After Mazu died, the relic hid in the tower. The tower pavilion is a typical stone building in the Song Dynasty, with neat and reasonable structure and dignity. As a treasure of stone buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, Mazu Pagoda Pavilion was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit by Jiangxi Provincial People's Government in 1957. In 20 13, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty (742-756), a poor water monk from Kaiyuan Temple (now Youmin Temple in Nanchang), together with his younger brother, Master Daotong, built a temple in Baofeng and invited Master Mazu to visit it. Mazu is just a monk who travels around the world to promote Zen and has traveled all over the world. He went to Baofeng twice in his life: first, in the first year of Tang Zhenyuan (785), he swam to Baofeng with his disciples, and Mazu was intoxicated and forgot to return; The second time was in the first month of the fourth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (788). A master of Mazu Daoism once again climbed Shimen Baofeng and swam among mountains and rivers. He saw that "the valley is open and happy." He chose Baofeng Mountain as the burial place and predicted that a monk would die in a month. At that time, the monks did not take this statement to heart.
Shortly after Mazu returned to Kaiyuan Temple in Zhong Ling, he died in bed and lived to the age of 80. Disciple abides by his living will, and Ying Ling is buried in Baofeng. Li Jian, then an observer in Jiangxi, was Mazu's converted brother and held a grand burial ceremony. According to the Biography of Song Monks, in the history of Buddhism in China, Mazu's funeral was the third grand funeral for Buddhists after Master Hua Yanzong of Tibetan Buddhism returned to Songshan and Master Jing Tuzong was a good mentor. In the seventh year of Tang Zhenyuan (79 1), Quan Deyu was ordered by Tang Dezong to build the Shimen Mazu Pagoda, and he wrote an inscription. During the Tang Yuanhe period (806-820), Mazu, posthumous title, Tang Xianzong, was the "Great Silence Zen Master"; In the fourth year of Emperor Taizong's reign (850), Pei Xiu, an observer of Jiangxi Province, presided over the reconstruction of Mazu Tower, which was named "Grand Solemn Tower" and inscribed with "Baofeng". In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735), Mazu was also named "Still-illuminated Zen Master".
According to some data, Mazu built 48 temples and jungles in his life, and there is a saying that "Mazu built a jungle and made a clear plan". There are as many as 139 people named Mazu Fasi in the history books, and 84 of them became Zen masters. Therefore, the Zen Buddhism founded by Mazu and Huaihai is called "Hongzhou Zen" in the history of Zen Buddhism in China. Later, famous Zen schools were established, such as Luyang School, Lin Ji School, Yang Qi School, Huanglong School, etc. Zen spread widely and emerged one after another. It can be said that Zen Buddhism flourished from Mazu, accounting for more than half of Buddhism in China.
Big iron bottle
In front of the Dharma Hall stood two huge iron bottles, all black, how tall one person was. According to legend, this pair of iron bottles was originally cast in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, with a height of 2.30m, a belly diameter of 0.86m and a weight of1000kg. The bottle mouth is six petals from the bottom, which looks like an ordinary household vase. Originally placed on both sides of the main hall, it was passed down as Zhenshan Aquarius. In Zhongyuan Township, Jing 'an, Ming Dynasty, Hu and Xue gathered in Agate Cliff to rebel. Both of them have high martial arts and can fly over the eaves and walk over the walls. One of his men, surnamed He, heard from his ancestors that there were treasures buried under Mazu Tower in Baofeng Temple, so he sneaked into the temple with several people in the middle of the night in an attempt to destroy Mazu Tower and steal the treasures. They lifted the hammer and hit it, only to hear a loud bang, and a red flame came out of the tower, blinding several people. The news spread and everyone was seated. The two leaders, Hu and Xue, were frightened, hurriedly brought incense, cast a pair of big iron bottles, and burned incense as a gift in Baofeng Temple. Since then, this pair of big iron bottles has been placed on both sides of the main hall, becoming a major landscape in the temple.
Thousand beds
In Baofeng Temple, there is also a legend of "a bed of thousands of people". This is a wooden bunk bed, the length is equal to the depth of the house, and the width is about several meters. It is said that sleeping in this bed can never be said to be crowded. Speaking of crowding, even if several people sleep on it, they will feel very crowded; It's amazing that thousands of people can sleep without crowding. Unfortunately, the original bed for thousands of people has been destroyed, and now a new bed for thousands of people has been built in the temple. Master Yicheng said, "The monk in the basin can't meditate, so he washes his feet and goes to bed. Hungry to eat a misty meal, my heart is full of bright moon, "Zen machine is full and memorable." "
Wanrenguo
Compared with the "bed of thousands of people", it is the so-called "pot of thousands of people". Before the Cultural Revolution, there were two iron pots in Baofeng Temple, with a diameter of 1 35cm, a depth of 83cm, a side of10cm and a thickness of1cm. It is said that they can feed tens of thousands of people, so they are called "ten thousand cauldrons". One of them was cast in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty. Inside the temple, there are towering cypresses, shady trees and dotted flower beds, forming a garden-like temple. Jiangxi Buddhist College is located here, which has trained many Buddhist disciples and become one of the centers of Buddhist culture in Jiangxi. In addition, temples all over the country, as well as monks, lay people and tourists from Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Israel, the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada and other places have come to worship and visit Buddhism, becoming Dojo and tourist attractions to promote Buddhism.