Huangluo Temple

Huangluo Temple

Huangluo temple is located in nianbang village, north of Yangchenghu Town, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is adjacent to Xiangcheng city in the north and Yangchenghu Lake in the East. There is a guanjing river flowing through the temple. The temple is surrounded by water on three sides and has beautiful scenery.

history

Built in the middle of Tang Dynasty, the temple was originally called Jishan nunnery. At that time, incense flourished and pilgrims spread all over the south of the Yangtze River. In 1107, the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was founded in Desheng, a monk in the western regions. It was called Jishan nunnery at that time. After the Yuan Dynasty, the soldiers invaded, the land was desolate, the monks scattered, and the nunnery was abandoned. In 1610, master Xinguang rebuilt Jishan nunnery. After master Xinguang died, master Xingquan revived Jishan nunnery as his own responsibility. He raised money to repair it, restored Yitian and preached everywhere, which made all the believers in the four directions pay homage to it. This nunnery flourished again. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, this nunnery was restored again and renamed "Wanglu nunnery", which means that there were officials and nobles who had stayed here, so there is still guanjing bridge and guanjing river. Later, it was said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went down to Jiangnan to find his father. He stayed here for one night, so he changed his name to Huangluo nunnery. In 1918, Shi Beilin, a villager, renovated the temple, and sent a notice to the governor of Wu County and Wu Qichang, warning the public: "please note that this nunnery belongs to a historic site and should be preserved. You should not abuse it or damage it at will For the full text, please refer to section 4 "inscription" of Wu county annals. In 1931, master Yuanming of Shanghai brought his two disciples here to rebuild the temple. There were 24 rooms, such as Daxiong hall, Guanyin hall, dizang hall and squatters. There were fields outside the nunnery, covering an area of about 10000 square meters. During the Anti Japanese War, there were two bhiksunis in the nunnery, Changde and his disciples. They cooperated with our party's underground Anti Japanese war work, and actively participated in Anti Japanese activities Secret traffic contact points until the victory of the Anti Japanese war. The original story of Shajiabang, which is widely spread, took place here. But the unknown archetype of ah qingsao, martyr Shen Juying and his son martyr Lu Yi, were arrested by the traitors in the nunnery in early 1940, and then died. Martyr Shen Juying and his son martyr Lu Yi were called "mother and son heroes" by the Suzhou military division. Changde's apprentices were arrested in Xiangcheng police station and died one after another within three years. Shi Xuezhen, wife of martyr Lu Yi, also took part in the party's underground work after her husband and mother-in-law were killed. He made great contributions to the Anti Japanese work in Suzhou. Known as today's "a qingsao.". After liberation, the government built the "Yangcheng Lake Anti Japanese War historical materials exhibition hall" as a volunteer commentator to widely publicize patriotism education for the public. Now retired, aged 87, he lives in our temple, studying, chanting and practicing Buddhism. During the Great Leap Forward period, most of the buildings were demolished, leaving only the Guanyin hall. During the cultural revolution, even the Guanyin hall was destroyed. Later, with the help of the local residents, they built three small houses and invited a Buddha statue, which has been preserved to this day. In 1995, with the support of people from all walks of life in Suzhou and the local government, master Shanglong xiaxue (from Fengqiao, Suzhou) raised money and successively built the Tianwang hall, Guanyin hall, western three saints hall, Jialan Pavilion, miaofe bridge, and monks' houses, which were renamed "Huangluo Temple". On December 16, 1999 (Yimao year of the lunar calendar), master Shanglong and master xiaxue passed away, and master Shangjing and master Xiahui (from Lu family in Henan Province) succeeded as the abbot. Later, it built stone memorial archways and stone pavilions (Buddhist Pavilion) to connect the main road of the temple. In 2001, it built 60 new Buddhist Chanting halls, Zhaitang, Shisheng hall, Wanfo pagoda and Heliao house, (a total of about 3660 square meters) release pool, in which a 4-meter-high Han Bai Yu dripping Guanyin is worshipped. There are four corridors around the pool, and 100 squatters are built. There are more than 30 monks. There are long-term Buddhist recitation meetings in the temple, and 24-hour Buddhist recitation meetings are held on the first day of the lunar calendar every month. The believers actively participate in the meeting, which is very successful. The temple is full of cigarettes, bells and drums, many Buddhists and pilgrims.

In recent years, with the concern and support of the party, local government and religious departments concerned, the temple has developed rapidly again in 2005. It has expanded 30 mu to the west, rebuilt the Tianwang hall, Daxiong Hall (about 800 M2 has been completed), Guanyin hall, dizang hall, and built new senliao and jushiliao (about 2007). On February 19, 2005, the foundation laying ceremony of Daxiong hall was held, and on December 8, 2005, the Shangliang ceremony of Daxiong hall was held. The temple has become an influential pure land Taoist center specializing in Buddhism. Up to now, the temple covers an area of 64 mu (38400 m2). After several years of construction, the millennium old temple has reappeared a new look.

Main features

The cross beam and top of the temple are exquisitely carved, showing the royal style. It is the only temple in the Yangtze River Delta with northern architectural style.

Address: nianbang village, north section of Yangchenghu Town, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City

Longitude: 120.76581573486

Latitude: 31.483551025391

Tel: 0512-65441537

Chinese PinYin : Huang Luo Chan Si