Guocheng Temple

Guocheng Temple

Guocheng Temple (formerly Guocheng jingshe) is a Taoist temple specializing in Pure Land Sect. It was founded in 1991 by the family of master shangguoxiacheng in order to carry forward Buddhism, provide for all living beings and raise funds by themselves.

Introduction to the temple

Guocheng Temple (formerly Guocheng jingshe), founded in 1991, was painstakingly established by the family of master shangguoxiacheng in order to promote Buddhism, provide for all living beings and raise funds by themselves. It's a Taoist school specializing in the Pure Land Sect. It's dedicated to reciting Buddhist scriptures. The monks strictly abide by the commandments, uphold the Six Harmonies and respect, and have a pure Taoist style. They take compassion as their heart, go to the dark sun twice, and save the suffering for the purpose.

Master Yantian inherited the master's Hongye, bravely shouldered the responsibility of Hongfa to all living beings, and continued the life of Buddha. Under the leadership of master Guocheng, several generations of people vigorously promote Buddhism, benefit the country and the people, and benefit the society. They are highly praised by the government and the society. Many believers come here to learn about Buddhism and cultivate Taoism. One after another, there are more than 20 monks who are devoted to practicing Buddhism and benefiting the people.

history

Under the leadership of the old mage and master Yantian, the monks of Guocheng temple, in accordance with Amitabha's great compassion and great will, walk with Amitabha with one heart and one mind, and help the dying lotus friends to die. So far, they have sent more than 100 dead to the Western Paradise. Up to 105 old people and down to 57 day old babies were seen off. At the moment when the karma comes to the end of each deceased person, master shangguo Xiacheng and master Yantian will patiently reveal the impermanence of their lives, the horror of the six paths of reincarnation, and the happiness of never getting rid of the pain of reincarnation in the Western Paradise, so that each deceased person can feel the acceptance of Amitabha's compassionate will at the last moment of his life, and eliminate fear and pain, Michelle walks into the Qibao pool and passes away peacefully (and after passing away, his whole body is soft and his face is peaceful, and most of them are happy) to achieve the perfection of life.

In addition, the family members of the deceased, whether or not they believed in Buddhism or even slandered Buddhism, felt deeply that the Dharma was inconceivable after they were sent to the dead and began to believe and chant Buddhism.

In Guocheng temple, no matter the rich or the poor, the noble or the humble, or the high or the low status, all the monks in Guocheng Temple sincerely send each other to the West with a deep and sincere wish to pray for the Buddha's survival. Until they die, they are entrusted with the lotus fetus. Old master shangguo Xiacheng sincerely felt Amitabha Buddha and personally wrote "Guocheng jingshe - Amitabha Buddha guide Station".

Nowadays, the practice of Guocheng temple's helping to read and send students has been popularized all over the country. Through the promotion of Guocheng temple, we have promoted the development of Buddhism all over the country, especially the Pure Land Buddhism and hospice care Buddhism. It has promoted the development of the four disciples and the development of each tunnel to help them send their thoughts to life, and increased the public's confidence in the Western Paradise. In addition to helping to recite and deliver to life, Guocheng temple also regularly holds Dharma meetings every Saturday to recite the Sutra of Bodhisattva's original wish, the Sutra of Mahayana's boundless life, the Sutra of solemn and pure equality (or the Sutra of Amitabha). It reinvigorated the Ming and Yang of dizang Dharma, and made all living beings benefit from it. It is the root of our final Dharma. During the period of the Dharma Association, many residents from all over the country benefited from the Dharma blessing after participating in the Dharma Association, eliminated the karmic barriers, eliminated their physical diseases and mental pain for several years or even decades, freed countless living beings, and brought innumerable family auspiciousness and happiness.

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Tianwang Hall

On both sides of the heavenly king hall of Guocheng temple are four painted statues of heavenly kings, each eight meters high, each wearing heavy armor. Two of them are powerful in form and two of them are kind-hearted, commonly known as the four King Kong. Looking at this gate tower, it is 20 meters high and 4.5 meters wide. It is made of green and white granite. It is a pointed arch with a three-layer dome. It has three outer, middle and inner layers. On the upper part of the two outer and middle layers, there is a round dome made of green stone. It has a stone structure pattern similar to the caisson of ancient Chinese architecture. The top cover adopts the traditional Chinese lotus pattern. The front of the gate tower is horizontally inlaid with Arabic relief stone carvings He is omnipotent, and is the religion that the most brilliant people like. Stone carvings record the founding date, the time of restoration and the earliest name of Guocheng temple. The top floor of the gate is the moon watching platform, the place where the date of fasting is decided, and the location of the platform The crenels in the shape of "Hui" are built on three sides, like the battlements of the city. There are the moon tower and the minaret on the platform, which collapsed in the early Qing Dynasty. Guocheng temple is close to mountains and rivers. Pines and cypresses are evergreen. Flowers and plants are everywhere. The reservoir at the back of the mountain cuts off the river for more than ten miles. The blue waves are sparkling and reflect everything.

