Fuqing Temple

Fuqing Temple

Fuqing temple is located in cangyan mountain scenic spot, a national scenic spot 40 kilometers south of Jingxing county. It is adjacent to luanjia mountain in the East, zhuhuiling mountain in the west, Tiantai Mountain in the South and luantai slope across Sigou River in the north. It covers an area of 2.46 million square meters with an altitude of 983 meters. The geographical coordinates are 113 ° 48 'e and 38 ° 13' n. Fuqing temple, formerly known as Xingshan temple, is said to be an ancient Taoist temple of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Historical evolution

According to the earliest extant inscriptions in the first year of Qianxing (1022) of the Song Dynasty, the well preface to the newly built Fuqing temple on cangyan mountain in Dahua township of Jingxing County, the original Fuqing temple was built by whom and by whom, which had lost the basis of assessment in the Xianping period of the Northern Song Dynasty (998-1003). The inscription also records that Quan Yue, a monk of Huayan sect in Wutai Mountain, came here to rebuild the temple in 1002. What is more important is the detailed description of Quan Yue and another hateful Zhihuang, who went to Shangshu Zhenzong in Qiaojun county to ask for permission to rebuild Cangyanshan temple, and song Zhenzong granted the name of "Fuqing Temple" in 1014. From then on, Cangyanshan Buddhist temple was officially named as Fuqing temple. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the party and the government attached great importance to the management of cangyan mountain. In 1956, the provincial people's government designated cangyan mountain as a cultural relic protection unit in Hebei Province, and allocated funds to rebuild the main buildings in the temple to make it Fuqing temple

Basically restore the original appearance. During the "Cultural Revolution", cangyan mountain was once seriously damaged. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, with the development of tourism and the strong support of provincial, prefectural and county governments, it was officially opened in May 1979. In 1980, the Provincial Department of cultural administration, Shidi Foreign Affairs Office and county finance allocated 63000 yuan for key construction. In 1982, the Hebei provincial government once again announced that Fuqing temple in cangyan mountain is a key cultural relics protection unit in Hebei Province. In recent years, more and more people visit here. In 1988, Cangyanshan scenic spot was announced as a national key scenic spot by the State Council.

Temple pattern

Located in Shijiazhuang city.

From the bridge hall to the north is Fuqing temple. The main building of the temple is Nanyang Princess temple. It is said that Nanyang princess lived here at that time. The temple is 3 rooms wide and 1 room deep, with a single eaves and a yellow green glazed roof. In the middle of the three niches on the front of the temple sits the painted statue of Nanyang princess, with a leisurely look. On both sides of the temple, there are four standing girls, with different and lifelike looks. The gables are also painted with colorful murals of the princess's self-cultivation and salvation. Another deep cave is said to be the princess's bedroom.

Fuqing temple is located in cangyan mountain, a national scenic spot 40 kilometers south of Jingxing county. It is adjacent to luanjia mountain in the East, zhuhuiling mountain in the west, Tiantai Mountain in the South and luantai slope across Sigou River in the north. It covers an area of 2.46 million square meters with an altitude of 983 meters. The geographical coordinates are 113 ° 48 ′ E and 38 ° 13 ′ n. According to the inscription of the first year of Qianxing of Song Dynasty (1022) in the first year of Qianxing of Song Dynasty (preface to the inscription of Fuqing temple in cangyan mountain, Dahua Township, Jingxing county), the original Fuqing temple was built by whom and by whom, which had lost the basis of assessment in the Xianping period of the Northern Song Dynasty (998-1003). At that time, only the local people said that the temple "used to be called Xingshan Temple" and "once there was a princess who became a monk here". It is also recorded in the inscription that in 1956, the provincial people's government designated cangyan mountain as a cultural relic protection unit in Hebei Province in the fifth year of Xianping (1002) of the Song Dynasty, and allocated funds to rebuild the main buildings in the temple, so as to basically restore the original appearance. In 1980, the provincial administration of cultural affairs, the Shidi Foreign Affairs Office and the county finance allocated 63000 yuan for key construction. A new restaurant for foreign guests and a mountain gate were built. Seven temples, including the qiaolou hall and the Tianwang hall, were renovated. The painted sculptures in the qiaolou hall and the princess temple were restored. Two parking lots were built at the foot of the mountain. In addition, from wanxiantang to Gushi Gubai, a winding road about one li long in the East Tianmen Mountain was built. In 1988, Cangyanshan scenic spot was announced as a national key scenic spot by the State Council.

In Jingxing county annals published by Hebei People's Publishing House in 1986, Mr. Meng FanFeng, researcher of Hebei Institute of cultural relics. In the palace of heavenly king, the paintings are all 4.65x2.05m. The contents of the two murals are the fairy tales of Nanyang princess. Generally, it can be divided into eight parts: etiquette, distress, hair cutting, cultivation, manifesting, Chifeng, Youmin and Xingyu. From the coherence of content and the same style of painting, the paintings of the two walls should be made by a folk artist in the late Qing Dynasty. The statues in the temple are all works of Hu Lou Lou, a folk artist in Jingxing mining area in 1980. The more successful eighteen Arhats in the foot hall.

