Manjusri Temple

Manjusri Temple

Wenshu temple, located at the foot of Suzhu chain, the main peak of Qilian Mountain in Sunan County, Gansu Province, is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national AAAA tourist attraction.

Historical evolution

Wenshu temple, Qifeng District, Sunan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is 26 kilometers away from Jiayuguan City, 25 kilometers away from Jiuquan City, 60 kilometers away from Yumen City, 200 kilometers away from Zhangye City, 400 kilometers away from Dunhuang City, and 500 kilometers away from Subei County.

Manjusri temple is a Tibetan Buddhist temple worshipped and supported by various Tibetan tribes in Dongna. Kangle temple has a history of more than 900 years. It is one of the three earliest monasteries in Kangba area. It has jurisdiction over 13 sub temples, with a total of more than 3000 monks.

Ancient and modern status

The living Buddha of sola has been reincarnated to the 17th generation. It has a long history in the history of Tibetan Buddhism in China. It is one of the reincarnated Living Buddhas with the most reincarnation, and also one of the living Buddhas with the highest Dharma status.

Living Buddha soladan benima was born at about 9:00 on December 15, 1963, the 16th year of the water tiger in the Tibetan calendar. He was born in Tangnaihai grassland, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province. When he was born, rainbow and other auspicious signs appeared in the sky. Soon after, guru Ge Xiu a Rou, a local expert who visited and identified him as a reincarnated spirit child, thought that he was a reincarnated spirit child. Then, through a series of procedures, gerijiasai, vice chairman of Qinghai Buddhist Association, Jinmei pengcige, king of France, and Lang zhinima, great mage, were confirmed as the reincarnated spirit child of gerizasinima, 17th of Kangle temple, Seda County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Related allusions

On October 25, the 16th year of the monkey in the Tibetan calendar, he was invited to Kangle Temple (full name: Changlong temple, chiqinbaoyuan, Ajiao Kangle) to hold a grand bed sitting ceremony, and ascended the "throne of fearless lion, accepting the right of all Dharma Masters". Due to historical reasons, he stopped the monasteries in the second year of his "sitting in bed", forcing him to stop practicing, go home and take advantage of all possible opportunities to learn scriptures and go to school.

In the early 1980s, he was recruited back to the former Kangle temple, accepted the full precepts again, accepted the guidance and inheritance of the sutras, and practiced Buddhism systematically. He graduated from the "Wuming" Buddhist College of Garzi lablang temple. During this period, he chose Tibetan medicine and obtained the diploma of correspondence university of Lhasa Tibetan medical college. At the same time, it was built in the great perfect Temple of Ganzi, and was granted the "zaoqin" commandment of the great perfect temple and received the true biography of the tantric school.

Since the early 1990s, as a law holder, he has been carrying the package, reciting the "truth" from the mouth, contemplating from the heart, traveling around the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, Qaidam Basin, Qilian Mountain pilgrimage sites, worshiping mountain gods, walking 324 burial platforms, repairing 540 holy springs, and carrying out nearly 100 times of cave building.

During this period, master lianhuasheng of Shenshan mountain of Sangye Temple practiced "duijingquan" meditation for three months, nuoyanhongsa of Qaidam Basin was closed for one year and seven months, caihantao lugai temple was closed for chanting "ganzi'er", and the center of Qinghai Lake was meditated for one month, reciting "lubujing" and walking around Qinghai Lake and other lakes. In short, after more than 20 years of serious practice and travel, the living Buddha of solardam benima has been able to cultivate "hollow" insight.

"NIMA" crown's defense Dafa. The living Buddha of benima in soradan won the title of "NIMA". Kangle Temple held the ceremony of "extraordinary incarnation of danbenima living Buddha was awarded to the Dharma seat of all Buddhists" to ascend to the highest "golden red" (Dharma seat) of the thirteen treasures, officially becoming the 17th Lama such as Sora living Buddha. Lama means supreme, the highest tutor and preacher of the Department.

Folklore

It is said that in 841 A.D., the first year of emperor Wuzong's Huichang reign, Huihe, a Japanese monk, took a statue of Avalokitesvara, which he had invited in Wutai Mountain, and went back to China by boat. When the boat arrived at nanxinluo reef in Putuo, Zhejiang Province, it was surrounded by hundreds of iron lotus flowers on the water. Huihe realized that it was Avalokitesvara who refused to leave China for Japan, and immediately prayed and agreed that he would not go to Avalokitesvara "Courtyard", iron lotus face back.

Huicalyx with the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, passing by Shiren Mountain, once had a rest in Manjusri temple. Later generations refused to go to Guanyin to commemorate it. They built an Putuo temple, which is today's Manjusri temple. Five thousand year old ginkgo trees in the temple are called living fossils. Manjusri temple, under the protection of thick shade, covers an area of more than ten mu. According to the two existing stone inscriptions in the temple, the temple was built in 1344 A.D., and has a history of more than 600 years.

