Which emperor in Qing Dynasty liked temples best?

When Gan Long travels, he should not only burn incense and worship Buddha, but also be accompanied by eunuchs and monks. Ten years after Qianlong's reign, The Magazine of the Qing Palace Department recorded: "After the horses and chariots were used by landlords such as eunuchs and Yuanmingyuan, four eunuchs and Taoist priests in Qin 'an Hall used ox carts, and five eunuchs and Taoist priests in Wanshan Hall used ox carts ..." There is a Buddhist temple dedicated to Emperor Qianlong in Yuanmingyuan, equipped with eunuchs, monks and eunuchs. Every time Emperor Qianlong went to Yuanmingyuan, he still took eunuchs and monks with him from the palace. If he goes out to make money, he has to bring eunuchs and monks as well as eunuchs and lamas. Burning incense, worshiping Buddha and chanting beads have been integrated into the daily habits of Emperor Qianlong, becoming his daily compulsory "homework". Many examples can be cited from the existing archives of the Qing Dynasty. For example, Emperor Qianlong wrote the Heart Sutra on the first day of each month (the first day), the fifteenth day, the first day of the first month (the first day of the first month), the Buddha washing day (the eighth day of April) and the fifteenth day of the first month (the fifteenth day of the first month), and personally decided to sign the face-to-face, set-to-face and sign-to-sign the Heart Sutra and keep it properly. There are 36 volumes of Heart Sutra written by Emperor Qianlong, 39 volumes of Heart Sutra 149 carved by Imperial Book, 50 volumes of Portrait of Prince carved by Imperial Book, 30 volumes of Heart Sutra 100 carved by Imperial Book. For another example, burning tea and chanting beads is a ritual of Tibetan Buddhism. The rice stall in the palace records that Emperor Qianlong made tea and recited Buddha beads in the dead of night to commemorate his beloved queen. Empress Xiao Xianchun was thrifty and did not forget Manchu customs, which won the respect of Emperor Qianlong. In the 13th year of Qianlong (1748), he traveled eastward with Emperor Gaozong and died on a ship in Texas. Emperor Qianlong was very sad. Late at night, in the inner palace, a person silently cooks tea and recites Buddha beads. It should be said that it is a heartfelt expression of true feelings and does not need to be shown to anyone. In other words, Emperor Qianlong really believed in Buddhism, not just for ruling. Emperor Qianlong not only attached importance to the formal ceremony of Buddhism, but also made great achievements in the study of Buddhism. Of course, whether the study of Buddhism is in-depth does not directly determine whether this person believes in Buddhism. 3. Emperor Qianlong decided to build a temple in Beijing. Buddhism was introduced into China from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it has been more than 700 years since/kloc-0. A considerable number of temples have been established all over the country, which is a heavy burden for the maintenance of these temples and requires huge funds. Although the maintenance of most monasteries is handled by local governments or monasteries themselves, according to regulations, the maintenance works of large monasteries and monasteries built by the government must be reported to the central government and can only be started after approval. Monastery is the foundation of the development of Buddhism. During the Qianlong period, the innovation and development of Buddhist temples all over the country were inseparable from the worship and belief of Buddhism by Emperor Qianlong. Emperor Qianlong made six trips to the south of the Yangtze River, six trips to five stops, and four trips to the east ... Finally, during the Qianlong period, the inspection activities were nearly 150 times, which was dubbed as "the imperial court once". Every time Emperor Qianlong went on patrol, he mostly went to the temples he passed along the way to burn incense. Therefore, in addition to the huge sums of money allocated by the Qing court to repair these temples, local officials and businessmen also offered services and donated money and materials to win their hearts. In the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1762), it is recorded in the Qing dynasty's living book that Emperor Qianlong visited more than 1 10 temples and scenic spots along the way, while in the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong visited nearly 180 temples and scenic spots. Emperor Qianlong burned incense everywhere, which objectively promoted the construction and development of temples. Taking the temple construction in Beijing during the Qianlong period as an example, it can be shown that Qianlong believed in Buddhism and attached importance to the development of temples. During the Qianlong period, a large-scale investigation and repair of Beijing temples were carried out, which was mainly divided into two parts. One is the reconstruction and expansion of Beijing monasteries other than the Royal Monastery, and the other is the reconstruction and construction of the Royal Monastery and Buddhist monasteries and temples in the Forbidden City, the Three Seas, the Summer Palace and the Yuanmingyuan. As early as the first year of Qianlong (1736), at the beginning of emperor Qianlong's accession to the throne, an example was promulgated: "The emperor's brother built 100,000 pagodas every year, printed 100,000 green Buddha statues to save his mother, and sent them to temples at the end of the year. "At the same time, 1 1 ordered the Ministry of Interior to build100000 wiping buddhas every year and distribute them to temples. In April of the 10th year of Yongzheng (1732), the Ministry of Interior asked a repairman to build a temple, but in the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), only four temples, such as Dagao Temple and Hong Ren Temple, were restored. After Qianlong acceded to the throne, he continued to send personnel to repair it. In the fifth year of Qianlong (1740), 22 temples, including Deshou Temple, were successively repaired, of which 18 temples were repaired, and Emperor Qianlong personally visited 13 temples to burn incense and worship Buddha. Other unlucky temples were listed as future visitors of Emperor Qianlong by the Minister of the Interior. In the mid-Qianlong period, Emperor Qianlong ordered Beijing to conduct a large-scale investigation and repair of monasteries. The minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of this project. He got money from the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the 19th year of Qianlong (1754), the minister of internal affairs reported that 43 temples in southwest city needed to be repaired and demolished, and drew up a compilation list and presented it to Emperor Qianlong. In the twenty years of Qianlong (1755), it was reported: "According to the instructions, the temples in various cities were investigated and sorted out, and all the temples except those in the southwest city were required to be repaired ... Today, my officials and others found that among the 770 temples in the northwest city, 664 of them were still intact and did not need to be repaired ... Wang Yao Temple and Dahui Temple were found. "Twenty-one years of Qianlong 12 (1755)" found that there were 355 temples in Northeast City No.1 Road, and 289 temples did not need to be repaired ... "13 In the middle of Qianlong, the Qing Palace Department paid attention to nearly 2,000 temples in four cities of Beijing and within the city and outside the city 15. This project is under the responsibility of Emperor Qianlong, Minister of the Interior and Shuozhuang Wang Qin Yunlu. For all the temples in Beijing, the cost of dismantling the list of temples to be repaired is drawn and written, which is decided by Emperor Qianlong. In other words, the large-scale repair of temples in Beijing was personally presided over by Emperor Qianlong and funded by the Qing Dynasty, which was rare in the Qing Dynasty. Because according to the tradition of the Qing court, apart from the royal temples, the maintenance and management of other temples in Beijing should be the responsibility of the Ritual Department and Li Fan Academy, not the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is in charge of court affairs. It is said that there were more than 3,000 temples in Beijing during the Qianlong period, and there were temples in almost every street in the city. The incense in Beijing is more prosperous than previous generations, which is of course inseparable from the practice of worshipping Buddha by Emperor Qianlong.