Zuyin Temple

Located on Changguo road in Dinghai, it is known as "the first ancient Zen forest in Wengzhou", covering an area of nearly 10000 square meters. It was first built in the fifth year of Tianfu in the later Jin Dynasty, and later after several repairs, it has become the largest Buddhist temple on Zhoushan Island. Deep courtyard in late Qing Dynasty: Dinghai liufangnong, Shuyuan Nong, chaishui Nong, dongguanmiaolong, Xidajie street, Changguo Road, there are many peculiar former residences, such as lanli's former residence, Dong Haoyun's former residence, Liu Hongsheng's former residence, etc. The Dougong, gate, hall, doors and windows, and caisson here are unique.

Zuyin Temple

Zuyin temple has a large scale and a long history. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Zhoushan City and a key temple at the provincial level. It is known as "the first ancient Zen forest in Wengzhou". The current site is located at No. 98, guanchangguo Road, Dinghai City, the center of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. On the central axis of the existing temples, there are Mountain Gate, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, and Houda hall. On the left side of the central axis, there are Drum Tower, wing room, and Zhaitang. On the right side of the central axis, there are wing room and bell tower. The building area of the temple is 2212 square meters, covering an area of 5125 square meters. Apart from the reconstruction of the main three rooms in recent years, the rest are all Qing Dynasty buildings.

Temple introduction

The most distinctive cultural relics and Buddhist works of art in the temple are: first, Zuyin Baoding, the treasure of the temple, which symbolizes the flourishing incense, is 3.4 meters high and weighs 1.5 tons; second, the sitting statue of yuguanyin, which was invited from Myanmar in 1995, is 2.2 meters high and weighs more than 2 tons. The jade is fine in quality, exquisite in carving technology and elegant in shape. It is now dedicated to the rear hall; third, the architectural art and statues of the main hall. There are seven main halls, 17.5 meters high, 19 meters deep, 29.6 meters wide, with a total area of 564 square meters. The double eaves rest on the top of the mountain, nine steps on the top of the eaves, 13 beams, and the beams are lifted in the Ming Dynasty. The left and right sides, the tip and the end of the eaves all wear the bucket structure. The architectural art is superb and exquisite. There are three Buddha statues in the hall. Sakyamuni Buddha is worshipped in the middle of the temple, and there are venerable kasyah and venerable Ananda on the left and right. There are 18 Arhats and 500 Arhats on both sides of the wall.

Historical evolution

From the Five Dynasties to the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zuyin Temple experienced rise and fall time and again in history

According to historical records, Zuyin temple, formerly known as Penglai Temple (also known as motherland seal Temple), was originally located in Qushan, Penglai township (Qushan Island, Daishan County). It was founded in the fifth year of Tianfu (940 A.D.) in the Late Jin Dynasty and has a history of 1000 years.

In the second year of Zhiping in the Northern Song Dynasty (1065 A.D.), the imperial court granted the "Zuyin" amount, whose name has been followed up to now. In the second year of Jiaxi reign of the Southern Song Dynasty (1238 A.D.), Yu Gui, the county magistrate of the state of Chang, moved Zuyin temple to the southeast of the county seat (the present site), and merged it with the reception Temple of Mount Putuo. It became the main Buddhist place in the county seat of the state of Chang and the only place for pilgrims to Mount Putuo.

In 1279 A.D., the eminent monk Yishan Yining (a native of Linhai, Taizhou) opened fazuyin temple and moved to Mount Putuo in the 26th year of the Yuan Dynasty. After that, Zen master Xian Jie of mi'an, an eminent monk, presided over Zuyin temple. He spread Buddhism and became famous.

After the Ming Dynasty, the Zuyin temple was destroyed and prospered several times: in the early Ming Dynasty, the county was destroyed and the temple was destroyed, and the incense was interrupted; in the Xuande period, Zhang Zhu was ordered to rebuild, which was burned again in the seventh year of Zhengtong (A.D. 1442); in the fifth year of Chenghua (A.D. 1469), the governor Zhang Yong rebuilt again. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the rear hall was once used as the "Zhanggong Temple" and "Xugong Temple" in memory of Zhoushan General Zhang Keda and Xu Yiming.

In the early Qing Dynasty, when the sea was closed and the islanders moved in, the city walls were destroyed, and the temples and temples were also destroyed by the war. There were no tile rafters in the houses around, but the main hall was still. It was said that people were supernatural at that time. In the 31th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1692 A.D.), the chief town of Dinghai, lanli, raised money for restoration. During the reign of Tongzhi, the abbot Yunxiu raised money for expansion. In the first year of Xuantong (1909 AD), Zhu Baosan, a tycoon of industry and Commerce and a native of the city, donated money to rebuild it again. He purchased imported Tiemao wood as the main wood. The existing buildings, such as the Tianwang hall, the Daxiong hall, the Houda hall, the bell tower and the East chamber, were all built at that time.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the situation of Zuyin temple is as follows:

In May 1950, the temple was once used as a national grain depot. Although Buddhism was interrupted, the temple survived.

In 1979, Zhoushan City re announced 13 municipal key cultural relics protection units, and then seven ancient architectural relics including Zuyin temple were listed as one of them. The stone tablet outside Zuyin Temple shows that it was officially listed as the key cultural relics protection unit of Zhoushan City in July 1982.

In 1986, the Zhoushan Municipal government spent nearly 500000 yuan to move out of the grain depot and repair the temple. The appearance of the temple reappeared, and the temple area increased by more than 1000 square meters. Zuyin temple was renamed as the site of the city museum.

