Shaolin Temple, located in Songshan Mountain, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China, is the birthplace of Shaolin Wushu and the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism. Because it is located in the dense jungle under Shaoshi Mountain in the hinterland of Songshan Mountain, it is named "Shaolin Temple". During the Tang Dynasty, Shaolin Temple was famous. It was also called Zen and Wushu. During the Republic of China, it was almost burned by warlord Shi Yousan. The current abbot of Shaolin Temple is Shi Yongxin. In addition to Songshan Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, according to research, there is also a Shaolin Temple in Fujian in history, which is called "South Shaolin Temple". There are three theories about the location of South Shaolin Temple: Putian Shaolin Temple, Quanzhou South Shaolin Temple and Fuqing Shaolin Temple. Another 1976 version of the film; In particular, the film Shaolin Temple 1982 starring Jet Li is well-known at home and abroad.
Luoyang Baima Temple
Baima Temple is the first temple built by the government after Buddhism was introduced into China. Its construction is closely related to the famous "Yongping Seeking Dharma" in the history of Buddhism in China. According to legend, Liu Zhuang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, slept in the Nangong at night, and the dream god put white light on his head and flew around the temple. The next day, he learned that there was a Buddha in his dream, so he sent envoys Cai Yin and Qin Jing to worship Buddha in the western regions. Cai, Qin and others met with Kashmotong and Zhu Falan, the eminent monks of Tianzhu, in Yueshi (now Afghanistan). In the 10th year of Yongping (67), Cai and Qin invited Buddhist monks to come to China to preach Buddhism, and rode a white horse carrying Buddhist scriptures and statues to the capital Luoyang. Emperor Han Ming ordered the construction of a temple imitating Tianzhu style. In order to remember the merits of the White Horse, the temple was named "White Horse Temple".
Since the White Horse Temple, temples in China have been widely called temples, so the White Horse Temple is considered as the birthplace of Buddhism in China. Monks of all ages and even famous foreign monks came here to observe the scriptures and seek dharma, so Baima Temple was honored as "the ancestral court" and "the source of interpretation".
Since its completion, Baima Temple has been rebuilt several times, especially in the era of Wu Zetian. The White Horse Temple is a rectangular courtyard, facing south. The main buildings in the temple are King's Temple, Giant Buddha Hall, Daxiong Hall, Jieyin Temple, Pilu Pavilion and Yun Qi Tower. When you visit the White Horse Temple, you can not only enjoy the magnificent temples and lifelike Buddha statues, but also enjoy several scenic spots with vivid historical stories.
Kaifeng chengxiang temple
Dasuoguo Temple, located in the center of Kaifeng, is a famous Buddhist temple in China, which was founded in Tianbao of the Northern Qi Dynasty in 555. Formerly known as Jianguo Temple, in the first year of Yanhe in Tang Dynasty (7 12), Tang Ruizong named Dasuoguo Temple to commemorate Wang Xiang's succession. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Suoguo Temple was highly respected by the royal family and expanded many times, covering an area of more than 500 mu. It manages 64 Zen and law schools and has trained more than 1000 monks. It is the largest temple in Beijing and the national Buddhist activity center. The story of Lu Ba weeping willow described in Water Margin happened in his jurisdiction. Later, it was destroyed by wars and floods. Reconstruction in the 10th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (167 1 year). At present, there are temples and historical sites such as the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the Octagonal Glass Hall, the Tibetan Scripture Building, and the Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Buddha.
