Fushou Temple

Fushou Temple

Fushou temple is on Dalian mountain. Dalian mountain is located in the northwest of Sandu Town, Tonggu County. Driving along Tangxia Guancang village road of Sandu street for Sanhua Li, you can see the steep stone walls on both sides, the mountain road paved with kenaf stone, zigzag ring road. You can walk up to the top of the mountain about Erhua Li. The mountain is not high but steep, The land is not wide and majestic. The surrounding mountains are like lotus leaves, which surround the top of the mountain layer by layer. It looks like a lotus coming out of the water, so it is called Dalian mountain. The top of the mountain is in the shape of a garden top, surrounded by cliffs, deep valleys, steep peaks and lush trees. The top of the mountain is flat and has a wide view. You can have a panoramic view of the mountains from far to near. You can also have a wonderful view of the right Maple cave. You can hear the swaying pines and green bamboos. The blue waves of Longtan Reservoir are rippling in the mountains, the flowing water is rippling at the foot of the mountain, and the forest is rolling in the mountains. Visitors here feel relaxed and happy.

history

Dalian mountain is magnificent and beautiful. As early as 400 years ago, it has become a Buddhist holy land. Fushou temple was first built in the Dali Period of the Tang Dynasty, then in the ninth year of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and then in the 28th year of the Republic of China. It covers an area of more than 300 square meters. It is divided into two buildings with 26 rooms, including the Tathagata, Guanyin, ancient Buddha gods (it is said that the ancient Buddha gods are formed by xiangteng), Fu'an, and Daoyi deity. The monk in charge is a branch of Linji orthodox Buddhism. In its heyday, there were more than 20 monks and pilgrims. During the cultural revolution after liberation, all the buildings were demolished. After 1986, it was built by the local people to collect funds spontaneously. It took seven years to build the upper and lower hall, left bell and right drum, monk's room, tea house, Zen room, guest room, kitchen, restaurant, etc. for tourists to visit and worship. There are still three tombstones on the right side of the tomb (built in the fourteenth year of Jiaqing period) of Zen master yanzhoufang, the founder of Fushou temple, and the tomb of Zen master mazudaoyi, the 17th ancestor. They sit east to west, with 14 pillars and 13 steles. There are three "Amitabha" stone statues, all white granite pillars and bluestone tombstones《 You Yan Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi Shi. Therefore, the scene of "three toads love the sun" was called by the ancients. Adjacent to the temple, there is a "Sutra house" built on the steep stone wall, 4 meters wide, 9 meters deep and 1.72 meters high. The precious cultural relics of Fushou temple in Dalian mountain were once hidden here in the 1960s, so they were not robbed.

Important scenic spots

There is a 400 year old maple 158 meters away from the temple. Under the ancient maple tree, there was a temple called Maple temple. Before it was demolished, the ancient maple trees were about 60 meters high and 6.7 meters in girth. The shadow of the trees is dancing, the summer is verdant, and the late autumn is red. A giant vine climbing closely around the trunk is like a soaring dragon. It is evergreen all the year round, with triangular leaves. It blooms in March. The flowers look like woodpeckers, and the fruits look like beads of Buddha. The root of giant rattan has extended to more than 400 meters away from the abyss below the peak. If someone accidentally bumps the root, the skin will flow out blood red liquid juice, which is hard to believe. In another winding mountain, about half a mile away from the temple, there is a natural cave named Mazuyan. In front of the cave, there is a stone screen. The entrance is slightly small and low, and the exit is large. The cliff of the cave is inclined and rectangular, and the light is sufficient. The cave is 10 meters high and 50 meters wide, which can accommodate more than 800 people. It is said that there was a Mongolian school here.

Mazudaoyi is the founder of eight generations of Chinese Zen Buddhism. His common surname is ma. His surname is Daoyi (709-788 A.D.) from Shiqi people in Hanzhou. He became a monk in Luohan temple in Benyi. When he was a young monk in Zizhou, he lost his hair and received a precept from Yuanlu master in Yuzhou. This life has a strange appearance, cattle line tiger, lead the tongue over the nose, foot two lines. He once taught Zen in fujinling (now Jianyang in Fujian), gonggongshan (now Nankang in Jiangxi) and other places, and advocated that "self heart is Buddha" and "every color you see is self heart". There were many scholars, and later formed a school called "hongzhouzong". Later, he came to Dalian mountain in 769 AD and closed his door for meditation in Mazuyan. He left Dalian mountain in 773 AD and went to Mazuyan in the fourth year of Zhengyuan in Tang Dynasty Yuan (788) died in Kaiyuan Temple in Nanchang (today's Youmin temple in Nanchang) and disappeared. After the death of Mazu Daoyi, his disciples and grandchildren built a pagoda (Yining Zhouzhi) to commemorate the eight generations of Zen master who had been meditating in Dalian mountain for four years.

Today, behind the Fushou temple in Dalian mountain, there is the tomb of Zen master Mazu Daoyi. Zen master Mazu is one of the most influential literary and historical celebrities in history. He is as famous as Sima Xiangru, Li Bai and Su Dongpo. Mazudaoyi founded the Hongzhou sect of huairang in Nanyue, and was posthumously named Daji Zen master. Mazu Daoyi Zen master is very prosperous, known as "eighty eight good knowledge", and has 139 followers. He is most famous for Xitang zhizang, Baizhang Huaihai and Nanquan Puyuan, and is known as the three great masters of Hongzhou. Under the Huaihai River, there were two schools, linjizong and jiyangzong. In other words, today's Buddhist Holy Land -- Baizhang temple in Fengxin County, the famous founder of Baizhang Qinggui, Dazhi Chan Master Huaihai, is the apprentice of mazudaoyi Chan Master of Fushou temple in Dalian mountain. Since the restoration of Dalian mountain, there has been a continuous flow of pilgrims and cigarettes.

Address: Wanshou square, Nanyue District, Hengyang City, Hunan Province

Longitude: 112.734837

Latitude: 27.251291

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