Tianmen Temple
Tianmen temple, also known as diamond day Valley, small Huangshan. Located in Dai village, Baitu Town, Xiaoxian County, Anhui Province, it was built in 425 ad. Liu Yilong, the son of Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, built a temple in Tianmen Mountain. Because of the split in a mountain and the double peaks standing on the wall, it was gradually climbed up to the top of Tianmen Mountain, so it was named Tianmen Mountain. Tianmen temple is named after the mountain.
Tianmen temple covers an area of 1.68 square kilometers, mainly with the temple as the core, surrounded by a variety of scenic spots. Around the temple, there are some scenic spots, such as Confucius Book drying platform, inkstone ink pool, flying Buddha, Ma Xia spring and so on. There are more than 20 halls, including 6 Myanmar jade Buddhas and more than 40 Buddha statues.
In 2000, the State Council for the protection of cultural relics awarded the site of Tianmen temple as "China's historical and cultural heritage protection area". In 2006, Tianmen temple was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou
. In October 2008, it was rated as national AAAA scenic spot. In 2015, the State Administration of religion certified Tianmen temple as a place for Buddhist activities in China.
Historical evolution
Tianmen temple was first built in the Western Han Dynasty, after yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, all incense flourished.
In the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 425), Liu Yilong, son of the founding emperor Liu Yu, visited Tianmen Mountain. Because he saw a mountain split and two peaks standing on the wall, he climbed the mountain step by step, like Tianmen, so it was named Tianmen Mountain. The temple built here is called Tianmen temple.
In Tang Dynasty, Tianmen temple was destroyed by war.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Tianmen temple was rebuilt.
During the reign of the Yuan Dynasty, jingben, a Zen monk, renovated and expanded Tianmen temple.
In the fourth year of Xuande reign of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Mi of Zhizhou was rebuilt and renamed "Tianmen Temple".
During the cultural revolution, most of the cultural relics of Tianmen temple were destroyed.
In 1990, master Yuanjie repaired Tianmen temple.
In 1993, Zhao Puchu, a Buddhist master, wrote the plaque of Tianmen temple.
In 2006, Anhui provincial government launched the bright brand of "welcome pine in the South and ancient Green Sandalwood in the north" to the whole country.
Architectural pattern
Tianmen temple is surrounded by cliffs on three sides. The whole building is built on the basis of the mountain, and its shape is simple and dignified. Tianmen temple is divided into three into three levels, with buildings on both sides. Residence is a typical traditional Han architecture in Central Plains. Tianmen temple is 1492 meters above sea level and covers an area of 1180 square meters. It faces east in the West and has a wood stone structure.
There are more than 20 halls, most of which are Maitreya hall, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and Sutra collection building. Restricted by the terrain, the main hall deviates from the central axis and is built on the northern cliff. The main hall is built under a steep rock peak tens of feet high on the north side. The north wall is embedded with the rock mass. A huge stone under the rock mass extends into the hall, and the Buddha statue is located on the huge stone.
natural landscape
Yiquan
Yiquan is also known as ant spring. Local people call it ant spring because when the water rises after rain, it is like piles of ants. Zheng Gong, a magistrate of Xiaoxian County, visited Tianmen temple in the Ming Dynasty. He knew that the spring was inexhaustible in the year of severe drought. He changed the name of the spring to "Yiquan" every time he provided water for the people at the foot of the mountain. At the beginning of liberation, Tianmen school was set up here, which could serve hundreds of people.
Inkstone inkpool
Inkstone ink pool is also known as wash ink pool, inkstone spring and ink spring. The pool is one meter square and more than two meters deep. The spring is full of water. It doesn't dry up when it's dry, and it doesn't overflow when it's rainy. The stone walls and stones at the bottom of the pool are black, so the water color is black. It's said that sage Kong used to wash ink here, so it's called wash ink pool.
Library cave
It is said that this cave is the place where Confucius collected books in those years. It is 4 or 5 square meters in size. It is formed naturally and the cave is flat.
Ancient trees
There are many ancient trees in the temple, including the 2600 year old ginkgo tree and the green sandalwood tree growing among the rocks. In the temple, there are ancient ginkgo trees with luxuriant branches. Only four people can embrace each other. Its trunk is high and straight. According to the research of relevant personnel, the trunk is the highest in China.
Peach blossom cave
The peach blossom cave is more than ten feet above Tianmen temple, and the overhanging pines and cypresses shade the entrance. It is said that in the past, a fox often turned into a beautiful woman and stood at the entrance of the cave, holding peach blossoms to seduce the monks in the temple. But none of the monks in the temple was moved by the girl's color, and the witch was angry and threw the peach blossoms. As a result, peach trees grew around the entrance of the cave. In March every year, the green cypresses were bright and the peach blossoms were red.
Thousands of pagoda
Tianmen temple has a pure copper Pagoda with seven floors and six sides. Each side has 24 Buddha statues, a total of 1008, so it is called thousand Buddha pagoda.
