Guangzun Temple

Guangzun Temple

Guangzun temple is located in the northeast of Banqiao market town, 3 kilometers away from the seat of the town government. In the second year of Tianbao (743 A.D.), the Wufeng Chaoyang mountain was built by the Nanzhao king piruo pavilion to offer sacrifices to Buddhism. Most of the existing buildings were rebuilt from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China.

brief introduction

The temple sits east to west, built seven into five courtyard, a total of 23 buildings, covering an area of 9000 square meters. The buildings are divided into three types. From west to East, they are Mountain Gate, hall (attached with wing room), Wenchang Palace (attached with Cuiwei building in the North), Dabao Hall (attached with wing room), Guanyin hall, doulao Pavilion, yaochi building and theater building. The rest of the buildings are hard top bungalows with through Doujia. Most of these buildings are made of coarse materials and are not decorated. They not only give people the impression of being tall and majestic, but also show the charm of being rough and simple. They are the largest existing ancient architectural complex of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in Baoshan. Since the yuan and Ming Dynasties, the style and characteristics of Baoshan's religious architecture, which combines Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, are concentrated in Baoshan and even the whole Han area in western Yunnan. It has high irreplaceable historical and artistic value and scientific and cultural relic research value. It is also rare in China.

In December 1984, yueyuezun temple was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Baoshan City. In December 2003, it was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit by the provincial government.

history

In 1942, the Pacific War broke out, the Japanese army attacked western Yunnan, and the Chinese expeditionary army entered Baoshan. The temple was once selected as the headquarters of the expeditionary army. Senior Kuomintang generals Wei Lihuang and Li Gengen convened military meetings here many times to formulate Anti Japanese strategies.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese war in 1945, in order to commemorate the victory of the Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan and commend the Anti Japanese meritorious service of the Chinese expeditionary army, Wei Lihuang, commander of the general headquarters of the Chinese expeditionary army, Li Gengen, Yunnan Provincial Commissioner of the sixth Office of administrative supervision, Li Guoqing, and fan Yuesan, President of Baoshan councilor, and other officials advocated the construction of the expeditionary middle school in guangzun Temple of Banqiao, Baoshan, and Li Gengen wrote the name of "expeditionary middle school" in person . Since then, with the establishment of Baoshan's first revolutionary armed forces, more than 300 students from expeditionary middle school have participated in the revolutionary work. Therefore, the temple is also known as the bastion and cradle of the local revolution.

At the same time, it is also the birthplace of Baoshan County special branch, the earliest branch of the Communist Party of China in Baoshan. In the modern revolutionary history of Baoshan, it occupies an important position and has important historical significance.

According to historical records, it was used as an ammunition depot during the Anti Japanese war. After the founding of new China, guangzun temple was transferred to the Grain Bureau of Baoshan County as a warehouse. During this period, the pear garden on the east side of guangzun temple was transformed into a large underground grain storage room, with a total of eight granaries.

present situation

In front of us are ancient houses swaying and collapsing in the wind and rain In Ming Dynasty, Yang Shen (Yang Sheng'an) once wrote such a poem to guangzun Temple: "Peach in guangzun temple should laugh, looking back at the nine degrees of spring in Dongfeng!" we can imagine how brilliant guangzun temple was then.

Guangzun temple was handed over to the grain department in 1959 to build a grain warehouse. For various reasons, all the statues and a large number of precious cultural relics in the temple have been damaged. Thousands of pear trees that once surrounded the temple have also been cut down. After the grain department withdrew from the temple in 2001, there was no one in guangzun temple. Only these empty thousand year old houses stood in the north of Baoshan dam, exposed to the wind, rain and sun.

Guangzun temple, once known as western Yunnan, has been preserved for a long time. At the same time, it has a considerable scale of ancient buildings. Due to disrepair for a long time, most of the temples are in danger of collapse. The rescue of cultural relics has come to an urgent moment.

The old temple will reappear

According to relevant people, guangzun Temple concentrates on Baoshan and even the whole Han nationality area in western Yunnan. Since the yuan and Ming Dynasties, the style and characteristics of the religious architecture of the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have high historical and artistic value and scientific and cultural relic research value, so it is of great significance to restore guangzun temple.

On August 10, 2007, the guangzun Temple development and construction project participated by Longyang District Tourism Bureau and other departments was officially started. It is reported that the total investment of the project is expected to be about 21.33 million yuan, which is mainly divided into two areas: Temple restoration and new area development. Among them, the restoration project investment is 10 million yuan, including the main building repair of guangzun temple, Buddha statue repair, ancillary works, surrounding infrastructure construction and environmental improvement; the new area development investment is 13.33 million yuan, including the construction of cultural square area (including tourism commodity business department and parking lot), Qinglong Lake, vegetarian area, etc.

The reporter learned that at present, the repair work is progressing smoothly. It is expected to complete the main building repair project, Buddha statue repair, ancillary works and surrounding environment reconstruction project in February 2008, and open to tourists as a tourist attraction.

The origin of the unity of the three religions

According to the preface to the three religions of guangzun Temple written by Zou guangzuo of Ming Dynasty, guangzun temple only worshiped Western Buddhism in the early stage of its formation. From the Yuan Dynasty to the fourth year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, Buddhism and Taoism became one temple. During the period from Qianlong to Jiajing, the temples were expanded and built to provide more memorial tablets for Confucius and Mencius. So far, the original Buddhist and Taoist temples have evolved into the temples of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and have continued from then on.

Address: Wufeng Chaoyang mountain behind Shike village, Banqiao Town, Longyang District, Baoshan City

Longitude: 99.235328674316

Latitude: 25.17876625061

Ticket information: free.

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