Wanfo Pavilion

Wanfo Pavilion

Wanfo Pavilion, building name, Shanghai, Changzhou, Wutai Mountain are known as "Wanfo Pavilion" building. Located in the North Street of Fengcheng Town, Shanghai Wanfo Pavilion is a large-scale bhiksuni Taoist center in Shanghai. It was built in the Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. Most of the existing temples were built in Qing Dynasty. Located in the north of Weitang street, Chunjiang Town, new North District, Changzhou Wanfo Pavilion, Jiangsu Province, is an ancient Buddhist temple that has lasted for more than 800 years. It now covers an area of 37 Mu and a construction area of 14400 square meters. Wanfo Pavilion in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province is located in the southeast corner of Tayuan temple in Taihuai Town, Wutai Mountain. It used to be a temple of Tayuan temple. It was founded in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in Qing Dynasty.

After several historical ups and downs, Wanfo pavilion was destroyed during the cultural revolution and rebuilt in 1989. Today's ten thousand Buddha Pavilion is composed of ten thousand Buddha tower, bell tower and Drum Tower. Elevators are installed in the pavilion, forming a pattern of hall in hall, with solemn style and long Buddhist rhyme. The architecture of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion is very distinctive. It is close to the water of the city, from low to high, especially the houfatang Pavilion, which is built on the wall of the ancient city.

Wanfo Pavilion is a unique ancient building. It is designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Fengxian District.

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Address: No.189, Fengcheng North Street, Fengxian District, Shanghai

Historical evolution

In the 19th year of Hongwu (1386) of Ming Dynasty, Tang Xinguo and his general built Fengcheng City wall to prevent the invasion of Japanese pirates at sea. They rebuilt the Wanfo Pavilion, which was originally a small nunnery in the countryside, in Beimen Yuecheng Bay. Therefore, there is a local saying that "first there was the ten thousand Buddha Pavilion, then there was Fengcheng town".

The Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty has extraordinary bearing. It is surrounded by walls and battlements. It faces mountains and sleeps streams. It is the most beautiful place in all temples. After the second renovation in the 22nd year of Emperor Qianlong and the 6th year of the Republic of China, the Buddha Pavilion added three couplets in the main hall, two couplets in the eastern and Western Zen rooms, the dizang hall in the back, and the Maitreya hall in the front, which was magnificent and magnificent. After several historical ups and downs, Wanfo pavilion was destroyed during the cultural revolution and rebuilt in 1989.

Today's ten thousand Buddha Pavilion is composed of ten thousand Buddha tower, bell tower and Drum Tower. Elevators are installed in the pavilion, forming a pattern of hall in hall, with solemn style and long Buddhist rhyme. The architecture of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion is very distinctive. It is close to the water of the city, from low to high, especially the houfatang Pavilion, which is built on the wall of the ancient city.

Cultural relics protection

The clamp shaped beam structure of the main hall of the ten thousand Buddha Pavilion is meticulously inlaid and integrated, which can be regarded as a unique ancient building and is designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Fengxian District.

Folklore

More than 600 years ago, the ten thousand Buddha Pavilion was a small rural nunnery. According to folklore, in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a rich woman who resisted marriage and turned her hair into a nun. After hearing the news, my parents were too late to repent. Later, he built a small nunnery here, named the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion. The people were moved by the woman's strong character and came here to worship. During the Hongwu Period, in order to prevent the invasion of Japanese pirates on the sea, Tang and general Xinguo supervised the construction of Fengcheng City wall, and the Ten Thousand Buddhas pavilion was rebuilt in Yuecheng bay at the north gate. After the war. It has been rebuilt several times, and now there is a detailed record in the stele of building the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion

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In March 1994, the Buddha statue in the main hall of the ten thousand Buddha Pavilion was opened. In November 2003, the ten thousand Buddha Pavilion was completed. With the passage of time, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion gradually recovered and became a real one. The temple is magnificent. The whole temple is composed of Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Wanfo hall, Wanfo tower, etc.

Address: 189 Fengcheng North Street, Fengxian District, Shanghai postcode: 201400

Main attractions

Wanfo temple, also known as Wanfo temple. Located in the north of Weitang street, Chunjiang Town, Xinbei District, it is an ancient Buddhist temple that has lasted for more than 800 years. Now it covers an area of 37 mu, with a construction area of 14400 square meters.

There is an ancient well in Song Dynasty near the Naihe bridge in front of the gate of Wanfo temple, which has been rebuilt in recent years. Around the pavilion, there are five column plates, dragon and stone pillars, and cornices. There is a pair of Ming Dynasty stone lions on the East and west sides in front of the gate of the great mercy building (Guanyin Hall). They are carved with resounding stones. When they tap on the lion's tail, they will make a sound. The bronze bell in the tower weighs 12.5 tons and bears the names of more than 10000 donors.