Drying desk
It is said that Confucius was lecturing in Xiaoxian county. He heard that the scenery of Tianmen temple was charming, so he came to enjoy it. When he passed by the foot of the mountain, there was a heavy rain, and the book that Confucius carried was wet by the rain. When it was fine, Confucius put the book on the grass to dry. Later, the grass couldn't lift its head. Later, people called this place "Confucius drying desk". There are many kinds of weeds on the hillside of the book drying yard, but only on the flat place of more than 200 square meters, the weeds grow strangely and Skewly.
Shengchang Temple
Shengchang temple, also known as Ersheng temple, was built on the top of Tianmen Mountain, where Confucius gave lectures. It is said that when Confucius traveled around the world, he had a humble opinion of the Song Dynasty and gave lectures here, so he was called sage field. In order to commemorate this event, later generations built a temple in front of the sage hall. In the 32nd year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1767 AD), 36 mu of territory was granted to Shengchang temple, which is located in the East and west of the temple. The temple faces south and backs north, with a courtyard structure.
Stone Carving
There are dozens of stone inscriptions on the cliffs on both sides of the footpath. Among them, the larger ones, such as "lift to the top", "step up" and "exotic sky", accurately express the mood of visitors when they arrive here.
Cultural relic value
Myanmar jade Buddha
Tianmen Temple provides 6 jade Buddhas and more than 40 Buddha statues. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the true monks of Tianmen Temple went to Myanmar to carve Buddha statues through the pan sea in Xiamen. After the completion of the statues, they safely escorted the Jade Buddha to Tianmen temple for two years.
Tomb of King Baima
The mound of the tomb of King Baima is very large, covering an area of 10 mu. The people buried in the tomb died here because of their resistance to the calamity of the Jin Dynasty. Later generations remember their loyal souls. Every cold food festival, the villagers from all over the world come to visit them, so the scale of the tomb is not reduced.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions
There are national cultural relics oracle bone inscriptions in Tianmen temple.
Cultural relics protection
In 1998, it was approved and registered by Xiaoxian Religious Bureau.
In 2000, the State Council for the protection of cultural relics awarded the site of Tianmen temple as "China's historical and cultural heritage protection area".
In 2006, Tianmen temple was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou
.
In October 2008, it officially passed the national 4A scenic spot evaluation organized by the National Tourism Administration.
In 2010, it was praised as a provincial harmonious Temple by the United Front Work Department of Anhui provincial Party committee and the Provincial Bureau of religion.
In 2015, the State Administration of religion awarded Tianmen temple as a place for Buddhist activities in China.
Buddhist activities
The abbots of Tianmen temple include master jingben and master Yuanjie. Every year on March 16 of the lunar calendar, a large temple fair is held in Tianmen Temple scenic area. On April 22, zhunti Bodhisattva's confession ceremony was held. On July 15, the Yulan basin festival was held. On the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, the Buddha washing Festival is held. In mid April, the water and land law society was held, which lasted for seven days, with seven jars. We sincerely invite the eminent monks to recite the classic confession, pray for world peace, and wish the country prosperity and social harmony.
History and culture
Temple legend
Confucius drying books
It is said that Confucius was lecturing in Xiaoxian county. He heard that the scenery of Tianmen temple was charming, so he came to enjoy it. When he passed by the foot of the mountain, there was a heavy rain, and the book that Confucius carried was wet by the rain. When it was fine, Confucius put the book on the grass to dry. Later, the grass couldn't lift its head. Later, people called this place "Confucius drying desk".
Liu Yilong
In 425 ad, Liu Yilong, the son of Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty, built a temple in Tianmen Mountain. Because the hills on both sides of the depression are dustpan shaped and extend out, it is also like the two gates of the God of heaven, so it is named Tianmen Mountain. Because the temple was built here, it is called Tianmen temple.
Flying Buddha
There is a stone Buddha in the temple, which is called Feilai Buddha. The local people call it Er Foye. According to legend, when the temple was built, when the main hall was completed and the statue of Buddha was molded, the masons looked up and saw the "golden bird ankle" in the back of the temple, stretching their heads and looking at the tiger. It's a big jump.
Masons play said: if you can fly down the courtyard without touching the main hall, I will carve you as the Second Buddha. As soon as the stone maker's voice fell, a huge stone seemed to fall from the sky in front of the main hall. As a result, on the main hall of Tianmen temple, there were the clay Buddha and the stone carving Buddha. That is to say, the two Buddhas are dignified, just a little smaller than the Tathagata Buddha.
poetry
Due to the ancient pines and bamboos in Tianmen temple, which is elegant and quiet, scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties often borrowed from it and left many poems, the most famous of which is Huiwen poem.
Couplet
How much rain, how much dew, how much snow, how much wind and thunder, how much magic, who locked?
Overlooking the mountains, we can see a song, a Heng, a Heng, a Thailand and China, from east to west
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