Xiaozai Temple

Xiaozai temple, founded in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is located in Fengzhou, an ancient city. Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism gather in one mountain. It is a spiritual place for disaster relief and blessing. 　　

Xiaozai temple is inlaid on the cliff. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, Zhang Guolao, the Taoist immortal of cliff grottoes, once lived in seclusion and practiced here. He is also famous for the fact that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty avoided disasters and the Anshi rebellion and prayed for the relief of disasters. In the scenic area, the ancient cypress is tall and green, the waterfall is like a rainbow, the "Twelve Yuanjue Bodhisattva" is solemn and solemn, the "iron chess fairy trace", "Xiao Temple morning bell", "monkey stone legend", "general stone" which has been handed down for thousands of years, and the "shangjiuhui" which has been handed down by the folk for thousands of years, are far away from the secular world. There is Lingshan Buddha in the East and blessing Guanyin in the West. Covering an area of more than 100 mu, the music fountain of blessing square rises and turns to blessing Guanyin, the only Buddhist cultural landscape in China, such as Guanyin of the twelve zodiac animals and the twenty-four pathetic hands, is magnificent and magnificent; the antique street of Jiangnan Water Town, the airport of SkyBus disaster elimination Temple, the water recreation center of Nanqi Lake in Taoyuan and the ancient city of Fengzhou jointly create a unique religious cultural scenic spot, Jialing River, Anhe River and Nanqi Lake form a harmonious and prosperous picture.

Xiaozai Temple

Xiaozai temple, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is located in Fengxian County, Shaanxi Province, on douji mountain on the North Bank of Jialing River, across the river from Fengzhou ancient city, 10 kilometers away from shuangshipu, Fengxian County. Jialing River, Anhe River and Nanqi Lake meet here.

On the cliff of douji mountain, there are not only the cave relics of Taoist immortal Zhang Guo, who lived in seclusion, but also the historical allusions of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, who prayed for blessings and eliminated disasters. The only Confucius Temple in Sanqin echoed with it, forming a unique cultural landscape of "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism gather in one mountain".

brief introduction

Xiaozai temple, formerly known as xiaotai temple, is located in Fengxian County, Shaanxi Province, located in douji mountain of ancient Fengzhou. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Douji mountain is a precipitous mountain. The dragon goes down to the rock to watch the rising sun, and raises his head into the water. It is often said that Fengzhou is the land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was famous for praying for blessings and eliminating disasters here. The temple has a great influence in the past dynasties. It has been more than 1400 years since then.

historical origin

As early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Xiaozai temple was well-known, and the "morning bell of Xiao Temple", "Tieqi immortal trace" and "tongxuan cave" were widely praised by scholars. Liu Cang, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "staying in a monastery in late spring" on the way to Chencang plank road

The spring breeze of Xiao temple is falling, and the flowers are drowning for several nights.

The sound of the chime in the blue sky is far away, the moon is high, and the shadow of the window is slanting on the clear night.

Day idle chant for the road partner, Castle Peak refers to the career.

A little bit of cold light in, rural dream does not smell Daw crow.

Another song "friends in qiurishan Temple":

Xiao temple tower on the evening overcast, light smoke sparse Qing scattered empty forest.

The wind gives birth to the cold, the white apple moves, the frost falls, the autumn mountains and the yellow leaves are deep.

Cloud alone to see the sunny geese, the moon far away to listen to the village anvil.

After missing you, you sit at the pine window and play the jade harp.

Through two poems, the author expounds that during his stay in xiaotai temple, he saw the cloudless spring, the melodious bell, the smog in autumn, the red leaves all over the mountain, and the different scenes of his meeting and parting with monk Hui, which strongly proves the long history of Xiaozai temple.

"Xuanzong in the old book of Tang Dynasty" says: "Xin choufa, Fufeng County, is Xi, and then Chencang. Renyin, the second pass. Under the division, there were six armies, Wang Ying took the lead, and Wang Shou Mao took the second place. In the afternoon of Bingwu, in the second Hechi County, Cui yuan played the role of Jiannan. He was born in Min'an at the age of 20. He had no shortage of reserves and supplies, and went to Dayue. " (Hechi is now Fengzhou) this period of history records the history of Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, who passed the plank road south to Sichuan, passed Fengzhou, and met Cui yuan, the envoy of Jiannan.

Temple legend

Monkey stone

There is a huge stone at the foot of the mountain on the east side of douji, which looks like a monkey. The local people call it "monkey stone". There is a legend about Houshi: in 755 A.D., an Shi rebellion broke out. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, fled to Sichuan in early June to seek refuge. When he arrived at Mawei slope, officers and soldiers rioted and stopped, killing Yang Guozhong and Guo Guo Guo's wife. Emperor Xuanzong was helpless and ordered Yang Yuhuan, his beloved concubine, to die. Then he left Chencang, entered Qinling Mountains, crossed Sanguan, and his party entered Fengzhou city in late June . In June, the Emperor Xuanzong was troubled with trivial matters, tired of traveling, and the pain of losing his concubine. In the midst of sadness, he suddenly reported that someone was toasting. Xuanzong ordered the toasts to come to see him. He saw an old man and a young man with a wine basket on his back and a plate of round cakes in his hand. The old man claimed that they were father and son. It was said that the emperor came here to propose a toast. Xuanzong took the wine to drink. It tasted mellow and sweet with endless aftertaste. It was even better than the imperial wine he drank in the capital city. He felt tired and fell asleep. At night, he dreamed of a toast, and his father and son remonstrated: "if you are escorted by a noble man on this journey to the south, the thief will recover and return to Beijing as soon as possible." Xuanzong asked in a hurry: "the situation is so chaotic, who has the ability to quell the rebellion when the bandits are about to enter the pass?" The old man gently pointed at the table. Xuanzong woke up from his dream and found a big "Guo" on the table.

