In front of the narrowest temple, there is an eagle claw orchid.
Haikuang Temple is located on the west side of Haishuang Park. There are many centuries-old trees in the park, including three bodhi trees over 300 years old. It is said that these trees were planted by natural Zen masters from the original factory of Guangxiao Temple in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1642). It is worth mentioning that the oldest famous wood in the temple is a rosewood planted in the Ming Dynasty, which has a history of 400 years. This kind of talaria is located on the west side of the south gate of the park and planted on a hexagonal stone pier. According to the records of the Qing Dynasty, "there is a cluster of trees under the Tibetan Classics Pavilion of Haikuang Temple, named Eagle Claw Orchid, with branches like eagle claws and six petals, which are not seen anywhere else, but also different." In modern times, this plant is famous for its green leaves, which bloom all the year round and are full of fragrance.
Claw orchid was first planted in Guojiayuan at the end of Ming Dynasty, which is even older than Hain Arrow Temple. Therefore, there is a saying that there is no sea building before the eagle claw. It turns out that there is a tragic story under this lush eagle claw orchid tree.
At the end of Ming Dynasty, Guo Longyue, a rich man, lived in this area, and his garden was actually the former site of Qian Qiu Temple in Southern Han Dynasty. Guo Longyue is violent by nature. One day, he suspected that Lan Xiang, his maid, had stolen his jade clasp and tortured Lan Xiang for several days, which made Lan Xiang physically and mentally damaged. To show her innocence, spearmint bowed to the Bodhisattva and committed suicide by jumping into a well. Two days later, people found the body of spearmint. In order to protect his reputation, Guo ordered his family to close the well and forbid them to mention it again.
Every night, people in the Guo family dream of spearmint: some people say that she rose from the well and flew away like a dragon; Some people say that she waters the flowers in the garden every night. Guo Longyue was extremely frightened by people's comments. He simply had the well filled ... Soon, an eagle claw orchid tree grew on the filled well, and then the tree grew more and more lush, and soon the branches and leaves blossomed. Guo was startled when he saw Talaria. Later, the eagle claw orchid grew stronger and stronger, but Guo Longyue's home was declining. Finally, Guo Longyue died of a sudden illness, and there was no good end.
In the early Qing Dynasty, a monk swam here, built a Buddhist temple next to this back garden and wrote the word "Haizhuang" on his forehead. What do you mean? Originally, it was named "Haikuang Temple" according to the classic enemy of Buddhist scriptures, that is, "a monk in a sea floor devoted himself to practicing Prajna Paramita's heart sutra to become a Buddha".
The crown of the four jungles in the history of Guangzhou.
After the changes of Qian Qiu Temple, Lanyuan Temple and Haimin Temple in the Southern Han Dynasty, in the fifth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1666), the monk Chiyue was not officially funded to build the Hall of the Great Heroes. The temple is 35 meters wide and 7.5 meters high. There is a crypt cabinet in the right corner, and a big iron clock is cast. The following year, Buddhist Pavilion, Tianwang Hall, Wei Tuo Hall and Galapagos Hall were built one after another. The sutra depository is more magnificent than the Hall of Great Heroes. The pavilion is 45 meters wide, carved with green tiles and bamboo, and it is magnificent. Since then, there have been 23 buildings here, including Guan Cong, Xichan, Kong Jing, Song Xue, Wuxian, Huachan and other temples, pavilions and palaces. The early Buddhist temple and Zhuntitang were converted into living rooms, surrounded by cloisters.
At that time, Haiphong Temple, with its large scale and numerous halls, was the crown of the four Buddhist jungles in Guangzhou, worthy of its name. This is evidenced by the eight scenes of marine architecture recorded in the Monument carved in the Kangxi period: Huatian Chunxiao, the ancient temple cloud, the Pearl River breaking the moon, the flying spring shining tin, the sunset blowing on the sea, the night rain in Jiangcheng, the stone forest and the bamboo pavilion clock. Later published "Yangcheng Ancient Banknotes" even called Haikuang Temple the majestic Lingnan Mansion.
18th century was the heyday of Haikuang Temple, which was three times larger than the present temple. Because the temple is adjacent to the Pearl River in the north and Wansongling in the south, with beautiful scenery and elegant environment, it was turned into a tourist area for foreigners in the 11th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1806), which was the first time that Guangzhou opened a tourist area specially for foreigners.
In the late Qing Dynasty, Haikuang Temple began to decline. Since the Republic of China, only the Temple of the King of Heaven, the Hall of the Great Hero and the Hall of the Tower have been left in the whole temple.
ocean's sixteen
Most Buddhist temples have eighteen arhats, and only sixteen arhats are rare. As it happens, there are really only sixteen arhats in the cave. Why? Here is an anecdote: One day, a monk from Jigong passed by Haian Arrow Temple, and when he saw the abbot posing as a monk, everyone looked down upon him. I miss Doby. Jigong turned into a crazy monk, dressed in rags, and came to the temple with two cloth bags for a temporary stay. The abbot was disgusted to see this. He was only allowed to stay for one night and was turned away early the next morning. Jigong is crazy. He put two rotten cloth bags on the Hall of the Great Hero and said that he would go to Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan and ask the abbot to help him with his luggage.
Zeng laughed, and the sound of swearing and eating shook the lobby. The abbot was furious and said, "Crazy, you are unappreciative. Ask Lohan in the hall to help you with your luggage if you can. " Jigong immediately went to the front of the hall and shouted, "On the orders of the abbot of this temple, I specially invited two arhats to show up and take my luggage and go to Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan." As soon as the voice fell, I saw two arhats jumping down from the class, picking up two rotten cloth bags and heading north with Jigong. Suddenly, the abbot and the monks were frightened, and the host fell on his knees. On financial aid, he stood firmly in the clouds with cash, pointed to the abbot and said, "Monk, you should practice hard, put down your airs and make a positive result." The abbot fell to the ground, afraid to look up. Later, I was ashamed to go down to the temple room again and travel elsewhere.
After the two arhats flew away with Jigong, they never returned to Xiao Hai Temple. Today, the original 500 Luohan statues in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan have become 502, while the original 18 Luohan statues in Haimin Temple in Guangzhou are only 16.
At present, the three giant buddhas enshrined in Daxiong Hall are all three-time buddhas, and the height of each Buddha is over 10 meter. Like other Buddhist temples, Tianwang Temple still enshrines powerful and lifelike statues of the four great kings of East, South, West and North. On the east side of the open space in front of the Hall of Great Heroes is a newly built stone pagoda named Baoyan Pagoda, 1997. There is a stone fence around the pagoda, which is a flat hexagon, with a lotus base and an octagonal gourd top, and iron bells hanging from the eaves.
Although today's Xiao Hai Temple has lost the quiet, solemn and mysterious atmosphere of ancient temples, the landscape remains the same. Here, the ancient trees are towering, the trees are shaded, and the river wind bursts, which is refreshing. In addition to the Talaria mentioned above, there are three ancient bodhi trees here today, one on the inner side of the north gate of the temple, one on the southwest side of the Tianwang Hall, and one on the southeast side behind the Daxiong Hall. According to legend, these three bodhi trees were planted by the original bodhi trees in Guangxiao Temple. The temples and parks here complement each other, not only retaining the antique temple style, but also presenting a magnificent garden landscape.