Mirror grinding table

Mirror grinding table

The mirror grinding platform is located in the central scenic spot of Hengshan Pavilion in Nanyue, Hengyang City, central and southern China. It was named because huairang, the seventh patriarch of Chinese southern Zen, had a sudden insight into mazudaoyi in Jiangxi Province by using brick grinding as a mirror. Now there are "Zuyuan" stone carvings preserved in the scenic area, which are the places where huairang grinds mirrors. The tomb of huairang still exists today. Pei Xiu, Prime Minister of Tang Dynasty, wrote "zushenglunta" in his own handwriting. During the Anti Japanese War, Zhou Enlai and Ye Jianying held Nanyue guerrilla cadre training classes here, and Chiang Kai Shek also held seven supreme military conferences here.

brief introduction

Mojingtai is the origin of Southern Zen Buddhism. It is famous for the stories of huairang, the famous monk of Tang Dynasty, the seventh ancestor of Southern Zen, mazudaoyi of Jiangxi Province and the worship of mojingtai. There is Mazu nunnery on the grinding mirror platform, which is a grass nunnery founded by Daoyi in Hengshan Mountain. There are seven ancestral pagodas behind the mirror grinding platform, which are the tombs of huairang. Behind the tower is the old road up the mountain. Beside the road, there are 206 stone steps inscribed with "Huai rang Lu". There are ruins of Longshu bridge, Guanyin bridge, Magu bridge and swimming pool nearby. Looking from afar, you can have a panoramic view of Nanyue District. The ancient pines beside the platform are lingering, and the valley in front of the platform is deep. In midsummer, you can take a rest here, and the summer heat will disappear.

Mojingtai is a famous mountain scenic spot in China. In the early 1930s, it has been turned into the villa area of the national government. In the northeast of the scenic spot, there is a shady asphalt road parallel to the banshanting. In the south, there is a shady gravel road connecting Fuyan temple and Nantai temple. From Fuyan temple to the west, there is a road leading to Xiling.

The road is connected with all directions, and there is a stone road nearby, which leads to Tianzhu peak and the Sutra hall. Nanyue hotel is located here, with seven new hotel buildings, a full set of modern equipment, and more than 300 beds. It is a resort in Hengshan Mountain. Every year, many important conferences are held here, and many foreign affairs activities are held

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Famous scenic spot

Fuyan temple, Nantai temple, zhuanyuan temple, Mojing site, Vajra relic tower, moshenglun tower, Magu fairyland, lingzhiquan, banshanting, xuandu temple, banshansanqiao, yehou academy, zizhulin, Chuanyan poetry forest, etc.

geographical position

The grinding mirror platform is 14 li away from Nanyue District, Hengyang City. It faces banshanting across the gully, under the swallow rock in the south of zhurong peak.

Historical story

The mirror grinding platform is the place where the seven patriarchs of Southern Chan in the Tang Dynasty used mirror grinding techniques. During the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the northern Zen monk humanyi came to Hengshan mountain from Sichuan Province. He chose the cliff not far north of this huge stone to build an nunnery and meditate here. He was even more disgusted with the southern style of the great earthquake. Instead of visiting, he just meditated on his own.

In the first year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, huairang came to Hengshan Mountain of Nanyue, where he first gathered disciples at Guanyin nunnery between the millstone and the banshanting. He redecorated the site of Zen master Huisi and vigorously promoted Huineng's "insight method". From then on, the style of Nanzong became more and more popular in Nanyue and overseas, and the Taoist plume gradually declined.

Huairang saw that the monk chuanseng Daoyi in a Caoan in the northeast of Guanyin nunnery was eccentric, and he wanted him to be subordinate to the door, so he privately decided to take Daoyi personally and change the way of practice of Daoyi beizong.

One day, when Daoyi was meditating, huairang appeared on the opposite side of Daoyi and read Huineng's Sanskrit several times: "born to sit, dead to lie, a rotten bone, what is meritorious lesson." If you read it once, you will ignore it; if you read it twice, you will blink your eyelids; if you read it three times, you will breathe faster; if you read it four times, you will shake your head to show that you are puzzled. Huai rang saw a little touched, but not ripe, then left.

The next day, Huai let her hand hold a thick brick. Sitting on the opposite side of Daoyi's meditation, he grinds and grinds until it makes a sound. Daoyi is so annoyed by the noise that he angrily asks huairang, "do you have another one to finish? What are you doing grinding this stone brick for?" Huairang finally exclaimed. As soon as he opened the golden mouth, he was very happy and replied, "grind as a mirror!" After hearing this, he thought it funny and said, "how can you make a mirror by grinding bricks?" Huairang took advantage of the gap and said, "since grinding bricks can't become a mirror, how can meditation become a Buddha?" This eloquent speech hit the nail on the head. If Daoyi has realized something, he thinks that meditation is the only way to practice in beizong. Is there any better way for Nanzong? So he arched to huairang and said, "master, how can I become a Buddha?" Huairang further induced him to say: "for example, driving, the car is not good, is it driving or driving?" After hearing this, he nodded slightly. Huairang saw that Daoyi accepted the so-called "enlightenment method" of Nanzong, and then directly preached to Daoyi: "do you learn to sit in meditation or Buddhism? If you sit in meditation, you can't sit out. If you sit in Buddhism, the Buddha doesn't have a fixed attitude. Can you sit in meditation? There is no way to achieve Buddhahood through meditation.

