Guang Temple

Guang Temple

Guangfu temple is located in the southern suburb of Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, surrounded by mountains and water.

Historical evolution

The most praiseworthy event in the history of Guangfu temple is the construction of relic tower by Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty

Legal activities. According to the stone inscriptions in Volume 17 of guanghongmingji and the inscription under the relic pagoda from the temple, in the first year of Renshou (601), Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered the construction of relic pagodas in 30 monasteries in 30 states, including Qingzhou, which set off a large-scale Chinese worship of Buddhism. On October 15 of this year, under the leadership of Li Dechen, the imperial envoy of Emperor Wen, the great virtue Seng Zhi Li, and the commander of Yuqi, the monks and common believers led by Xing zujun, Sima lixinze, Lu Shizhan, Qiu Wenan, and Sigong Zhanjun Li Hao gathered in Guangfu temple to "offer sacrifice and build a pagoda", which piously expressed Emperor Wen's wish that "all the Dharma circles will show their lives in seclusion From generation to generation, we value the Buddha's good wish of "hearing Dharma, leaving the bitter space forever and ascending the wonderful fruit together". The ceremonious ceremony attracted people's attention.

Guangfu Temple attracted the attention of Yang Jian, the founding emperor of Sui Dynasty, and was lucky to share the relic to build the pagoda. On the one hand, it showed that the temple was not a general temple at that time; on the other hand, according to the chapter of relic in Volume 40 of Fayuan Zhulin, Emperor Wen ordered that the site of the pagoda should be "high, cool and quiet". The geographical environment of Guangfu Temple meets this requirement, so it was selected. According to the stele of rebuilding Guangfu temple, the stone inscription of the inscription under the relic pagoda, as a historical witness of the ritual of building the pagoda, had been taken out of the underground palace at the latest during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Buddhist relic granted by Emperor Wen did not know what to do at that time, and its whereabouts were unknown.

Before Ming Dynasty, the buildings in Guangfu temple could not be examined except the relic pagoda built by Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty. As we all know, in the Northern Dynasties and Sui dynasties, most of the temples were in the pattern of front tower and back hall. The main layout of Guangfu temple should be like this, but because of the particularity of its own geographical environment

The possibility of exception is not ruled out. The temple has been rebuilt many times in history, especially in yingcui'an, the abbot of the Ming Dynasty. The Tathagata hall built this time is the most important building in the temple, "high and magnificent, with double eaves and arches". In the hall, "the main Tathagata is shaped, surrounded by the eighteen Arhats, followed by Guanyin, and the sea of clouds emerges.". The Buddha and the eighteen Arhats are all statues, while the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the sea of clouds is in the form of murals. In addition, there are also Tianwang hall, Abbot's room, monk's hall, bell tower, East and West veranda, zhaipao room and so on. As the basic facilities of the temple, it has everything. Xing Kuan couldn't help praising in the stele of rebuilding Guangfu Temple: "it's true that a county is as good as a orchid!" It can be seen that Guangfu temple was the first temple in Qingzhou in Ming Dynasty.

There is a stone pagoda forest in the East and west of Guangfu temple. The East Pagoda Forest is the "Putong tower" in the stele of rebuilding Guangfu temple. Today, there are 6 stone pagodas and 4 tower bases; the West Pagoda Forest has 4 stone pagodas. There are three pagoda inscriptions in the two pagodas, namely, the Wen Jue Xue monk of Qingzhou monk gang in 1444, the xinggufeng monk in 1514 and the guoxianglin monk in 1524. In the east tower forest, there is an underground palace built not later than the Northern Song Dynasty. The underground palace is divided into two chambers, the front and the back. On the lintel are relief sculptures of golden winged birds and Bodhisattvas. Two square stone chambers with Zen beds were excavated under the cliff of dongtalin mountain. On the cliff outside the two stones, there are small square niches in dense rows. Wen Yucheng, a famous Buddhist archaeologist in China, speculates that the two stone chambers are Buddhist temples left over from the Northern Dynasties, and the small outdoor niches are the places where monks' ashes are stored. In addition, there is a small grotto in the Sui and Tang Dynasties on the South Cliff of Guangfu temple. It's worth mentioning that the epitaph of "rebuilding Guangfu Temple" is engraved with the Buddhist name of the temple's eminent monks. Although the handwriting is nearly wiped out, it can still be identified, which provides valuable historical information for the study of the inheritance of monks in Guangfu temple.

There are many famous mountain monks in the world! Guangfu temple, together with its neighboring Tuoshan temple and Dayun temple, forms a large Buddhist temple cluster in the southern mountain area of Qingzhou City, which is the flourishing area of ancient Qingzhou Buddhist culture. It is not only an important activity place for Qingzhou Buddhist believers, but also a tourist attraction for officials and ordinary people.

Qingzhou relic pagoda inscription, Sui Renshou first year (AD 601) Li Shu, 12 lines, line 12 words, inscription amount of 12 words, left title two columns, line four lines. Originally in Guangfu temple, Yidu, Shandong Province. Rubbings in the Palace Museum.

The calligraphic script of this inscription bears the tradition of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The strokes are mostly regular script, and the strokes are quite graceful. The official script of Sui Dynasty mostly belongs to the style of official script of Northern Dynasty, which is different from that of Han Dynasty.

