Zhengjue Temple

Zhengjue temple in Dunhua

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Zhengjue Temple (Zhengjue temple, Dunhua City, Jilin Province) generally refers to Dunhua Zhengjue temple

Dunhua Zhengjue temple is an ancient temple in Northeast China, which was built in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. The original site is located in Dongguan of Aodong ancient city at the foot of Changbai Mountain, covering an area of two hectares.

Zhengjue temple, the original site of a total of 32 houses, nearly 700 square meters, was called Niangniang Temple at that time, the abbots of the past dynasties are: Master weikong, master zunguo, master Xingyun, master Buddha. By the end of 1930s, master Xingyun changed his name to Zhengjue temple, belonging to the Jinding Pilu sect. In the early 1970s, the lower courtyard of Zhengjue temple was built by Buddhist Dharma Masters in New York, USA. In the early 1990s, the Buddhist Dharma Master returned to his motherland, revived Zhengjue, selected Liuding mountain in Dunhua, and restored and rebuilt Zhengjue temple in Dunhua.

Zhengjue temple, built under the leadership of Buddhist Dharma Masters, is now the largest Buddhist monastery in Asia.

Temple History

In 1945, when the Japanese invaders collapsed and the Soviets entered Dunhua, Zhengjue temple was defeated in Manchukuo. There were many Japanese living around. The Russian Orthodox did not understand Buddhism and mistakenly thought that the temple was the place of the Japanese, so they forced into the temple, killed cattle and ate meat, and looted all the clothes, bedding and other materials. The monks were distracted and left one after another. The incense was no longer there and they fell into a low ebb. Later, some of the temples were lent to the school as classrooms, and some of them were left for monks to live in.

Later, due to many reasons, such as waste waiting for prosperity, increasing population and unclear policy, Zhengjue Temple gradually declined. Because of the disrepair of the temple, some buildings collapsed, the number of nearby residents increased, and the incidents of occupying the temple occurred repeatedly. During and after the cultural revolution, there were only five eastern chambers in the temple. Although Dunhua Municipal People's government announced it as a cultural relic protection unit, it was still difficult to resist the impact of housing development. By the 1980s, the original site of Zhengjue temple had disappeared.

Experience

But the form is scattered and the spirit is gathered, and there is no form but Buddha. As the Dharma gate of Prajna and the holy land of Buddhist culture, it is always the wish of master Xingyun and Buddhist nature masters to call for the revitalization and reconstruction of Zhengjue temple. In 1977, Buddhist monk Shi Xing, the abbot of Zhengjue Temple living in the United States, built "Yuantong Temple" in New York. After returning home for sightseeing and being instructed by her master, she ignited her eternal fire of revitalizing Zhengjue temple. Then she renamed "Yuantong Temple" as "lower courtyard of Zhengjue Temple". In her mind, the upper courtyard must return home for construction. On August 10, 1985, the lower house of Zhengjue temple in New York opened.

The Buddhist Dharma Master raised the heart of Prajna and made a great wish for rejuvenation, and finally achieved a successful result in 1991. Zhao Puchu, then president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, told her: "the Religious Affairs Bureau of the State Council has approved the restoration of Zhengjue temple in Dunhua." hearing this news, the 68 year old Buddhist Dharma Master, regardless of his old age, immediately devoted himself to the great cause of restoration and reconstruction of Zhengjue temple in Dunhua.

The origin of the temple's name

After 1949, part of Zhengjue temple was changed into a school, and many of the family members were forced to return to the secular life. Buddha nature mage and others left Zhengjue temple to Changchun Prajna temple. A few years later, he went to Longchang Temple of Baohua mountain in Nanjing to receive the precepts. After receiving the precepts, he went to Zhenru Temple of Yunju mountain in Jiangxi Province and was accepted as a disciple by monk Xuyun. From 1973 to Toronto, Canada, and 1975 to the United States, Zhengjue temple was founded in New York.

Ground breaking

In 1980, at the invitation of Zhao Puchu, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, the Buddhist Dharma Master, who was the abbot of Zhengjue temple in New York, returned home to pay homage to the four famous Buddhist mountains and his relatives in Dunhua City, Jilin Province. Therefore, he solemnly proposed to Zhao Puchu and the competent government departments to go back to his hometown to rebuild Zhengjue temple. Through her own efforts and the assistance of relevant departments, she finally broke the ground in September 1992 and completed the mountain gate and the main hall on September 10, 1994. In October 1995, the first phase of the project was basically completed.

Abbot of the temple

When the main hall was completed in 1994, a grand opening ceremony was held. Zhao Puchu wrote couplets for the main hall and entrusted master huanlao, vice chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Chinese Buddhist Association, to come to congratulate him. The couplets were also sent by master Minggu, abbot of Shanghai Longhua temple, master Zhenchan, abbot of Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple, master jueguang, President of Hong Kong Buddhist Association, and Mr. Huang Yunhe, vice president of Hong Kong Buddhist Association. Master Jinghui, the abbot of the Buddhist temple in Berlin, Hebei, and master Chenggang, the abbot of the Prajna temple in Changchun, attended the Kaiguang ceremony. Master Xuanhua of Wanfo City donated tens of thousands of dollars to support the construction of Zhengjue temple.

The famous scholar, vice president of Peking University and Mr. Ji Xianlin comprehensively demonstrated the architecture of Zhengjue temple from the perspective of traditional culture, and inscribed the Chinese plaque and Sanskrit plaque respectively. Professor Bai Huawen of Peking University provided 32 Yingshen and 53 Shen images for Guanyin hall.

