Jinlong Temple

Jinlong Temple

It is located in silonggou, one of the four Dragon valleys in the north of Jincun village, Pingle Town, Mengjin County. It was originally the site of the ancient Chan Xu Temple. After wars, it was abandoned and turned into a barren gully and bare slope. There are many weeds and thorns, and the ruins are gone.

Overview of temples

Jincun is located in the old city of the Han and Wei dynasties. There are many scenic spots in the village, but because of no management, it has been damaged, so far it is very few. The village leaders deeply deplore this. In order to properly protect historical relics and promote national culture, the village committee and the Party branch have studied for many times and extensively solicited opinions from various parties. They have reached a consensus and decided to build a temple in silonggou, the former site of chanxu temple. It integrates all the cultural relics in the village, increases the old system and adds new views, and becomes a new tourist attraction.

This bold idea began to be implemented in 1988. Since the ground breaking, village cadres have taken the lead, the whole village people have actively participated, the wise have offered their wisdom, and the workers have contributed their efforts. After 13 years, with an investment of 8 million yuan, a new tourist attraction covering an area of 19800 square meters has finally been built. Because it is located in the ancient Jinpu City, and the Longwang Hall (key cultural relics protection unit at the county level) in the village moved into it, it is named Jinlong temple.

Jinlong temple is built along the direction of silonggou. It is located in the north and south. The square in front of the gate is spacious, with blue stone steps, two stone lions, red walls and Zhuque. On the left and right sides of the gate, there are two huge dragons. They hold their heads high and stretch out, glare and claws, wind from clouds, scales and beards. They want to fly, making the whole gate grand and solemn.

Main building complex

Stepping into the mountain gate, elegant antique buildings come into view. The general characteristics of Jinlong temple are: many landscapes, ingenious layout and beautiful scenery. Along the central axis from south to north, there are main buildings, including stone Buddha Pavilion, Guanyin hall, thousand Buddha Pavilion, Buddha Hall, three churches, three saints hall, etc.

The stone Buddha Pavilion is an ancient pavilion with three stone Buddha statues inside. It was moved here from the stone Buddha Hall in the village. It was originally built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. These stone Buddha statues are 2 meters tall, kind-hearted, wearing gauze, smooth clothing patterns and lifelike figures. They are the only stone sculptures of figures in the temple.

Through the stone Buddha Pavilion, you can enter another Buddha Hall - Guanyin hall. It is the main building in the temple. The roof is green and yellow with glazed tiles, shining in the sun. From a distance, you can see the flowing elixir in the flying Pavilion, the forehead of the hall, the beams and columns are decorated with blue dots, gold colored paintings, Golden Lock windows, and red lacquer doors, which set off each other with bright colors and magnificent momentum.

In the middle of the temple is a two meter high red lacquer platform with a statue of Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting on it. This is a treasure of clay sculpture. The master Bodhisattva has a kind and kind face. Eighteen Arhats stand on both sides. Each of them looks angry and angry. They are matched with ghosts and ghosts to capture. They are vivid and dignified. The craftsman's skills are really superb.

The thousand Buddha Pavilion is located in the north of Guanyin hall. It is a multi door building. The whole body is made of colored glaze relief. It is tall, majestic and colorful. The top and bottom of the pavilion, left and right, inside and outside, there are countless Buddha statues of different sizes.

Along the passage to the north, up the stairs, above the high platform is the Buddha Hall. The Buddha Hall stands on a five meter high bluestone platform. The edge of the platform is surrounded by bluestone railings. The inside and outside of the middle of the railings are inlaid with a week of bluestone carvings. The content is based on the ethical and moral stories drawn in Guo Jujing's twenty four filial piety of the yuan Dynasty, such as Guo Ju burying Er, Wang Xiang lying in ice, Meng Zong crying bamboo, Huang Xiang warming mat and so on.

On the front of the hall, there is a giant seated statue of the Tathagata Buddha. It is more than Zhang in height. It is covered with a frame robe and has a golden face and body. On the left and right, there are Manjusri and Puxian Bodhisattvas. They close their hands and eyes and stand on both sides.

Just to the north of the Buddha Hall is the most majestic building in the temple. It sits on a 30 meter high platform and can be level with the cliff of the mountain. This is the highest and last floor of the Jinlong temple. Only by climbing 137 steps can you enjoy the scenery on the platform. The whole hall is like the legendary Lingxiao hall. How can the pavilion be suspended in the sky, It is just like the Dragon Pavilion of Song Dynasty in Kaifeng. The Grand Court is the exhibition hall of Jinlong temple. In the middle of the hall is a panoramic model of the old city of the Han and Wei dynasties. On the four walls are the ink treasures of tourists. These beautiful lyrics and exquisite calligraphy add a lot of charm to the temple.