The local people said that it was the stone monkey in Houshigou. Xuanzong felt very strange. After careful questioning, he found out that there was a stone monkey near here, which looked like a father and son. Under the influence of xiaotai temple, he had been enlightened and often helped the people nearby. Xuanzong then went to xiaotai temple to pray for disaster relief, and vowed to eradicate the chaotic party and end the war as soon as possible. In September of the next year, Guo Ziyi and others defeated Shi Siming to quell the rebellion; in December, Xuanzong returned to Beijing; in January, he went to xiaotai Temple via Fengzhou to pay his vows, and granted the name of "disaster elimination Temple" by the emperor. On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Fengzhou people held the city to celebrate. From then on, the "Shangjiu meeting" has been handed down. In Fengzhou, there is a nursery rhyme that has been handed down for thousands of years. Its content is "Shangjiu has a meeting, a team of banners and drums, my king has opened his face, and I will give you a hundred and eight dollars to celebrate the new year.". It also proves that Li Longji not only came to Fengzhou, but also rewarded the people in Fengzhou. People thank Emperor Xuanzong with nursery rhymes, which also records history.

In the past, the literati of all ages in Zhandao frequently mentioned the clear and melodious bell of xiaotai temple. The aftersound of the bell circled the city and spread far away. Zheng Qian, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem praising "the stars are dim and the moon is hazy, and when you lie down and listen to the bell, you will catch the wind.". Intermittent remote transmission outside the Xiao temple, melodious when the degree of chaos in the clouds. Three wakes up the cup to be possible the degree, ten thousand li startles returns to the dream not to end. Melancholy can not stay, Furong is the second leakage of copper In the early morning, when the bell rings, the people in Fengzhou City hear it and start a new day. The merchants of the overnight post station also stretch their muscles and set foot on their respective destinations. This bell can purify the soul and bring comfort and peace to the people.

Tongxuan cave

That is, Zhangguo old hermitage. Zhang Guo, a native of Liangquan, Fengzhou, lived in seclusion in Zhongtiao Mountain and Hengshan Mountain of Shanxi Province, then returned to his hometown, where he lived in douji in summer and Zhuo in winter. Wu Zetian once sent someone to invite Zhang Guolao into the palace to offer the immortal art of longevity, but Zhang Guolao pretended to be dead by using his unique magic. He was so scared that his minister Pei Thames did not dare to enter the cave, but failed to ask him. In the 21st year of Kaiyuan (734), the Ming emperor sent Xu Qiao, a scholar of Zhongshu, to welcome him into the palace with a seal. The Ming emperor accepted Zhang Guolao with courtesy, and used high officials and high salaries to retain him, and granted him the title of Yinqing Guanglu doctor, but he insisted on not going. Xuanzong came up with a clever plan to marry his sister princess Yuzhen to him, but Zhang Guo laughed and refused to accept the order. Because Zhang Guolao was determined to return to the mountain for cultivation and was not used to living in the palace, the emperor of Tang and Ming Dynasties, seeing that Zhang Guolao's immortal magic was mysterious and did not spread it to the outside world, let him return to the mountain and gave him the name of "Mr. tongxuan" when he was on his way. When the local people rebuilt Zhangguo cave, they found the stone inscription of "tongxuan cave".

It is said that the eight immortals often come here to play chess, so Guolao carved the chessboard on a huge stone, and the pieces were made of pig iron, which is called "stone chessboard, iron chessboard". 32 pieces, each eight centimeters in diameter, weighing three Jin and six Liang. Although long-term exposure to the outside, experience the sun and rain, but not corrosion and rust. In 1892, Zhu Zichun, the county magistrate of the Qing Dynasty, went up to the mountain and found it. He thought it was a precious relic of Zhang Guolao. He built a pavilion to protect it. After the pavilion was completed, he named it "Tieqi Pavilion", and wrote and engraved a stone tablet named "Tieqi Pavilion", which was set outside the cave. The "Tieqi immortal trace" has been handed down to this day.

Status quo of temples

Xiaozai Temple Mountain Gate (Wuxiang gate in the middle, empty gate and Wuzuo gate on both sides), pharmacist Hall (offering pharmacist Buddha, sunlight Bodhisattva, moonlight Bodhisattva and twelve medicine forks inside, Daxiong Hall (offering Sakyamuni Buddha inside), Yuantong Hall (offering Manjusri Bodhisattva, Puxian Bodhisattva and Guanyin Bodhisattva inside), Luohan Hall (offering Kaya, Ananda and Xuanzang inside), Sanqing Hall (offering Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and taishanglaojun inside) , Confucius Hall (serving Confucius and some Confucian disciples), medicine King Hall (serving medicine King Sun Simiao), eight immortals Cave (eight immortals cave), bell and Drum Tower (located on both sides in front of the pharmacist Hall), meditation center (located on the top of douji mountain, for monks' practice), praying bridge (located on the west side of the pharmacist Hall), Fuhui bridge (on the Jialing River, connecting Jingping square and douji mountain), Tieqi Pavilion (Zhang Guolao vs. Shenxian) Place of chess, etc.

Address: Xiaozai Temple scenic spot, Fengxian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province.

Longitude: 106.62354596197

Latitude: 33.951494401271

Tour time: 3 hours

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