Dayu Temple

Dayu Temple

Dayu temple, founded in the late Tang Dynasty, is the ancestral hall of Linji sect, one of the five famous sects of Chinese Zen. It has always been known as the holy land of Gao'an Buddhism and one of the "eight scenes of junyang" in Gao'an. Over the past 1000 years, Dayu temple has thrived. In 1998, Dayu temple was rebuilt in different places, and Tianwang hall and some attached halls were successively built. Especially since the foundation of Daxiong hall was laid in 2002, Dayu temple's reconstruction has become more and more perfect, and has begun to take shape. It has expanded from the original area of 6 Mu to nearly 30 mu now, with a construction area of more than 10000 square meters. After four years of intensive construction, a majestic hall stands in the rear of Tianwang hall.

brief introduction

Dayu temple was built in the late Tang Dynasty. It is the enlightenment place of Zen master Yixuan of Linji sect of Chinese Zen. It is located outside Chaoyang Gate of Gaoan city in Jiangxi Province. Its original name is Zhenru temple. Because the great fool Zen master once presided over here, later also known as the great fool temple. In the first year of Qingyuan (1195) of the Southern Song Dynasty, LV Zujian, the Prime Minister of Dafu temple, offended Han Tuo by writing to him

Zhou, who was demoted to Shaozhou, later moved to Gao'an. He borrowed Dayu temple and called himself Dayu old man. He often wore straw sandals and went over mountains to collect medicine. He lived by selling medicine. He was an ancient Buddha with green lanterns and cobwebs. After his death, Dayu old man was buried in the back of the temple. His tomb was called lvgongdui. Lu you once came to Gao'an to hear Chen Yantong's anti seat case, and also visited Dayu temple, leaving a famous saying: "the name of the two Su Meng Hou Tang is illusory, and the tomb tablet in front of Lu Ling is long. If you know that there is a life in the tea, don't be sad when you walk. Dayu Wanbai, one of the eight scenic spots of junyang in ancient times, has always been a tourist attraction in Gao'an. It was destroyed in the cultural revolution. It has been renovated in Ruizhou park.

Su Shi's works

In 1084, both Su Shi and Su Zhe visited Dayu temple. After visiting Dayu temple, Su Shi wrote Zhenru temple and Su Zhe wrote Dayu temple after rain, which made Dayu Temple famous. Kaiguangxiangyu of Buddha statue in Daxiong Hall (November 19, 2006)

I admire Dayu temple for a long time;

Zongfeng Linji stick is as good as ever.

legend

It is said that there is a young monk in Dayu Temple who sincerely understands the Tao. The days pass like flowing water. The young monk and he read the Buddhist scriptures quickly, feeling that his ears are bright and his wits are born.

One day, the abbot of the temple suddenly announced that he would choose a wise successor from the temple. When the little monk got the news, he made more efforts to read Buddhist scriptures. Every night he held the candle and read at night, and the crowing of chickens stopped. Half a year later, the little monk felt that his way did not advance, but retreated. The original wisdom also became illusory. He felt very strange, so he told the abbot of the temple about his confusion. Instead of directly solving his doubts, the abbot whispered the Buddha's name all his life and said to him with a smile, "tomorrow, you and I will go to the small town at the foot of the mountain to buy some melons for Mr. Wang. I will use them as an antidote for summer heat."

The next day, the abbot took the little monk to the melon stall of old man Wang. Picked out a few delicious melons. See Wang Laohan hand holding melon, squint an eye to report a weight: "a total of two Jin six Liang." "What?" The little monk was surprised and looked at Old Man Wang with unbelievable eyes. Mr. Wang smoothed his beard and said with a smile, "I've sold melons for more than ten years, and I've never missed them. If you don't believe it, there's a scale beside you to weigh yourself. " Unconvinced, the little monk put the melon on the scale. It was just two Jin and six Liang.

At this time, the abbot, who had been silent, went forward, pointed to a melon and said, "benefactor, I only want this melon. If you estimate it accurately, I will give you this ingot of silver." With that, the abbot took out a ingot of white silver from his body, which was quite double. Next to buy melon a look at this side out of the strange things are surrounded up, a force to shout for the old man to agree. Two liang silver is enough to buy a whole load of melon, and it doesn't take much effort. Of course, old man Wang agreed. He quickly held his breath and carefully lifted the melon. But this time he didn't report the number immediately. After a while, people urged him. I saw him a teeth, red face reported the number: one Jin three Liang. The abbot asked the little monk to weigh it with a scale again. The little monk was silly: it was five Liang per kilo, but it was two liang less. Everyone felt sorry for old man Wang.

Back at the temple, the young monk asked the abbot why. The abbot sighed and said: "just a ingot of silver, he was disturbed by the immediate interests, so he lost his usual mentality and persistent judgment of things, and could not play the ordinary level." The young monk suddenly realized that he would practice meditation from then on. Ten years later, he became the famous abbot of Dayu temple.

Address: Chaoyang Gate, Gao'an City, Yichun City

Longitude: 115.38371276856

Latitude: 28.424621582031

Ticket information: free.

Chinese PinYin : Da Yu Si