Lingyue Temple

Lingyue Temple

Lingyue temple is located on the Baitie mountain, 5 kilometers north of Zhaitang town, Mentougou District. Lingyue temple was founded in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty. Lingyue temple is said to have a temple first and then a Zhaitang city. It was rebuilt in Liao Dynasty. It was rebuilt four times in 1239, 1683, 1733. In 2003, it was listed as the seventh batch of municipal cultural relics protection units. Lingyue temple is located on the platform in front of the main peak of Baitie mountain. It faces south. On the central axis, there are Mountain Gate, Tianwang hall and Sakyamuni hall. The southern gate of the temple is flanked by the bell and drum tower site. Among them, the temple of heavenly king is a kind of suspended mountain building, and its architectural design is extremely ingenious. In the hall, there are statues of the four heavenly kings, Weituo and Jieyin Buddha. Sakyamuni Buddha Hall is a single eaves veranda hall with a ridge on the top, covering an area of more than 100 square meters. Under the eaves, there are five steps on the bucket arch, and the wall of the arch eye is painted Buddha. In the hall, the statue of one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas was originally worshipped. It was carved in willow and was nearly 4 meters high. Unfortunately, the statue was demolished in 1954. There are two steles in the temple, the one in the thirtieth year of Zhiyuan (1293) and the other in the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683).

The legend of stone

Lingyue temple is a small mountain village located in the mountains of West Beijing. Surrounded by mountains, it is a small basin. Although the village is very small, the scenery is very charming, especially Lingyue temple

It is the unique stones beside the village that not only add scenery to the small mountain village, but also bring mystery to it.

A burden of stone

In the north of the village, there is a pair of flat and smooth square stones on the Baitie mountain ridge, which is nearly 1000 meters above sea level. People are very curious to see, can not help but ask, how did such a heavy rock come to the ridge?

It is said that a long time ago, in order to increase his power, the king of the East China Sea expanded the waters and caused the flooding of the sea, which spread to my hometown. It destroyed villages, flooded forests and grain fields, washed away cattle and sheep, and brought great disaster to people, which could not be solved by manpower, and people could no longer live. The cry shocked the sky and shocked Tianting. After hearing this, the God of heaven reported it to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor sent an order to see what happened in the mortal world. He looked around and exclaimed, "the Jade Emperor's event is not good. The world is flooded with sea water and the people are suffering a great disaster." The Jade Emperor immediately held a meeting to deal with the situation. After discussion, he decided to send the powerful God Erlang God down to earth to solve the problem. Erlang God came down to earth to command people to build dikes and dams and fight against the flood. But today's repair will be destroyed by the flood tomorrow. Erlang God has no choice but to return to heaven to seek new laws. Taishanglaojun gave advice: "I see, such a big water can only be blocked by mountains. Jade Emperor, let Erlang take our whip to move mountains and block water!" The Jade Emperor adopted it and asked Erlang God to come down to earth again with a whip to drive Taihang Mountains and other mountains from the northwest to block the water eastward. In order to relieve the flood as soon as possible, he not only took the time to drive the mountains with a whip, but also shouldered two huge stones to increase the progress of blocking the water. However, there were also unexpected events. At this time, the monkey king caused havoc in the heaven, and the Jade Emperor sent the gods to capture them. In a hurry, Erlang God rushed back to court to catch monkey king. Erlang Shen didn't dare to neglect. He put down the stone on his shoulder and went to heaven.

Thus formed today's sea and land area, where is the boulder on his shoulder? It's on the white iron ridge in the north of the village. In order to praise Erlang God's achievements in driving mountains and blocking water for the benefit of mankind, people call these huge stones "Erlang Danshi". Because there is only one pair of huge stones, also known as "one burden stone", villagers go up the mountain to worship here and pass it on from generation to generation. No one knows when the legend was handed down. In the Zhenguan year of the Tang Dynasty, the earliest temple was built. It has been burning incense for thousands of years, with outstanding people and lush forest and grass. It seems that this must have something to do with the mountains and stones that God came to.

Shenren stone

You can't help but admire the uncanny workmanship of nature's creation. In our village, Li village, Lingyue temple, there is such a unique landscape. There are two big stone men in front of and behind the village. They are really looking forward and backward. People in my village call it "shenrenshi" or "laoshiren". How did these two venerable stone men come from?

