Baique nunnery

Baique nunnery

Baique'an is located in Baifo village, 10km northeast of Nanhe District, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. It was first built in the northern and Southern Dynasties and Northern Zhou Dynasty, with an area of more than 100 mu. The current abbot is master Shi Wugui.

In the late Northern and Southern Dynasties, Guanyin became a monk in baifodian, Shunde prefecture (now Xingtai City) as the daughter of King Miaozhuang. He also gave up his eyes to cure diseases for his father. He was extremely kind. With the achievement of Taoism, he felt that "Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands and eyes" protected all living beings. Thus, the world name of "Baique nunnery" came into being.

Since then, the government of all dynasties has been highly respected. From yuan to Zhengyuan, the 15th year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty, the 50th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, the 40th year of Qianlong and the 3rd year of Jiaqing (the above inscriptions still exist in Baique nunnery). In 1988, Baique nunnery was approved by the people's Government of Hebei Province and the Buddhist Association of Hebei Province to open to the public as "Baique nunnery women's Daochang in Nanhe County of Hebei Province", which is also one of the earliest places in Hebei Province. Its influence involves many surrounding provinces and cities, and it is also the largest Buddhist (female) dojo in Hebei Province.

At present, there are more than 30 monks living in Baique nunnery, and there are two large-scale ritual activities every year (the fourth day of April and the 25th day of September).

Brief introduction of ancient temples

ancient Chinese prose:

Miaoshan is Guanyin. He was a nun in Baique nunnery. His father, King Miaozhuang, came down from heaven. Sometimes he got a stubborn disease and needed to be guided by his hands and eyes. His daughter Miaoshan gave up her eyes and hands. When she got well, she wanted to be a full hand and full eye Bodhisattva. However, she was very emotional and mistakenly called a thousand hands and thousands of eyes Bodhisattva.

Baique nunnery is the largest in the north of the Yellow River and a pearl of cultural tourism in Southern Hebei.

The temple is dedicated to the thousand handed Avalokitesvara ("thousand hands and thousand eyes" Bodhisattva), who is Miaoshan, the third daughter of miaohuang, the king of Xinglin, and is known as "sanhuanggu".

During the northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Miao Guangwei of camang established the Xinglin kingdom in today's Nanhe County of Xingtai City (now Nanhe District of Xingtai City). Miao Shan once worked as a nun in Baique nunnery. Because his father had a strange disease, facial sores, he needed his daughter's hands and eyes as a medicine guide, so the third imperial aunt gave up her own hands and eyes to treat his father and king. King Miaozhuang originally wanted to make sanhuanggu a Bodhisattva with all hands and eyes, but because he was too excited, he said that she had "thousands of hands and thousands of eyes".

King Miaozhuang was originally the lower realm of the gods. The real dragon and the real emperor were all "golden words" and "thousand hands and thousand eyes". As a result, sanhuanggu gave birth to many hands and eyes, which is now called "thousand hands and thousand eyes" Bodhisattva, also known as "thousand hands and thousand eyes" and "Miaoshan Guanyin".

The temple fairs, especially the temple fairs on the fourth day of April and the 25th day of September in the lunar calendar, are popular with pilgrims in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan and other provinces, lasting for about 15 days.

Historical evolution

Baique nunnery was built in the northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The nunnery seat faces south and covers an area of more than 100 mu. During the northern and Southern Dynasties, it was a strip of forest, with many ditches, clear water, beautiful grass and flocks of white sparrows.

From master Dezhen of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, he sighed that "it's not Jiangnan, but it's better than Jiangnan.". So he vowed to build an nunnery here to relieve the suffering of all living beings. This is the beginning of the construction of Baique nunnery.

Since then, there were more than 500 female monks in the nunnery, including pilgrims and members.

Later, the Bodhisattva Guanyin became a monk in the white Buddha shop of Shunde prefecture (now Xingtai City) as the daughter of King Miaozhuang. He also gave up his eyes to cure diseases for his father. He was extremely kind. With the achievement of Taoism, he felt that "Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands and eyes" protected all living beings.

From this, the world name of "Baique nunnery of Guanyin Bodhisattva" came into being. Since then, the successive dynasties have revered and prepared for it, successively from the Yuan Dynasty to the Zhengyuan year, the 15th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the 50th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the 40th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and Baique nunnery

In the third year of Jiaqing (the above inscriptions are still in existence), Baique temple was expanded. In the sixth year of the Republic of China, Baique temple was destroyed in the war, and only two halls were left. However, the incense still continued. Monk juelin, a nun, managed miserably, maintained the three treasures and continued the life of Buddha.

After the implementation of the party's religious policy in 1988, Baique nunnery was approved by the people's Government of Hebei Province and the Buddhist Association of Hebei Province to be opened as "Baique nunnery of Nanhe County, Hebei Province". It is also one of the earliest Buddhist places in Hebei Province.

Abbot Shi Nengwen took in more than 100 apprentices and brought his disciples to YingYuan to collect money. He restored and rebuilt Dabei Temple (1988), dizang Hall (1989) and Daxiong Hall (1998).

