Tianzhu Temple

Tianzhu Temple

Tianzhu temple is located at the southern foot of Tianzhu Mountain in Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It was first built in 943, the seventh year of Tianfu in Shijin Dynasty, and it is called Ximing yuan. According to the old county annals, the 47 capital, Zhang Gang shiye, is now in the west gate courtyard of biexing county. He called the monk and abbot, and the magistrate Tan Li gave the plaque. In Song Dynasty, the present amount was changed and later collapsed. In the fifth year of duzong's reign, ye Mengding, Prime Minister of Shaofu and Prime Minister of Shumi, damaged the house. Sun Renzhi of the fifth generation gave more than 300 mu of land to his house as a temple. It was rebuilt in the third year of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Chayu linked to the Qian, towering and brilliant. More than a hundred and ten bhikkhs and bhiksunidas chanted scriptures all day long and worshipped incense.

brief introduction

Tianzhu temple is located at the southern foot of Tianzhu Mountain in Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province. In the north of Tianzhu Shandong Province, there are towering ancient trees and bamboo forests all over the mountains. In the valley of Yunxing and Xiawei, there is a 5-kilometer-long gorge. The mountains and rocks on both sides are abrupt, and the streams in the gullies flow into Shanxi in a roundabout way. There is a winding mountain road in the valley, which stretches to Tianzhu temple through Xieyan, Baiyan and other villages. In the valley beside the road, the terraces are magnificent. Only the sound of birds can be heard, there is no noise of the market, and there is no dazzling color, forming a quiet world beyond the world.

There is a strange stone named an Chan stone found in Tianzhu valley. It is a quiet Buddhist place. Eighteen eminent monks of the Eastern Jin Dynasty together with 18 scholars lived here to build temples in Tianzhu holy land, which is full of mountains, ancient trees, clouds and picturesque scenery. Famous monks of all ages, such as Wang Xizhi, Xu Xun, Dai Kui, Li Bai, Du Fu and Lu You, came here to visit the holy land, and their feelings were expressed in poems. Bai Daoyou's poetry says that "even the peak for tens of miles". Li Bai said in his poems that "self love of famous mountains enters Shanzhong". Du Fu said in his poems that "every stream is beautiful and different, and you can't forget it.". Lu You's poems said that he thought about the style of woodcutting and entered Shanxian County for the second time. A famous mountain is like an expert. How can it not be seen for a long time. The temple was first built in the seventh year of Tianfu (943) in Shijin Dynasty, named Ximing yuan. According to the old county annals, the 47 capital, Zhang Gang shiye, is now in the west gate courtyard of biexing county. He called the monk and abbot, and the magistrate Tan Li gave the plaque. In Song Dynasty, the present amount was changed and later collapsed. In the fifth year of duzong's reign, ye Mengding, Prime Minister of Shaofu and Prime Minister of Shumi, damaged the house. Sun Renzhi of the fifth generation gave more than 300 mu of land to his house as a temple. It was rebuilt in the third year of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Chayu linked to the Qian, towering and brilliant. More than a hundred and ten bhikkhs and bhiksunidas chanted scriptures all day long and worshipped incense.

At present, there are three well preserved stone tablets on both sides of the gate, one of which was erected in 1933. The inscriptions outline the grand occasion of the beginning of the building, the decline and extension of the revolution, the burning of incense to worship Buddha, praying for gods and ancestor worship at that time. The other two are the inscriptions of the Western Ming court, which were supplemented in 1938.

