Puji Temple

Puji Temple

Puji temple is the Buddhist activity center of Mount Putuo, where all major Buddhist activities are held. Built in Song Dynasty, Puji temple is the main temple dedicated to Guanyin in Mount Putuo.

Puji temple, where every local Buddhist activity is held, is also a temple fair on February 19, June 19 and September 19 of the lunar calendar. It may be more interesting to go at this time. The local climate is suitable, with the highest temperature of 26 ℃ and the lowest temperature of 12 ℃ in October.

Historical evolution

Puji temple, commonly known as Qiansi, is located at the south foot of lingjiu peak at baihuading, Putuo Mountain, Putuo District, Zhoushan City. It was founded in 916, the second year of Zhenming of the Later Liang Dynasty, and was repeatedly destroyed. In 1689, Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty issued an imperial edict to rebuild the temple during his southern tour, and later granted the title of "Puji qunling".

During the ten years of turmoil, the Temple Buddha statues were destroyed. In 1979, the state attached great importance to the restoration of famous mountains and implemented the religious policy. Today, the halls and pavilions have been renovated. Every day, the Pilgrims and tourists come to Puji temple.

The second congress of Putuo Mountain Buddhist Association was solemnly held in Putuo Mountain Puji temple from November 23 to 27, 1993.

architectural composition

Puji temple covers an area of 26000 square meters. The whole building faces south from north. In front of the temple, there are stone archway, Zhaobi, yubeiting, Bajiaoting, yaochi bridge, haiyinchi affiliated buildings (structures), etc. along the central axis, there are zhengshanmen (yubeidian), Tianwang hall, Yuantong hall, Tibetan Scripture building, abbot hall, etc. There are bell tower, Drum Tower, side hall and guest room on both sides of the main hall.

Puji temple is one of the three famous temples in Putuo Mountain, a Buddhist holy land in China. It has unique planning and architectural design. It is a typical representative of Chinese temple architecture and an important legacy of Zhejiang Qing Dynasty official architecture. It has high historical, cultural and artistic value. ——Guanyin Bodhisattva Ying place

Putuo Mountain is located on the East China Sea. It is said that it is the Yinghua Daochang of Guanyin Bodhisattva. It is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China.

The origin of the temple's name

Puji temple is also called Qiansi

It is located at the foot of lingjiu mountain. In 1983, it was designated by the State Council as a national key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area. Its predecessor was "not willing to go to guanyinyuan". During the reign of Tang Dazhong (847-859), Huie, a Japanese monk, invited the statue of Guanyin from Wutai Mountain to return to China. Due to wind resistance, he went ashore to build this courtyard with Zhang, a mountain dweller, on Chaoyin cave to worship Guanyin. During the reign of emperor Zhenming in the late Liang Dynasty (915-920), it was expanded from "refusing to go to guanyinyuan" to a temple, and later moved to the present place (the earliest refused to go to guanyinyuan was built here).

In the Song Dynasty, it was renamed "Yuanguang temple in Wutai" and "Guanyin Temple in Baotuo" successively. In the seventh year of Jiading (1214), the emperor wrote the plaque of "Yuantong hall", which was designated as a temple dedicated to Guanyin. In 1421, Tang He was ordered to burn the temple and destroy the Buddha. He moved the monks to Qixin temple in Mingzhou (now Qita temple in Ningbo). It was not until 1488 that he welcomed the Buddha back to the mountain and rebuilt the temple. During the reign of emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), the temple of Putuo Mountain was destroyed, and Baotuo Guanyin temple was not spared.

Expansion period

In 1605, the imperial court sent eunuch Zhang qianlai mountain to expand Baotuo Guanyin temple at the foot of lingjiu peak, and granted the title of "Yongshou Putuo temple to protect the country". The temple was large-scale and was located in the southeast for a time. In 1669, Dutch colonists invaded Putuo. Except for the main hall, the temple disappeared. In the 38th year of Kangxi (1699), Putuo temple was built to protect the country and Yongshou, and was granted the "Puji qunling", which was called "Puji Temple". In the ninth year of Yongzheng (1731) of Qing Dynasty, the temple was expanded and used as a building. The scale of the temple was unprecedented.

Entering Puji temple, you usually pass through a stone archway with four pillars and three doors, about 20 meters high. On the lintel, there are exquisite cloud silk and stone gourd. On the north side of the square, there is a stone tablet, which says, "civil and military officials, military and civilian people wait until they get off here." It is said that this is the emperor's edict. In the past, officials came here, civil servants got off the sedan chair and military officials got off the horse to show their respect for Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Layout structure

In front of Puji temple, there is a lotus pond with a width of about 15 mu, which is called Haiyin pond or Fangsheng pond. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. Three bridges were built on the pond. In the middle, the bridge deck is flat and broad, connecting the main gate of Puji temple in the north and the imperial stele Pavilion in the south. There is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, also known as octagonal pavilion, facing the Mountain Gate of Puji temple.

Surrounded by jade liquid, surrounded by powder wall. In summer, the lotus is in full bloom, the green leaves are in the fields, and the red flowers are in the pavilions. The scenery is charming. When you have a rest here, you can enjoy it. With the wind on the fence, you can smell the fragrance and feel that the summer is gone. The yubeiting Pavilion in the south of the bridge, in front of the pavilion in the middle of the lake, is connected with haiyinchi.