The clothes are appropriate, neat, smooth and bright. On the head, each of them has a palace style bun, and the ornaments are gorgeous but not vulgar. According to different functions, the facial expression and posture have different characteristics: some concentrate on playing; some smile and hit happily; some eyebrows and corners of eyes show implicit joy and play freely; some lean forward slightly, smile and look forward to their companions. They stand facing each other happily, clearly, rhythmically and together. They seem to forget the strictness of the Buddhist world and their own level, and play the moving fairy music to their heart's content. Their images are cordial and pleasant, rather than cold, stalemate and unattainable. This group of colorful sculptures and the successful works of the eighteen Arhats show the author's exquisite skills and the considerable level of realism.

In Fuqing temple, there are Cangshan academy, Wanxian hall, Great Buddha Hall, fenghuixuan, brick pagoda and several steles, carved beams and painted buildings, exquisite and elegant

Main landscape

Fuqing temple is located in cangyan mountain, a famous tourist attraction in Hebei Province. It has unique peaks, different rocks and quiet valleys. Since ancient times, it has enjoyed the reputation of "the five mountains are magnificent, and the Taihang Mountains are only Cangshan.". The peak of Fuqing temple is 983 meters above sea level. Depending on the mountain situation of cangyan, it has been built for generations and gradually evolved into a Buddhist holy land. Fuqing temple, formerly known as Xingshan temple, was founded in the Sui Dynasty with a history of more than 1300 years. It is said that Nanyang princess, the eldest daughter of emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, once lived in cangyan mountain. She bathed in stone spring water to cure scabies. Later, she cut her hair and became a nun. She grew up here, so the temple was built. Most of the existing buildings are relics of the Qing Dynasty, with obvious local characteristics.

In Fuqing temple on cangyan mountain, the grotesque rocks at the bottom of the cave, the birds singing in the valley and the forest, the peaks on the hillside and the ancient cypresses hanging in the air. The bridge towers fly over the cliffs, and the ancient temple lives in seclusion among the cliffs. All the sceneries are integrated into one, which is unique. The combination of natural landscape and cultural landscape here constitutes the famous "Sixteen sceneries of cangyan mountain", attracting people step by step. According to the mountain, the building is full of twists and turns. It skillfully uses the terrain and features. If it is appropriate to build, it will be built. If it is appropriate to empty, it will be empty. It will decorate the nature harmoniously and appropriately. The qiaolou hall, which is a group of buildings with high artistic value, fully embodies the superb architectural art and rich aesthetic values of ancient times. According to its spatial layout, Fuqing temple complex can be divided into three levels: lower, middle and upper. The main building is in the middle between the cliffs.

In Fuqing temple, the ancient cypresses are vigorous, majestic and straight, and the white sandalwood is covered with rocks. Sandalwood is a unique and precious tree species in cangyan mountain. It has developed root system, thin skin, empty heart and strange shape, forming another landscape of Fuqing temple. Fuqing temple has a long history, many historical sites, and also has a legend about the "goddess of cangyan" Nanyang Princess (folk name is sanhuanggu), which makes the incense prosperous for a long time. In history, Fuqing temple is one of the largest temples in linjizong. In addition, it has been expanded and repaired in the past dynasties, which has accumulated rich historical and cultural connotations. Today, although it has a strong color of "three religions in one", it is still dominated by Buddhism, which is a vivid embodiment of the integration of Buddhist culture and Chinese tradition.

Architecture

Fuqing Temple

They are the gate archway, the bell tower, the Cangshan academy, the tablet theater, the Ten Thousand Buddhas hall, the thousand handed Avalokitesvara Hall (destroyed), the Palace (destroyed), the cross tiger mountaineering and more than 300 stone steps. In front of the Mountain Gate of Fuqing temple, Baihe spring gushes out from the stone bars on the bank and flows into the ditch of the temple. The rustling sound is like gargling, which is known as "Fengquan gargling jade" by predecessors. Dishui cliff and jueyinggu waterfall on the upper left of yulongchi in Fuqing temple stand on the cliff, and the water drops fall down on weekdays, which looks like "flying rain in the sky". In case of heavy rain, the water curtain will roll up, which is particularly spectacular. The middle-level buildings are linggong palace, Longwang temple, Tianwang hall, qiaolou hall, Dashiqiao, LIFO hall, Zhandao, dressing building, Guandi temple, sutra building, Yanxia mountain house, Zisun hall, Xianxian temple and lianhuajing Tower, Princess temple, Monkey King Temple, Nantianmen, dongyaomen, etc. The design and construction of the main bridge Hall of the temple has high artistic value. The qiaolou hall is built on a cliff with a height of more than 20 feet, facing the north and the south. There are three single hole curved stone bridges flying here. Two of them have two buildings of the same shape and different size, namely the Tianwang hall and qiaolou hall. The qiaolou hall is high and precipitous, with exquisite structure. It is a two-story hall, with five rooms wide and three rooms deep. The double eaves rest on the top of the mountain. The roof of the hall is glazed tile, and the ridge is glazed flower ridge. There are murals in the hall, Liang Fang painted, resplendent. Under the bridge for a long stream, built stone pedal more than 360 levels. At the end of the stone steps, the building of the heavenly king hall is beautiful and colorful. The cursive gold couplet of "there is no lamp in front of the hall, with the moon shining, and the mountain gate is not locked, waiting for the clouds" hangs high in front of the hall, natural and elegant. Looking up from the bottom of the stream, there is a line of blue sky, and the bridge tower is flying in the air, just like a rainbow hanging high, so it is called "flying rainbow in the bridge hall". What's more amazing is that due to the air pollution

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