Huairang talked and listened. He knelt down at huairang's feet and worshipped huairang as his teacher. I'm satisfied. After that, Daoyi moved into Guanyin nunnery. Under the door of huairang, he did not keep the precepts or meditate. He did everything according to the patriarchal system of Nanzong, specializing in "I am Buddha". Inspired by huairang, Daoyi went back to Nanzong. Huairang made him create his own Zen sect, let him leave Nanyue and go to Jiangxi to establish himself, and promote the Southern Song theory of Zen. Later, monks and disciples gathered and won the honor of Mazu in Jiangxi. Cao'an, founded by Daoyi in Nanyue, was later rebuilt by Linji monks and named mazu'an. Because Mazu was granted by the law, it was also named zhuanyuan. There is a plaque with "brick mirror highlights" inside.

Song Meiling and mirror grinding stage

Hengshan, the most beautiful of the five mountains, stands in the middle of the river, while the millstone, more than 600 meters above sea level, is surrounded by mountains and covered with green shade. In summer, the air temperature in Hengyang, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chongqing, Wuhan and other places reaches more than 40 degrees centigrade, but the mirror grinding platform is as warm as spring, only about 20 degrees. It is a summer resort. Chiang Kai Shek and Song Meiling went to the mirror grinding stage five times

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On February 18, 1943, in order to win the support and assistance of the United States and other western countries for China's Anti Japanese War, Song Meiling, who was entrusted by Chiang Kai Shek to visit North America and publicize China's Anti Japanese War, attended a special speech held for her by the United States Congress and delivered an impromptu speech entitled "war and peace". Finally, she gave a mirror grinding platform

"This story happened in the Hengshan area of Nanyue in China, which is called the legend of grinding mirror platform. More than 1000 years ago, there was an ancient Temple (Fuyan Temple) in Hengyang area. In the temple, a Abbot (monk huairang, the seventh ancestor) grinds a brick on a stone every day, day after day, year after year. One day, a young monk (referring to Ma Daoyi, a different sect from Huai rang) asked him, "master abbot, what is the point of grinding stones with bricks?" The abbot replied, "I want to polish my bricks into a mirror." The young monk said, "master abbot, it's impossible to grind a brick into a mirror." The abbot said, "it's just as impossible for you to recite Amitabha all day for your happiness." That's the end of the story. I mean, to all the senators in your Senate, and to all the ladies and gentlemen in the audience, I would like to say one more thing today: our leaders, without the active assistance of all of us, can not realize this common ideal. The lesson of the story of this mirror grinding platform is deeply understood by you and I We should not only have ideals, but also realize them with practical actions! " The senators were all moved by the sincerity of Soong Mei Ling. They all stood up and applauded. The old legend of mirror grinding platform became famous at home and abroad with Soong Mei Ling's speech

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Main attractions

There are seven ancestral pagodas behind the mirror grinding platform, which are the tombs of huairang. Behind the pagoda is the old way up the mountain. Beside the road, there is a tablet inscribed "Huai rang Lu". The road is tianshengdeng, also known as Tiantai Pavilion, with 206 stone steps. There are ruins of Longshu bridge, Guanyin bridge, Magu bridge and swimming pool nearby.

Development trends

At the end of July 1987, more than 30 members of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (including Huang Wei, commander of the 12th corps of the Kuomintang) stayed in building 5 of the mojingtai hotel in Nanyue

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On September 8, 2012, Li Bingjun, deputy director of the general office of the State Council and director of Zhu Rongji's office, accompanied by Zhang Wenxiong and Tong Mingqian, members of the Standing Committee of the provincial Party committee and Secretary of the working committee of Hunan Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan "two oriented society" Experimental Zone, inspected Nanyue Hengshan. Li Bingjun and his party visited Wanshou Dading, Zhonglie temple, Zhu Rongfeng and moxingtai

And Fuyan temple.

On May 9, 2013, more than 30 people from South Korean media and travel agents came to Nanyue Hengshan to inspect the line. The delegation comprehensively and meticulously understood the beautiful natural scenery and profound cultural heritage of Nanyue, and inspected the Nanyue temple, Zhonglie temple and grinding mirror platform

, Fuyan temple, Nantai temple, zhurongfeng and other scenic spots.

On June 7, 2013, a delegation of more than 20 people from South Korea, led by Kim Shih Ho, Professor of Yuanguang University of South Korea and chairman of the International Association of graphic arts, and Kim Chung kin, vice president of the International Association of graphic arts, came to Nanyue Fuyan temple to meet with Chinese calligraphers and Buddhist masters in Nanyue to hold a "mirror grinding stage"

——The Hengshan Forum on Chinese and Korean calligraphy talks about calligraphy and the love between calligraphy and calligraphy.

On October 27, 2013, the cultural tour of Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui came to Hengyang and successively visited Nanyue mirror grinding platform

Fuyan temple, Nantai temple and Xiangxi thatched cottage.

Address: Hengshan, Nanyue District, Hengyang City, Hunan Province

Longitude: 112.70316969387

Latitude: 27.266966172291

Tour time: half an hour

Ticket information: it has been included in the scenic spot ticket (80 yuan)

Chinese PinYin : Mo Jing Tai