Miaoguan Temple

Miaoguan Temple

Miaoguan temple, founded by master Fusheng in the 1940s, is located on the Bank of Fuxi River, Zigong City, Sichuan Province, between a pair of foothills.

Miaoguan temple is surrounded by streams. The mountains behind the temple are verdant, with green bamboos. The temple is solemn and elegant, with beautiful scenery. At that time, most of the ancient temples in Zigong City had been abandoned and destroyed, and no one presided over and managed them. There was no fixed place for Buddhist belief.

Miaoguan temple, a Buddhist monk, came to Zigong in the 1930s and 1940s to preach Buddhist scriptures. He began to prepare for the construction of a Buddhist temple, named miaoguan. It became the only Buddhist Education and practice center in Zigong at that time.

Brief introduction to temples

Miaoguan Temple

Located in a pair of mountain pass (next to Huidong Avenue) in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, Zigong Buddhist Association is also located here. Opposite is the Futai mountain tunnel.

Couplets in the temple

Miaoguan temple, a small temple, is not special among many ancient cultural temples in Sichuan. The couplet at the gate of the temple reads: "the morning bell awakens the worldly celebrities, and the Buddha calls back the people in the dream of the bitter sea."

Temple culture

The temples built in the noisy urban area and the couplets of great wisdom remind me of the philosophy of being hidden in the city. To practice in the heart, you don't have to go to the green mountains and rivers. If you can really practice in the red and green of the city, you will be in a real state of mind!

Related allusions

Master Fusheng was born in Jianyang, Sichuan Province, with a common surname of Wang. Born in a Buddhist family, he is endowed with intelligence. When he was a child, he became a monk in the Daochang of master Poshan Haiming in Liangping Shuanggui hall, Chongqing City, Sichuan Province. Then he went to Guanzong temple in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province to study Tiantai religion. The Buddhist monk has a noble moral character and is eager to learn for 12 years. It is a great achievement of the times to recite the Dharma Chinese doctrine and the four seasons criterion of Tiantai Sect. Master Fusheng is not only proficient in Tiantai religious righteousness, but also has a lot of personal testimony to Tiantai religious view and practice. He spared no effort to teach people.

Master Fusheng left Zhejiang and went to Sichuan to promote Buddhism. In 1936, he passed through Neijiang. The faithful monk of Shengshui Temple invited him to lecture the Vajra Sutra in Wangye temple. In the same year, monk Li Nan and his mother Li Wupo of Sanduo village invited him to lecture the Vajra Sutra in Fozi temple. After that, Li asked the master to speak the Sutra of Lengyan, Yuanjue and LiuzuTanjing in Zigong park. After many years of lecturing, the master came to Zigong. In 1945, he went back to Zigong to speak the Sutra of Jingang, to Dongshan temple in Fushun to speak the Sutra of Lengyan, and to Tianchi Temple in Gongjing to speak the Sutra of da'amituo.

Buddhist significance

In 1946, the Youxin Bank of Zigong City closed down. Li Boqun, the manager of the bank, sold the house built in a pair of mountains to avoid air raid by bidding, and paid off the debt due to the depression of the national economy at that time. Before that, the mage, local people and Buddhist disciples in Zigong City had already proposed to raise funds to build a Buddhist temple. At this time, the mage asked for a bid to buy Li's house A courtyard is a place for Buddhist religious activities in our city. The hall is dedicated to the Buddha statues and is named miaoguan temple.

Luo Xiaoyuan, Wang Deqian (big salt merchant), Wu Bingguo, Liao Shuqing, Wang Bingguang of Zigong Buddhist society, and Zhang Jiechang of Fushun all gave strong support. Mayor Zhao Shijie presented a plaque in the main hall of the temple, which was written by Wang boqiao, a famous calligrapher of Weiyuan County at that time.

In 1946, master Fusheng raised money to build the temple. In 1947, he expanded the main hall. He designed and built the temple himself, and led his disciples to work and dig earth and stone. There are three Western Buddhas in the main hall, which can be used by more than 500 people to chant, listen to scriptures and gather together. There are complete bells, drums, plaques and couplets in the hall. In 1948, miaoguan Temple opened a Buddhist Academy to recruit people from nearby and nearby There are more than 40 monks in the temples of other counties who are willing to further their studies. The master gives lectures to cultivate Buddhist successors. There are Sutra collection buildings in the temple, a Japanese "Taisho Sutra" presented by the Buddhist monk Luo Xiaoyuan, a song edition "Jisha collection" and "Pinjia collection" photocopied by Shanghai Buddhist Publishing House donated by Wang Deqian, a Buddhist Society resident, and many teaching reference tools for the master to study Tiantai Sutra There are dozens of gilded and gilded bronze Buddhas and ancient wooden sculptures of Weituo on the upper floor. They are of excellent art and many treasures.

Temple host

After liberation, Buddhist monk responded to the call of the government and abided by laws and policies.

Buddhists are oriented to production and labor. In 1950, the Buddhist Academy was closed, and the monks went and stayed as they please. Master Fusheng led the monks living in the temple to cultivate Buddhist land, spin cotton yarn, make iron screen, and do pad work. He actively contributed money to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. He was elected as the people's representative and member of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. From 56 to 58, master Fusheng fell ill and went to Chengdu for treatment One year, miaoguan temple was presided over by Shi Huishan. Since the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution" in 1966, miaoguan temple was sealed up. In the ten years of catastrophe, all the Buddha statues in the temple were destroyed, all the furniture was confiscated, all the Scriptures were collected and lost, the monks were dissolved, and they made their own living. All the temples of the temple were moved by the residents.

religious activities

Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, religious organizations have resumed their normal activities in accordance with the constitution. Miaoguan temple has obtained the policies of the party and the government. It has relocated its residents, repaired its temples, restored its educational work, created new Buddha statues and opened them to the public. It has become a resort for Zigong Buddhist scholars to study, charity, visit and visit.

Address: Ziliujing District, Zigong City, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 104.768434

Latitude: 29.34207

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