On the right side of the hall of Buddha, there is a climbing cave. You can walk up the stairs into the cave. In the deep and dark cave, you can reach the cave only by stepping 156 steps. This is the peak of Youling. It is said that a Dou (Liu Chan), the king of Shu, once went here during the Three Kingdoms period and called it "beauty", leaving behind the allusion of "not thinking about Shu". The first hall here is the three churches, in which there are statues of the ancestors of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. There are three layers on both sides. The statues of eighteen Arhats are in the lower layer, the statues of Taoist figures in the middle, and the statues of Confucian figures in the upper layer, reflecting the idea of the three religions governing the country. "Governing the mind by Buddhism, governing the country by Taoism and governing the body by Confucianism"

Behind the three churches is the last scenic spot of Jinlong temple, the three holy halls.

This hall, about five rooms wide, is a courtyard with red bricks and green tiles. There is a statue of Buddha sitting on the upper part of the center of the hall. On the left is Amitabha Buddha, on the right is pharmacist Buddha, and on the lower part of the middle is Maitreya Buddha. It bares its chest, bares its breasts, grins with a big belly, and welcomes pilgrims into the hall. The Buddhist figures on both sides of the hall have different moods.

The above is the main building complex of Jinlong temple, which focuses on the expression of Buddhist culture. This is the main body of the temple.

Luoyang is known as "the ancient capital of nine dynasties". The word "Nine" does not mean "Nine". It is an imaginary number with many meanings. In fact, since the Xia Dynasty, thirteen dynasties have established their capitals here. Luoyang is the city with the earliest, most and longest history in Chinese history. Some people said, "if you want to know the rise and fall of the ancient times, please only look at Luoyang City.". It is necessary to understand the history of Luoyang, which is of great significance to the correct understanding of feudal society.

In order to make visitors better understand the historical changes of Luoyang, we boldly imagine that on both sides of the main building complex, on the cliffs of silonggou, we can build houses, or build pavilions, or dig caves. The caves here are unique. There are straight caves. Building houses in front of the caves is like a deep palace. There are curved holes, several of which are connected in a zigzag way. Some of them are narrow and can only pass through one person, but some of them suddenly become bright. Go in from the entrance, turn left and right, up and down, grope for tens of meters or hundreds of meters in the deep cave, then you can find the exit of the cave. It's really like the tunnel in the movie "tunnel battle". It's very mysterious. It's a great attraction for young tourists and also adds unlimited interest. These caves are not

Ordinary cave, solid structure, exquisite shape. The walls of the cave are carved with porch columns, railings, forehead square, roof beams, purlins, rafters and tiles. It seems like an underground palace. There are statues of emperors in Luoyang, the capital of the past dynasties, recording their achievements.

On the steep slope of the west side of the front courtyard of the temple, there is a "Yuwang hall". Although the hall is small, it is for the great figure of the Chinese nation - xiayuwang. In the hall, King Yu wore a linen jacket, wore a linen belt around his waist, and held a water guide tool to lead his people to open the river to discharge water. Yu, a branch of the Yellow Emperor tribe, was the leader of Xia clan, which lived in the south of Shanxi and the west of Henan. He was ordered to control the flood, lived outside for 13 years, channeled the Yellow River, opened the dragon's gate, and finally overcame the flood disaster. He is praised for his selflessness and diligence for the country. His indomitable spirit is a great inspiration to future generations.

On the east slope far away from the Yuwang hall, there is the temple of emperor Wei Xiaowen. He moved the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang, and carried out a series of political reforms. He stipulated that Dai people should receive salary quarterly and corruption was strictly prohibited. The government divided the land into farmers and collected certain taxes, which made the production and life of farmers relatively stable and made the economy of the North recover and develop. He also ordered Xianbei nobles to adopt the Han surname, change their clothes to Han nationality, learn Chinese, and advocate intermarriage with Han nationality. These reforms conformed to the trend of historical development, accelerated the process of feudalization of all ethnic groups in the north, and also promoted the great integration of ethnic groups in the north. Emperor Xiaowen was an outstanding ethnic political reformer in ancient China.

In Jinlong temple, there are many emperors who have made great contributions to the development of history. In order to maintain the true face of history, there are also statues of the despicable monarch who are despised by people, who betray the country and seek glory, and who are immoral and immoral. They are used as negative historical teaching materials to warn people. For example, Shi Jingtang, who called himself Emperor ER in the later Jin Dynasty, once served as the governor of Henan in the later Tang Dynasty. In 936, he publicly rebelled against Li Congke in the later Tang Dynasty. Because he couldn't meet Li Congke, he went up to Khitan and became a minister. On the condition that he ceded the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to Khitan and offered 300000 pieces of brocade every year, he called yeludri king of Khitan as "Emperor Wen", and asked Khitan to send troops to solve the siege of Jinyang. In the same year, Luoyang was captured by Khitan soldiers and officially called emperor. The state name was Jin, and later Jin Dynasty was known in history. Luoyang was established as the capital. The next year, the capital was moved to Bianliang. The legend of "turning Bianliang at night" in our area means that Shi Jingtang left Luoyang overnight to go to Bianliang. Shi Jingtang was grateful to the king of Khitan and called himself "the emperor of Khitan". This kind of traitor and shameless person has long been reviled by people.

The hall of emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is on the wall of Xigou in the temple. It depicts the historical facts of emperor Yang's travel to the south of the Yangtze River in the first year of Daye. Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty

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