Yuhua Temple

Yuhua Temple

Yuhua temple in Wutai Mountain, also known as Yuhua pool, is located at the southeast foot of the top of the middle platform of Wutai Mountain. It was first built in 770, the fifth year of Dali Period in Tang Dynasty (Shanxi Temple assembly), and was renamed Wanshou temple in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty. The temple sits in the north and south. The present site is about 200 meters long from north to South and 500 meters wide from east to west. The wall of the site is 1.2 meters to 3.1 meters high, with broken bricks and tiles scattered among it.

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According to the records of Qingliang mountain records, in the early years of the Sui Dynasty, there were five hundred people who lived here. The Dragon God made offerings, and there were dozens of mules. They were able to transport grain into the market without being driven by people. They went to the market in the morning and came back in the evening. They were frank and hidden in the summer. When the white lotus was born, it was as firm as jade. On the seventh day, it was as bright as jade. Jue Xuan's poem: "he Daichi has white jade flowers, and the fragrant wind blows all over the world. Cloud line venerable fly to the sky, eternal Fang voice does not wave boast From then on, there was a saying that the abbot of five hundred Arhats was cool. Yuhuachi became famous and became popular in the dynasty.

Yuhua temple was built by Bukong monk, one of the three great masters of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty. Bukong monk is one of the four great translators of Buddhism in China. In 767, monk Bukong sent his disciples Han Guang, Xing man, and Chun Tuo to build Jingge temple and Yuhua temple in Wutai Mountain, and invited the imperial court. Five temples (Qingliang temple, Huayan Temple, and fahua Temple) were designated as the national Taoist temple. Yuhua temple was abandoned and prospered in Tang, song, and Yuan Dynasties, and only the base site was left in Jingtai period of Ming Dynasty In the first year of Tianshun (1457), master Yugong of Jingshan came to Yuhua temple to build more than 100 halls and houses, including the main hall, Shuilu hall, Tianwang hall, Jialan hall, zushi hall, sutra collection building, Fatang Wutan, Zhonggu tower, abbot, gallery, kitchen, etc., together with master Yungong Yian. Five hundred Arhats were built and a Buddhist relic tower was built. Later, master Tangong Jixing was founded In 1481, the emperor built Manjusri Golden Buddha with all kinds of utensils. He sent Liang and Li two supervisors to send him to the Yuhua temple for placement and support, and gave him the money "Wanshou Temple" (inscription on the restoration of the Yuhua lake to Wanshou Temple). Naoji Jianshen, the great master of HongJue guanding, who is a disciple of Da Ci'en Temple, practiced Fu FA for a long time in Yuhua temple. In the third year of Hongzhi, the national master passed away in Yuhua temple, and the tower was in front of the main mountain of Yuhua temple. Therefore, Yuhua temple is a model for Tibetan and Han monks to live in the same temple and practice together. In the Qing Dynasty, Yuhua temple was changed into Huang Temple in the 23rd year of Kangxi. It was one of the top ten Huang temples in Wutai Mountain. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, it was also one of the five Zhangjia temples. Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Jiaqing visited Yuhua Temple several times, leaving couplets and poems. The temple was demolished in the late period of the Cultural Revolution (1978). Today, there are only ruins, pagodas and stone inscriptions. It can be seen that since the Tang Dynasty, Yuhua temple has been worshipped by the royal family, with a large number of eminent monks and a flourishing Famer. It is a famous temple in Mount Wutai and plays an important role in the history of Buddhism in Mount Wutai. The temple is now under the leadership of master Xinxing. It is in the process of restoration and reconstruction. In order to learn from the Dharma on the sea, the temple is generally like a patriarchal temple. Yuhua temple is mainly composed of five hundred Arhats. There are many beautiful legends about five hundred Arhats, which are not only fascinating. According to the local old people, during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, when Tiezhu 500 Arhats came from Yuxian County, Shanxi Province to Liuyuan, Wutai Mountain, one of them left behind and stayed in Sigou village. The Arhats went to Taihuai Town, entered Fenglin Valley, and came to the foot of the mountain of Yuhua temple. They went up the mountain for one Li and then came to the ridge of Yuhua temple. Because they had been waiting for a long time, they leveled the ridge, which was Luohanping. At the foot of the mountain, the place where Luohan had a rest was later known as "Shengliyuan", that is, the lower courtyard of Yuhua temple. Later, Baolin temple, built by Gudeng Zen master in Jiajing period, was once occupied by laymen (Huochang Village) after the lower courtyard was abandoned. Now it has been returned as a Buddhist temple.

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Yuhua temple remains in Ming and Qing Dynasties: Luohanping, Guanguan room, memorial archway, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, sutra collection building, dongxipeidian, Manjusri courtyard, Yuhua pool (Sui Dynasty ancient well), zangshen talin (about 20), Hanshen talin (more than 30), Longwang temple, Luohan footprints, more than 10 bluestone tablets, Guoshi pagoda, Mingzhu Luohan statue and many other religious relics. There are only 260 statues of 500 Arhats cast in Ming Dynasty, which are deposited in Xiantong Temple of Wutai Mountain.

Since 2003, the provincial Religious Bureau approved the restoration and reconstruction of Yuhua temple on the original site, master Xinxing led his disciples (eight monks in the upper house and five nuns in the lower house) to do the work of protecting and sorting out the historical sites and the preparatory work of rebuilding the temple.)

Address: Kuiqi village, Jiangnan Township, Lianjiang county, Fuzhou City

Longitude: 119.545913

Latitude: 26.185835

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