Cihua Temple

Cihua Temple

synonym

Cihua Temple (Buddhist temple in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province) generally refers to Cihua temple

Cihua temple, short for Cihua temple

It is located in nanquanshan, Cihua Town, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, 70 km away from Yichun city. It is known as the throat of Wu and Chu. It borders Wanzai County in the northeast, Liuyang County in Hunan Province in the northwest, and Pingxiang City in the West.

Cihua temple was given the title of "the first Zen forest in the world" by Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, which is called "great Cihua in the world" in history!

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Cihua temple, short for Cihua temple

It is located in nanquanshan, Cihua Town, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, 70 km away from Yichun city. It is known as the throat of Wu and Chu. It borders Wanzai County in the northeast, Liuyang County in Hunan Province in the northwest, and Pingxiang City in the West. Hunan Jiangxi highway runs through it,

Zen master Pu'an, the founder of the mountain, founded Cihua temple in Nanquan mountain in 1166. Nanquan mountain is a famous mountain in Jiangxi Province. It is one of the main roads of Buddhism in Jiangyou. It was awarded as "the first Zen forest in the world" by Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty. Today, there are still some cultural relics, such as the first and second volumes of the genealogy of chici to Nanquan mountain, the efficacious record of puzu, the complete genealogy of Sakya Tathagata's miraculous deeds, Pu'an's handwritten Sutra of Vajra Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna. Cihua temple has puguangming hall, Daxiong hall, Liaofang, etc. Cihua temple is now presided over by the director of China Buddhist Association, vice president and Secretary General of Jiangxi Buddhist Association, President of Yichun Buddhist Association and vice president of Jiangxi Buddhist College, master Miao an.

The origin of history

Cihua temple was founded by Pu'an Zen master in 1166, the second year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty. It has a history of more than 840 years after the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has been granted imperial titles by the emperor for many times. At its peak, Cihua temple had 10 halls, more than 2000 houses, covering an area of more than 60000 square meters and thousands of monks. Yichun City in Jiangxi Province is the holy land of Zen. Yichun is one of the most distinctive historical and cultural areas, and also an important tourism resource to be developed. In the history of Buddhism, the epoch-making "Mazu jiandaochang" and "Baizhang liqinggui" took place in Yichun city. The Cihua temple in Yuanzhou, Yichun, is known as "the first Zen forest in the world" by Buddhists at home and abroad. In the second year of Qiandao (1166) of the Southern Song Dynasty, Pu'an Buddhist monk founded Cihua temple in Nanquan mountain of Cihua in Yichun. Pu'an Zen master (1115-1169) was born in Yichun County, Yuanzhou Prefecture of the Northern Song Dynasty (now Yufang, Cihua Town, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province) in the fifth year of Zhenghe (1115). The common surname is Yu, whose name is yinsu. At the age of 20, monk long Xian became a monk. At the age of 28, he received the great commandment of Ganlu at Kaiyuan Temple in Yuanzhou.

Related allusions

Nine years later, he came to Hunan and visited the Zen master mu'anzhong in Mount Taishan. He enlightened himself and inherited the Buddhist philosophy of Linji. In 1166, the villagers asked him to preside over the former Cihua temple on Nanquan mountain and prepare for the construction of Cihua temple. In 1169, he died at the age of 55. He has three volumes of quotations of Pu'an yinsu Zen master.

Master Pu'an is good at Sanskrit. He used Sanskrit Pinyin as a mantra and called it Pu'an mantra. Because of its divine power of "ten directions of Pu'an, stabilizing the jungle", it is often recited in temples at new moon. Pu'an Zen master is not only a Zen master with great power, but also can use all the best secret methods, so he is known as lianhuasheng. After his death, he was granted seven imperial edicts in the song, yuan and Ming Dynasties for his "effective" defense of the country. In May 1277, the first year of emperor Jiaxi of Song Dynasty, he was granted the title of "Zen master Jigan". In 1250, Chunyou was granted the title of "Miaoji Zen master". In December of the third year of Baoyou (1255), he was granted the title of "Zen master Zhenjue". In April of the fifth year of Xianchun (1269), he was granted the title of "Zen master Zhaofu". In July of the fourth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty (1300), he was granted the title of "Zen master of Dade". On the second day of March in the first year of Huangqing (1312), he was granted the title of "Huiqing Zen master". On December 13, 1420, the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, it was granted the title of "supreme goodness, great benevolence, wisdom, sense of tranquility, wonderful response, Tzu Chi's true enlightenment, Zhaofu Huiqing, national defense and education, Bodhisattva of great virtue".

From the Yuan Dynasty to the spring of yuanrenchen (1292), the temple was burned to ashes. There was Master Sun Ciyu Mingzhao of Pu'an V, who presided over Qingshou temple in Dadu (Beijing). He was well-known for his morality and was famous in the capital. He was awarded purple clothes and was given many gifts. Cheng Zong Yuan Zhen first year (AD 1295) Qin Fenggui Cihua Temple presided.

In the spring of 1300, it was destroyed by fire.