During this period, it had undergone several major repairs in the first year of Chenghua (1465 AD), the Dingsi year of Hongzhi (1498 AD), the Xinmao year of Wanli (1591 AD) and the 34th year of Qianlong (1769 AD) of the Qing Dynasty. It can be seen that the scale was large and the incense was prosperous at that time.

The origin of the name

Manjusri temple is located in the depth of white clouds, surrounded by beautiful peaks, a long stream of green water in front of the temple, surrounded by luxuriant forests and bamboos, and accompanied by waterfalls and springs. It is an important part of Shiren Mountain scenic spot, which integrates majestic, dangerous and beautiful, elegant and fresh.

The temple is composed of main hall, cross hall and side hall. It is said that the goddess of Manjusri gave the disciples Sakyamuni, Maitreya and Dharma here and got their name from Fuyin. The incense was very popular for a time. But what really makes Manjusri famous is the five towering Ancient Ginkgo biloba in the temple. Ginkgo biloba, also known as Ginkgo biloba and Gongsun tree, is dioecious and has strong vitality. It is known as "living fossil" in the biological world. The ginkgo trees in Manjusri temple are three females and two males. They are more than one thousand years old, and their heights are between 25 and 40 meters,

Whirling green leaves, such as a huge umbrella, covered with shade. Snow pressure branches, a Yushu Qionghua, for the simple Temple added a line of scenery. Later, along with the temple Guanyin spent thousands of years of sadness and joy, growing into a towering posture. The lowest of these trees is 35 meters. Among them, the largest tree has a crown of 43 meters high and a chest circumference of 6.85 meters. It takes several hands to encircle it. However, what is particularly surprising is that there is a 10 cm hole in the chest. Through it, you can clearly see the gap between a 1.7-meter-long and 0.8-meter-wide wooden board in the trunk, and you can still remember the saw stubble left by hand in the lower part. How can a big board be taken out of a whole tree trunk? It is said that this is the work of Luban. And the smallest one is more than 5 meters. The whole group of Ginkgo biloba twigs and leaves are connected, green and luxuriant, covering the sky and the sun. The cloud and fog cover the whole day, which is magnificent.

Construction period

According to historical records, the Wenshu grottoes were first excavated in the Northern Dynasties, and the temple was founded in Zhenguan, with a history of more than 1500 years. During the Five Dynasties of Tang, song (Xixia), yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than 360 buildings, more than 70 courtyards and more than 70 grottoes were built on the front and back of the mountain. Temples, temples and courtyards were surrounded by cigarettes. Halls, pavilions, buildings and pavilions were all over the front and back of the mountain.

From the northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Tibetan and Han Buddhism, Taoism and other religious arts have been gathering for more than 1500 years. Its artistic style is comparable to that of the Mogao Grottoes, and it is commonly known as "little Western Heaven". According to legend, Manjusri Bodhisattva was named after his manifestation here. The third Dalai Lama came here to worship. Thousand Buddha cave, ten thousand Buddha cave, camel peak, ancient buildings are mostly built on the top of different peaks.

In May 1992, the former Qinfeng District Office of Sunan County and the people's Government of Qiwen Tibetan township of Qinfeng district successfully held the first cultural temple fair of Wenshu temple in Wenshu temple, which opened the prelude to the development of tourism in Qifeng. Under the strong support and guidance of the district office and the township government, the herdsmen actively invested in the tourism industry, and gradually developed from the simple cloth tent to the building structure, with 15 fixed scenic spots with local ethnic characteristics.

In the late 1980s, religious people from Jiuquan, Jiayuguan and other places came here one after another to work and invest, repair some temples, and carry out religious activities within the scope of national ethnic and religious policies and laws and regulations.

Cultural relics protection

In order to standardize the management of tourism and improve the tourism quality and grade of scenic spots, the people's Government of Sunan County approved the establishment of "Wenshu Temple Tourism Administration Office of Sunan Yugur Autonomous County" in August 1995, which is a public institution under the management of Qifeng District Office and is specifically responsible for the management and operation of scenic spots.

More than 30 million yuan has been invested in the infrastructure of water, electricity, roads, communication and various buildings in the scenic spots. There are more than 150 managers, 5 commentators, 3 cultural landscapes, 42 temples, 3 grassland natural scenery landscapes and 1 natural wonder.

14 cultural temple fairs were successfully held in Manjusri Temple scenic area, receiving 700000 tourists (Times), including 15000 foreign tourists (Times), and the accumulated tourism income reached 12.5 million yuan. In 2001, the State Council announced the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In 2006, it was rated as a national 3A scenic spot

In 2011, it was promoted to a national 4A scenic spot.

Beautiful scenery in the temple

Wenshu temple is 23 kilometers away from Jiuquan and Jiayuguan. From the southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Tibetan and Han Buddhism, Taoism and other religious arts have gathered. It has a history of more than 1500 years.

Wenshu Temple grottoes were excavated during the reign of the Ming emperor Taining in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The whole area is divided into two areas: the front mountain and the back mountain. early years

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