Ci'en Temple in Shenyang

Ci'en Temple is the largest existing Buddhist temple in Shenyang and the seat of Shenyang Buddhist Association. Ci'en Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. It is located from west to East. There are bell tower and Drum Tower in the front of the temple. At the front of the middle road is the grand and exquisitely painted Tianwang hall, which houses many Buddhist sculptures. To the west, there are majestic buildings such as Daxiong hall, biqiu altar and Sutra tower. Ci'en Temple is now the most popular temple in Shenyang. On the 15th day of the lunar new year, many people come here to light lamps and burn incense to pray for blessings.

Ci'en Temple in Shenyang

Located at No. 12, Ci'en Temple Lane, Danan street, Shenhe District, Ci'en Temple was first built in 1628. It was expanded and rebuilt in Shunzhi, Daoguang and the Republic of China. It is the largest existing Buddhist temple in Shenyang. The temple faces east from the West and covers an area of more than 12000 square meters. The front is the mountain gate. Inside the gate are the second floor of the bell and drum. To the west, the temple building is divided into three roads. At the front of the middle road is the heavenly king hall, which is three rooms wide, with painted purlin and red earth battle. In the hall are statues of the four heavenly kings, Maitreya and Weituo. To the West are the main hall, the bhikkhu altar and the Sutra library.

Brief introduction to the temple

Ci'en Temple is surrounded by Wanquan River in the East, wanliutang Park and belt park, elegant and clean. According to the inscriptions in the temple, "the ancient temple was revived in the second year of Tiancong". In 1644, the main hall, Weituo hall and two corridors were built. Later, because of years of disrepair and Yin did not.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), monk Buzhen presided over the renovation and successively built Shanmen, Tianwang hall, Peidian, Zhonggulou, Chan hall, nianfo hall, lianglang and biqiu altar. In 1930, the main hall was finally completed.

The temple is located in the West and faces the East. There are three buildings in the temple, covering an area of about 12600 square meters. There are three couplets in the front of the temple, which are made of small hard hills and covered with grey tiles. Across the mountain gate, the bell tower is on the south side, and the drum tower is on the north side, all of which are grey tiles on Xieshan nine ridges. The pavilion is a two-story gallery with a square base below. There are three roads to xizesi. The front of the middle road is the heavenly king hall, which is three rooms wide. It is made of small hard mountain, with gray tile top, red ground battle and TAN Fang color painting. Under the front eaves of the hall, there are wooden fish on the left and cloud plate on the right. There are four statues of heavenly king, Maitreya Bodhisattva and Weituo Bodhisattva in the hall. There are rolling shed gatehouses on the north sides of the hall. To the West are the main hall, the bhikkhu altar and the Sutra library. The main hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. The top of the hall, the front and back porches, and the colored paintings of sandalwood are built on the high platform. The center of the front of the hall is dedicated to namo Sakyamuni Buddha, namo pharmacist Buddha and namo Amitabha Buddha. The pharmacist Buddha's left hand is dedicated to namo Guanyin Bodhisattva and namo Tibetans Bodhisattva. The right hand of Amitabha Buddha is dedicated to namo Manjusri Bodhisattva and namo Puxian Bodhisattva. On both sides of the main hall, statues of the venerable are worshipped, and banners are hung high in the hall. Guanyin Bodhisattva, dizang Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva, and Puxian Bodhisattva are the four Bodhisattvas who are closely related to our Suva world. They are all worshipped in the Mahavira hall. After the main hall, Guanyin Bodhisattva of Nanhai is worshipped. The Dharma phase of the Bodhisattva is the statue of dripping Guanyin. The main symbolic means for Guanyin Bodhisattva to save all living beings is water. Dishui Guanyin, holding a thing in his hand, is sprinkling the dew to the people who ask for help. For water is pure and washes away all filth. Holding the willow branches, the beautiful Guanyin sprinkles the dew from the net bottle to the world, protecting the happiness and stability of everyone in the world. The continuous dripping of nectar in the pure bottle is to moisten all things, to save all living beings, and to revive all things. There is a poem that says: "the dew in the bottle is often sprinkled all over, and the branches in the hand do not care about autumn. Thousands of places pray and thousands of places answer, and the bitter sea is often used as a ferry boat. " The Picchu altar, with a single eaves and a front porch, has a gray tile roof. It is three rooms wide and three rooms deep. The main ridge is equipped with the character brick of "Falun Changzhuan, the country is peaceful and the people are in peace". There are two sides of it with the kiss of a bird, and there are animals on the hanging ridge. There is a big crystal of Kaixin Bodhi in front of the bhikkhu altar. There is a release pool in front of the crystal stone. Finally, there is the Sutra collection building, which is a two-story corridor in front of a hard mountain, with seven rooms in width. Downstairs, there are living rooms and Zen houses. Upstairs, there are scriptures. There are 1600 volumes of wooden scriptures collected in 1440, which are precious. In the north of the main hall, there is the Galan hall, where the Bodhisattvas of Guansheng emperor holding the spring and autumn statues are worshipped. On the left side of Guansheng emperor, the God of wealth is worshipped.

