The construction of the Twin Pagoda Temple Yongming Temple

In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, that is, in 1599 AD, the Taiyuan gentry elected the popular Fu Lin as the leader and raised funds to build a cultural monument about 55 meters high at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in Haozhuang, southeast of Taiyuan. Peak Pagoda, and at the same time, Yongming Temple was built based on the pagoda.

Fu Lin, who was a scholar at the age of thirteen, passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty, and passed the imperial examination at the age of thirty, had been in the officialdom for seventeen years. After the intrusion, he was impeached on the charge of "supporting troops and refusing to be transferred", and was discharged and returned to his hometown. A few years later, the Ming court reinstated him. Fu Lin, who had long been tired of the strife in the officialdom, refused to accept the appointment with pride. His grandson Fu Shan, who looked up to the mountains, was very similar to him in this regard. After Fu Lin returned to his hometown, he was highly praised by the scholars and people of Taiyuan for his charitable deeds of being eager for public justice and loving justice. In the fourteenth year of Wanli's reign, Taiyuan was desolate, and there was even a tragedy of cannibalism. Fu Lin generously donated money and donated porridge to relieve the disaster. In the 29th year of Wanli before Fu Lin's death, a famine occurred in Taiyuan. He once again helped the victims until the grain harvest the next year.

Although Feng Shui contains the scientific component of the unity of man and nature and the harmony with nature, it is too pedantic to allow a pagoda to carry the wish of a prosperous culture. Of course, the ancients still believed in this and flocked to it. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the hometown of Fenjiu, Zhu Zhijun, a Fenyang native, built the 80-meter-high Wenfeng Pagoda to support the local culture. This ancient pagoda, the first in Shanxi and the second in the country, later became the symbol and symbol of Fenyang. Under this Fenyang Wenfeng Pagoda, outstanding cultural celebrities such as Jigongquan, Ji Chaoding, Ji Chaozhu, Ma Feng, and Tian Guilan walked out. The Datong Wenfeng Pagoda, also known as the Wild Goose Pagoda, was built during the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty. It is located on the southeastern wall of the ancient city. The tower is inlaid with stone tablets inscribed with the names of the emperors of the past dynasties. Li Dianlin, Emperor Xuantong's master in the late Qing Dynasty, was from Datong. In addition, there are Wenfeng Pagodas built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Hequ, Yushe, Linxian, Huozhou and other places in Shanxi. It is unknown how much role Taiyuan Wenfeng Tower played in the revitalization of Taiyuan culture, but for the Fu family, their benevolence and righteous deeds were rewarded. Five years after Fu Lin's death, his grandson, the most outstanding person in Shanxi history Scholar and thinker Mr. Fu Shan was born.

Nine years after the completion of Wenfeng Pagoda, Zhu Minchun, the 11th generation of Jin Dynasty king, felt that the narrow and simple Yongming Temple was not commensurate with the status of Taiyuan's nine-border town, so he decided to invite Miaofeng, also known as Miaofeng, to the temple. Master Fudeng came to preside over the expansion of Yongming Temple.

As a famous eminent monk after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Master Fuden, who built many temples, pagodas, and bridges throughout his life, was also an outstanding architect. The largest and earliest temple in Wutai Mountain is Xiantong Temple. The breathtaking copper hall in Xiantong Temple was cast by Master Fudeng with 100,000 kilograms of copper. In the ninth year of Wanli, Empress Dowager Li invited Master Fudeng to hold an "Uncovered Conference" for Emperor Wanli, who had been childless for several years. In August of the following year, a maid next to Empress Dowager Li gave birth to Emperor Wanli. Later, Zhu Changluo, the protagonist of Mingguang Zong in the "Castle Case" and "Red Pill Case", was precisely for this reason. Empress Dowager Li, who believed deeply in Buddhism, converted to Fu Deng's family and funded the expansion of Xiantong Temple. It was named Yongming Temple and sealed. Fudeng is the Zen master who protects the country and is the abbot of the temple.

After the 69-year-old Master Fudeng came to Taiyuan, he became the abbot of Taiyuan Yongming Temple and prime minister of the expansion. Because Taiyuan Yongming Temple had the same name as the Yongming Temple built by Mount Wutai, he changed its name to Yongzuo. temple. Zuo, originally refers to good luck, but also has the meaning of spreading. The word Yongzuo comes from "A gentleman will live forever, Xi Zuoyin" in "The Book of Songs Daya". The name of the temple is probably to wish that the Zhu Ming Dynasty will last forever. Bar.