He' nan ruzhou fengxue temple
Fengxue Temple, also known as Baiyun Temple and Gujixiang Temple, is located at the southern foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Zhongyue, 9 kilometers northeast of Ruzhou City. Founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it has a history of 1500 years. It is the only garden-style ancient building temple in the north. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the incense of Fengxue Temple reached its peak. There are more than 65,438 monks, more than 300 houses and more than 2,000 mu of land. Although Fengxue Temple is a temple in the north, it is not laid out along the central axis, but built on the mountain, with the landscape of Jiangnan gardens. Fengxue Temple has eight scenic spots, such as Pearl Curtain, Daci Spring, Jinping Screen, Wugong Cave, Zhou Wang Pavilion, Stage, Sage Bridge and Hanging Bell Pavilion. There are 72 scenic spots such as Xiaolongmen, Stone Dragon Head, Live Phoenix Tail and Dongshan Fairy, and 36 blessed places, which are warm in winter and cool in summer. Fengxue Temple has preserved 140 buildings from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, and is called "Ancient Architecture Museum" by experts. Among them, the three most well-preserved buildings, the Seven Ancestors Pagoda in the Tang Dynasty, the Hanging Bell Pavilion in the Song Dynasty and the Chinese Buddhist Temple in the Jin Dynasty, are called the three national treasures of the Snow Temple. There is a bell cast by Song Xuanhe in the Hanging Bell Pavilion, weighing 9999 Jin, which is called "the first clock in the Central Plains". There are white jade Buddha statues and Buddha statues sent from Myanmar in the Ming Dynasty, more than 30 stone Buddha statues and 7 woodcarving Buddha statues during Jiajing period in the Ming Dynasty. There is also the Nitala mantra in the Tang Dynasty, the classic architecture in the Song Dynasty and the Taming in the Yuan Dynasty. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Nanyang shuilian temple
Shuilian Temple is located in a canyon six kilometers west of Tongbai County, Nanyang City. Behind the main hall, next to a 100-meter steep cliff, a red mountain spring pours down from the top of the cliff, just like a crystal curtain hanging in the air. There is a natural grotto hidden on the top of the steep cliff behind the scenes, named Shuilian Cave. Therefore, the temple was named. It was originally a part of Tongbai Mountain Taoist resort, ranking 4th1among 72 Taoist blessed places. It was built before the year of Song San 1088, during the twenty-seventh year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, Qianlong in Qing Dynasty and Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. There is a mountain gate, three middle halls, three back halls and ten companion rooms. It was not until 1956 that the house was completely destroyed and the Taoist activities ended. 5. Construction of the mountain gate, hall 5 and wing * * *16; In addition, there are 15 rooms in the north, such as Daliao, reception room and monk's house. Since then, it has been officially changed into a Buddhist temple.
Nanyang ivory temple
Ivory Temple, also known as Xiang Yan Changshou Temple, is located in Cangfang Town, 40 kilometers south of Xichuan County, Nanyang City. There are two original temples in Ivory Temple, "one is surrounded by white stone mountains, and the other is beside the fresh water at the foot of the mountain. Three miles away, there is a temple on the top and a temple on the bottom. " The lower temple has been flooded by Danjiang Reservoir, and now only the upper temple is left. Shangsi is located 4 kilometers northwest of Cangfang Town, surrounded by mountains at the southern foot of Longshan Mountain.
Baiyun Temple in Quan Min, Shangqiu
Baiyun Temple Village, located 20km southwest of Minquan County, Shangqiu City, is one of the earliest temples in China. Baiyun Temple was founded in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty (627-649), formerly known as Baiyi Temple. According to legend, every summer and autumn, the temple is surrounded by white clouds and has a strange scenery, hence the name Baiyun Temple. The whole building is simple, elegant and magnificent. The legend of Kangxi's second visit to Baiyun Temple to find his father is widely circulated in Shangqiu area. In order to find his father Shunzhi, Kangxi became an anonymous monk and went south to Baiyun Temple, where he borrowed 1200 monks and met a monk who called himself "Bawa". After Kangxi returned to Beijing, he told his mother that the clever mother combined the word "eight" into a word "father". Kangxi suddenly realized that when he arrived at Baiyun Temple twice, the old monk had disappeared. Kangxi had to write four characters: "Dang, Tang, Chang and Reward", meaning to give fields, dirt, towels (cloth) and shells (money) to monks, and then return disappointed. There used to be a big iron pot with porridge and rice in the temple, which was later abandoned, but a pagoda tree grew out of it, named "Pot Sophora", which became a great spectacle of Baiyun Temple. There are many landscapes in Baiyun Temple, such as the Great Hall of Heroes, many pagodas, and the Gongling Pagoda of the Buddha.