From the east to the west, the South Road of the temple has Tui Ke Liao, kitchen, Si Fang, Qi Tang, Chan Tang, master Liao, Buddhist Academy, etc.; the North Road has Yangjing Liao, Ke Tang, nianfo Tang, Abbot's room, Shifang Tang, warehouse, etc. There are 135 houses in the temple, with a construction area of 2995 square meters.

history

Ci'en Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Shenyang, known as the "ten square jungle". At the end of spring and the beginning of summer in the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648) of the Qing Dynasty, a southern monk was brought from Kyoto. He was an imperial criminal. His name was Hanke, and his name was Zuxin. He was the most successful remnant monk in Ci'en Temple. The monk was a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. He was born in Boluo, Guangdong Province. He was the son of Han rizan, the Minister of rites in the late Ming Dynasty. He was a scholar in middle school in his early years. When his father died at the age of 29, he became a monk in Luofu Mountain. Once, when he was printing scriptures in Nanjing, he was just catching up with the Qing army going south. He saw that the Ming Dynasty dignitaries who had once been domineering had no choice but to flee and surrender. The people suffered from the chaos of war. He was so distressed that he wrote the book "re Bian Ji", which records the Qing army's invasion of Nanjing. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the temple from the city, the book was found out by the Qing soldiers and became an important case. As a result, the remaining people were detained in the capital for trial. Later, they were exiled to Shengjing to stay in Ci'en Temple and became the first person in the literary prison of the Qing Dynasty.

Monk remnant made friends with some scholars and scholars in Shengjing. In 1650, he organized a "BINGTIAN Poetry Society", the earliest literary group in Shenyang. One year in Shengjing, from spring to summer, the weather was dry and there was no rain. There were plagues both inside and outside the city. There were a large number of deaths, and the streets were desolate. The remaining monks led the monks to pick herbs in the suburbs. They gave them to others and advised them to drink and take them. So he had a high reputation among the people. He also preached Buddhism in many temples in Shengjing, and was regarded as the founder of Buddhism in Liaoshen area. In 1660, he lived in Shenyang. At the age of 49, his disciples moved his body to Qianshan, built the remnant Zen master tower at the West foot of Yingluo peak, and published his poems and essays as Qianshan poetry anthology and remnant Zen master's quotations.

Main attractions

Tianwang Hall

In the first courtyard, there are three hard mountain buildings of wood structure. In the center of the hall, Maitreya is worshipped with a smiling face. Behind the statue of Maitreya is Bodhisattva Weituo, a Dharma protector. On both sides of the statue of Maitreya are four heavenly kings.

main hall

Inside the ER Jin courtyard, there is a magnificent building with a transparent Dragon Ridge. There are four bright red characters "Fa Lun Chang Zhuan" on the ridge, and running animals on both ends of the tile ridge. In the center of the hall is the Buddha Sakyamuni, on the left side is Amitabha, and on the right side is the Buddha of eliminator. Three Tathagata Buddha is sitting on the base of lotus seat. The Buddha statue is about two meters high and is made of glass fiber reinforced plastics. There is a standing statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva on the back of the three Tathagata Buddha sitting in front of the wind screen. The statue is more than two meters high. On both sides of the hall, Guanyin Bodhisattva, dizang Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva are worshipped. On both sides, 18 Arhats are worshipped.

Picchu altar

In the Sanjin courtyard, there is a Xieshan style building. At the two ends of the transparent tile ridge, there are prominent dragon kisses. Under the ridge, there are four big characters "peace of the country and peace of the people". The four corners of the eaves each have five animals arranged at the top of the four corners, and at the bottom of the four corners each has a portrait head, which symbolizes kindness, kindness and universal salvation. The bhikkhu altar is the place for preaching and preaching. In front of the bhikkhu altar are the big crystal happy Bodhi and the release pool.

Sutra Library

In the courtyard, there is a two-story building with 14 rooms in total, which is of hard mountain brick and wood structure. The first floor is the reception room and reception room. There are two woodblock "three collections" classics on the second floor. They are the Ming and Qing editions, which are extremely precious. The missing part has been transcribed and the damaged part has been repaired.

Jialan Hall

In the hall, there are emperor Guansheng and God of wealth.

Traffic information

Transportation route: take bus 113, 150, 257 and Ring Road (get off at 27th middle school station) in Shenyang.

present situation

Since 1949, Ci'en Temple has been the seat of the provincial Buddhist Association. After many repairs, the temple has been restored to its original appearance. In 1985, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Shenyang City, and in 1988, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Liaoning Province. Now it is the seat of Shenyang Buddhist Association.

Now Abbot Zhaoyuan is a native of Haicheng City, Liaoning Province. He became a monk in 1979 and graduated from Qixia Mountain Buddhist College in Nanjing. He is executive director of China Buddhist Association, President of Liaoning Buddhist Association and Abbot of Dafa temple in Shenyang.

In the first year of Shunzhi (1644), the third year of Daoguang (1823) and the 12th year of the Republic of China, the buildings were expanded and rebuilt. Since 1987, the temple and Buddha statues have been repaired, the North portico has been rebuilt, and a new green brick and tile two-story Zhaitang and warehouse have been built. In every major Buddhist Festival, grand Buddhist activities are held. Buddhists who come to visit Dalbergia burn incense and chant sutras all day long. In recent years, we have also received foreign visiting Buddhists to pay homage to the incense. The temple sits in the West and faces the East. It is a rectangular, brick and wood structure with four courtyards. It covers an area of 12000 square meters. The base outside the gate is surrounded by white marble hurdles. Entering the gate, there is a two-story building on each side, North and south, followed by the second floor of the bell and drum. The courtyard is divided into three roads, and the middle road is the reconstructed 25 rooms, including the guest hall, the Zen hall and the Nian hall

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