Qingquan Temple

Qingquan Temple

Qingquan temple is located in the middle of Qingquan mountain, Shuimogou Park, Urumqi. It was built in the Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty and was destroyed during the cultural revolution. It was rebuilt in 1989, covering an area of more than 7000 square meters. It is the largest Buddhist resort in Xinjiang and the seat of Urumqi Buddhist Association. In the main hall, there are statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva, and nine statues of eighteen Arhats in different shapes. During temple fairs such as the first day of the first lunar month, the eighth day of February, the sixteenth of March, and the thirtieth of July and the 29th of September, there is an endless stream of visitors who come to burn incense. At the peak, there are thousands of visitors a day.

Historical evolution

In the first century BC, Buddhism began to spread to Xinjiang, and gradually developed in the north and south of Tianshan Mountain. Until the 14th century BC, Buddhism began to decline in Xinjiang, and temples and grottoes began to be destroyed. At that time, the largest Buddhist temples in Urumqi were the great Buddhist temple in Qingquan mountain and the great Buddhist temple in Hongshan mountain. However, due to various historical reasons, the two temples disappeared during the cultural revolution. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the implementation of the policy of freedom of religious belief and the concern of the local government, the construction of qingquanshan Buddhist temple has been put on the historical agenda. In 1988, the Urumqi municipal government allocated an open space on the beautiful Qingquan mountain, and allocated 230000 yuan for construction by the then Urumqi Buddhist Association. After more than ten years of painstaking efforts, the main buildings such as Daxiong hall, Shanmen, Guanyin hall, dizang hall, Tianwang hall, left and right wing rooms have been built one after another. In August 2000, under the coordination of Urumqi and Xi'an civil religious committees, the monk group headed by master Jiren officially moved into Qingquan temple. Since then, Qingquan temple has opened a new chapter in the history of Zhongxing.

Since the opening of Qingquan temple in 1988, although there is no monk group to preside over, all kinds of activities to promote Buddhism have been going on. Since the monks moved in in 2000, Qingquan temple has gradually become a modern Temple facing the society and the public through various Dharma activities.

Every year, Qingquan Temple conventionally holds Dharma meetings, such as the praying Dharma meeting of Guanyin on February 19, the praying Dharma meeting of Buddha on April 8, the praying Dharma meeting of seven thousand Buddha on June 19, and the repaying Dharma meeting on July 15. During the Dharma Assembly, master Jiren personally led the believers to pass on the lanterns, cast the Purley fireworks, and set free. Every Dharma Assembly was full of people. Qingquan Temple became a warm home for the four disciples.

Nowadays, Qingquan temple is the only open Buddhist temple in Xinjiang. It has begun to take on the new mission of Xinjiang Buddhism's cultural exchanges with foreign countries. The temple management committee, under the leadership of master Ji Ren, established the Quan Temple Buddha charity foundation, the endless lamp Buddhist advisory network, the western regions Buddhist culture research center and other institutions in a short period of two years. The temple has four regular large-scale Dharma meetings every year and Buddhist lectures on Sundays, which greatly meet the requirements of the believers. The formal management of the temple and the solemnity of the Dharma affairs have a wide influence on the local brother religious groups and the majority of believers.

Abbot of the temple

Master Ji Ren, director of China Buddhist Association, vice president of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Buddhist Association, member of Urumqi Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, chairman of Urumqi Municipal Buddhist Association, abbot of Qingquan temple, and the 45th generation of Chinese Zen Linji sect, is commonly known as Luo Qi. He was born in 1972 in Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province. He was gifted as a child and believed in three treasures. At the age of 12, he converted to Buddhism. At the age of 18, he became a monk in Bishan temple, Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province. His name is Jiren and his word is miaogan. He received a full commandment in Bishan temple in 1988. During his residence in Bishan temple, he held such positions as bosom friend and monk.

In 1996, he returned to Xi'an and lived in Daxingshan temple, where he served as secretary and monk. Later, at the invitation of master zengqin, abbot of dacien temple, he stayed in dacien temple, xiweizhi's ancestral court, helped promote Buddhism, managed educational affairs, and prepared to build master Xuanzang's Sanzang Academy. He successively served as executive director of Shaanxi Buddhist Association, deputy secretary-general of Xi'an Buddhist Association, supervisor, Secretary, Zhike, monk and so on.

In August 2000, at the invitation of the Urumqi people's Religious Committee and the Urumqi Buddhist Association, master Jiren took the post of Abbot of Qingquan temple in Qingquan mountain, and presided over the educational administration and reconstruction of Qingquan temple. In April 2001, the master was ordained by elder Jinghui, vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Association and Abbot of the liuzu Temple of Huangmei Wuzu temple, Zhaozhou Zuting and Berlin Buddhist temple. He inherited Xinyin and became a 45 generation successor of Linji sect.

