Essay about Guangde Temple in Suining 500
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Guangde Temple, formerly known as Yunju Zen Temple, was built during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Located 10 kilometers west of Xiangfan City, Hubei Province, the temple is adjacent to the national-level Gulongzhong Scenic Area. The temple has towering ancient trees and is surrounded by clear water outside. The environment is elegant and pleasant. The trunk of an ancient ginkgo tree was awarded the title of "Dharma Protector" by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Not declining, the branches and leaves are luxuriant. The temple covers an area of 45,000 square meters and is a famous ancient temple in northwest Hubei. In its heyday, people rode horses to view the mountain gate and rang the bell to break the fast. It is a famous Shifang Jungle in the history of Buddhism in Hubei Province, and its influence involves Hubei, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities.
According to the stele in the temple, during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, the wife of King Xiang Zhu Jianshu, Aiji Du, died of illness. King Xiang took a fancy to the Feng Shui of Yunju Temple and buried his beloved concubine next to the temple. Therefore, Master Daoyuan, the host of Yunju Temple, was very dissatisfied and wanted to leave with his followers. All the Buddhist temples in Xiangyang wrote letters to condemn King Xiang. King Xiang had no choice but to ask the emperor to intervene. Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen issued an imperial edict, asking King Xiang to choose a geomantic treasure land nearby, and the government would provide its own materials to build a temple for the monks. After the temple was built, it was returned to the monks. Zhu Jianshen changed the name of the temple to "Guangde Temple". "Edict to Guangde Temple" still hangs on the mountain gate of Guangde Temple.
Guangde Temple is 250 meters long from north to south, 180 meters long from east to west, and the Temple River is more than 1,000 meters long. The main buildings include the Imperial Zen Master's Stone Pagoda, Dongshan Gate, Nanshan Gate, Tianwang Hall, Jialan Hall, Weituo Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Main Hall, Guanyin Hall, Sutra Library, Duobao Pagoda, wing rooms, side rooms and cross-courtyards, etc.* **There are 127 houses. Due to the ten-year catastrophe of the "Cultural Revolution", most of the temples in Guangde Temple were demolished as "Four Days". By 1978, only the Tianwang Hall, the Sutra Library, the Duobao Pagoda and some wing rooms remained.
The Duobao Pagoda in Guangde Temple, also known as the "Five-Star Pagoda", has long been famous and majestic, and its architectural style is unique in the country. In January 1988, the State Council announced it as the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The tower body is made of masonry. It is 17 meters high and divided into two parts: the tower base and the tower head. The pagoda base is 7 meters high, with an octagonal four-bay door, a shallow eaves on top, a low foundation on the bottom, columns at the corners, and stone dragon heads. There is a Buddhist niche on each side, and a stone Buddha statue sitting on a lotus platform is placed in the niche. The four doors all have openings. Entering the South Road, it is commonly known as "Four Gates in Bafang". The main entrance faces south, and the stone plaque on the forehead is inscribed with "Duobao Pagoda". Under the eaves, there are three big "Buddha" characters arranged horizontally. Inside the pagoda, there are octagonal pavilion-style core pillars and niches for sitting Buddha. From the north to the south side, there are stone steps to reach the top. The tower body has five small towers and a pavilion group covering the stair entrance. The main tower on the top is the horn tower, about 10 meters high. It has an eight-sided Xumizuo with four layers of carved lotus petals and a bowl-shaped belly. The Xumizuo is also supported by the Xumizuo, which is decorated with Buddhist stone niches on all sides. Bronze lotus crown. There are small pagodas on each side of the main pagoda. The pagoda body is slightly shorter and has a hexagonal spire. The top of the pagoda has three layers of dense eaves. There are also stone niches embedded in the pagoda body. Stairs on the east side. The covered square pavilion is in the shape of four pointed corners, and there are 48 Buddha statues inside and outside the pagoda.
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In 1991, the municipal government allocated a special fund of 1.8 million yuan for repairs. The Sutra Collection Building, Abbot's Courtyard, Zhike Building, Tianwang Hall and Mountain Gate of Guangde Temple have been restored, and the Main Hall has been restored. With the approval of the Provincial People's Government, Guangde Temple was officially opened as a Buddhist activity venue in January 1997. The majority of Buddhist figures and believers in Xiangfan were very grateful and expressed their gratitude: they must carry out normal religious activities within the scope permitted by laws and policies, abide by laws and regulations, be patriotic and love religion, promote humanistic Buddhism, safeguard the country, benefit and benefit sentient beings, In order to increase the visibility of Xiangfan, we will make more contributions to the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization in Xiangfan.
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