Its influence involves many surrounding provinces and cities, and it is the largest two monks (female) Taoist center in Hebei Province, known as "the first nunnery in North China". After Abbot Shi Nengwen's death on the eighth day of the third lunar month in 2002, monk Jinghui, vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Association and President of the Hebei Buddhist Association, personally held the Dharma ceremony and obtained several relics.

Later, the abbot of Baique nunnery was taken over by his disciple master Shi Wugui. He also built the Tianwang Hall (2001), dongxiliao house and panruo Hall (2002).

Status quo of temples

Now there are more than 30 monks living in Baique nunnery, holding two large-scale ritual activities every year (the fourth day of April and the fifth day of September). Since 2004, there has been a regular calligraphy stroke meeting of Buddhist culture every year.

On August 23, 2005, baique'an successfully held the "Symposium of Xingtai Buddhist circles in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese War".

Over the years, under the guidance and help of Party committees, governments at all levels and Buddhist associations at the city and county levels, Baique nunnery has strengthened the system construction and the construction of monks' groups, established and improved the temple organization, formulated and improved various rules and regulations, and carried out scientific and standardized management of the temple.

Baique nunnery attaches great importance to the improvement of monks' quality and personnel training. It often organizes Temple staff to participate in the educational administration and policies and regulations training organized by the provincial and municipal Buddhist associations. Every year, it recommends young monks to further study in the Buddhist College.

In recent years, Baique nunnery has made a lot of investment in the construction of the temple, repaired the ancient buildings, expanded the halls, and provided better conditions for the development of Buddhist activities.

Master Wu GUI, the current director of the temple, is planning to rebuild the Guanyin Hall of Baique nunnery for old monk man Nengwen. With a construction area of more than 1000 square meters, it can accommodate more than 1000 people for Buddhist activities at the same time. After completion, it will become the largest Guanyin hall in Hebei Province, with an estimated total cost of more than 30 million yuan.

Located in the West courtyard of baique'an, the hall adopts the architectural style of Ming Dynasty. After the completion of the Guanyin hall and the surrounding buildings reflect each other, solemn and magnificent, will add splendor to the Millennium ancient temple.

It is believed that with the enthusiastic help of Dade Jushi and social sages, the Guanyin Hall of Baique temple will soon be grand and complete.

Temple architecture

Tianwang Hall

Maitreya Bodhisattva

Maitreya, because of his image, often laughs and makes people feel happy. He is also called "everyone is happy.". Bodhisattva Cishi, which is read in the six paramita Sutra, and Bodhisattva ayido, which is read in the Amitabha Sutra, are the alias of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

It is said that in the Liang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties in China, there was a monk in Fenghua. He often carried a cloth bag and ran all day to persuade everyone to believe in Buddhism. Everyone called him a cloth bag monk. In his whole life, he made extraordinary achievements and deeds. On his deathbed, he said a verse: "Maitreya, true Maitreya, who is divided into tens of billions, shows the world all the time, and the world does not know himself.". Later, the image of the cloth bag monk was used as Maitreya Bodhisattva in temples.

When Sakyamuni Buddha was alive, he was born in the Brahman's family in nantianzhu (India), and later became a Buddhist disciple. He passed away before the Buddha and ascended to the inner courtyard of heaven to make up for the Bodhisattva. Maitreya Bodhisattva is the fifth Buddha among the Thousand Buddhas. He will be born from the heaven to the world after 1.67 billion years of nirvana of Sakyamuni Buddha. He will become a Buddha under the Longhua tree and inherit the cause of Sakyamuni Buddha to incarnate all living beings.

Skanda Bodhisattva

Wei Tuo Bodhisattva shows the body of a general, protecting the safety of temples and practitioners. Because Bodhisattva Weituo once vowed to protect the Dharma and serve all living beings when each Buddha was born. And he is also one of the Thousand Buddhas who will become a Buddha after 999 Buddhas. That is to say, he will be the thousandth Buddha in the Thousand Buddhas. His name is "Lou Zhi Buddha". A pestle in the hand of Bodhisattva Wei Tuo is used to suppress demons.

Four King Kong

The four King Kong are the four heavenly kings. They are the external generals of the emperor Shitian and protect all living beings in the world. The eastern heavenly king is named dorozha (also known as CHIGUO), the southern heavenly king is named piliuli (also known as growth), the Western heavenly king is named piliubocha (also known as Guangmu), and the northern heavenly king is named pishamen (also known as Duowen).

The four vajras are responsible for inspecting the good and evil of all living beings and protecting the sacred three treasures of Buddhism, Buddhism and monks. Although they show angry looks, they still have a compassionate heart, mainly to subdue the demons who endanger the Buddhism. It symbolizes the fearless spirit of the Buddhist Mahatma.

Buddism godness Guanyin Temple

I have heard that Guanyin Bodhisattva has become a Buddha since he was robbed for a long time. He has sailed for the salvation of all living beings. For thousands of years, he has given six orders to Buddha. Instead, he should incarnate in thirty-two bodies and make vows. He should pray in thousands of places and show up everywhere. Nanhe Baique nunnery was built in the northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It is now located in Baifo village, Nanhe County, Hebei Province. According to records, there was a small country named Xinglin state at that time. Miaoshan, the third princess of the king of the country, became a monk in Baique nunnery. One day, the king held Princess Chiu Miaoshan and used it

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