Xiatianzhu Temple

Now called Fajing temple, it is located at the foot of Lingyin mountain (Feilai peak). In the early years of Xianhe (326-334) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huili, a monk from the west, came here and saw the beautiful landscape. He built Yiyu, named lingjiu temple. In the 15th year of kaihuang in Sui Dynasty (595), Zhenguan and Daoan went to Shishi to build Toutuoxing, which was built by Chen Zhongbao in tanyue. It was called nantianzhu temple. During the period of Dali in Tang Dynasty (766-779), Fashen, Chengguan and daobiao successively lived here. In the 21st year of Zhenyuan (805), the abbot Daoqi urged the scholars from all over the world to speak Huayan Sutra in the temple, showing all kinds of wonders, and Mengchi e Tianzhu Lingshan temple. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was burned by soldiers. In the Five Dynasties, Qian Liu, the king of Wu and Yue, revived and built five hundred Arhats. During the reign of emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty (1008-1016), Tiantai monk Ciyun lived in the temple in accordance with the rules, and there were many apprentices. In 1144, the name of the temple was changed to sijianfu temple. In 1197, the old name of Lingshan temple in Tianzhu was restored. In the early years of Jiading (1208-1224), Japanese monk Jun once came to the temple to study the teaching of Tiantai. In Yuan Dynasty, Fengshan Ziyi, Zhenjing and mengrun came to live next time. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Huilu was destroyed again, and it was rebuilt in the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1398). In 1773, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty rebuilt the main hall. When Emperor Gaozong was lucky, he gave it this name. At present, both zhongtianzhu temple and zhongtianzhu temple are Zen temples, with Zhenguan and Zunshi tombs and Jingchuang (built by zushao), etc.

Zhongtianzhu Temple

It is located in the south of xiatianzhu temple and the north of Jiliu peak. It was founded in 597, the 17th year of emperor kaihuang in Sui Dynasty, and it was built in 641, the 15th year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty. In the early Song Dynasty, it was called chongshouyuan; in the fourth year of huizongzhenghe (1114), it was renamed Yongzuo temple in Tianning. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was a famous Buddhist temple among zun400 Buddhist temples, together with Lingyin and Jingci temples. To the Yuan Dynasty, it was renamed Tianli Yongzuo temple. During the reign of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, the Fajing temple in Tianzhu was granted by mengci; later, the main hall was burned down. In the 25th year of Jiajing (1546), Huiyong rebuilt it and established a new Baiyi Guanyin hall. It was renamed Fajing temple in 1765 and rebuilt in 1892. After the disaster of Huilu, most of the temples are being repaired and rebuilt.

Shangtianzhu Temple

Today, it is named Faxi temple, located at the foot of the north peak and the south of zhongtianzhu temple. In 939, the fourth year of Tianfu in the late 31 Jin Dynasty, Dao Yi settled here and got a rare wood overnight. He ordered Kong RenQian to carve a statue of Guanyin. Later, Qian hongchu, the king of Wu and Yue, felt the spirit of Guanyin and built a temple called Tianzhu temple. Later, Guanyin became effective again and again. In 1065, the second year of the reign of emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty, he was granted the Guanyin academy inspired by e Tianzhu. The emperors of the Song Dynasty revered this temple very much. Besides being lucky, they often prayed for rain and set up water and land lent here. In the third year of Chunxi reign (1176), Emperor Xiaozong built a golden bright confession hall to protect the country in the temple, and awarded the seal of "Baiyun hall" to command all Zen, religion and law sects in the world. In addition, Wengao, Xingcheng, benwu, Hongji, Zhenjing and other great virtues also successively developed in Jinshan, and fazhuang was very prosperous. During the reign of Emperor Shun (1333-1368), he was destroyed by war. Later, Huiri revived it. To the Ming Dynasty, the temple set up monks and Taoist yamen, in charge of religious administration in Hangzhou area. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), it was renamed Faxi temple, also known as Faxi Shuo temple. It was rebuilt in 1927. The temple is the largest in scale and the most popular in incense.

