Millennium Mystery: The supernatural phenomenon in Famen Temple has been spread for thousands of years

Famen Temple is located in Famen Town, 10 kilometers north of Fufeng County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, 120 kilometers east of Xi'an City and 96 kilometers west of Baoji City. It was built in the Hengling period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,700 years. It is known as the "ancestor of Guanzhong Pagoda Temple". The mountain gate is the gate of a Buddhist temple. Because most Buddhist temples live in mountains and forests, it is called "mountain gate". It usually has three gates, with the middle one larger and the two smaller sides symbolizing the "three liberation gates", namely the "empty gate", "the phaseless gate" and "the gate without phase". "There is no gate", so "Shanmen" is also called "Three Gates", and Shanmen is also used as another name for the temple.

The temple is a place where people who observe precepts and practice Taoism seek to reach nirvana, so it is entered through three doors. All three doors are open. Which door should you enter through? Enter through the Xin door. Ordinary saints and sages are equal and have no superiority. They are only behind the dirt in their hearts, and they can obtain evidence as easily as the palm of their hand. The front hall was built in the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939). It imitates the architecture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has statues of the Three Saints of Huayan, General Wei Tuo and the Eighteen Arhats.

According to expert research, Famen Temple was first built in the Northern Wei Dynasty around 499 AD. The remaining stele of Thousand Buddhas from the Northern Wei Dynasty that still exists in the temple was erected shortly after the pagoda was built. At that time it was called "Ashoka Temple" (or "Wuyou Temple"). During the Sui Dynasty, Buddhist temples all over the world were converted into Taoist temples, and Ashoka Temple was renamed "Chengbao Temple". The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of Famen Temple. With its prominent status as a royal temple complex and the grand event of opening the pagoda seven times to welcome the Buddha's bones, it had a profound impact on Buddhism and politics in the Tang Dynasty.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the great ancestor Li Yuan changed the name to "Famen Temple". In the second year of Wude (619), Qin King Li Shimin saved 80 monks here and moved into Famen Temple. Huiye, a monk from Baochang Temple, became the first abbot of Famen Temple. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Ashoka Pagoda was rebuilt into a four-level wooden pagoda. In the third year of Emperor Dali of the Tang Dynasty (786), it was renamed the "Pagoda of Protecting the Real Body of the Country". Since the Zhenguan period, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty have spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to expand and rebuild Famen Temple. There are more and more halls and pavilions in the temple, the pagodas have become more and more magnificent, and the area has become wider and wider. Finally, there are 24 courtyards. grand temple. The number of monks and nuns in the temple has grown from more than 500 during the Zhou and Wei Dynasties to more than 5,000. It is the largest temple in the "Three Assistants" area.

In the Buddhist community, things or phenomena that are beyond common sense and weird are generally called supernatural. Buddhists believe that these are the actions of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, or they are used to show the boundlessness of Buddhism. .

Colorful clouds portend auspiciousness

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when Famen had not yet built a temple and was only a holy tomb, auspicious aura often appeared there, and sometimes colorful holy lights emerged from the ground. , flowing around in one direction, majestic for several miles, and even more vigorous all night long, until dawn. After investigation, it was found that this was the place where King Asoka offered the Buddha's relics.

Zhongzong had no chance to open a pagoda to welcome the Buddha's bones

Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty once wanted to open a pagoda to welcome the Buddha's bones, but whenever he wanted to leave, it was always a yellow dusty sun and strong winds, so he always gave up. , approximately less than 30 years old.

Ying Rui changed the name to Famen Temple

During the reign of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, auspicious clouds shrouded the pagoda and the auspicious light overflowed. People thought it was an auspicious sign, so they changed the name of Famen Temple to Fayun Temple for a while.

The flood only flooded the bathroom utensils

In the third year of Taiping and Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 978), heavy rains caused disasters in the Fufeng area. The floods reached the sky, destroying crops and farmhouses, and the Famen Temple All the crockery in the bathroom was safe and untouched.

Buddha relics reappear on Buddha's birthday

In 1987, Famen Temple was excavated day and night, and until the end of April all the hardware cultural relics were transported to the Fufeng County Museum, and the cleaning and protection work began. When cleaning the letters of the Four Heavenly Kings in the sandalwood letter, everyone patiently cleaned it, layer by layer, until 1:00 a.m. the next day before opening the last layer of knots that had been wrapped for thousands of years and revealing the golden pagoda. After taking down the golden pagoda, the crystal-clear jade relics were reflected in front of people. Everyone was extremely happy. At this time, the world was filled with sweet rain, just like the weather when Sakyamuni Buddha was born. Buddhists say this is the appearance of Buddha.

The Glazed Body of Jingyi Jingyuan

Famen Temple welcomed Master Shengyi from Po Lin Monastery in Hong Kong and his delegation. Master Jingyi from the Jingyuan Temple presided over a solemn prayer ceremony in front of the Buddhist niche. Suddenly, two people A golden light flashed, and the photographer immediately took the picture. When he took out the film, he saw that the red light in the shape of a "human" separated the two mages from the others, and the patterns of the floor tiles were reproduced on the bodies of the two mages, Jing Yi and Sheng Yi. . The Buddhist community believes that the two masters have reached a very high level in practice and have entered Buddhism. Their bodies are often transparent and have glazed bodies.

The Buddha’s Light is Effective

On September 29, 1994, the sound of 100,000 monks chanting Buddha in Famen Temple shook the world. In the "Famen Temple Buddha Remains Go to Thailand to Worship Monk Cheng Guan" The eve of the opening ceremony of the Ascension Mahavira Hall is about to be held. Under the sound of gongs, drums and suonas, units from all over the country carried plaques, frames, busts of the great monk Cheng Guan, etc. into the main hall one after another.

At this moment, auspicious light suddenly appeared in the sky, and two layers of five-color halos suddenly appeared in the sky between the True Body Pagoda of Famen Temple and the Treasure Pavilion of the Museum. Someone shouted "Buddha's light appears", and there were chanting, gongs and drums. The sounds of the suonas were mixed together, one wave higher than the other.