In 1994, Zuyin temple was approved as an open temple. Zhoushan Municipal government moved the museum out of the temple, thus restoring the Buddhist statues and reopening Buddhist activities. In June of that year, the 74 year old master Tong of asokang temple in Ningbo was invited to the abbot of the temple. After three years of hard renovation, the temple and Buddha statues have been built from scratch, and the temple buildings have taken on a new look. Eighteen Arhats, five hundred Arhats, Manjusri, Puxian, dizang, Guanyin, Maitreya, Weituo and other new statues are majestic and vivid.

With the help of the local government, the temple construction has developed rapidly

In 2003, with the approval of the Provincial Bureau of cultural relics and the approval of the Buddhist Association, Zhoushan Municipal government planned to build the old and dilapidated Houda Hall of Zuyin temple into a sutra Pavilion. After the construction, the Sutra Pavilion is a two-story building with double eaves on the top of the mountain. The whole building is of pure wood structure, which fully reflects the complete architectural style and Buddhist cultural connotation of the temple.

In 2004, the renovation of the rear hall and the East Chamber of Zuyin temple was completed. The maintenance funds are donated by people from all walks of life.

In 2006, with the approval of the provincial government, Zuyin Temple became one of the 26 provincial key monasteries announced by the Provincial Committee of the people's religion.

scenic spot

Today, the ancient style of Zuyin temple is revived, the torch of Dharma is revived, the sound is continued, the Sutra is chanted and the Buddha is worshiped, the cigarettes are wrapped around, the morning bell and evening drum are played, and the sea mountain is shaken.

Zuyin temple is a rich cultural heritage left by history

The temple is exquisite in Carving Dragons and painting phoenixes. It is a fine art in Buddhist architecture. The ancient buildings in the temple are well preserved, which is of great significance for the study of the architectural style of temples in the Qing Dynasty. For hundreds of years from the Song Dynasty to the Republic of China, Zuyin temple was the Buddhist Center of Dinghai County, which had a great influence on the spread and development of Buddhism in Zhoushan Island. As the epitome of the development of Buddhism in China, the history of Zuyin temple also reflects the individual characteristics of the development of Buddhism in the island.

Qushan Zuyin temple, commonly known as "Song Palace", also known as Puji temple. According to local records, the temple was originally located on Qushan Island, formerly known as Penglai courtyard. It was founded in 940, the fifth year of Tianfu in the later Jin Dynasty, and has a history of 1000 years. In the reign of song Zhiping, Jin Er was granted and renamed "Zu Yin". During the reign of emperor Jiaxi, Yu guiqian, the governor of the city, moved the temple to its present site and merged it with the former Putuo Mountain reception temple.

In history, the Song Dynasty palace in Qushan has been renovated and expanded several times, the largest of which was in the eighth year of Xianfeng. It is said that the expanded building covers an area of 10000 square meters and a building area of 2700 square meters, forming a scale of 36 rooms with two entrances and three main halls and four rows of wing rooms on the East and west sides.

At that time, the palace of the Song Dynasty was located in the north and south, with great momentum. First, it was the mountain gate. The first hall beyond the mountain gate was the hall of God of wealth, which was a little characteristic. Unlike the general temple, it was Tianwang hall. It was good to see Maitreya Buddha in front of the hall, but it was better for the public to see the benefits of wealth. Behind the hall of God of wealth was the stage, which was called "Xunfeng stage". The craft was exquisite, and it was once hot The main hall of Notre Dame is the main hall of Song Dynasty palace, with a general on the roof. This hall is also the only surviving original thing, with a height of 7 meters and an area of 220 square meters. There were many inscribed plaques by local scholars, and there are music and inscriptions in it“ The hall also mentioned the bronze bell cast in the eighth year of Xianfeng, which was engraved with the words "emperor Tao Ya Chang, Huang Tu Yong Gu, Buddha day by day, Fa Lun Chang, if people want to know, they should observe the nature of the Dharma world, all things are made by heart, all Buddhas of the third generation" and so on. The following is full of the names of the donors, and the signature is: "auspicious day in October of the eighth year of Xianfeng, Song Chao Palace".

Behind the Notre Dame hall is the main hall of Puji temple. Between the two, there is a small square. In the center of the square is a rockery, 30 meters long, 10 meters wide and 7 meters high, with a good posture; at the bottom left is a releasing pool, about 500 square meters; on both sides are wing rooms. After the square, it is the main hall. At that time, it should be relatively grand, with a construction area of 380 square meters and a height of about 15 meters. At the left rear of the hall, there are rest places for monks of all ages, about 700 square meters, which shows the scale at that time. Besides the hall, there are also the used plinths. The main hall rebuilt from the grain management office dare not use such large plinths. The proportion is not commensurate. After liberation, the Song Dynasty palace was moved to public use and used as the warehouse of the grain management office and the salt industry station. Except for the Notre Dame hall, other buildings were destroyed. Most of the cultural relics remained in the temple were destroyed during the cultural revolution. In 1985, the Notre Dame hall was recovered by the masses, which is now the collective property of daodou village. After gradual restoration, it was designated as a county-level cultural relics protection unit.

Song Dynasty palace is located in nantuo'ao, daodou Town, Qushan. It was originally named coffin pit. In the year, this'ao was due to mountains and rivers or tides

Address: No.98, Changguo Road, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 122.10528

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