Qibaojiao Temple

The total construction area of Jiaosi temple is 7696 square meters. The buildings are located in the north and south, followed by Tianwang hall, bell and Drum Tower, Daxiong hall, lecture hall, Gongde hall, Dharma hall, sutra collection building, sengliao, guest room, etc., and are equipped with seven storey pagodas, release pool, etc. Jiaosi Temple integrates the excellent architectural styles of ancient and foreign countries. It has a palace like appearance and a modern interior. Although it does not have the exquisite carving of cornices and corners, it shows its unique simplicity and solemnity. It reproduces the simple and honest style and personality of our ancient Chinese nation. In the design and construction, it adopts the methods of inheritance and innovation, and combines the styles of ancient Chinese architecture and modern architecture, It not only retains the traditional architectural features of the Millennium ancient temple, such as group coordination, symmetrical and balanced layout, large overhanging eaves and so on. There are only four columns in the main hall, which increases the activity space of the temple, so that the appearance of the temple is solemn and simple, magnificent, and the interior of the hall is spacious and bright. The statue of Buddha in the hall is beautiful, lifelike, and full of mercy. It is mysterious in the tranquility, majestic in the kindness, but changed in the unity. From time, it connects with history, and from space, it shows the spirit and characteristics of Buddhism. No matter from the clothing and hairstyle, it reflects the compassion and peace of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but it does not lose its dignity. The lecture hall is well-equipped and large-scale, which can accommodate hundreds of people to listen to the Scriptures and meditate. The hall is clean and elegant, with long-term salary extension and lotus position, so as to meet the needs of the majority of good faith.

Qibaojiao Temple

It was originally located in lubaoshan, Songjiang, commonly known as lubaoan and lubaoyuan. Qian Liu, the king of Wu and Yue, bestowed the Golden Lotus Sutra and said, "this is also a treasure.". The temple was renamed Qibao temple. Because of the river water gnawing the bank, it moved again in the early Song Dynasty and moved to the present qibaodi. Located in Minhang District, Shanghai. In the Tianfu period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the earliest written records began in the 18th year of Wanli (1590). Qibao temple was relocated and rebuilt in 2002. It has the architectural style of Han and Tang Dynasties, simple and generous, solemn and solemn. It is divided into two parts: temple and garden, covering an area of 43 mu. There are jiaosiqiao, zhengshanmen, Zhonggulou, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Jingtang, Fatang, cangjinglou, 60xingxiu corridor and pagoda. In the east of the temple, there are peony garden and jubaolian pool. There is a Peony Pavilion in the peony garden. The Jubao lotus pond is a collection of six precious bronze sculptures from the temple. The flying Buddha casts bronze statues and worships them in the Buddha Hall. There are galleries and poetry galleries around jubaolian pool, which is called "ancient style gallery". Huixin garden is set in the west of the temple. In the garden, there are many trees, grass and flowers. Besides, there are Tingsong Pavilion, fengri Pavilion and Jingchuang platform. The Jingchuang platform is exquisitely carved, which is of great ornamental value. In the southwest corner of the original cliff, there are four sceneries, namely, the riverside plank road, the peach on the cliff, the cloud terrace on the lonely mountain, and the wind and cloud in the chess forest. There is a square in front of the heavenly king hall, where people believe that they can burn incense and make vows. Temple Puhuitang River and henglijing River intersection, unique scenery. The opening ceremony was held on January 23, 2003.

history

History of construction

The exact date of the founding of Qibao temple can not be tested. According to the inscription of rebuilding the main hall of Qibao Temple written in the 18th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1590), it is said that "it is impossible to trace back to the time when it was founded". We only know that it migrated from Wusong River to the local area. Another theory is that Lu Ji and Lu Yun brothers (known as "Yunjian Erlu") in Songjiang of Western Jin Dynasty were killed by Sima Ying, king of Chengdu of Jin Dynasty, and their descendants built a incense temple for them, named "Lu Bao Temple", later renamed "Lu Bao'an", nearly 1700 years ago.

During the Five Dynasties, Qian Liu, the king of Wu and Yue, once stayed there, mistaking "Lu Bao" for "six treasures", and giving the princess a handwritten "Jin Bao Lian Hua Jing" as one of the seven treasures, saying that "this is also a treasure.". So it was renamed "Qibao Temple". There is a saying of "seven treasures" among the people: Flying Buddha, bell, Lotus Sutra, Shenshu, golden rooster, Jade axe and jade chopsticks. "

move

Later, the temple foundation was damaged by the tide of Wusong River, and it was moved to Qibao town for three times. In the early Song Dynasty, Qibao temple was moved to the north of Puhuitang and the west of Hengli port, where today's Qibao town is located. Zhiyun: "the town has no old name, because the temple got its name, the temple does not have its weight, because the town promotes weight." It can be seen that Qibao town is another ancient town named after the temple, so it is called "Qibao town". Qibao temple was famous and Qibao town prospered. In the early Song Dynasty, Zhang zeshe, a native of qibaoli, built a temple and rebuilt it with the help of monks and monks. Jialan of qibaojiao temple is Zhang Ze of Qibao. In 1008, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty granted a plaque to the emperor, thus becoming an authentic Buddhist temple.

yuan dynasty

Jinggong, the eminent monk of qibaojiao temple in the Yuan Dynasty, was called to the capital by the emperor. Yuan Kai, Tu Long, Chen Meigong and so on all had their poems handed down. Zhao Mengfu's poem is one of the earliest extant poems. The poem reflects the seven Treasures Temple seven or eight hundred years ago. It is filled with Sanskrit sound and the bell is clear. It is very touching to lead people to purify their mind!

