Juehai Temple

Juehai Temple

Xinshi, a famous ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, is located in the east of Deqing County, Huzhou City, on the Hangjiahu Plain in the north of Zhejiang Province. Wuzhen and Xitang are 30km to the East, and Nanxun, Zhouzhuang and Tongli are 30km to the north. Compared with these ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, Xinshi ancient town has a unique folk culture and business culture. Xinshi was founded in the second year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (308 A.D.), so the commerce and trade culture of Xinshi can be traced back to the two Jin Dynasties, and can radiate from the region to Japan and Nanyang, especially the silk trade. Xinshi is one of the birthplaces of the "Silk Road" in ancient China. Xinshi is also full of people and culture. Wu Qian, the number one poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, Shen Quan, a painter who influenced the painting style of the Japanese generation in the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Zichen, a famous theologian and his daughter, Zhao Luorui, a translator in modern times, and Zhu Huiyong, an expert on ancient bridges and ships in China

brief introduction

Juehai temple is located in the north of Yingsheng bridge, Xinshi Town, Deqing County, Zhejiang Province. It began in the 10th year of Yuanhe (815 AD) of emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty and built the "Xingshan Temple of Tang Dynasty". Zhong siran, a native of Xinshi, bought the cemetery of Zhu Anqi, a senior official of Qi State in the Southern Dynasty, and reported it to Xue Rong, the governor of Huzhou, to build a temple in Zhu's tomb. Soon after the temple was destroyed, Yi Chang made great efforts to rebuild it. To the Tang Dynasty, by the Tang Yan Gong Shu plaque, hanging Shanmen, the book diameter of three feet, book body Zhuang Yi. In the Northern Song Dynasty, a stele was carved by Zhang Jing, the town's Taishi, to collect the Mo Miao Pavilion in the temple. At that time, the foundation of Xingshan temple was very broad, reaching Bodhisattva bridge in the East and Yongling temple in the West. Unfortunately, it was destroyed again in the reign of emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the fifth year of Dazhong (851 A.D.). In the second year of Zhiping (1065 AD), the temple was renamed "juehai Temple". At that time, the main hall was a three Bay hall with magnificent buildings. It was built and destroyed many times, but it was not rebuilt in the middle of Qing Dynasty. In 1995, juehai Temple raised $1 million to rebuild the Daxiong hall at the end of the next year. The hall is of Tang style steel reinforced concrete structure, supplemented by some wood members. The structure is exquisite, the shape is unique, and the momentum is magnificent. The hall must be covered with yellow pottery tiles, two flying dragons hold their heads high in the sky, and the four corners of the eaves ring. The plaque of Zhao Puchu (former president of China Buddhist Association) running script "Da Xiong Bao Dian" is hanging above the door of the hall. It is beautiful and powerful, with extraordinary momentum.

"Qibaochi" and "Jiefan bridge"

There is a "seven treasure pool" in front of the Daxiong treasure hall. It is said that the pool will not be full of rain and will not dry up due to drought. It is said that the Tongshi river is built. The bottom of the pool is planted with lotus roots. There are green lotus leaves growing into one piece. There are five colored lotus flowers in the pool. There are two kinds of small fish in the pool, one is yellow and the other is golden. On that day, we saw several turtles crawling on it, which is very interesting. On the Qibao pool, there is a "Jiefan bridge", with stone railings on both sides, decorated with stone lions. Only male and female are paired, which is also very lovely. As the ancient saying goes, "if you run the immortal bridge in juehai temple, you don't need to take off the Yinsi Naihe bridge." it's said that people want to run the immortal bridge.

Tianwang Hall

At the entrance of juehai temple, there is the "Heavenly King Hall", which is the peak of Xiehai temple with double eaves. Now, there are four powerful colored statues of the heavenly king and the Tathagata. It is said that in the Yuan Dynasty, a abbot of juehai Temple visited India from South Asia to learn Buddhist scriptures. Four phoebes were sent by the Indian Buddhist community. When the King Kong temple was rebuilt, four phoebes were made into four pillars, which was very spectacular.

Rebuilding the clock tower

Juehai temple has the second floor of Bell and drum. The bell tower was built in the 10th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1582 AD). At that time, Shen Jian, a scholar from Xinshi, wrote the casting bell guide of juehai temple, which is quite alarming. The bell tower was rebuilt during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. It was destroyed in 1783 and rebuilt in 1800. However, it was destroyed in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Recently, the clock tower was rebuilt in 2000. It is eight meters high, covered with yellow glazed tiles, with four corner cornices and curling bells. On the top of the building, there is a 1500 kg copper bell, which is very exquisite. The top of the bell is cast with a head held high. The Title couplet of the door says: "the sound of bells and drums is like here, the color of mountains and water is empty."

As a thousand year old temple, juehai temple is not easy to preserve its scale, which is inseparable from the hard work and piety of master Genxing, its master. On that day, the elders around the temple all praised its good master. Juehai temple in history is famous for hundreds of miles, so celebrities such as Huang Tingjian, Yang Wanli, Wu Qian (left Prime Minister), Xue ang (left Prime Minister), Shen Jun, He Shan and Yu Yue all visited the temple. Among them, He Jing, the Minister of Shen Jun in Changzhou, lived in juehai temple. Yu Yue, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, also researched some anecdotes about the main hall of the temple. It is said that Zhao Gou (Emperor Gaozong), the king of Kang of Song Dynasty, has also been to this temple. Therefore, behind Lingquan mountain of juehai temple, there was a temple of King Kang (now destroyed) to commemorate the arrival of this emperor.

Address: 35 juehai Road, Xinshi Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City

Longitude: 120.28119659424

Latitude: 30.617113113403

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the joint ticket of ancient town scenic spots in Xinshi

Chinese PinYin : Jiao Hai Chan Si