain gate and the wall of the first floor monk's room are on the second horizontal line, and the front four steps are arranged in an equal distance.

Further inside, you can see the second floor buildings - archway and bell tower. This is a three door concrete archway with a drum tower and a bell tower in the East and West, and a moon gate in the East and west of the bell tower. The archway is supported by four quadrangular concrete columns. A couplet is written on the two columns in the middle, and three dragon beads are molded on the wing columns on both sides. In the archway, there are also large plaques with the title of "transcendence", small plaques and circular relief patterns on both sides.

The third floor building is the second floor Buddha Hall. Walking in, I saw the semicircular corridor arch, with several layers of polished bricks and patterns. There is also a square platform on the top of the building. A pavilion is built on the platform. The brick carvings are engraved with the patterns of "Tian Ma Zhu Shou Yun Long Tu" and "Song He Yan Nian". There are also statues of Yue Fei in the pavilion, which are very lifelike. In these pavilions, you can see exquisite brick flower and bird patterns, such as carp, lotus and other relief.

The fourth floor building is the third floor Buddha Hall. This is also an arched door. There are side doors on both sides of the door. Along the stone steps of the side door, you can also get on the platform. Inside the hall, there are statues of Buddha and murals on one side of the wall. On the top of the door, there is an iron top censer with the words "Mingxing Temple" and "September 9, the Republic of China, Hitachi".

The fifth floor of the building is the fourth floor of the Buddha Hall. The screen stone tablet in the entrance respectively records the whole process of the construction of the Mingxing temple and the name and number of donors.

The sixth floor building is the fifth floor Buddha Hall. It is built on a multi-storey platform with two floors. Along the passageway and stone steps, it ascends the second section of high-rise building. It can be seen that the Buddha statue of "Zhenwu emperor" is worshipped in the second floor Pavilion, which is vivid and lifelike.

Architectural features

The layout of Mingxing temple is regular, the design is reasonable, and the nine storey palace is built on the same central axis, which is magnificent. The architectural art inherits the delicate and gorgeous style of the Qing Dynasty, and has the new practice of the early Republic of China. It integrates the architectural characteristics of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is a typical representative of the transition from ancient architecture to modern architecture, and is a representative ancient architectural complex in the late Qing Dynasty.

Main attractions

The archway of the Republic of China, feilaiquan, the ancient bell of the 32nd year of Guangxu, Baoding, the pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the stele head granted by Emperor Guangxu, and the stele of merit and virtue in the period of the Republic of China.

Landscape features

Ming Xing temple, the architectural art inherits the delicate and gorgeous style of Qing Dynasty, and has the new practice of the early Republic of China. It integrates the architectural characteristics of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is a typical representative of the transition from ancient architecture to modern architecture, and a representative ancient architectural complex in the late Qing Dynasty.

The folk temple fair of Mingxing Temple began in 1901 and ended because of war. In 2014, under the active advocacy of master Yangren, the temple fair was restored. After a hundred years, the Ming Temple association is still as elegant as it was. Five folk temple fairs have been successfully held. Every time (the third day of the third month of the third lunar month) temple fair, there will be a grand occasion of ten thousand people visiting the temple fair on the street of guanyaoling Town, which is full of people. Dragon and lion dance, northeast Yangko, stilt walking, juggling, Pingju, Qidan drum and paper-cut and other folk cultures have been well inherited and developed in the temple fair. Now it is the largest and most representative folk temple fair in Huludao area.

Honors

In 2016, it was rated as a place of double civilization religious activities by the Provincial Bureau of religion.

In 2016, it was rated as the advanced collective of "religious charity" by the Provincial Bureau of religion.

In 2015, Nanpiao District Party committee and government rated it as the advanced collective of "poverty alleviation and development work".

In 2017, Nanpiao District Party committee and government rated it as an advanced unit of "caring for the next generation of work, helping the poor and helping the poor"

Tourism information

Nanpiao District is the only AAA scenic spot, which is open to tourists free of charge throughout the year. In the scenic area, it advocates civilized incense, does not sell incense, and provides tourists with free incense, meals, etc. all year round.

Address: North of East Street, gangyaoling Town, Nanpiao District, Huludao City

Longitude: 120.55863269027

Latitude: 41.065192602187

Ticket information: free.

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