Xixin Temple

Xixin temple, formerly known as Zhenlong temple and Xixin temple, was built in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was listed in the 70 Nunneries of Sange, Jiumiao and Siguan in Yanfu. In the 18th year of the Republic of China, one of the four great masters of the Republic of China, master Yinguang, the 13th generation founder of Jingzong, was the abbot of the temple, which flourished for a time. Later, it was destroyed by the fire of war. When Xixin temple was rebuilt on the beautiful Minghu island in 1993, master Mingshan, former vice president of China Buddhist Association, was invited as abbot. Covering an area of 150 mu, the temple has built the main hall, the ten thousand Buddha pagoda, the heavenly king hall, the Jade Buddha Hall, the five hundred arhat hall, the Dabei tower, the Buddhist cultural relics exhibition hall, the guest hall, the mountain gate, and the squatter house. It is currently the largest religious activity site in Yancheng area. The Ginkgo biloba is luxuriant and the incense is exuberant in the temple. There is an endless stream of visitors to the temple, and there are thousands of participants in major activities such as the Dharma society, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places have more than 500000 believers come to visit each year. Especially during the "ten thousand Buddha Cultural Festival" held in October every year, monks gather together. It is a famous "blessed land of the Yellow Sea" and "famous temple of Jianghuai". In November 2007, it was rated as national AAA scenic spot. The main tourism activities include ten thousand Buddha culture festival, Xixin temple Suzhai, Sanyang tripod protection, Zen forest disaster relief, Xixin tower shadow, Xixin Buddha rhyme, etc. Xixin temple is 4 kilometers away from Sheyang new urban area. The coastal high-grade highway and Coastal Expressway are separated from east to west. In the East, there is Sheyang port, a national second-class port, surrounded by the vast Yellow Sea beach; in the south, Mingda vocational and technical college is the first private university in Jiangsu Province located in a county-level city; in the west, it is close to Sheyang island ecological sports park, which is a high-end leisure sports place integrating 18 hole 72 international standard course, 20 dozen bit golf driving range and 5000 m2 multi-function club It is the most difficult plain stadium in East China. To the north is the gingko forest and the ancient mysterious Sheyang River. It is said that Hou Yi shot the sun, Shiyang opened the river, Qianqiu Yuanying and other myths and legends took place here. There is also a Sheyang River Sluice built by experts of the former Soviet Union during the first five year plan period. In addition, there are Youai Equestrian Club, Chinese Houyi altar, central China Working Committee memorial hall, Yangma "ten li Juxiang" scenic spot, Dazong Lake scenic spot, Haiyan Museum, Dafeng elk garden and Yancheng National Rare Bird Nature Reserve which is famous for its song "a true story" within two hours' drive around Xixin temple. After the completion of Wanfo Pagoda in 2007, Xixin temple will hold "Wanfo Cultural Festival" every October. At that time, eminent monks and believers at home and abroad will be invited to hold Dharma meetings, study Buddhism, visit Buddhism, organize charity fund-raising and release activities, hold grand opening ceremony celebrations, and watch the literary and artistic program "Buddhist rhyme". For example, in 2007, elder Yicheng, President of China Buddhist Association, was invited to preside over the first ten thousand Buddhas Cultural Festival. In 2009, master Haitao of Taiwan was invited to preside over the third Ten Thousand Buddhas Cultural Festival. More than 1800 business owners who believe in Buddhism from Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Mainland China came to the festival. In 2010, the fourth Ten Thousand Buddhas Cultural Festival was held by the Secretary General of the world Buddhist monk Association, abbot of the Baisheng memorial hall, and Elder Mingcheng, the founder of Nanhai Buddhist temple in China, presided over the temple. At that time, the public opinion was unprecedented and had a great influence. ★

Xixin Temple

In Sheyang River scenic spot, the highest altitude and beautiful scenery in Sheyang, Jiangsu Province, there is a hundred year old temple, Xixin temple, in the ginkgo forest. Xixin temple, formerly known as Xixin temple, is located on the Bank of the Yellow Sea and the Sheyang River. The temple not only has the pattern of Han Buddhism temple, but also has the characteristics of simple and elegant architecture of Jianghuai river. It can be called "the blessed land of the Yellow Sea". It was first built in the reign of emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty and restored in succession during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is said that at that time, it was juxtaposed in three pavilions, nine temples, four temples and seventy nunneries in Yanfu area. In the 18th year of the Republic of China, there were two residents, Jiang Yiyuan and Qiu Yian, who invited master Yinguang, the 13th generation of emperor Jingzong, to Abbot the temple. At that time, the main hall, Sansheng hall, Weituo hall and more than 20 squatters were built. After the war, only the broken walls were left.

brief introduction

Xixin temple was built in the late Ming Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty, destroyed in the late Qing Dynasty. The temple has a profound history, which can be traced back to the early Song Dynasty. It has a history of about 850 years ago, which has put a mysterious veil on this Buddhist temple. It is located in the Sheyang River scenic spot planned by the government, bordering Mingda University in the south, Yueda International Golf Course in the west, yellow sea beach in the East and Sheyang sluice in the north. The temple is well-known in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The choice of the location of Xixin temple is also related to a legend.

