Dengxiangshan temple
Pass through the memorial archway of Xiangshan Temple, cross the gate and enter a square paved with stones. Cui Wei, this mountain is surrounded by dragons, which makes people uneasy. In the morning, there are few people, the cypress is long, the sandalwood is curled up, Sanskrit is ethereal, the mind is clear, and the seven orifices are bright.
Xiangshan Temple is located at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in the west corner of quanzhou county, Guilin, Guangxi. Known as the "prosperous time of Tang and Song Dynasties" and "the first temple of southern Chu". It was founded in the first year of Tang Dynasty to Germany (756) when the eminent monk Infinite Life Buddha was founded. Originally named "Pure Land Courtyard", Quanzhen, a Taoist priest in Jingshan, Hangzhou, was the founder of the temple. Four emperors of the Song Dynasty wrote five letters, and Song Huizong personally worshipped them; Shi Tao, a famous painter in the early Qing Dynasty, lived in a temple for 2 1 year, leaving a picture of stone carvings and flowers. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty wrote "Benevolence of One Life" on a cliff.
Xiangshan Temple had a great influence in the history of Hunan and Guangxi, and the governors of past dynasties also attached great importance to it. Song Tian Zi made Quan Zhen a monk as a "master of kindness and silence". Quanzhen's life span now is 160 years old. He has different lines. Amitabha often appears and is called Amitabha Huaying. Many monks were born in this temple, such as the sixth generation ancestor Lin Jizong, the monk Ci Ming Chu Yuan and the painter Shi Tao in the Qing Dynasty.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Qing Xiang County, where Xiangshan Temple was located, was changed to Quanzhou, and Quanzhen monk's "Quan" was named as the first state name. It is rare for a place name to be crowned with the name of a monk in China, which shows the high cultural status of Quanzhen Master and Xiangshan Temple at that time.
The whole temple is magnificent, dense in layout, rigorous in structure, with red columns and golden roofs and exquisite in craftsmanship. Three halls along the central axis:
The Temple of the King is just ahead. The front is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha, and there are four heavenly kings on the left and right. I think it should be Bodhisattva Wei Tuo in the back. Turn to the back, really.
On the roof of Daxiong Hall, there are two dragons holding a tripod and flying dragons playing in the water. The plaque was inscribed by contemporary artist Liu Haisu. The horizontal plaque of "patriotism and love for religion" between the double eaves and the couplet of "Yu Fen Lingtai, San Ji and Huayan Temple will blend together forever" were inscribed by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association.
The Infinite Life Buddha Hall is under maintenance, with one newly carved Buddha statue, three Guanyin statues, 25 Tong Yuan Bodhisattva statues, one Manjusri Bodhisattva statue and one Bodhisattva Bodhisattva statue. There are also landscapes such as Feilaishi, Xibo Spring, Miaoming Pagoda, Shoufo Hall, Tongyuantang, and animal stone carvings in the release pond. The thousand-year-old temple has been completely renewed, and the lights in France continue to burn.
The Miaoming Pagoda at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain was built to bury the remains of Quanzhen Master during the Song Chun Youe period. It is the oldest temple pagoda in Guangxi. The incense was very strong at that time. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Hui Zong visited Nanyue and once came here to worship. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong named it "Miaoming Pagoda". Miaoming Tower is a seven-level floating map, with a height of 26 meters and a bottom diameter of 6.8 meters. It has a strange structure and is magnificent.
More than 1000 years later, Miaoming Pagoda still stands in Nanchu. The rotating and beautiful place can be called "art treasure house", with dozens of cliff stone carvings, poems and Lanfang stone tablets. In particular, the famous stone carving orchids of Buddhist monk Shi Tao in Qing Dynasty complement each other with the "Miaoming Pagoda" inscribed by Professor Ren Chundao from Wenqiao, Quanzhou, and the cliff is brilliant, which makes people linger and marvel.
Walking up the stairs, there is a flying stone on the top of the mountain, which is said to have flown from Xu Mi. Kangxi imperial pen inscribed "Shou Ci" and engraved it. Looking at the fence, overlapping green hills compete for green drops; Overlooking the Xiangjiang River, the blue waves spit silver. Xiangjiang River traveled far and tasted thousands of words; Xiangshan sits quietly, reflecting the Buddha's heart. The peak forest is lush and the caves are deep. A panoramic view of the new look of the ancient city is refreshing and pleasing to the eye.
Come back on a whim. For thousands of years, monks and great virtues have been handed down countless times; Poets and poets are endless. There is a poem:
The temple is solemn and empty, and the shadow of the pagoda is hidden in the ancient wood.
Purple smoke makes three wishes, and Bing Xin is drifting away.
Xiangjiang river is on the wall, in the ink of distant mountains.
The most important thing is that it will be fine after a day of rain, and it is difficult to draw scenery on dangerous peaks.