Abbot of the temple

Master benwu, with a common surname of Wang, was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Influenced by the traditional culture of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism since childhood, he came into contact with Buddhism in his early years and dabbled in Zen, Jing and Lu. Since 1997, he has been specializing in Taizong, following the great virtue of TIANTAIZONG, teacher Zhang Bingquan and teacher Shen Renyan

Learning from Tiantai Education

It's Tiantai Sect

The 46th lineage method.

In 2002, he became a monk in Wannian Temple of Tiantai Mountain according to shangyun Xiaguan. Later, he was awarded three great precepts in asokang Temple of Ningbo

He has been studying in Tiantai Mountain Buddhist College and graduated from Tiantai Zong master's degree.

In 2004, he worked as a monk in Tiantai Mountain Buddhist College (Wannian Temple) and a head teacher of the Buddhist College. In the same year, he inherited the record and payment method from the Yixing elder of Ningbo Guanzong temple, and passed it on to the 46th generation of Tiantai Sect. He was instructed to continue the Dharma flame forever and not to be the last person to cut off the Buddhism.

In 2005, he was appointed secretary of Tiantai Mountain Buddhist College (Wannian Temple), and served as a big Zhike, monk, and head teacher of Zhengke class of Buddhist College.

In 2006, he was invited to be the master of the hall, a knowledgeable guest and a monk, and a teacher in charge of the Buddhist College.

In January 2007, he was honored as the great monk Mingzhe of Zhanshan temple in Qingdao

In addition, in Shandong Buddhist College (Zhanshan Temple), he invited the master to be the deputy dean of Shandong Buddhist College and the director of the admissions office. In May of the same year, he was invited by Shandong Qingzhou Civil Religion Bureau and Buddhist Association to take charge of the planning, design, restoration, construction and management of Guangfu temple.

In 2008, he was elected president of Linqu Buddhist Association in Shandong Province.

In 2010, he was elected vice president of Shandong Weifang Buddhist Association and member of the 12th Qingzhou CPPCC.

In 2012, he was elected as a member of Weifang CPPCC.

In 2013, he was elected vice president of Shandong Buddhist Association.

On September 27, 2014, he was promoted to abbot of Guangfu temple in Qingzhou.

Temple inscriptions

Qingzhou Museum in Shandong Province has a stone carving named "inscription under the relic tower" in the first year of Renshou, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty (601). The stone carvings are made of lapis lazuli, 83 cm long and 18 cm wide. The whole body is intact and the carving is exquisite. The inscriptions are divided into horizontal and vertical grids with 13 lines by thin Yin lines. On the inscriptions are 12 lines of Yinwen Lishu with a diameter of 2 inches, 12 lines of full text, and 107 words in total. Meng Bi's calligraphy pill. The title of monk and official knot title is attached to the text in small characters with a diameter of 8. Now, the punctuation and punctuation of the stone inscription in the inscription on the lower part of the relic tower are researched and identified in the following part.

Inscription on the Stupa

Wei Da, Sui Renshou, yuan jisui, Xinyou, Xinhai, October, Yichou on the 15th. The emperor was dedicated to all the living beings in the Dharma Realm. He offered an relic and built a stupa in Shengfu temple, Fushan County, Qingzhou. May Emperor Wu Yuan, empress Yuan Ming, emperor, empress, crown prince, all kings, descendants, and other officials, as well as the common people, liudao Sandu, and non-human beings, be worthy of Buddha and Dharma for generations to come. The imperial envoy made the great virtue monk intelligent, the waiter tanbian, the waiter shancai, and the imperial envoy made the Yuqi captain Li Dechen. The chief envoys are Xing zujun, Sima lixinze, Lu Shi, Qiu Wenan and Si Gong, Li Chu. Meng Bishu.

Qingzhou Fushan County: in the Sui Dynasty, Qingzhou ruled Yidu county (now Qingzhou City). Hushan county is the ancient name of Linqu County in Shandong Province. According to the book of Sui, Volume 30, geography records (middle), "Beihai County, old home Qingzhou Tongxian ten Yidu. Linqu, formerly known as the state of Chang. Kaihuang six years (586) changed to every (Fu) mountain Daye (605-617) was changed to "Linqu".

Shengfu Temple: also known as Guangfu temple and Xingfu temple. In the Sui Dynasty, it belongs to Linqu County and now belongs to Qingzhou City. It is located in the west of housi village, yunxiahe Township, Shili south of Qingzhou City. Because it is located at the east foot of the mountain, it is called the mountain temple. As for the evolution of the temple, it is recorded in yingjianzhi (I) in Volume 13 of Guangxu's Yidu County Atlas: "there is no research on the founding of Guangfu temple, and the temple has statues in the second year of Wuding (544), which was also built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty was called "Shengfu", and it was changed to its present name after the Tang Dynasty. It was rebuilt in 1148, the eighth year of the reign of emperor jinhuangtong. After Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, it was repaired again and again. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, it gradually declined. Then it was abandoned, and all the statues were exposed. In 1887, Zhang Chengxie, the magistrate of Guangxu County, repaired several rafters to protect them. He also changed his name to "Xingfu" cloud.

Relic: Buddhist term. It means body bone or dead body. According to the article "relic" in Ding Fubao's "Buddhist dictionary", the body and bones of Buddha are also called corpses. According to legend, it is a bead shaped object formed after the cremation of Sakyamuni's body. Later, it also refers to the bones left after the death of monks with high moral character.

Pagoda: that is, the relic tower, also known as pagoda, pagoda. For example, in the second year of Renshou (602), the inscription on the stupa in Dengzhou said“

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