Shui Sheng Temple is located in the suburb of Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. Shui Sheng Temple is one of the eight jungles in Sichuan. Known as the first Zen forest in Nakagawa. Because of its long history and numerous historical sites, Dodd, a monk, enjoys a lofty position in the Buddhist circles in Sichuan.
Shui Sheng Temple was built in the Xian Tong period of the Tang Dynasty, that is, in 860 and 870. It was originally named Xingci Temple in the Song Dynasty. Later, it was renamed Shui Sheng Temple because the spring water behind the temple never withered all the year round. The water is pure, sweet and refreshing, and it is regarded as the spring of the soul.
Shui Sheng Temple covers an area of 20,000 square meters, with a building area of more than 8,000 square meters. There are more than 200 temples, and more than 50 monks live there. Shui Sheng Temple is a courtyard-style mountain building. It is divided into four courtyards: Jue Yuan Tower, Tibetan Classics Tower, Daxiong Hall and Tianwang Hall, which are arranged from west to east on the central axis, all of which belong to the Ming and Qing styles; On both sides of the central axis are cloisters, including the living room, the Five Views Hall, the Zen Hall and the Buddhist Temple. On the left side of the temple are the Jade Buddha Hall and the Three Temples Yamatonokusushi Hall. Further to the left are Guanyin Hall and Dizang Hall; On the right side of the temple, the ancestral hall is the main body, forming an independent courtyard.
Shui Sheng Temple has 67 stone niches and more than 450 statues, with a total length of more than 60 meters. Chronologically, it can be divided into Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing stone carving groups; From the content point of view, some explanations are to teach people, some to promote Buddhism, some to educate all beings, and some to inspire people to make wishes and pray; From the perspective of subject matter, there are religious and secular. Among them, the Avalokitesvara stone statue with a thousand hands, each of which is 8 meters high, has a plump face, a strong body and a harmonious structure, which represents the style of stone carving art in the Tang Dynasty. The twelve round statues in Jue Yuan Building are luxuriantly decorated with garlands and beautifully carved, representing the stone carving style of the Song Dynasty. In addition, the stone arch bridge, the release pond and the scripture building in front of the Tibetan Scripture Building built in the Ming Dynasty all have high historical value. At the same time, Shui Sheng's calligraphy is dazzling and beautiful. In particular, the Shui Sheng Temple and the scholar Shuiyan written by Zhao Zhenji, a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, are unrestrained and beautiful, and have high artistic value.
In the history of Shui Sheng Temple, there have been several eminent monks and great virtues, namely,,,,, and Wang. Zhang Xue, a poet in Shu, was born in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty and died in the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi. His works have been handed down from generation to generation. He is a Zen master in central Sichuan after Tang Shen Xiu and Huineng, and he has played a certain role in the development of Buddhism in Sichuan.
Monk Zhuo Ke is a native of Liyang, Jiangsu Province, and a disciple of Liangping Shuangguitang. He came to Shui Sheng Temple alone during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty and led the monks. After going through all kinds of hardships, repairing the broken temple and preaching the precepts, Shui Sheng Temple is extremely prosperous, ranking first among the eight jungles in Sichuan, covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, with more than 20 people living in Sangha/kloc-. At that time, there were towering trees in the temple, nanmu forest by the Tuojiang River, and the dense forest of Cooper in the back mountain, and the incense was flourishing.
Wang is a famous Buddhist scholar in China in recent years. 1942 came to the altar to give lectures, and actively prepared for the Oriental Culture and Education College with some famous people in Neijiang. 1944, with the support of other lay people, the hospital was finally built in Shui Sheng Temple and opened the following year. The research institute is divided into inquiry department, research department, learning department and correspondence department, with many scholars. At present, this monk from Southwest China, Hong Kong and Taiwan is a student of the lay king. His works with hundreds of thousands of words are scattered all over the world, and many articles have become the focus of people's research.
Master Qing De, 1925, from Zizhong County, Sichuan Province. On 1945, he became a monk in Haihuitang Temple Temple, Jiufeng Mountain, Pengxian County, Sichuan Province. He graduated from China Buddhist College on 1958. He was the abbot of Shui Sheng Temple and the president of Neijiang Buddhist Association. He is currently the abbot of Yunfeng Temple, Yingjing County, Ya 'an, the vice president of Sichuan Buddhist Association, the executive director of Chinese Buddhist Association, and a member of provincial and CPPCC committees. For decades, the monks in Qingde believed in Buddhism and learned from it, and won the love of Buddhist disciples and the respect of the three disciples. Since 1986, he has actively assisted religious departments to implement religious policies, raised funds for temple maintenance, and done a lot of work for the restoration of temples in Shui Sheng. Commended by the provincial, municipal government and religious departments, we also had friendly exchanges with the United States, Japan, Hongkong, Australia, Taiwan Province and other countries and regions.
Because of its outstanding people, Shui Sheng Temple has always been a place for pilgrims and monks from all directions to worship. 1April, 1997 14 to May 14, Shui Sheng Temple in Neijiang, with the support of Sichuan Buddhist Association, held the 8th Sichuan Buddhist Association according to law, which was the first large-scale public religious activity legally held since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). The Dharma Association received 298 novice monks from all parts of Sichuan and neighboring provinces and cities, and successfully completed all the work, which was well received by the Chinese Buddhist Association and all walks of life. Today, the incense of Shui Sheng Temple is at its peak, and it has become the ZTE period in history.