"A thousand sticks of incense, ten thousand sticks of incense, is not as good as a stick of incense in the polder pond"; and "a thousand worships, ten thousand worships, is not as good as a stick of incense in the polder pond". This is a popular saying among the people in a hundred Li area. It is said that in the early Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty named this place "Yin capital", and wanfoge specially built "cause and effect city" to promote the idea of retribution for good and evil. In addition to the ten halls of Yama, there are also "wangxiangtai", "xuewuchi", "stripping clothes Pavilion" and "evil dog pier" in the city to warn people not to do evil but to do good and accumulate virtue. The predecessor of Wanfo temple is the temple of ancestral temple, which was built in the period of Wu Zetian in Tang Dynasty. During the reign of song and Yuan you, it was rebuilt into a Buddhist temple, Qianfo Pavilion, and the inscription is called "ancient temple of Changzhou". Before Jiajing of Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. Lin Zexu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, came here and inscribed a plaque with the title of "Nanlan Xiangguo" in his hand. It was destroyed by fire in 1860 and rebuilt in Guangxu. There are more than 100 buildings, such as Daxiong hall, Wanfo tower, Guanyin tower, Luohan hall, and ancestral Hill tower, and more than 50 mu of land has been added. It has become the most famous temple in North Changzhou. In the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917), the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion set up the precepts, and all the little Shamis within a hundred miles around came to receive the precepts, which made the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion more famous. In 1937, the Japanese army invaded China and wanfoge was in a state of collapse.

In 1949, wanfoge was occupied by grain management office and phosphate fertilizer plant. In June 1993, it was approved by the people's Government of Wujin County as a place for Buddhist activities and named "wanfoge Temple". We sincerely invite the master of Fuquan temple in Nanhui County of Shanghai to stay in the temple. In 2001, it was renamed "ten thousand Buddha Temple". In the past ten years, it has successively completed the mountain gate, bell tower, Drum Tower, Puxian hall, Tianwang hall, Manjusri hall, Dabei Hall (Guanyin Hall), Xixi hall, Weituo hall, Zen hall, Haihui hall, complex building, Guanyin corridor, Gongde stele corridor, etc. the foundation laying ceremony of the new and unique Daxiong hall was held on May 15, 2005. In addition, Maitreya hall, twin pagoda and other buildings are also under planning.

Wanfo Pavilion is located in the southeast corner of Tayuan temple, Taihuai Town, Wutai Mountain. In the old days, it was a temple belonging to the Tayuan temple. It was founded in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in Qing Dynasty, with small scale and complete layout. The mountain gate faces south, and the second gate faces west. The ten thousand Buddha Pavilion is located in the east corner of the temple. It is three rooms wide, with two floors and three drops of water. It has a mountain like roof and two floors with ten thousand Buddha statues, so it is named. The front eaves of the pavilion are both covered with porch columns and provided with balustrades. The appearance of the pavilion is magnificent and elegant. There is a bronze bell of Ming Dynasty hanging on the pavilion, weighing about 3500 kg. In the southwest corner of the temple, there are two Tibetan pagodas, about 4 meters high, carved from bluestone. They are small in size and beautiful in shape. They are small pieces in the temple. There is a pavilion in the north corner of the temple. There are three couplets in the hall of the Dragon King, with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain and surrounded by corridors. The statue of the dragon king sitting in it is decorated as new. The hall is richly carved from the plinth, sparrow, column, arch, arch hole, decoration, etc. all of them are carved with dragon, lion, unicorn, flowers, figures and other patterns. They are colorful and skillful in carving. According to the general practice, the Dragon King God does not live in a Buddhist temple. Local legend has it that the Dragon King of Wutai Mountain is famous for his prestige, uneasiness about his position, and uneasiness in the temple, so a temple is built here to worship him. On the opposite side of the hall, there is a stage for gods to perform. The temple fair in June in Wutai Mountain is centered on it.

The Dragon King Hall is the North Hall of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Pavilion, also known as the five master temple. According to folklore, the fifth master is the incarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva. He responded to every request. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was rescued by the fifth master when he was killed on Mount Wutai. The Emperor gave him a Dragon Robe and a dragon crown, so the fifth master also wore a dragon costume. Later, the five masters became more and more popular among the people. As a result, the five masters became the Savior and protector in the hearts of the common people. Whenever there was any big or small matter, they came to ask the five masters. The five masters also answered everyone's request. Therefore, the two walls of the suite were covered with plaques of praise, which made the five masters more powerful. There is a stage opposite the Five Dragon King Hall, which is specially set up for the fifth master to sing. In general, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Buddhism are out of worldliness and like to be pure, but the fifth master likes to be lively and to watch operas. Therefore, he seeks the favor of the fifth master by singing operas, bestows timely rain, and gives the people a good harvest. Now every month on the first and the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, local people go to Wuye Temple very early to pay homage, so this temple has the most incense and the most people on this day. It is said that whoever went the earliest got the most favor.

According to legend, the Bodhisattva, the king of Tibet, founded the Jiuhua Mountain Taoist temple. A local councilor didn't sell the land piece. Later, the son of the councilor offered the land piece and became a monk. He took the Dharma name as Daoming. In the statue arrangement, monk Daoming stands at the top and his father at the bottom. On the left and right sides of the Bodhisattva, there are five statues, which are called the "ten halls of hell". On the left, right and back walls of the building, there are also wooden squares with small Buddha statues inside. Even on the roof beam, there are also small Buddha statues. There are more than ten thousand clay statues on the upper and lower floors, so the Manjusri hall is also known as the ten thousand Buddha Pavilion. The temple is named after the Ten Thousand Buddhas pavilion with many Buddha statues.

Address: Wutai Mountain Scenic Area, Wutai County, Xinzhou City

Longitude: 113.5968170166

Latitude: 39.007801055908

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in Wutai Mountain tickets, Wutai Mountain tickets: 168 yuan in peak season (April 1 - October 31) and 140 yuan in off season (November 1 - March 31).

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