Fuhu rock

Fuhu rock

Fuhuyan scenic spot is located at the entrance of Liandong village, Lianhe Township, Fujian Province, 33 kilometers away from Youxi County. It was founded in the first year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty (1174 AD). There are ancient buildings of song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the scenic area, mainly including: shimenzu hall, Wenchang Pavilion, Shimen tower, jiefo Pavilion, Zhansheng Pavilion, Guanyin hall, Huxiao Pavilion, Taishan palace, Huyan cave and cliff stone carvings, seven storey pagoda and other 18 scenic spots, with a total area of 2370 square meters, of which shimenzu hall was granted by Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty.

Fuhuyan, an ancient temple in Southern Song Dynasty

The cliff inscriptions in front of Shizu hall record the construction projects in history, and its cultural connotation is very far-reaching. It is surrounded by watersheds at the front of the mountain and has a pleasant scenery. The trees on the mountain are peculiar. The stone path is zigzag and circuitous. The halls and pavilions are hanging on the wall in the air. It faces the five grain fairy mountain which is less than 200 meters away, forming a unique landscape of Wanren gorge gate. Today, fuhuyan is a good place for tourism, leisure and pilgrimage. A large number of tourists come to fuhuyan Temple Fair every year on February 27 of the lunar calendar. Nearly ten thousand people in the neighboring areas participate in the temple fair. The temple fair does Buddhist work for three days. The pilgrims are very busy. People are looking forward to good weather and bumper harvest in the coming year. In January 2001, fuhuyan was listed as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level by the people's Government of Youxi County.

A tour of Fuhu rock

I can't remember how many times I came to fuhuyan. Every weekend, I still yearn for her. When I drove to the left side of Lianhe Shuiwei, I walked up the stone steps, passed through the sightseeing Pavilion, Buyun Pavilion and jiefo Pavilion, and came to Shimen rock, the holy land.

Fuhu rock, formerly known as Shimen rock, is an extension of Daiyun mountain range. It is said that Daiyun mountain is like a boa constrictor, crossing 99 peaks, passing Jiufeng Mountain in Nanping, to Lianhe Shuiwei. This is a precipice with a depth of ten thousand feet; Fuhu rock and Niujiao mountain are opposite each other, just like two gates, which open in the day and close in the night; in the middle, a Danxi river flows down slowly, accompanied by a green mountain, which flows forever.

Fuhuyan is located in Lianhe Township northeast of Youxi, 38 kilometers away from Chengguan. It is said that more than 800 years ago, the United Rural tiger trouble, people and animals uneasy. The people went to Xiqin Fuhu temple in Nanping and invited the image of Fuhu to suppress the tiger disaster. Sure enough, the God got rid of the harm. People all over the world respect God's power and worship God's virtue. When the Fuhu statue was carried back to its original place and passed the junction of Lianhe and Nanping, the two lifting poles suddenly broke. In surprise, the sedan bearers knelt down and divined one after another to ask the gods whether they would not return to celery? The sedan bearers were very happy, so they carried the image of Fu Hu back to Shimen rock with two bamboo sticks. In order to worship the Fuhu God, the people built a temple on Shimen rock - Shimen ancestral hall, which is also called Fuhu rock.

There are three sharp peaks on Niujiao mountain opposite fuhuyan, which are just like Niujiao, so it gets its name. However, looking forward from the ancestral hall of Shimen, the three peaks on Niujiao mountain are very much like three heavenly candles. Wei Ran stands upright, the wind and rain do not extinguish, day and night do not extinguish. In fact, Niujiao mountain has its special "three treasures"; its roots are connected with Danxi water, and its flowers shine with the sun, moon and stars. The image of God is visible, and the light of candle is hidden; it will never be extinguished for thousands of generations; the moon goes and the stars move, and the sky candle will last forever; the three sacred images of sky candle make the master Fu Hu more powerful.

The tadou street in Lianhe township is round, like a basin. It is said that once upon a time there was a seven storey solid tower built in the Jiajing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was later destroyed by the earthquake. Today, in the heyday of reform, the common people, in order to develop tourism, have made concerted efforts to rebuild a seven story modest Pagoda in fuhuyan, imitating the ancient pagoda. It is said that there are not only Buddhas but also immortals in the pagoda; Buddhas are in the lower part and immortals are in the upper part; immortals live in the pagoda and protect the temple. When you have a chance to enter a higher school, take a job, go into business or have a good relationship, you can get the blessing of the immortal when you climb the sixth or seventh floor.