Construction period

In the fifth year of Dade (1301) of the Yuan Dynasty, master Ciyu Mingzhao went to Beijing to play the role of emperor and built dacihua temple. In the winter of that year, the land was purchased and the construction was carried out. There were puguangming hall, wuliangfo hall, wurulai hall, sitianwang hall, Yuhua hall, Daben hall, abbot, bath hall, bell tower, Drum Tower, Tianlun hall, dilun hall, xuanfo hall, meitanlin, cangjing Pavilion, Siguan (Chaozong in the East, Xilai in the west, Nanquan in the south, Gongbei in the North), dongxiershanmen, 24liao, xiaoyuantang and dayuantang In addition, it also built two stone pagodas (containing scriptures on the left and right), Danlong, Seng Tang, storehouse, Yongzhen Mountain Gate, Sizhai Pavilion, Riyue ertai, Siwei street, Dongxi two verandas, langying thousand and daozaibating, tanhe zhuta temple. It covers an area of 100 mu, with thousands of monks.

In 1385, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty granted the construction of the Dragon Pavilion, which was named "the first Zen forest in the world".

In 1445, Emperor Yingzong granted "nanquanshan great national protection and great benevolent Buddhist temple".

In the second year of Chenghua (1466) of Ming Dynasty, the emperor Xianzong granted "Guangci Huguo dacihua Temple". In the 23rd year of Chenghua, the temple was burned to ashes.

In November of the seventh year of Hongzhi (1494), the Puguang Ming hall was rebuilt. In the south of the square, there are several acres of ponds and lotus plants. In the north of the hall, there is dingguang tower, which is magnificent and covered with dingguang hall. From the north of Yuhua hall, more than 100 couplets are erected, and then to the high wall.

In the 44th year of Wanli (1616) of the Ming Dynasty, the monk Wenxiu went to Beijing to recite the Tibetan scriptures and announced that she had cured the eye disease of Shenzong queen. In the next year, he returned to Cihua and granted 687 letters to quanzang, 75 liang of gold and two imperial edicts. In the third year, he collected taxes from Yi, Ping, Fen and wansi counties, rebuilt the Sutra Pavilion and built 24 Liaos in the East and West.

In 1644, the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Buddhist statues in temples were destroyed by military disasters,

Reconstruction in 1692

In 1755, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, monk Mingyuan raised money for cultivation. It was rebuilt in Jiaqing.

At the beginning of the people's Republic of China, Cihua temple only had Shanmen, puguangming hall, Wuliang Buddha Hall, dongqiliao, dingguang lingruita, Yuantong Pavilion, etc. During the cultural revolution, dingguang lingruita, Yuantong Pavilion and stone Guanyin were destroyed. Today, there are still some cultural relics, such as the first and second volumes of the genealogy of chici to Nanquan mountain, the records of puzulu, the complete genealogy of Sakya Tathagata and Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Prajna Sutra, thousand people pot, and Nasi bell.

Opening to the outside world

In June 1992, Cihua town began to repair Cihua temple

. One gate, two halls and two towers have been restored in Cihua temple. On the gate, the couplets of the past are retained: "Shengji Nanquan is the most famous mountain in the world; Yuanyin is the successor of Xizhu, xuanyang is the only one to explain the Dharma", and the imperial title of emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty: "the first Zen forest in the world" is copied. The second hall is puxingming hall and Daxiong hall, which are majestic and solemn; the second tower is Niujiao tower, which is 12 stories high and 4 stories below. The walls of the tower are painted with Buddha statues.

On May 28, 2004, Yichun Municipal government officially handed over Cihua temple to the Buddhist community, which was managed by the monks themselves.

In February 2006, the main hall of Cihua Temple began to be rebuilt. The first phase of the reconstruction of Cihua temple, with a total investment of about 23 million yuan, will be rebuilt according to the architectural style of the temple in the Ming Dynasty

Celebrations

On January 5, 2008, Cihua Temple held a grand ceremony to commemorate the 890 anniversary of Pu'an's birth and the completion of Daxiong hall. Thousands of people from all over the country attended the ceremony.

On October 24, 2010, in front of the Guangming Hall of the founder of Pu'an, the second Buddhist concert of Cihua Buddhist temple in Yichun, Jiangxi Province and the ceremony commemorating the 896 anniversary of the birth of the founder of Pu'an were held.

Collection of poems in the temple

The scenery of Nanquan mountain is beautiful, and the poem says: "the famous mountain monks are full, and the number of Nanquan is asked.". The "eight scenic spots of Nanquan" are well-known, such as "Longyan waterfall", "Luling Xiaoyan", "yuezhao Lianxiang", "Lanshan shucui" and so on, which still exist today

There are thousands of beautiful flowers in Lanshan, and the black color is often like a screen.

No willow and people travel with horses, there are pine by crane comb feather.

The clouds are close and the sky is blue, and the earth is green after the rain.

The South Spring of Yongzhen is full of emotion, while Wang Wei's painting is hard to achieve.

On the left side of Cihua temple, there is also a Guanyin Pavilion, which is composed of Mountain Gate, front yard, front hall, middle hall and back hall. It is 50 meters deep and has couplets on the columns

Why do you kowtow to Putuo;

This is the South China Sea. Ciyun covers twelve continents.

The temple holds a five-day temple fair on September 19 of the lunar calendar. At that time, besides Wanzai, Liuyang and Pingxiang, there will be pilgrims from Fujian, Hubei, Jiangsu and Anhui who come all the way to Korea to burn incense and worship. The trade exchanges will be very lively.

Two couplets

After hundreds of years of evolution, today

Chinese PinYin : Ci Hua Si