Over the years, the mage has devoted himself to carrying forward the Dharma, developing philanthropy, and helping all living beings. Dharma rain is everywhere, and there are tens of thousands of converts, including celebrities. Although the master is not respected for his age, he has profound Buddhism, noble morality, and profound charisma, which is the most precious among today's Buddhists.

Temple activities

On December 27, 2005, master Jiren, President of Urumqi Buddhist Association, master shengzhao, abbot of fameng temple in Nanshan, and Yin Shangwu, Secretary General of Urumqi Buddhist Association, together with Li Jushi, Tian Jushi, and Bao Jushi, representatives of Buddhist community, visited Donggou township of Dabancheng, Urumqi children's welfare home, Urumqi elderly welfare home, Urumqi spiritual welfare home, Banfanggou Township, Shuixigou Township, Shihu township of Urumqi Qinggedahu Township, a four-day poverty alleviation activities.

From January 16 to January 20, 2006, the Urumqi Buddhist Association and Buddhist believers gave 50000 yuan to 25 extremely poor students in Dabancheng district and Donggou township primary schools, to the disabled ethnic minorities in Donggou Township, to more than 80 extremely poor ethnic minority households in Shuixigou Township, Banfanggou Township, qinggedahu Township and 40 households Township of Urumqi county, and to the Municipal Children's welfare home, psychiatric welfare home and elderly welfare home More than 100 families and more than 1000 people visited the hospital.

On January 24, 2006, Urumqi Buddhist Association held the 2006 Spring Festival tea party. Xu Shijie, member of the people's Committee of the autonomous region, member of the kamijiang Standing Committee of the Municipal United Front Work Department, alaxi vice president of the Buddhist Association of the autonomous region, Secretary General Qin Hongyu and main leaders of the people's Committee attended the tea party.

From March 12 to March 18, 2006, Qingquan Temple held the great compassion Dharma Association of Guanyin Bodhisattva. The enthusiasm of Buddhist believers in Xinjiang to participate in the activities of the Dharma association is very high, and the Dharma association is in good order.

On May 4, 2006, the seven day "lianghuangbao confession meeting" in Qingquan temple was successfully concluded. The meeting was held during the May Day holiday, and a large number of residents and believers came to the meeting. Many of them made a confession outside the main hall. Although there are no special personnel to maintain order, the order of the law society is very good, which fully reflects the good quality of Xinjiang residents and believers. In the afternoon, there was a release activity.

On May 5, 2006, Qingquan Temple held a Dharma meeting to commemorate the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha, and held Buddha Bathing activities and conversion ceremony.

On May 18, 2006, Qingquan Temple held a meeting of directors and main departments to discuss the problems existing in the temple infrastructure construction and the completed projects. The meeting also had a heated discussion on how to standardize the temple management system in the future, how to improve the belief quality of Buddhist believers, and how to oppose blind belief and superstitious belief.

From July 7 to July 13, 2006, Qingquan Temple held a week-long "Liang Huangbao confession" Dharma meeting. July 14 is the traditional Buddhist festival of June 19 in the lunar calendar, which marks the anniversary of the completion of the path of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The idea of practice

Qingquan Temple puts forward the concept of "advocating human Buddhism, continuing the wisdom lamp of Tathagata, enlightening wisdom and purifying people's heart". In order to promote the great ideas of Buddhism in the world and better integrate Buddhism into the society, Qingquan Temple organizes believers to hold calligraphy and painting meetings, Buddhist music concerts, Buddhist charity groups and other activities every year. The Quan Temple Buddha charity foundation and endless lamp Buddhism consultation network are the first in Xinjiang religious circles. Today's Qingquan temple has begun to take on the new mission of Xinjiang Buddhism's cultural exchanges with foreign countries.

September 28 fire

At about 23:50 on September 28, 2013, Qingquan temple, located in Shuimogou Park, Shuimogou District, Urumqi City, suffered a fire and burned the main hall of the temple, Daxiong hall. Fortunately, no casualties were caused.

It is understood that the main hall has almost become an empty shelf, and traces of raging fire can be seen everywhere. Some walls and the top of the main hall have collapsed, and wooden beams and debris are everywhere.

At about midnight on the 29th, the fire department sent two squadrons to the scene to put out the fire. As most of the building materials of the fire hall were wood, the fire spread rapidly. When firefighters arrived, the main hall was in a state of fierce combustion. At the same time, they learned that no one was trapped in the fire hall. At about 1:50 a.m. on the 29th, the fire was completely put out.

After investigation, it was found that the pipes of several hand-held fire extinguishers near the main hall were cut, which made the fire extinguishers unable to operate normally. At the same time, after a preliminary investigation by firefighters, it was found that there were many ignition points in the fire, and the fire-fighting equipment around the hall was either used in advance or damaged by human. "From these details, it can be concluded that the fire was set off artificially

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