Related history

Because song Zhenzong worshipped Buddhism, and then song Renzong worshiped Buddhism, Hangzhou officials such as Su Shi, Cai Xiang and Shen Wentong had close contact with Hangzhou Buddhism, which made Lingzhu prosperous. In the first year of Tiansheng (1023) of emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, there was a monk who built Guanyin hall between Baiyun peak and Shizi peak. At that time, the incense was very popular, "the mountains were surrounded by arches, the clouds were misty, and when he heard the bell, he suddenly became a heavenly official.". In the first year of Huangyou (1049), Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty gave 5330 volumes of the secret scriptures to the kanjingyuan as a collection of scriptures, for which he specially built a collection hall. In jiayouzhong (1059-1060), Shen Wentong, the governor of Hangzhou, thought that "Guanyin preaches Buddhism with its voice, not where Zen lives." he proposed "changing Zen Temple by teaching". He changed Zen temple into Jiao temple, and ordered monk Biancai (Yuanjing) to build rooms, add heavy eaves to the hall, and personally wrote "inspiration guanyinyuan" Temple by song Renzong. In the middle of Zhiping (around 1065), when Cai Xiang was in charge of the county, Zeng Gongliang, the prime minister, funded the construction of the temple and stored 5230 volumes of Buddhist scriptures in the west of the courtyard. In 1100, the 16th temple was completed.

After Song Shi moved to the south, Jin Bing invaded Hangzhou in 1130. At that time, Jin Wushu (Wanyan zongbi) paid a visit to Tianzhu and got to curse the statue of Avalokitesvara. Then he carried the statue of Avalokitesvara and the Sutra to the north in a car. Monk Zhiwan and his disciples followed him to build a temple in Yuhe Township, five miles southwest of Yanjing. In the second year of Shaoxing (1132), Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty ordered the abbot Wei RI to build the Sutra house and Yingzhen Pavilion, and visited the temple in person in the fifth year of Shaoxing. In the second year of Longxing (1164), song Xiaozong ordered Cao Cheng, a Lin'an official, to build 500 Luohan hall. In February of the first year of gandao (1165), Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty summoned ruona, the abbot of shangtianzhu, and granted him the title of "Youjie Seng Zhu", then "zuojie Seng Zhu", and granted him the seal of Baiyun hall. He ordered ruona to administer the affairs of Zen, religion, Buddhism and Jiangnan Buddhism. Therefore, shangtianzhu temple was famous as a teacher of Chongjing. In the third year of gandao (1167), Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty also inspected the site and gave him 20000 silk money to rebuild the sixteen temple. In February of 1172, the eighth year of gandao, the imperial edict was issued to rebuild the temple and change it into a temple. The imperial edict "Falun treasure" granted the inner palace jewels such as Yuezhu, guiguzhu and Maoyan to the temple. In the first year of Chunxi (1174), he sent another 500 letters to the Academy. The following year, song Xiaozong went to shangtianzhu to offer incense, and officially changed the courtyard to "inspiration Guanyin Temple". At that time, all emperors who went to the mountain to offer incense went to the white cloud hall. In 1197, it was renamed "Tianzhu Temple" and rated as "the first of five mountains". All the envoys and monks from Koryo and other countries who came to Korea were sent to heaven for inspection and reception. In July of the second year of Kaixi (1206), the 16th temple was destroyed. The abbot Miao frog tried his best to build it and completed it in one year. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, shangtianzhu Bodhisattva was regarded by the imperial court as the master of "governing the country and stabilizing the country". In his praise of Tianzhu inspiration Guanyin, Zhao Yun, the emperor of Song Dynasty, said: "the supernatural power is so wonderful that it is hidden and unpredictable, and the merits and virtues are boundless. We should feel Xi su. When and when we are rich, we will protect our people, and when we are in bed and when we are in prison, we will make the Kingdom healthy. "

In the second year of Xianchun (1266) in the late Song Dynasty, the temple was completely destroyed. In the fifth year, the temple was built by the monk Qingsi, but it was changed into "Tianzhu Temple". In the end of Yuan Dynasty, the upper Tianzhu temple was destroyed again. In 1382, the eminent monk Zongyu was appointed as the monk Zuo Shanshi's teacher and asked for reconstruction. The emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty ordered to build Guanyin Bodhisattva hall and ordered the troops in Hangzhou to stop operating for February

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