Huijing Temple

Huijing Temple of bangzijing in Xi'an city is located in the west section of Dongcheng Avenue in Chanba Ecological District of Xi'an city. It is a temple with architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to the local legend, the history of the temple can be traced back to the end of the Western Han Dynasty. After Wang Mang usurped the throne, he pursued Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu escaped the pursuit near the well beside the Niangniang hall and saved her life. She was so frightened and thirsty that she came to the well to drink oil man's bangs to quench her thirst. She felt cool and refreshing, and then went to the temple to pray. After Liu Xiu ascended the throne in A.D. 25, he gave the well the name of "Bangzi well" and built a palace, which later became "Guandi Temple". At that time, the temple was one of the Buddhist holy places in the east of ancient Chang'an City, with its pavilions, ancient cypresses, lush and luxuriant, majestic halls, solemn Buddha statues, morning bells and evening drums. In December 1936, general Zhang Xueliang, a patriotic general, intercepted the young students who went to Lintong for anti Japanese petition at bangzijing temple, and delivered a speech on the steps of bangzijing to dissuade the students from returning to Xi'an in time to avoid a bloody incident. Then Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, two patriotic generals, launched the "Xi'an Incident" which shocked China and foreign countries. During the cultural revolution, the temple was damaged and 18 mu of land was occupied by local farmers for farming. At that time, only one ancient well of bangzijing was left. After the party's religious policy, a simple temple was built to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva, which was called "Niangniang Temple".

Huijing Temple

Bangzijing Huijing temple is located between Chanhe River and Bahe River, the "eight rivers around Chang'an". Within the planning of the site of "2011 World Horticultural Exposition", it is far away from the landmark of "2011 World Horticultural Exposition" - the "Tian Ren Chang'an tower". The temple was built at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. It is said that after Wang Mang usurped the throne at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, she chased and killed Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu escaped the pursuit near the well of Niangniang hall and saved her life. She was so scared and thirsty that when she came to the well, she drank oil man's bangs to quench her thirst and felt cool as if she drank sweet dew. After that, I went to the temple to pray. After Liu Xiu ascended the throne in A.D. 25, he gave the well "Bangzi well", built a palace, and later "Guandi Temple". In Buddhism, Guandi is called Jialan Bodhisattva, also known as Dharma protector. At that time, the temples and pavilions were elegant, the ancient cypresses were elegant, the Buddha statues were majestic, pure and solemn, and the morning bell and evening drum were gathered.

Temple incident

In December 1936, general Zhang Xueliang intercepted the young students who went to Lintong for the Anti Japanese petition in bangzijing temple, and made a speech on the steps of bangzijing temple to dissuade the students from returning to Xi'an. After that, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, two patriotic generals, launched the Xi'an Incident which shocked China and foreign countries. At that time, bangzijing Temple covered an area of 18 mu.

Xi temple was destroyed in the period of turmoil. In the past, the famous temple was far away from smoke. Today, Huijing temple in bangzijing has only one ancient well in bangzijing. In order to implement the party's religious policy, at the request of the majority of Buddhist disciples, master shinneng Rong made unremitting efforts for eight years, and finally got the support and instructions of governments at all levels, and assisted in the restoration and reconstruction of Huijing temple After completing the procedures, we got the trust of ten parties and people from all walks of life to actively raise money. The restoration and reconstruction project of the Millennium ancient temple officially started on March 18, 2009.

Temple architecture

The main building of the temple is designed to be 20 meters high with a total construction area of 4000 square meters. The architectural style is Ming and Qing style, with elegant and reasonable layout. There are Tianwang hall, bell and Drum Tower in the front, Daxiong hall, Wanfo tower, Jialan hall, nianfo hall, Guanyin hall, dizang hall, zushi hall, etc. in the back, there are two-story rooms on both sides.

Address: Dongcheng Avenue, Baqiao District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China

Longitude: 109.043775

Latitude: 34.294761

Opening hours: 8:00 -- 18:00