Daiyun mountain is a secluded Crouching Tiger rock. As the tail of Dai Yunshan's python, fuhuyan has a mysterious cave, called Huyan cave, under the prominent Shimen ancestral hall and in the high cliff. There is water in this cave all the year round and "eggs" are born from time to time. It is said that this is the anus and colonizer of Dai Yunshan's python. If so, it is the largest "living Python" in the world.

"The red sun is near, the mountains are picturesque, and the white clouds are low.". Standing in the ancestral hall of Shimen, looking to the right at the majestic Jinji mountain, it seems to be shouting the power of Fu Hu God; looking to the left at the long Danxi River, it also seems to be spreading the story of Shimen rock. I can't help but solemnly salute Niujiao mountain three times, then turn around to face the Tiger God and sigh from the bottom of my heart:

——God! Fuhuyan.

Putian fuhuyan

Buddhism seems to have an indissoluble bond with tigers. The story of Prince mahasaku "sacrificing his life to feed tigers" is recorded in Buddhist books. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty also designated the 17th and 18th Arhats as dragon subduing and tiger subduing Arhats. On the Fuhu rock in Putian City, there was a famous "Fuhu monk", called Miaoying Zen master, also known as Fuhu Zen master.

Fuhuyan, also known as shishuyan, is located on the mountain two kilometers away from the western suburb of the city. There are many caves on the mountain, which is said to be the cave dwelling place of the ancients, so it is called shishuyan. Miaoying Zen master of Tang dynasty built a temple here in 852. At that time, the temple was called "shimuyan jingshe". It is said that the Zen master often crossed two tame tigers, so it is also called fuhuyan. Miaoying Zen master, whose popular surname is Huang Wenju, was born in huangxia village of Hanjiang in Putian. He was a famous monk in the late Tang Dynasty. Born in the 15th year of Yuanhe (820), he was born in a scholarly family. He was a young monk and devoted himself to Buddhism. Later, he lived in shishiyan, where he lived with wild animals and devoted himself to self-cultivation. It is said that the Zen master has "the difference of taming tigers". When the mountain tiger comes to the cave, he tames the tiger with Zen heart. After that, he often rode a tiger into the city to preach Buddhism, which became a miracle. Up to now, there are remains and inscriptions of fuhuyan in the back mountain of Xiyan temple.

In the long years, this ancient temple has gone through many vicissitudes, and still retains many precious relics and cultural relics. Today, along more than a hundred stone steps winding up, on both sides of the pine stone walls, cliff inscriptions dotted between. Beside the road, there is a seal character "fuhuyan". From then on, you can get to the "shishiyan jingshe". There is a jade emperor hall in the south, and a pair of stone pillars with dragon plate and eight immortals carved in front of it. Behind the temple stands a seven story quadrangular brick tower, which is extremely steep and simple, with unique charm. Beside the temple, there is a huge stone standing out of the group of rocks, about 2 Zhang long and shaped like a tongue, which is called "dragon tongue stone"; under the stone, there is a cave, on which there are ancient banyan stones, luxuriant branches and leaves, vigorous and straight. There is a wind pavilion under the tree.

In the morning and dusk of spring, there are often clouds floating between strange rocks, rocks and shrubs in shishiyan. The clouds are shrouded and sometimes appear and disappear. "The green trees are blurred in front of the ancient temple, and the misty clouds and mountains are indistinguishable.". "Shishi cangyan" is one of the 24 scenic spots in Putian. There are also immortal traces, Huyuan, zhuoxiquan, qushuichi, Nirvana wooden platform, haiyinshi, Tianxian nunnery, etc.

Today, shimuyan has been listed as a scenic spot in the urban area. Since the reform and opening up, Fenghuang Mountain Tourism cement road has been opened, various buildings in the temple have been expanded, and a five mile stone road has been paved from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Every afternoon, many men, women and children in the city climb mountains together for exercise. You may not believe the story of master Miaoying Fu Hu, but the true meaning of how people and animals coexist harmoniously in the story still has a positive enlightenment today.

Address: Wuyishan National Tourist Resort, Wuyishan City, Nanping City

Longitude: 117.951361

Latitude: 27.643551

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Wuyishan Scenic spot. Wuyishan admission: from 235 yuan.

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