Kong Xiang Temple
Kong Xiang Temple, located at the foot of Xiong 'er Mountain in Shaanxi County, was called Ding Lin Temple in ancient times, commonly known as Xishan Temple. It is one of the temples built earlier in China, and is known as "the holy land of Shaanxi County, which is famous all over the world". It was built in the Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty and has a history of nearly two thousand years. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Dharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, died here and was buried in this temple. The temple did not escape bad luck in the two large-scale extermination of Buddha by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and was destroyed by war. In the past dynasties, this temple was restored many times. Up to now, precious cultural relics such as "Thamathat" and "Damocles Stone Statue" are still preserved.
In 526 AD, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Indian monk Dharma came to China and spent nine years in Songshan Shaolin Temple, where he founded China Zen, which was honored as the "ancestor of Zen" by later generations. In 535 AD, the ancestor came to Ding Lin Temple at the foot of Xiong 'er Mountain to preach the Dharma, and died in this garden the following year at the age of 150. Monks buried their ancestors in temples. Later, Song Yun, the messenger of the Northern Wei Dynasty, returned to China from the Western Regions. He met Master at Green Ridge before returning to the Western Heaven with his staff. Song Yun reported it to the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The emperor was very surprised and ordered the coffin to be opened for inspection. Only when he saw the empty coffin did he know that the first ancestor had become a Buddha, so he renamed Ding Lin Temple as an empty temple. Liang Wudi was very sad to hear this. He personally wrote an inscription to praise him, and built the Faring Tower and Hokkeji in the temple. In 538 AD, monks built a statue of Dharma in memory of the founder of Dharma. These cultural relics are of high value and unique in China, and have been well preserved so far. However, since War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, most of the buildings in the temple have been destroyed by war or man-made, and the original appearance of the temple has disappeared.
Guo Ziyi, marshal of the Tang Dynasty, was ordered to rebuild the empty temple of Xiong 'er Mountain as the chief engineer. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty called Dharma, the first ancestor, as Yuanjue, while Thamathat was an empty view. In the 28th year of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1395), Thamathat and some temples were rebuilt. In the fifth year of Jingtai in Ming Dynasty, the Dharma Hall was rebuilt in A.D. 1454, and the "Monument to Master Jue Yuan of Dharma" was erected. In the forty-second year of Jiajing in Daming (AD 1563), the turret and some halls were rebuilt. The Kongxiang Temple in Xiongershan was rebuilt twice in the 11th year of Kangxi (A.D. 1672) and the 11th year of Yongzheng (A.D. 1733). During the Qianlong and Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, the temple was repaired several times. However, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, wars were frequent and temples collapsed one after another, which affected monks. There are still Thamathat, stone tablets and a monk's room, as well as stone lions and reliefs scattered in neighboring villages.
Kongxiang Temple is located at the foot of the west peak of Xiong 'er Mountain, which runs from east to west. Built according to the mountain, the main buildings along the central axis are Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Thousand Buddha Hall, Land and Water Hall, Baiguanyin Pavilion, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, and Tibetan Classics Building. In the south, there are Thamathat, Fatang, Turret, South Temple and North Temple. There are more than 400 temples, covering an area of more than 50 mu, and the surrounding villages cultivate nearly 1,000 mu of temple land. About 50 steps southwest of the temple, there is the famous Tallinn in western Henan. It is called Miaofenpo, which covers an area of more than 30 mu and has more than 400 pagodas. Kong Xiang Temple, with neat layout, red walls and blue tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, is simple and elegant and spectacular. In the temple, Chinese pine trees are towering and cigarettes are lingering, which is awe-inspiring.