In the second year of Tang Jingyun (7 1 1), the abbot of the temple, Zhiyan, was invited by Emperor Li to enter the palace to explain the four-part division, which was greatly appreciated and was named "smart Zen master". Zen master Zhiyan then played the feeling that Zen master Wulian of Tiantai Sect in Sui Dynasty recited the Lotus Sutra, and the mystery of a clear spring gushing out of the temple. Li Dan was so happy that he named it "Lingyan Temple" and ordered the calligrapher Liu Gongquan to hang a plaque on the door of the temple. At this point, Lingyan Temple is famous all over the world, and it is called the jungle of Fujian Zhongda. In the fifth year of Huichang (845), Buddhist temples in the world were destroyed, and monks and nuns were ordered to return to customs. The monks in the temple opened and disappeared into the crowd. Xuanzong Li Chen succeeded to the throne and restored the temple. The South Vietnamese Department of Zen returned to preside over the temple construction without a Zen master. In the sixth year of Xian Tong (865), the temple was destroyed by a hurricane. The abbot Nie Muyuan restored it and built a mountain gate. In 905, the second year of Tianyang, the king made people write 5,000 volumes, paid for the temple to enter Tibet, and ordered the suggestion and celebrities to write the inscription of Pushan Lingshan Temple for Ji Qisheng.
In the Song Dynasty, the Buddhist temples in Phoenix Mountain were very popular. With the support of local officials, * * * built two temples, ten courtyards and 120 temples, where more than 1,000 monks and nuns lived. In the first year of Xingguo in Song Taiping (976), Song Taizong awarded Guanghua Temple and repaired it, making it "eaves-to-eaves, colorful".
In 979 AD, the Song Dynasty established the local government "Xinghua Army" in Putian, so there was a folk saying that "Xinghua was not published, but was widely circulated first". The seventh Zen master of Yunmen once came to this temple to stay in Xi.
In Jian Zheng, Yuan Zhi (134 1- 1368), the temple was destroyed by fire. During the Hongwu and Yongle periods of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1424), Sanghuiguang and Yuanche were built one after another, which gradually restored the grand occasion of that year.
During the Hongzhi period (1488- 1505), a famous scholar Huang visited and wrote a poem: "The scenery holds the temple gate for no reason, and the mountains are somewhat different. The sound of spring makes the room full of suspicion of rain, and the shadow of the tree is half a cloud when it is a window. One school of meditation turned by the stream and was clearly visible from the forest several times. Lingyan 120 Temple, how many towers are locked late. " In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), the Japanese invaded Pupu and the temple was burned down again. Successive abbots Hui Guang, Ji Zhong and Yuan Che have been vigorously operating.
In the eighth year of Wanli (1580), the abbots Huiguang and Zhiqian raised funds to build the Dharma Hall, and in the sixteenth year (1588), the abbots Zhang Yun and Yuan Cai presided over the restoration of Xisheng Pavilion and Daxiong Hall.
In the thirty-ninth year (16 1 1), the abbot repaired the mountain gate in France; The following year, the abbot Yizhen and the French built the Sutra Pavilion, the Nest Cloud Building and the Ji Xiang Kitchen.
In the second year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1663), two holy monks built the Dharma Hall.
In the thirty-first year (1692), Wang Wanxiang, the company commander guarding Xinghua and Quanzhou in Fujian, donated money to build it in an all-round way. It took four years to complete, and the old fahai temple and Xiaonanshan Temple were merged into the temple.
During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi (185 1- 1874), the temple was destroyed by a typhoon. In order to repair the temple, Sita and Shang Danheng went to Taiwan Province Province in the eighth year of Tongzhi (1869) to solicit funds, but their ambitions failed to come true. In the 12th year of Guangxu (1886), all the temples except Guanyin Pavilion were rubble and weeds, and only two monks lived there.
In the 16th year of Guangxu (1890), the abbot He Shan built a hero auditorium, a living room, a meditation hall, an abbot's room, a Jingxing hall and other places on the ruins, which formed the pattern of today's temples and created Tianma Rock behind the mountain.
In thirty-three years (1907), the Great Hall of Compassion was built. The year before last, He Shan monk made a vow to go to Beijing to seek Tibet, and died in Xiamen. Ben Ru, a monk, followed his wishes and went to Beijing. In the second year of Xuantong (19 10), he got more than 7,000 volumes of Long Zang, and returned to the mountain. Later, Ben Ru, a monk, went to Ipoh Nanyang to raise funds to build a Buddhist sutra building. Add a story and a building above the pagoda, and 1923 will be completed. 1926 Sutra Pavilion completed.
1933, Guanyin pavilion was built. During the period of the Republic of China, the warlords were separated, and temples were often used as garrisons.
After the founding of New China, Guanghua Temple was valued and protected by the government.
