Qinglong Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai

Qinglong Town

The history of Qinglong Town has a very important position in history. The city of Shanghai is characterized by prospering trade with port and prospering city with trade. The port and foreign trade of Shanghai started from Qinglong Town. With the archaeological excavation in recent years and the in-depth study of Qinglong Culture Research Association in Qingpu, Shanghai, the prosperous towns of Tang and Song dynasties have gradually appeared in front of the world.

Qinglong Town is the No.1 ancient town in Shanghai, with business tax of 15879 yuan and 403 yuan, about 4.2 million yuan, ranking among the top five towns in China. The port scale ranks seventh in China.

brief introduction

Qinglong Town is one of the early market towns in Shanghai. It is located in the west of the city, northeast of Qingpu County, east of Baihe, north of Chonggu, and north of Qinglong river. Qinglong river is the old way of the ancient Songjiang River (now Wusong River). It is said that the Qinglong warship was built here during the Three Kingdoms period. In the reign of Tang Tianbao (742-755), Qinglong Town was set up and became the southeast trading capital. The Song Dynasty set up the city shipping department, once became a foreign trade port, known as "little Hangzhou". The prosperity lasted for nearly 200 years. At the end of the Song Dynasty, the upstream of the Songjiang River became shallower and the downstream became narrower, which made it difficult for large ships to get in and out directly. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), the county government was set up in Qinglong Town, and then moved to tangxing town (now Qingpu Chengxiang town). Qinglong Town is known as the old Qingpu Town. Behind the town is the jiupingshan site of the Southern Song Dynasty. Now, the system is abolished and incorporated into Baihe Town.

Qinglong Temple

geographical position

Qinglong pagoda is located in Qinglong village, Baihe Township, Qingpu District, also known as Qinglong Temple Pagoda and Qinglong wild goose pagoda. It was originally the ancient Qinglong Town, a foreign trade port in the Tang and Song Dynasties, known as "little Hangzhou". Baode temple was built in the second year of Tang Tianbao (743); longfu temple was renamed in the first year of Tang Changqing (821), and the pagoda was built. It was rebuilt in the Qingli period of Northern Song Dynasty (1041-1048). Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited the South and named it Jiyun temple, so it is also called "Jiyun Temple Pagoda". The tower is of brick and wood structure with seven stories and octagons. Only brick remains in the pagoda, which is the original of the Song Dynasty. Qinglong pagoda was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in 1982.

Internal settings

Given a crystal Avalokitesvara statue, a lotus splashing gold fan, and an apricot cassock, it was called "three treasures" at that time. According to the records of Qingpu County annals published by Guangxu magazine, Qinglong temple covers an area of more than 60 mu, with 450 mu of temple land. It has magnificent buildings, including Daxiong hall, dizang hall, Weituo hall, Chan hall, Zhai hall, Yixiu hall, qiexie hall, wenjue hall, Chenghuai hall, Abbot's room, East and West verandas, Xiangji kitchen, storehouse, Putong tower, etc. The sound of bells and drums is endless, and the sound of chanting reaches Dan, which has the reputation of "Buddha's horn is the hero of the world". In 1798, a fire broke out and the Chongge hall was in ruins. In the early years of Daoguang, monks built temples. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the temple was destroyed by war. In 1936, the monks of the temple built a Guanyin Pavilion and a big bell, which are now abandoned. There are only two steles: (1) steles of Chongxing Qinglong longfu temple. （2） Jiyun temple was granted an inscription to rebuild the main hall. Qinglong pagoda was built in the reign of Changqing of Tang Dynasty (821-824). It was formerly known as longfu Temple Pagoda, also known as Qinglong wild goose pagoda. It is commonly known as Qinglong pagoda. Qinglong pagoda is the oldest ancient pagoda in Shanghai. At that time, Qinglong Town was the largest trading port in Shanghai, and Qinglong tower was the standard building in the town, which witnessed the prosperity of Commerce and trade in Shanghai at that time. Qinglong pagoda was originally a brick and wood structure with seven levels and eight sides. Later it was destroyed by war. Now only the body of the pagoda built in the Song Dynasty is left, with a residual height of more than 30 meters. The pagoda was rebuilt in Song Kangding and Qing Dynasties. Ren Renfa, a calligrapher, painter and water conservancy expert from Qingpu, and his sons Ren Xiande and sun Renzhi successively spent money to repair the pagodas in 1299, 1308 and 1343. In 1644, Zhu Mingjing built the pagoda. In the fifth year of the reign of emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1468), master Baiyu revived. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited the south of the Yangtze River and named it Jiyun Temple Pagoda. The Qinglong pagoda is in disrepair for a long time, the stairs are destroyed, the eaves are gone, and the body of the pagoda is tilted and in danger. In 1956, the copper gourd on the top of the tower was blown down by a typhoon. The inscription "seventeen years of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty" was engraved on it. It is now in the Qingpu District Museum. The temple was built in 743, the second year of Tianbao in Tang Dynasty. It was initially named Baode temple, and was renamed longfu temple in Song Dynasty. In 1715, the emperor went to the South and passed by Qinglong. He wrote "Jingyan Shouxiang" and gave the temple the name of "Jiyun Temple".

experience

He also gave a crystal Avalokitesvara statue, a lotus splashed gold fan and an apricot cassock, which was called "three treasures". According to Qingpu County annals published by Guangxu magazine, Qinglong temple covers an area of more than 60 mu, with 450 mu of temple land. It has magnificent buildings, including Daxiong hall, dizang hall, Weituo hall, Zen hall, Zhaitang, Yixiu hall, qiejie hall, wenjue hall, Chenghuai hall, Abbot's room, two verandas in the East and West, Xiangji kitchen, warehouse, Putong tower, etc. The sound of bells and drums is endless, and the sound of chanting reaches Dan, which has the reputation of "Buddha's horn is the hero of the world". Qing Jiaqing three years (1798) fire, Chongge hall into ruins. In the early years of Daoguang, monks built temples. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the temple was destroyed by war. In 1936, the monks raised money to build the Guanyin Pavilion and the big bell, but now they are all abandoned. There are only two steles left: the stele of Chongxing Qinglong longfu temple and the stele of chici Jiyun Temple rebuilding the main hall. In the third year of Dade (1299), the first year of Zhihe (1308), and the third year of Zhizheng (1343), Ren Renfa, a calligrapher and painter from Qingpu, and Ren Xiande and sun renshizhi, three generations of his sons, contributed money to repair the pagoda. In 1644, Zhu Mingjing built the pagoda. In 1648, the fifth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, monk Baiyu was renewed. When Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited the south of the Yangtze River, he also named it Jiyun Temple Pagoda. The Qinglong pagoda is in disrepair for a long time, the stairs are destroyed, the eaves do not exist, and the body of the pagoda is tilted. In 1956, the copper gourd on the top of the tower was blown down by a typhoon. The inscription "seventeen years of Chongzhen reign of Ming Dynasty" was engraved on it. It is now collected in Qingpu District Museum. In 1992, the tower deviated from the center by 1.56 meters, which was corrected by Professor Cao Shizhong, a famous expert on rectification of architectural deviation invited by Shanghai Municipal Administration of cultural relics. In 1959 and 1960, the temple and pagoda were listed as county-level and municipal cultural relics protection units respectively.

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