Donglin Temple
Donglin temple is located in the north of Sihe village, Jiayu Township, Xingyang City, Henan Province. According to tablet records, since Dharma came to China, he built "Three Forests in the sky" in the Central Plains, and this temple is one of them. In Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, it was rebuilt one after another. Yuan and Ming Dynasties flourished for a time. After King Zhou Jing was buried in the temple in Ming Dynasty, Donglin Temple became king Zhou Jing's Buddhist hall. All the buildings have been destroyed, only one ancient tower, eight stone inscriptions and one iron tripod are left. At present, there are 15 main halls, worship halls and wing rooms, which have been rebuilt in recent years.
Historical evolution
Donglin temple is located in the north of Sihe village, Jiayu Township, Xingyang city. According to tablet records, since Dharma came to China, he built "Three Forests in the sky" in the Central Plains, and this temple is one of them. In Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, it was rebuilt one after another. Yuan and Ming Dynasties flourished for a time. After King Zhou Jing was buried in the temple in Ming Dynasty, Donglin Temple became king Zhou Jing's Buddhist hall. All the buildings have been destroyed, only one ancient tower, eight stone inscriptions and one iron tripod are left. There are 15 main halls, worship halls and wing rooms.
Donglin temple is located in Donglin village, Jiayu Town, Xingyang City, 18 kilometers southwest of Zhengzhou city. In the early days, monks in the temple mostly did Buddhism in caves, so it was named Donglin temple. It is very similar to the early Buddhist temples in India.
According to the records of Xingyang land records, "Donglin temple was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty (about 200 years), and rebuilt in the third year of jindading." It is said that after the ancestors of Dharma came to the Central Plains, there were three forests (Donglin temple, Shaolin Temple and Zhulin Temple), known as the three forests in the sky. They are the three famous temples of Buddhism in the Central Plains. Among them, the first Donglin temple was founded in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It has a history of 1800 years, more than 300 years earlier than Shaolin Temple. Together with Xiangguo Temple in Kaifeng, Baima temple in Luoyang and Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, it is known as the four major temples in the Central Plains. It has a history of more than 1800 years. Donglin temple was built in Han Dynasty and flourished in Tang, song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. There are three sceneries of cave forest in the temple. The white jade Buddha, the late bell of cave forest, and the Chu golden stove are famous all over the world. King Jing of the Ming Dynasty was buried behind the temple, so he was called the Buddhist Hall of the Wang family. After years of war, Donglin Temple began to decline in the late Qing Dynasty.
Architecture in the temple
The construction area is more than 40 mu, and all kinds of buildings are towering and magnificent. There are three magnificent mountain gates in front, and then there are: Tianwang hall, ZHONGZU hall, Guanyin hall, Daxiong hall, houdian hall, Jialan hall, dazuyu and monks' zhaifang, Zen hall, martial arts training ground, Jinglou talin and other buildings. There are many steles in the temple, and there are countless single and continuous steles. Unfortunately, many buildings were destroyed during the cultural revolution. There are only two halls, one ancient pagoda, one Jade Buddha, one tripod and six stone inscriptions.
The stele is 2.4 meters high and 95 cm wide. It is engraved with the order of the king of the Ming and Zhou dynasties. Ming Jiajing 20 years (1541) Li Shi, now stored in Donglin temple. The stele is 2.4 meters high and 1 meter wide, with 700 characters on the front and a historical faction map of Donglin temple on the back. In addition, in the back cave of Donglin temple, there is a white jade Buddha called "Nanwu sunlight Bodhisattva".
There is a bottle shaped Pagoda in the northwest of the temple, which is called "Guojiu pagoda". It is an Indian style pagoda. Built in the 17th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1348 AD), the tower is about 10 meters high and has nine floors.
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The newly built Donglin temple has a magnificent gate on the southernmost side. In the middle of the tripod, there are four Buddhas with huge tripods on their shoulders. In the middle of the tripod, there is the inscription "Donglin Dajue Temple" written by Shi Yongxin, abbot of Shaolin Temple. According to the 90 year old elder Shi Wenguo of Donglin temple, in order to revive the temple, Donglin temple and the local government invited Shi Yongxin to be the honorary abbot of the temple around 1997 to plan the development of the temple. Finally, Shaolin Temple Industrial Company decided to develop Donglin temple, and planned to invest 300 million yuan to build a new Donglin temple on the former site of Donglin temple, which covers an area of 1600 mu and is comparable to Songshan Shaolin Temple.
Historical legend
Warm and cold spring
Since then, although the ox in the crevice of the stone can no longer walk out, the warm and cold spring water has been handed down from generation to generation, and has become one of the ten famous sceneries of Xingyang. According to the records of Xingyang county annals, the warm spring, the cold spring, the hot spring and the gargle jade are not hot but wet. They are always warm in winter. They can remove dirt by carrying their children's clothes and bathing in them.
The warm spring is 50 Li southeast of the county; the ice spring is as cold as ice, and it is as cool as the sun. These two springs are not only tourist attractions, but also contain many minerals beneficial to human body, which are deeply loved by tourists at home and abroad.
recommend
Jingxiang city near Donglin temple is the capital of the state of Zheng in the spring and Autumn period. There are many ruins of the city wall, which are worth visiting. The scenery of Xiaoyao temple in Gaoshan township is also very pleasant.
Persimmon, Shuangtang and Heyin pomegranate are the specialties of Xingyang, and the most famous snack is pancake clip.
Transportation and accommodation
Take a plane to Zhengzhou, take a taxi to Medical College of Zhengzhou University, and then take bus No.301 to Donglin temple.
There are Qinyuan Hotel and Tianyuan hotel near Donglin temple, and you can also choose to stay in Zhengzhou city.
Address: donglinsi village, Jiayu Town, Xingyang City, Zhengzhou City
Longitude: 113.493628
Latitude: 34.676316008344
Ticket information: free.
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