Luo Jizu, an expert in ancient books research, Duan Chenggui, a calligrapher, Cong Wenjun and Zhang Xiaotian, a famous writer, all wrote couplets. The construction of Zhengjue temple has been supported by so many virtues at home and abroad, which is the feeling of the Buddha Dharma Master.

architectural style

Zhengjue temple covers an area of 90000 square meters, with a construction area of 20000 square meters and a temple area of more than 200000 square meters. The main buildings are shadow wall, double eaves Xieshan front and back corridor, Tianwang hall, triple fence platform, double eaves hall, four side corridor main hall, double eaves zanjian hexagonal pavilion, six side corridor Guanyin hall, double eaves Xieshan three side corridor Sutra library, Falun hall, five hundred Luohan cave, Fangsheng pool, bell and Drum Tower, sengliao, boiler room, Zhaitang, Buddhist Academy, etc., with a total of five building groups.

Buddhist activities

Buddha nature mage, the word is as wide as. Advisory Committee of China Buddhist Association, member of the 11th CPPCC of Dunhua City, Jilin Province, abbot of Zhengjue temple in New York City, USA, and Abbot of Zhengjue temple in Dunhua City, Jilin Province.

Guan Shuqin, a Buddhist monk, was born in Gangzi village, Guandi Town, Dunhua City, Jilin Province in 1925. Since childhood, he had a Bodhi Heart and made a vow to become a monk. At the age of 19, he began to eat Changzhai. At the age of 21, he converted to Buddhism in the former Zhengjue temple. He became a nun by cutting his hair and worshipped master Xingyun as his teacher.

In 1955, YuanJu temple was built in Yongxiu, Jiangxi Province. He also took master Xuyun, the leader of Zen Buddhism, as his teacher, and gave him the name of Buddha nature with wide words. In more than 60 years after she converted to Buddhism, in order to verify Buddhism, she traveled all over the Taoist temples, from northern Xinjiang to southern regions, from home to abroad, and from the east to the West. She experienced the hardships of "ascetic monk" that ordinary people can't imagine. For more than 60 years, her heart has not changed, her mind has not changed, and her way has not changed. On the road of Zhengjue, he persevered, made great wishes of Prajna and compassion, protected the country and religion, developed and carried forward Oriental Culture in New York, and built a standardized Buddhist ashram. He became the first bhiksuni master to carry forward Chinese Buddhist culture in the United States and Canada, and built the first and largest Buddhist ashram in the United States, the lower house of Zhengjue temple.

Since then, after more than 20 years of hard struggle to realize master's last wish, he returned to his hometown of Dunhua to build the world's largest Buddhist temple, the upper courtyard of Zhengjue temple. The upper and lower courts have become a bridge for the development of eastern and Western Buddhist culture, and Buddhist nature mages have become famous mages at home and abroad.

He was a member of the Advisory Committee of China Buddhist Association and the abbot of Zhongxing of Zhengjue temple in Dunhua City, Jilin Province. He had achieved great success and finished his fate. At 8:31 A.D. on July 6, 2013 (May 29, the year of Guisi in the lunar calendar), he died peacefully in Zhengjue Temple in Dunhua. At the age of 89, he has been a monk for 68 years and abstained from wax for 58 years.

Restoration and reconstruction

It has always been Xingyun master's wish to rebuild and revitalize Zhengjue temple. As a disciple, the Buddhist master respectfully respects his master's orders and makes every effort to devote himself to the restoration and reconstruction of Zhengjue temple in Dunhua, promote Buddhism, repay his hometown, and teach people to be good. It has been highly valued by Dunhua municipal government. Mayor Luan shengkuan presides over the decision-making, and executive vice mayor Zhou Huachen personally takes charge of it Project headquarters. In more than three years, the first phase of Zhengjue temple, which is magnificent, magnificent and characteristic, has been basically completed. The new temple is located on the East Bank of Liudingshan reservoir, 4km away from the urban area. With beautiful scenery and beautiful environment, it is far away from the Bohai ancient tombs, a national cultural relic protection unit announced in 1961. It is praised as a rare geomantic treasure land by people inside and outside the region.

The reconstruction of Zhengjue Temple includes: the central part is the hall area: there are five main halls on the mountain. On the central axis, from south to north, there are Shanmen hall, Tianwang hall, daxiongbao hall and Guanyin hall, with three floors. From top to bottom, there are Sutra collection building, Falun hall and Luohan hall. There are two floors of bells and drums and six side halls in the East and West, and the Burmese jade Reclining Buddha in the south. In addition, Jinding Buddha is under construction.

The first is the gate hall. The huge horizontal plaque on the front, Zhengjue temple, was written by Zhao Puchu, the late president of the Buddhist Association. The glazed ceramic sculptures on the ridge of the hall are novel and unique. In the hall, there are two door gods, the two general of hem and ha. They wear crowns and bare their upper bodies. They hold a Vajra pestle as angry faces, symbolizing subduing demons and demons.

The second is Tianwang hall, also known as Maitreya hall. The first to welcome the ten sides of good faith is the smiling and open-minded golden body Maitreya Bodhisattva. According to the Buddhist Scripture, Sakyamuni's Buddha is the future Buddha after about 5.67 billion years. Most of the statues in the temples in the Han Dynasty are based on the deeds of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. The smiling image of the big belly represents the spirit of tolerance, kindness, wisdom, humor and happiness of the Chinese nation. On the back of Maitreya Bodhisattva is a standing statue of a mighty warrior with a gilded wooden top helmet and armor, which is called Dharma protector weituozun

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