The pavilion was built in 1731, the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. In the middle of the pavilion, there is a white jade tablet written by Emperor Yongzheng. It is 3 meters high and 1.5 meters wide. The inscriptions record the history of Mount Putuo. The dragon carved on the forehead is vivid and the calligraphy is vigorous. The stone carvings are very exquisite, which can be said to be unique, and the steles are very valuable.

In the East is an arch bridge, called Yongshou bridge. It is 40 meters long, 7.5 meters wide and 6 meters high. It was built in 1586. On the stone column head of the bridge, there are 40 lions carved in different shapes, vivid and lifelike. The stone bridge is simple and elegant, which is a treasure in sculpture. In front of the bridge, there is a wall of Bodhisattvas, on which is written the five characters of "Bodhisattva in view of himself", which is five feet high and powerful.

Folklore

It is said that Guanyin Bodhisattva is both sad and intelligent. From sadness, he is called Guanyin, and from wisdom, he is called freedom. Beside the wall is engraved the Heart Sutra, which says: "there are mountains on the sea, many sages and sages, and all the treasures are very pure; the brave husband sees freedom, and lives in this mountain for all living beings." In the west is a long arch bridge with a dragon head carved in four corners. When the rain comes from the mouth of the dragon, it looks like smoke. The lotus pool is surrounded by mountains on three sides and surrounded by ancient camphors. The lotus blooms in June every year. The shadows of trees, pavilions and bridges in the pool are reflected, forming a wonderful picture.

When summer night is quiet, the lotus fragrance is refreshing, and the silver flowers in the pool are accompanied by the shadow of the moon, forming one of the ten scenic spots of Putuo Mountain - "lotus pool night moon", which makes people linger and forget to return. Puji temple covers an area of 37019 square meters, with a total of 10 halls, 12 floors, 7 halls and 7 pavilions, totaling 23L rooms, with a construction area of 11400 square meters. There are six halls in the temple, running through a central axis from south to north.

Mountain Gate. Five rooms wide, double eaves Xieshan, the main gate is usually closed, monks and tourists from the East Gate in and out. After the monk passed away, he left the temple through the Xishan gate.

Main attractions

The imperial monument hall. Inside the mountain gate, there are three imperial steles of Wanli in Ming Dynasty and Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. In the middle of the stele is the historical evolution of Puji temple. Standing on the 3.5-ton Cuan, Cuan's head is raised and neck is extended. The beads can rotate, which shows the essence of its carving.

Bell and Drum Tower. On the east side of the gate is a bell tower with a double eaves and a large bronze bell hanging inside. It weighs more than 3500 kg and was cast in 1807. There is a drum tower on the west side, and the architectural form is the same as the bell tower. It is often called "morning bell and evening drum" in ancient poetry that every morning the bell is struck, and every evening the drum is played, and monks are called to participate in activities.

The temple of the heavenly king. Also known as the King Kong hall, it is five rooms wide and four rooms deep, with a double eaves and a mountain rest. In front of the door is a Maitreya Bodhisattva, with a bare head, a smiling face, a bare chest, and a cloth bag in one hand. It is said that he can put all the sufferings of the world into a cloth bag.

There is a couplet on both sides of the Buddha statue: "the kind face smiles at the ridiculous people in the world, and the big belly can accommodate the difficult things in the world". It aims to persuade people to be compassionate and magnanimous, and treat the changeable life with an optimistic attitude. The statue behind Maitreya Bodhisattva is Weituo Bodhisattva, standing tall and upright, holding a pestle. It is said that Weituo is the head of the general, who often travels in the East, South and west states to guard Kalan, and belongs to the God of Dharma protection. The four heavenly kings on both sides are just like four guards defending the Dharma gate. They are the heavenly kings of the East, the south, the West and the north, each holding magic weapons. In the back of the hall, there are 8 camphor trees with a diameter of more than 0.8-2 meters.

Da Yuan Tong Dian

Da Yuan Tong Dian. It is the main hall of Puji temple, which is quite the main hall of ordinary temples. Yuantong is the nickname of Guanyin Bodhisattva. This hall is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva. The hall is grand and towering, with 7 rooms wide and 6 rooms deep. It has double eaves, Xieshan, yellow glazed roof, nine steps on the bucket arch, and two dragons playing with pearls carved in the door. Hall can accommodate thousands of people, known as "living hall". The platform in front of the hall is surrounded by carved stone railings, and the steel cauldron furnace in Taichung is about 4 meters high. The inscriptions of "Puji Temple", "Qianqiu Baoding" and "Guangxu xinchou (1901) winter moon Jidan" are cast on it.

In the center of the hall sits the 8.8-meter-high Avalokitesvara (6.5-meter-high, seat 2.3-meter-high) with golden body, beautiful eyes and kind smile. Beside her are her disciples shancai and Longnu, with an innocent and lively manner.

There are 16 different costumes and forms of Bodhisattvas on the East and west walls, which are called Guanyin 32 Yingshen. That is to say, Guanyin's self-expression image when it educates the world with different identities. They are: Pizhi Buddha body, Shengwen body, Vatican King body, Dishi body, Zizai Tianshen body, Dazi Tianshen body, Tianda general body, Pishan body, Xiaowang body, senior citizen body, Jushi body, zaigouan body, Brahman body, bhikkhu body, bhiksuni body, youpahansai body, youpoyi body, senior citizen woman body, Jushi woman body, zaigouan woman body, Brahman woman body, boy body and girl body Heaven, body

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