Historical legend

It is said that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the abbot of the ancient dragon temple, one of the eight famous ancient sceneries in Yancheng, gave a very good lecture, with thousands of listeners at the beginning of each lecture. One of them, an old man with white beard, came every time he talked about it, rain or shine, and always stood in an eye-catching position. One day, the abbot asked, "uncle, who are you from?" "To tell you the truth, monk, I am not a human being, but a dragon. Because I can't reach home in my cultivation, I often listen to your lectures, hoping to become an immortal as soon as possible under your guidance." "Oh, you're a dragon. Can you show me your real body?" "Yes, but we have to ask the monk to recite a Maha mantra." So the abbot began to recite the "Maha mantra" and read it. As expected, a dragon appeared and grew from small to large. Old abbot, have a look! No, it turned out to be a one Horned Dragon. He thought, if we let it become an immortal, wouldn't it make trouble and endanger the world? Therefore, he secretly changed the "Maha mantra" to "Jiedi mantra". This change is as like as two peas, which is a twin sister of Guanyin, almost the same as Guanyin, and is a special descending to the world. Hearing the call for help, she immediately drove to the sky with auspicious clouds. When she saw an evil dragon, it came down from the clouds and started a dragon fight. After three days and three nights of fighting, the sky was dark and the earth was dark, the sand was flying, and the rain and the wind were mixed. How can the Dragon beat the gods? Seeing that his life was in danger, he fled to the sea through Sheyang River. After the unicorn dragon entered the sea, it often turned into countless pests to destroy grain and cotton, and people from all over the world complained bitterly. In order to prevent the one Horned Dragon from going up the river again and harming the people, the abbot built a "Zhenlong Temple", also known as "grasshopper Temple", about 3.5 kilometers east of Hede Town, where the Xiaoyang River enters the Sheyang estuary.

Xixin temple, formerly known as Xixin temple, was built in the late Ming Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty and destroyed in the late Qing Dynasty. In the 18th year of the Republic of China, Jiang Yiyuan, Qiu gaijiao and others built Xingbei street again. However, all the Buddha statues were destroyed during the cultural revolution, and some houses were demolished in 1995 due to the reconstruction of the county seat. In 1993, under the guidance of the party's religious policy and with the approval of the relevant government departments, it was planned to rebuild the "Xixin Temple" in the county. At that time, master Mingshan, vice president of China Buddhist Association and President of Jiangsu Buddhist Association, was invited as abbot of the temple. Master Mingshan knew the legend of "Zhenlong Temple" for a long time, so he decided to locate it in the present place.

In 1993, Xixin temple was rebuilt in the south head of Sheyang River sluice. When the foundation was laid, master Mingshan, vice president of China Buddhist Association and President of Jiangsu Buddhist Association, was invited to be the abbot of the temple. In 1994, the first phase of the temple's three holy halls and Zhaitang was completed. Since 1995, with the efforts of monks inside and outside the temple and the support of many social residents, Daxiong hall, Dabei building, Tianwang hall, Buddhist cultural relics exhibition hall, Guanzi garden, Mountain Gate, guest hall, Squatter house, etc. have been built. The nine storey 68 meter high Wanfo pagoda is a landmark building of Xixin temple. You can see the beach scenery from the top of the pagoda. The 2.5-meter-high Jade Buddha is the treasure of the temple. The Xixin temple in the plan will mainly build a Buddhist temple area, a grand view area of Buddhist culture, a guest house area, a landscape park, and four Foshan scenic spots. It is a multi-cultural base integrating Buddhist culture, garden art and human landscape. It is not only a holy land for ten believers to worship Buddhism, but also a good place for Chinese and foreign guests to visit.

Famous scenic spot

Xixin temple covers an area of 250 mu. The Tianwang hall, Jialan hall, Grand View of Buddhist culture and jade Buddha building have been completed. By then, Xixin temple will become the first temple in Jiangbei

main hall

The main hall in the temple is the most magnificent and important building in the temple. The main hall is 19.8 meters high, with a construction area of 500 square meters. The hall is resplendent, and the Buddha statues are quiet, solemn and exquisite. All of them are gilded in Taiwan. They avoid the traditional uniform effect of gold loading, and separate the clothes and skin. After gold loading, they are more lifelike and vivid to show the Buddha's kindness This gold loading process is the first in Jiangsu. In the hall, there are also the Buddha statues of Guanyin hall, Manjusri, Puxian, and the twenty heaven Buddha statues. The thousand dragons on the roof worship the caisson. The sculpture and design are extremely beautiful.

View the garden of freedom

Guanziyuan, located in the northwest of the temple, is a unique garden in the temple. It is surrounded by a long corridor, in which stone carvings copy the calligraphy of the eminent monks of the past dynasties. The park is full of green trees, lush flowers and plants, and bamboo forests. The open-air Giant Buddha in the park is the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva. The statue of Buddha is exquisitely carved and lifelike, with stone dragon pillars and floor to floor palace lanterns. It is more solemn and elegant, and makes people feel calm and carefree.

There are more than 100 pieces of cultural relics in the exhibition hall of Buddhist cultural relics on the back of the Mountain Gate of the temple, including dozens of national cultural relics

Chinese PinYin : Xi Xin Si