At the end of 1949, there were about 60 monks living in the temple, and the land reform was divided into farmland and yamada. Monks also manage more than 300 fruit trees, such as longan and litchi, and plant more than 500 bananas. Together with the forest 100 mu, the economic income is considerable.
1956, with the support of overseas monks and overseas Chinese, Maitreya Bodhisattva and the statues of the four heavenly kings were rebuilt in Tianwang Temple. Until 1965, there were still 57 monks living in the temple, who kept farming and meditation. 1966 An unprecedented catastrophe brought bad luck to the temple again. Temples were forced to close, monks dispersed, Buddha statues were smashed, temples were occupied and turned into factories. With the re-implementation of the policy of freedom of religious belief, on February 1979+ 12, Yuan Chan, the abbot of Bandung Hui Temple in Indonesia, returned to China, and he expressed to the government the desire of overseas Chinese to restore the Millennium temple. The relevant government departments have done a lot of work, and the garrison in the temple was evacuated within one week; Soon, the county plastic factory moved away.
1February 6, 980, Fujian Provincial Committee approved the opening of Guanghua Temple in Putian. On March 26th of the same year, the construction committee of Guanghua Temple in Putian County was established, presided over by Master Zhuo Yuan. After several years of hard work, the temple has taken on a new look. While rebuilding the temple, Master Zhuo Yuan paid more attention to the observance of the Sangha precepts and the improvement of the jungle system, and transformed Guanghua Temple, which had been a temple for descendants since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, into a ten-square jungle. For the popularization and promotion of Buddhism, the old mage also took the lead in establishing the famous circulation office of Buddhist scriptures in Guanghua Temple.
1983, the temple was listed as a key Buddhist temple in Han area of China. That year, the male department of Fujian Buddhist College was located in Guanghua Temple.
1984 65438+On February 7th, Guanghua Temple was rebuilt and the Buddha statue was opened. 1986, the temple elected Master fortitude as the first abbot since the reform and opening up.
1989, Master Xuecheng, who was only 24 years old, was elected as the abbot, the youngest abbot among key temples in China. Under his leadership, a large number of Famen Dragon Elephants with solid Taoism, pure faith and noble virtue stood out, and the purge of Taoism made the temple famous far and wide. 1990, Guanghua Temple was listed as one of the three model jungles in China by the Chinese Buddhist Association.
1996, Guanghua Temple and Chinese Buddhist Association also successfully held a standardized preaching ceremony for a period of 108 days, which was the longest and highest quality preaching since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is worth mentioning that Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, visited the temple twice on 198 1 and 1990, leaving a meaningful poem. One of them is: "As soon as you enter the mountain gate, you will learn from your heart, and the wind of Nanshan will be passed on." In Wei Yi Zhizhai Hall, this grain of rice should be regarded as the public's favor. "The second is:" Self-discipline is the only way. You can study without going out, but you can't teach by voice and distance. How to run a Dojo? I am looking for it here. "On the zhaobi of the temple, there is also an inscription of' solemn land, happiness and affection', which is the requirement of the times for the Buddhist community in China and the wish of the monks in Guanghua Temple.
Guanghua Temple is east-west, and the building is a big jungle composed of temples, courtyards, pavilions and corridors. 1980, with a total area of about 40,000 square meters. On the central axis are Zhaobi, Paifang, Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Dharma Hall (the upper layer is the Sutra Hall) and Zutang (the upper layer is the Sleeping Buddha Hall). The left and right wings are the porch, and the left side starts from Prajna Hall next to the Buddhist Temple, followed by Kanshan Building and Zhang Fang Room. After Xia Yandong (bronze bell hall, Dizang king hall), go down to Jingxing Hall, Zushi Hall, Xuejie Hall and Tianwang Hall. From the stone court in front of Tianwangtang, there is a release pond. There are three-story bell tower and drum tower with a height of 13 meters on the left and right sides of the release pond, which are adjacent to the Five Hundred Arhats Hall. There is Ruyi Building on the south side of the temple (the former site of Zhongzang Temple). In front of this building extending along the central axis, there is a long double-storey building, but it is covered with dust. On the south slope of Ruyilou is Xiaonanshan Dizang Hall, on the right side of the central axis. On the left side of the central axis is Guanyin Pavilion. The halls and pavilions are layered and far apart, forming their own patterns. The Hall of Ursa Major was built on a 2.7-meter-high abutment with five rooms wide and four rooms deep. Shaped like a double eaves, it stands against the mountain, with a height of 22 meters and an area of 827 square meters. Four stone melon pillars of the Song Dynasty are still preserved under the eaves behind the temple.
1993 to 1999, two new double-storey buildings, Yunshuitang and Fengyue Qu, were built. After the reconstruction, the structure of Guanghua Temple is more magnificent and concise.