This has to start with the legend of Erlang God driving the mountain. It is said that the Dragon King of the East China Sea expanded his power to expand the sea area, causing local floods. It was impossible to fight by manpower, and people's families were broken and people were displaced, which made it difficult for them to survive. Later, it startled the heavenly court. The benevolent Jade Emperor sent Erlang God to drive the mountain and the whip to the earth to drive the mountain and block the water from the northwest. As it happens, Erlang God is marching to the East China Sea day and night, and the heavenly court suddenly has Monkey King's troubles. The Jade Emperor sent many gods to arrest the monkey king, but they failed again and again. In desperation, the Jade Emperor urgently ordered Erlang to return to join in the arrest. When he got the order, Erlang God just came to my village, and heaven's destiny would follow him. He immediately took back the whip. But it's too tired to work all these days. Although the task is urgent, I can't rest and eat, so I have to drink water. Where to drink the water? Looking up three times, I saw a clear spring under the mountain. At that time, the two little gods who followed the messenger went to the front of the next mountain and the back of the mountain to guard. They came to the clear spring to drink water. Unexpectedly, the spring was too good to drink. It was cold, sweet, mellow and delicious. In addition, after days of hard work and fire, Erlang God wanted to have a drink. So he exceeded his planned drinking time. When he remembered that the time to return to Tianting was one second, he could not delay any more. Otherwise, it will be against the destiny, which cannot be violated! Soon after that, a good Erlang God stood up and disappeared into the cloud.

Erlang God returned to Tianting on time and returned to life on time, and captured Monkey King. But the two little gods he sent to guard the front mountain and the back mountain didn't get the order. They still stuck there. They didn't know whether he had caught the monkey king and had a fierce fight to forget, or they were afraid that the Jade Emperor would blame him. Anyway, they didn't wait until he returned to the order. They didn't know how many years they had waited, and finally they were stoned.

My ancestors came here to see the sweet spring, the unique environment to settle down here. After several years of reproduction, the village has been formed, and the two gods have become the "protectors" of the village. This unique landscape appears.

Golden tiger stone

Jinhushi, also known as Hucun Hushi. Jinhushi is in the west of the village. The exposed part of the stone is horizontal, with a height of one Zhang, a length of two Zhang and a width of six feet. It is black on all sides and red to the East (towards the village). It looks like it is roaring with a big mouth. It's really amazing. So how does the east side of this boulder turn red?

It's said that a long time ago. There is a golden tiger living in this huge stone, and there is a door on the east side. I don't know how to let a nanmanzi know. He piled up firewood on the east side of the boulder and started a fire, trying to crack the stone and catch the golden tiger. With the fire burning and the temperature rising, the stone surface showed a red color. Nanmanzi's face was complacent, and his mouth kept chanting: "golden tiger, come out, golden tiger, come out!" At this time, the golden tiger really felt that he could not bear it any longer. The golden tiger thought, I must not let him succeed in his plot. I must fight hard. Good golden tiger, with his head hit open boulder fly out, nanmanzi at this time is about to get golden tiger, happy distracted, no defense, on the spot was flying red stone hit to death.. Therefore, this huge stone was named "golden tiger stone", and the east side of the stone became red from then on. When golden tiger went there, it was not known whether he would return to the stone or choose another place. However, the story of the golden tiger has been handed down so far, adding a beautiful color to our lives.

Huwo stone

"Tiger nest stone". In the south of our village, there is a ridge called nanlingtou. In the west of the ridge, there is a flat stone surface with an area of about 20 square meters. The villagers call it "tiger nest stone". According to the terrain, the top of the ridge is towering between our village and the Qingshui River Valley. It's really an excellent scenic spot with a north-south view. Why not call it a viewing platform, rather than a "tiger nest stone"?

It's said from the ancestors that long ago, the pine forest was flourishing in our village, and tigers were everywhere. Every family has a shotgun. One of them is a hunter. Every time he hits a prey, he makes the muzzle of the gun drink the blood of the prey first. After a long time, his shotgun appeared magical. With this shotgun, as long as the sound of the gun goes, it will hit the prey 100% and the gun will hit the key. One day, the hunter came to the area of nanlingtou to hunt. Suddenly, a gust of wind came up and the pines were surging. A fierce tiger rushed towards him from the forest. He had no choice but to come up with a gun to shoot. The tiger fell down. Before he could think of anything, Lin had a stroke again. He saw two tigers, slightly smaller than the one he had just killed, roaring from front to back. The hunter quickly charged the bullets and shot them again, killing the two tigers. What a fight between man and tiger. It's really thrilling. How can we get these three tigers back. When he came to the top of the mountain, he called for the people in the village to help him and observed the situation. Suddenly I found a clean and smooth stone in the dense forest. Look around the stone, there are a lot of plants, tiger hair, thought bad! Didn't I come to the tiger's nest? My men consciously felt for the ammunition gourd. It didn't matter. Sweat came from my head. There was no gun sand. At this time, the grass and trees were shaking by the edge of the forest, and a bigger tiger came running. Run! A man can run faster than a tiger. If he doesn't run, how can an empty gun beat a tiger? The desire to live made him scratch his ears and feel all over. Suddenly, a hard object touched his hand, cigarette bag, cigarette pot? Ah! What's wrong with the pot

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