Zhiti Temple

Huazang Temple

synonym

Zhiti Temple generally refers to Huazang Temple (Buddhist temple in Ningde City, Fujian Province)

Huazang temple, originally known as Huayan Temple, is located in Zhiti mountain, Huotong Town, northwest of Ningde City, Fujian Province, so it is also called Zhiti temple. Huazang temple was built by Yuan Biao, a Korean monk in Tang Dynasty.

Historical evolution

The original name of Huazang temple is Huayan Temple, which is named after Huayan Sutra. It is located in Zhiti mountain, Huotong Town, northwest of Ningde City, Fujian Province, so it is also called Zhiti temple;

Huazang temple was first built by master yuanbiao, a Korean monk in the Tang Dynasty. According to the biography of eminent monks in the Song Dynasty, "the interpretation of yuanbiao is the same with the three Korean people.". In the middle of the year of Tianbao (724-756), he came to visit China and still went to the western regions to pay homage to the holy sites. The Buddha's residence in Huayan sutra was shown to the venerable: "in the southeast, there is a mountain named Zhiti mountain, in which Tianguan Bodhisattva and his family of Bodhisattvas all have a thousand people, often speaking. Then he went to mount Zhiti to worship the heavenly crown Bodhisattva, and practiced Huayan in naroyan grottoes. Huichang is in trouble. I don't know where to go after master Yuanbai. When Qian Liu, the king of Wu and Yue, heard about it, he ordered Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou to build Tianguan Bodhisattva Taoist temple. In the fourth year of Kaibao of the Song Dynasty (917), the king of Wu and Yue granted the title of "Huayan Temple" and granted Zen Master Wu the title of national teacher. He mainly supported the Dharma seat. According to the Huayan Sutra, he cast iron Buddha qianzun, namely "Qiansheng Tianguan", which was placed on the carved beam of the main hall. In the second year of Yongxi reign (985), Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty granted the "Yongxi Temple" an amount. In the first year of Chunhua (990), he was granted the title of "Buddhist master youguojishi", Ziyi, Yushu, etc.

During the reign of Zhenghe (from 1111 to 1117), Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty granted the title of "Zhenghe Wanshou Temple". At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the temple was destroyed by soldiers, and Zen master chichengjian rebuilt it. In 1403, the fifth year of Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty rebuilt the main hall and granted the "Huazang Temple". Empress Renxiao bestowed thousands of iron crown statues, each of which is about 0.3 meters high and weighs about 10 kilograms. They are vivid and colorful, and have been preserved to this day. In the 15th year of Zhengde (1505), the temple was destroyed by war, and in the year of Jiajing, it was burned by Japanese pirates. In the first year of Wanli (1573), the imperial court ordered monk Daqian to revive Zhiti, and mingshenzong gave it "wanshoushen Temple". In 1795, Empress Dowager CI Sheng granted a statue of a Thousand Buddhas of copper infiltrated gold to the great Pilu. After three years' journey, it came to Zhiti mountain. The statue weighs a thousand kilograms, is 2.5 meters high, and has a diameter of 3.7 meters. The lotus pedestal is composed of Thousand Buddhas, which is a metaphor for the world of China and Tibet. Another purple cassock, five clawed Golden Dragon embroidery, golden hook, jade ring and Ming Dynasty Sutra collection (i.e. northern Collection) were given. The above gifts are still preserved in the hall of cultural relics.

During the Kangxi and Tongzhi dynasties, they also made major repairs, and twice wrote Zhi ti si Tu Zhi, a total of six volumes. In the 36th year of the Republic of China (1947), Master Xin Yan, a high apprentice who also served as master Hui, rebuilt the main hall. In 1966, the temple was destroyed again, and there was little left. In 1983, Wang Jingyuan, a Buddhist monk in Quanzhou, was determined to remodel the Buddha statue in the main hall, which was rebuilt several times. The Huazang temple covers an area of more than 3700 square meters and faces south. From the peak of double bun. Three fold down, the central axis from south to north, for the mountain gate, Tianwang hall, Ming hall, Daxiong hall, East and West Corridor connected to the second floor of the bell and drum (has been abandoned), Guanglian floor, platform, left for Jialan hall, right for zushi hall and monk's house. Daxiong hall is a double eaves Xieshan style, with wooden structure and bucket beam. It is seven rooms wide and seven rooms deep, surrounded by corridors, and about eight meters high. In the middle of the hall is the gilded bronze Pilu Buddha, which is the imperial edict of Ming Shenzong.

The gate was built in the third year of Wanli (1575) of the Ming Dynasty. It was close to the heavenly king's hall because of its height. In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), the temple was withdrawn. In 1650, in the seventh year of Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, Seng rudian raised money to build the mountain gate and added a Huabiao in front of it. In 1983, the government allocated funds for the reconstruction of the mountain gate. It has a double eaves on the top of the mountain. It is three rooms wide and two rooms deep, with a height of about 7.5 meters. Under the double eaves, the banner reads "the first mountain in the world".

In September 1934, the "Mindong independent division of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army" was born here. From 1980 to November 11, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit of the county. On April 9, 1983, Huazang temple was listed as a key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area of China. On October 11, 1985, it was listed as the second batch of cultural relics protection units in Fujian Province. In 1995, monk miaozhan of Nanputuo Temple opened the shisanhua Li highway from the upper Zhiti temple in xibian village, ending the history of Huazang temple and starting the grand project of rebuilding Zhiti temple. Under the abbot of master Miaogo, the temple built a tower for monk miaozhan as a permanent memorial. In 1995, according to the natural conditions of Benshan, a hydropower station and a tap water tower were built, providing guarantee for the future construction and life of the temple. In 1998, a thousand bronze statues of Tianguan were rebuilt for use in Tianguan hall. The existing buildings have begun to take shape, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters, and the temple plans to cover an area of more than 30 mu. Now it has more than 7000 mu of forest land use right, 46 mu of cultivated land and 100 mu of tea garden.

structure

The main body of the temple is the Mahatma hall, which is connected with Tianwang hall, zushi hall, Jialan temple, sutra Pavilion, Drum Tower and mountain gate. There are many Buddhist temples around the temple, which are resplendent in gold and green, and the forest and mountain range are very magnificent. The nearby naroyan Grottoes temple is an ancient cave temple. "The grottoes are as high as a hundred fathoms, 50 feet deep and wide. The upper Lord is like a chisel, and the lower one is as flat as a mirror.". Bizhiyan stretches for five kilometers, with pearl curtain, Luohan cave, lone ape called moon and Koi facing the sky. On the side of the Bizhi temple, the hanging rock drips like water, and the forehead and eyes "Tianjiang Ganlu" are full of drought.

There are more than 50 monks who live in the temple. The whole temple is strict and strict, abides by the law, and the sea is peaceful. So far, it is the only ten square forest in eastern Fujian.

The current Abbot

The current Abbot Miaogou is from Zhouning.

address

Zhitishan, Huotong Town, Ningde City, Fujian Province

Address: 902 County Road, Jiaocheng District, Ningde City

Longitude: 119.38775634766

Latitude: 26.8104991284

Ticket information: market price: 30.0 yuan

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