Destruction

In the 13th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1585), Xu Sanzhong, a li man, raised money for reconstruction. The mountain gate is facing the North Street. After the temple monk Chengye also raised to build the main hall and three Xianghua bridges in the East, West and middle. In this regard, the temple covers an area of more than 40 mu, and the Temple River is about 6 mu, with more than 1000 buildings. There are lotus pond, bamboo forest, plum garden, cypress of Five Dynasties, luohansong and other valuable trees in the temple. Here, "the exchange of information and festivals will be the trend, newspapers will go to the age of, public and private meetings will be gathered, new look, bells and drums will be heard.". In the records of rebuilding the seven Treasures Temple written by the Jinshi Wang Hui during the Jiajing period, it describes the magnificent scenes of the temple at that time, such as the palace, the monk's house, the painted sedan and stone path, the flower bank and the smoke willow. At this time, it should be the most prosperous period of Qibao temple, which also made Qibao town develop rapidly and become a local important town.

modern

Since then, Qibao Temple suffered from repeated military disasters and gradually declined. Especially from 1860 to 1862, there were many fierce battles between the Taiping Army and the Qing army and the foreign spear team in Qibao area, and many victories were destroyed. By the end of the Anti Japanese War, the temple, known as qibaojiao temple, had been destroyed to the extent that only a mountain gate, Lianyong hall and catalpa trees were left. Since 1946, it has been transformed into a private Nanyang Model middle school Qibao branch. After liberation, it has been transformed into Qibao middle school and Qibao No.2 Middle School.

repair

Fortunately, under the wise leadership of the people's government and the prosperity of the country, qibaojiao temple was rebuilt. Qibaojiao temple, designed by Mr. Yu zongqiao, a famous designer in Hong Kong, is characterized by combining the early temple buildings since the Han and Tang Dynasties, making full use of modern technology and materials to build a new century Buddhist temple that keeps pace with the times. From south to north, the building complex is successively built with Mountain Gate, bell and Drum Tower, Tianwang temple, main hall, lecture hall, Dharma hall, Scripture building, monk's hut, guest room, etc The seven storey pagoda is solemn and majestic. The whole Pagoda Temple is in a beautiful garden of flowers. In this solemn and pure Buddhist country, we should carry forward the Buddhism, purify the soul, and bless the society for the prosperity of the country and the security of the people. Walking in the garden, relaxed and happy, sitting quietly on the stone pier, all thoughts disappear. Qibaojiao temple is one of the most successful temples for preaching scriptures and chanting Buddhism.

Related Legends

It is said that there was a famous monk named Jinggong in qibaojiao temple. He chanted Sutras in the temple all the year round, and his couch was worn by him. He often preaches for monks, and people call him the preacher. He is good at writing poems, and has a good reputation in Qing song Ji. During the Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty (1368-1398), the imperial court summoned the world's eminent monks, and Jinggong was also called to the capital. At that time, Yuan Kaite, a retired censor in Songjiang City, presented a poem to Jinling, which became a famous poem. Among the remaining inscriptions on the bronze bells of the existing temple, there are "seven treasures of the Ming Dynasty, monks of the temple Such words as "respect the Lord" can be distinguished, which makes later generations seem to see his figure in those years.

In 1995, Qibao Park was built here, in which seven treasures were displayed (different from the seven treasures in the Baolian pool of Qibao Temple). At that time, people could go in and out at will.

scenic spot

Seven pagodas

The full name of Qibao pagoda is Qibao Liuli Linglong pagoda. Founded in 2002. The tower is 47 meters high and has seven floors. The bottom layer of the pagoda is the northern heavenly king of the four heavenly kings, who hears more about the heavenly king Pishan to protect wealth; the second layer of the pagoda is dedicated to the most familiar Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva; the third layer is dedicated to the disaster relief and longevity medicine Buddha; the fourth layer is Amitabha Buddha; the fifth layer is the king of Tibet Bodhisattva; the sixth layer is wenzhushili Bodhisattva; the seventh layer is Wenqu Xingjun. In addition, there are thousands of miniature deities on each floor of the tower for worshippers to worship. Every night, the seven treasures tower is decorated with lights and the sound of Buddha. The surrounding residents can stand on the balcony and worship at any time. It can be said that they want to get rid of disasters and avoid disasters.

Four Heavenly Kings

Tianwang hall is the first entrance to the temple. Guanyin is worshipped at the entrance and Weituo is worshipped at the exit. The Four Heavenly Kings (also known as the four vajras, the four generals of the magic family in the list of gods) display the Dharma protectors on both sides of the hall.

The four heavenly kings, also known as the four heavenly kings of protecting the world, are the four gods in the twenty days of Buddhism. They are located in the first heaven, which is also called the four heavenly kings. They are usually separated on both sides of the first Hall of the pure land Buddhist temple. Therefore, the temple of heavenly kings gets its name. It is said that the four heavenly kings lived in the four peaks on the hillside of Xumi mountain. The four heavenly kings are also known as "good weather". Chinese Buddhists believe that in the south, the heavenly king holds the sword and the wind; in the East, the heavenly king holds the Pipa and the tune; in the north, the heavenly king holds the umbrella and the rain; in the west, the heavenly king holds the snake and the tune. Combined, it becomes "good weather".

main hall

Daxiong hall is the place where the Buddha of Tathagata worships incense. In the hall, there is a statue of Buddha, Manjusri Bodhisattva

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