main hall

After entering the mountain gate, they ascend to the next level. The white stone lions in front of each hall are extremely powerful. In the main hall, there are dignified and solemn statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. This is the site of the Xuanli Pagoda in the temple. In those days, the Xuanli pagoda was like a column, towering and magnificent. In the middle of the hall, the statue of Sakyamuni, the Buddha, was standing on the lotus seat. It was magnificent and awe inspiring. This is one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in China. There are 150 Buddhist statues of different sizes on the back wall of the statue. It shows the story of the good fortune boy in the Sutra who went through tribulations to visit 53 famous teachers in the book of good knowledge and finally got the Buddha's fruit. The main image of this rich and vivid wall sculpture is Guanyin Bodhisattva with her feet on the back of the turtle and a bottle in her hand. She is in a natural and unrestrained manner and peacefully receives the worship of the good fortune boy. When the temple was rebuilt, the statue was carefully designed by sculptors and folk artists of Zhejiang Academy of fine arts, based on the Zen Buddhist statue of the Tang Dynasty. The Buddha is 19.6 meters high, more than twice as high as the original statue of Sakyamuni. It is carved out of nearly 100 pieces of Cinnamomum camphora wood. The statue of Buddha is dignified and dignified, with a low brow and detailed eyes. The hall of pharmacists is rebuilt, in which the statue of pharmacists, sun, sky and moon are worshipped. On the left side of the hall, there is a rebuilt arhat hall with 500 Arhats on display. There are 9 stories in total, the tower is 61.8 meters high, and the architectural style is novel and unique. Guocheng temple is a gorgeous color. It is also an open window and tourist attraction. There are four auxiliary halls in the temple, which stand on both sides of the courtyard. The layout is rigorous and orderly, forming a complete group of temple buildings. The third entrance is the Sutra collection building, which collected more than 720 Sutras of Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as a large number of precious cultural relics. Since the completion and opening of Guocheng temple, there has been a lot of incense in the temple. Every day of the temple fair on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, there is a large opening hall in the temple, a stage is set up outside the temple to sing, and there is an endless stream of incense burning donors. There are a lot of people coming to visit the temple. The three-day temple fair is very lively. On the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, a ceremony is held to prepare Baiwei food, support ten monks, burn dragon boats, and let off fireworks. On July 15, 1942, many monks from all over the country gathered at Guocheng temple in Jiading to shave and receive precepts. Temple activities were extremely busy.

places of historic figures and cultural heritage

Scriptures

There are many Buddhist scriptures in Guocheng temple, which record that there is no better temperament than Buddha in the world. The most remarkable characteristic of Buddha is good cultivation and good temper. Welcome Buddha, welcome home, you want me to come, I call, send Buddha to the west, you let me go, I drift away, fully shows the good gather good scattered mentality. Buddha said that Bodhi is not a tree, and the mirror has no platform. Color is emptiness, and emptiness is color. At first, it was Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. On a quiet night, Emperor Ming dreamed of golden gods and men flying around the palace. They were like golden birds flying around. That night, Emperor Ming's dream was transparent. The next day when he went to court, the Ming emperor told his ministers about this. They were a little confused. A minister named Guo Yi stood up and said that the golden god man should be the Buddha of the West. The biggest agenda of this day was to send people to India to seek Buddhism. Following the ambassador of the Han Dynasty back from India were photographers of moteng and zhufalan, as well as a large number of Buddhist scriptures and statues. Indian monks and Buddhist statues were carried by white horses, who brought Buddhism to China from an ancient country, and Buddhism took root in another ancient land. Dazangjing is a complete collection of all Buddhist classics. At first it was called all scriptures, and later it was named Dazangjing, which means to preserve. Because of its wide range of contents, it is called the Tripitaka, also known as the Tibetan scriptures. Its content is mainly composed of three parts: Jing, LV and Lun, also known as San Zang Jing, which are called Jing Zang, LV Zang and Lun Zang respectively. Sutra is the theory of Buddhism for guiding disciples to practice, and law is the rule of daily life that Buddhism should abide by for believers; theory is the work of Buddhist disciples to clarify the theory of Sutra.

monograph

In addition, it also includes other monographs on the history and theory of Buddhism in India and China. In the process of translating Buddhist classics, a large number of ideas and concepts in Buddhism have been transformed into languages that Chinese people can understand, creating a large number of words that are still used today, such as the world, the universe, teachers, truth, reality, persistence and so on. Among them, four tones, as Chinese phonology, have become an important standard of Putonghua. In addition, for the evolution and final establishment of the printed Chinese characters, the printing of Dazangjing played an important role. The first "Dazangjing" was initiated by Zhao Kuangyin and named as "kaibaocang" with its year number. Its publication created a precedent of large-scale collection of Chinese classics. In Chinese

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