Introduction to the scenic spots of Guangzhou Big Buddha Temple
The Great Buddha Temple was built in the Southern Han Dynasty, formerly known as "Xinzang Temple". It was called "Longzang Temple" in Ming Dynasty. In the third year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1664), Wang Shangkexi of Pingnan donated money to build a temple here and cast three bronze buddhas for the temple, so it was called the Great Buddha Temple.
The Great Buddha Temple was expanded to Longzang Temple in Ming Dynasty, and later changed to Inspection Department. In the first year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1649), the study was destroyed by fire. In the spring of the second year of Kangxi, Wang Shangxi of Pingnan donated his own imperial pension to rebuild a temple with Lingnan local style, imitating the official temple system in Shi Jing, which has high cultural and artistic ornamental value.
At present, the new building of the Great Buddha Temple has been completed, and these historical buildings have to be demolished to make way because they are blocked by a row of arcades on the West Lake Road after the expansion of the temple. After the Cultural Revolution, the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government approved the reopening of the Great Buddha Temple.
198 1 year, Master Guangming, vice president of Guangzhou Buddhist Association, became the abbot and began to rebuild. After hard work, the Hall of the Great Heroes was restored to its original appearance, and three bronze Buddha statues were recast, each with a height of 6 meters and a weight of 10 ton. More and more domestic and foreign tourists and pilgrims come to visit the Buddha ceremony.
The history and culture of Guangzhou Big Buddha Temple;
The Great Buddha Temple was built in the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu, the founder of Nanhan at that time? Believers like to build palaces, and seven Buddhist temples have been built in the four corners of Guangzhou, corresponding to the number of 28 nights in the sky. These twenty-eight Buddhist temples are called "Twenty-eight temples in Southern Han Dynasty".
The predecessor of today's Big Buddha Temple is Xinzang Temple among the 28 temples at that time, which is located in the southwest corner of Guangzhou City. In the Song Dynasty, Xinzang Temple was gradually abandoned along with other temples in the 28 th Temple. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was expanded into Futian Temple.
When Zhu Yuanzhang was in power in the early Ming Dynasty, Futian Temple was expanded. When it was expanded, it was renamed Longzang Temple. Longzang Temple is a large-scale temple, reaching the vicinity of Lidu Restaurant on Beijing Road in the south (at the foot of Nancheng at that time) and the junction of Beijing Road and Xihu Road in the north (at that time, the pillow arch north building). Buddhism declined in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Big Buddha Temple was also in poor health. Later, it was transformed into an inspection and suggestion office.
In the seventh year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, Shangkexi, the king of Pingnan, captured Guangzhou and wantonly slaughtered the city. The Great Buddha Temple, as the inspector and admonisher, was also destroyed by the fire. However, it is said that Shang Kexi often felt "ominous" in his later years, so he adopted the advice of his advisers, converted to Buddhism, and built a Buddhist temple to repay the crime of massacre.
Later, King Mo of Nan 'an took his son Mo to Beijing for pilgrimage. When passing through Guangzhou, Shang Kexi hosted a banquet. During the dinner, Zhenxiu monk asked King Annan to subsidize wood. King An Nanguo promised to donate a large number of high-quality nanmu. At the same time, Pingnan Wang Shangkexi donated his salary and rebuilt the temple.
The reconstruction project began in the second year of Kangxi (1663), and the new temple was completed the following year. Daxiong Hall is 30 meters high, 30 meters deep and 30 meters wide. It is dedicated to three bronze Buddha statues: Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha and Maitreya Buddha. Each Buddha statue is about 6 meters high and weighs 10 ton, hence the name of the Great Buddha Temple.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Big Buddha Temple