Benzhu Temple

The main temple is composed of gate tower, stage, East and West Wing rooms, main hall and east side hall. Facing Erhai Lake, overlooking Cangshan Mountain, the scenery is beautiful.

Benzhu Temple

The temple is located on the picturesque Bank of Yangbi river. Originally, it was a religious place for Bai and Yi people in Shiping and Xiangyang villages of pingpo town to worship the "King". Later, it became a temple for Bai people in Shiping village to worship the Lord. It is a typical hero worship type of the main temple.

history

Shangpingpo Benzhu temple about the origin of Shiping Benzhu temple, which was set up on March 26, the first year of Tianqi in Xizong of Ming Dynasty, now preserved in the temple, says: "in the ancient Western Yunnan, since the Han Dynasty, there has been a town of Longguan Shengqing living in Shiping. The king showed his kindness and righteousness, and protected the good people. Ever since the end of Wanli, when the prime minister came out, he has been working together to build a temple. Today, in the first year of Qi's reign, they come back to the scene. They also build up the public opinion and cover the wall. They are happy to give up. They are meritorious and have a good fortune. They are faithful to the Dharma and are blessed by the local Lord. They will enjoy the glory forever. They also ask Kangning's wife and son Lu (grandson) to be the same as Wang. It can be seen from the stele that the temple was first built in 1620 A.D., the end of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The reason for the establishment of the temple is that the king of "showing one's response" shows his true body. The purpose of setting up the temple is to pray that "the descendants will enjoy the same music with the king". The "King" mentioned here refers to "General Zhang and general Meng", that is, Zhang lejin, the white son king who was given the throne of Zen to the first generation of Nanzhao King Xi nuluo in Tang Dynasty, and Meng Huo, the famous Yi commander in nanzhong during the Three Kingdoms period, are the two gods of unity. On the other hand, it only refers to general Meng Huo. From the above two statements of the real body of "Dawang", we can easily understand the inextricable relationship between the master of this temple and the local Bai and Yi people. However, in the reign of the ultra left line, this temple with a long history, exquisite architecture and magnificent momentum was not only demolished, but also the sandalwood statues which have been worshipped in the temple for hundreds of years It was also savagely broken with an axe and used as firewood for the canteen of daguohuo. Since the early 1980s, with the implementation of the responsibility system of agricultural production in rural areas, villagers who have gradually improved their lives have been raising funds to rebuild temples.

structure

The main temple has two tile roofed houses side by side. There are three couplets in the main hall on the right. The first pair of eaves column couplet is: "worship the body of gold, pray for the spirit, pray for peace, open the jade statue near, please far away", the horizontal inscription is: "light". The second couplet is: "Daofa Jinglun prays for good weather and good faith, and hopes for the peace of the country and the people", and the horizontal inscription is: "Weiling iron pillar" gold plaque. The third is the couplet on both sides of the master in front of the Buddha's platform: "the general of the imperial iron pillar is powerful, and he will bless the people's peace and good fortune", and the horizontal inscription is the gold plaque of "shenweiyong town". In the middle of the main hall is the powerful sitting statue of our Lord, who is called "general Tiezhu" and known as "the six Holy Spirits emperor of Cang Zhaoming town". There are more than 20 statues with different sizes on both sides of our Lord. Among them, there are not only Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, but also gods in Taoism, as well as gods worshipped by local people. There are also two couplets on the left side hall. Among them, the eaves column couplet is: "do good deeds, heaven knows the earth, learn from ghosts and gods, do a good job in people's mind, body and soul, and have a stable dream", and the horizontal inscription is: "be a good man". Another couplet is: "good and evil belong to the heart, yin and Yang scheduling see compassion", horizontal inscription is: "good fruit into a circle". From left to right, there are more than ten Bodhisattvas worshipped in the auxiliary hall, such as nanny, Songzi Guanyin, Madonna, marshal Zhao, Zhaocai boy, Lishi new official and pox second elder brother.

custom

The temple fair in Shiping is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month and the eighth day of the second lunar month. It is said that the 15th day of the first lunar month is the "Christmas" of our Lord, and the eighth day of the second lunar month is the birthday of our lady Xiuhua. The most lively is the eighth day of February. On this day every year, not only the Bai people in Shiping gather in the main temple, but also the Yi people from far and near, such as Jijie, Longtan, halazuo and Xiangyang, are invited to sing. When singing, the young men and women in red and green around the burning bonfire, stomping the bold and unrestrained rhythm, dancing, singing happily, very happy. The origin of this activity, according to legend, is because the owner's mother, Miss embroidery, was originally a Yi girl married from the direction of Jijie in the lower reaches of Yangbi river. She was beautiful and dignified, but somehow she kept silent and sullen all day. Later, on the eighth day of February of one year, she saw the compatriots from her hometown playing cucurbit flute and singing tune for her birthday. Then he laughed and sang, looking very cheerful and lively. My Lord was very happy, so he said to her, "you like to sing. In the future, please invite them to sing and play with you every year." On this day of the year, local people invite Yi brothers and sisters from eight villages in four townships to play all night.

legend

There are many folklores about the main temple in Shiping, and now we mainly introduce two kinds. One legend is: Shiping has been rich and beautiful since ancient times, and the people are industrious and thrifty. Therefore, they are relatively rich. However, it is precisely because of this that in those turbulent years of war and chaos, the big and small grass bandits on the surrounding mountains frequented, bringing all kinds of misfortunes and endless disasters to the villagers. Therefore, the villagers who live in fear every day decide to go to Midu Tiezhu temple to welcome the invincible and famous "Tiezhu general" to protect the territory and the people. General Tiezhu has lived up to the expectations of the public since he became the leader of Shiping. Since then, whenever the grass-roots bandits at the top of the opposite mountain gather to rush to Shiping to harass them, general Tiezhu will show up in time and turn into thousands of troops and horses looming around the village, so that they can see the flags flying up and down the shiping and the soldiers shaking from a distance. Therefore, he did not dare to act rashly, so he had to give up. The people of Shiping relied on this shelter to avoid looting many times. Naturally, the incense in the main temple keeps on burning all the year round. The village still retains the ancient rules and customs of villagers taking turns to watch the night for the master. Another legend is that during the Three Kingdoms period, general Meng Huo, who was finally defeated by Zhuge's prime minister "Tianwei", was a hero who did not hesitate to sacrifice his life to save the country. When he returned to his hometown from the expedition, a boa constrictor appeared on both sides of Yangbi River, always wallowing in the fields. The common people longed for the crops they had worked so hard to produce, but they were so wasted by this animal. I'm so anxious, but I have nothing to do! In order to get rid of the harm for the people, general Meng Huo tied all over his body with hanging knives. Holding two steel knives, he rushed into the belly of the boa constrictor. The boa constrictor was so painful that he rolled on the ground. General Meng Huo also rolled in his belly. His hanging knives pierced the boa constrictor's five viscera and six lungs. The boa constrictor is dead. When the people rushed to open the BoA's belly, general Meng Huo disappeared and found an iron pillar lying in the BoA's belly. With tears in their eyes, the villagers quietly escorted Tiezhu back to the village, built temples to offer him up, and granted him the title of "Tiezhu general", making him the Supreme Master of the village.

Address: dajianpang village, Shuanglang Town, Dali City, Yunnan Province (near Xiaoping hope primary school)

Longitude: 100.1986195324

Latitude: 25.9026514193

Tour time: 0.5-1 hour

Traffic information: walk to Dajian Village

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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