First of all, a night-mooring near maple bridge, written by Zhang Ji, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, made it a household name. "When the moon is full of birds singing and frost, Jiang Feng sleeps with anxiety;" In Hanshan Temple outside Gusu, the midnight bell goes to the passenger ship. "These beautiful sentences handed down from generation to generation have played the role of telling stories by scenery, telling scenery by literary names, telling rhyme by bells and making a name for the ages. This poem not only spread widely in China, but also spread to Japan in the East. Therefore, Yu Yue, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty, said in the article Rebuilding Hanshan Temple: "Children of other countries are poets. "Today, it is still included in Japanese school textbooks. These poems are also very popular in Southeast Asia, Europe and America.
Second, Buddhist disciples have always believed that Hanshan and Shide, the eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty who once lived in this temple, were reincarnated monks of Manjusri and Pu Xian respectively, and deified them into the harmonious immortals of China and became people's favorite immortals. According to folklore, the monk who found it took a bell from Hanshan Temple across the ocean to a Japanese place called Sati to spread Buddhism and China culture. This story was published in the fourth issue of China Medical Journal 1989 in the form of a comic strip, entitled "Bells of Hanshan Temple", which added a beautiful topic of Sino-Japanese friendship to Hanshan Temple.
Thirdly, according to folklore, the chimes involved in Zhang Jishi's poems went through many vicissitudes and flowed into Japan in the late Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Mr. Yamada Hanshan of Japan searched everywhere and tried to return the clock to its original owner, but it didn't fall in the end, so he raised money to cast a pair of bronze clocks, one for Hanshan Temple and the other for our library. In the history of Sino-Japanese folk cultural exchanges and friendly exchanges, a beautiful page has been written.
Fourthly, the bells of Hanshan Temple not only have a long cultural and historical connotation, but also have wonderful functions. This function can be summed up in the word 12: "Smell the bell, clear your troubles, grow your wisdom, Bodhi." Bodhi, in Sanskrit (that is, ancient Indian writing), means "enlightenment" and "complete enlightenment". Therefore, visitors must personally listen to the bells of Hanshan Temple.
Zhang Ji, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, went to Sun Shan to study for the exam that year and stopped in Qiao Feng on his way home. It was after listening to the bells of Hanshan Temple in the middle of the night that he was inspired to write a night-mooring near maple bridge, the eternal swan song, which occupies a significant position in the history of China literature. It was the bell of Hanshan Temple that relieved his troubles, continued to study hard at the cold window, and later went to Beijing to take the exam, and finally got into the Jinshi. In a word, the bell of Hanshan Temple in Suzhou can calm the mind, enlighten the mind and place good expectations on it. Now we are going to enter Hanshan Temple Scenic Area.
Hanshan Temple Scenic Area has "ancient temples, ancient bridges, ancient customs, ancient towns and ancient canals" for tourists to visit. The ancient temple refers to Hanshan Temple. The ancient pass refers to the Tieling Pass at the intersection of the Grand Canal and Shangtang River. Built in 1557, it is the pass of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Japanese invaders, and its tower is magnificent. The ancient bridge refers to Jiangcun Bridge and Qiao Feng Bridge on the Grand Canal on the west side of Hanshan Temple, and Jiangfeng in the poet Zhang Ji's famous sentence "Jiangfeng fishing and sleeping" refers to these two bridges. Qiao Feng Town, the ancient town where Hanshan Temple is located, is a beautiful landscape of Gusu water town with white-walled houses, shops, teahouses and bookstores. The ancient canal refers to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal next to Hanshan Temple. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with a total length of1794km, was excavated during the reign of Yang Di from 605 to 6 10. The Grand Canal promoted the material and cultural exchanges between the North and the South, and also brought prosperity to Suzhou's economy.
Dear friends, the magnificent pagoda ahead is the Puming Pagoda of Hanshan Temple. The layout of Hanshan Temple is unusual: contrary to the tradition that temples usually face south, its gate faces west. Why? Please think about it. Now, let's get off and go to Hanshan Temple via Hanshan Courtyard.
Hanshan clause is a rare place to go. Here is full of green vision all year round, with pine trees, bamboo, osmanthus, cherry blossoms, wintersweet, lawn and moon pool, moon-reflecting pavilion, sad sleeping slope, Hanshan Bridge, listening to Zhong Ping, poetry-seeking gallery and other scenery. On a small craftsman, there is an elegant Songmao Pavilion, which contains a poem tablet written by Li Dazhao according to a night-mooring near maple bridge. Li Dazhao is a pioneer of the China revolution and one of the founders of the China * * * Production Party. Comrade Li Dazhao's Mo Bao was written in 19 19, and the original is kept in the Museum of Chinese Revolution. 1993 was erected here, adding luster to Hanshan Temple scenic spot. Hanshan Temple also treasures a night berth beside the Maple Bridge, which contains poems written by Song, Ming, Qing, Republic of China and modern scholars.
The gate of Hanshan Temple is coming. The stone arch bridge in front is Jiangcun Bridge, and the yellow wall between the bridge embankment and the mountain gate is called Zhaobi. The three characters "Hanshan Temple" on the wall were written by Tao Junxuan, a famous soil in East Lake, Zhejiang Province, which is simple and vigorous. I suggest you take pictures here.
Look, the gate of Hanshan Temple, that is, the gate, faces west. Speaking of the orientation of this door, there is a history. There is a map of Suzhou carved in 1229 in Suzhou Confucius Temple, which is called Pingjiang Map, because Suzhou was called Pingjiang House in Song Dynasty, and the gate of Hanshan Temple on the map is facing west. In addition, it is clearly written in Hanshan Temple Records: "The temple is rectangular, surrounded by steep walls and the mountain gate faces west." Why does it face west? The venerable old abbot of Hanshan Temple once pointed out the maze and said four words: "adjust measures to local conditions". The Grand Canal opened in Sui Dynasty became increasingly busy in Tang and Song Dynasties. Suzhou is a water town, and the temple gate faces west by the river, which is convenient for businessmen, boat people, farmers and believers to come here by boat to worship and make pilgrimages. Besides, people are familiar with the story of Tang Xuan's Journey to the West. The west is the residence of the Buddha, and it is also called the Elysium. Bright and holy, no worries. The temple gate facing west also shows the reverence for the holy land of Buddhism, killing two birds with one stone. Why not? In addition, according to the theory of five elements, water can suppress fire. Monks of all ages used the water from the Grand Canal to put out fires, so Hanshan Temple was peaceful for hundreds of years in history.
However, the monk's painstaking efforts can't escape the human disaster. Yuan didn't fight; Two fires in Ming dynasty; It was twice in the Qing Dynasty, and one of them was that the ancient temple was burned down by the war. The present Hanshan Temple was rebuilt in the 32nd year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty 1906.
There are two ancient camphor trees on both sides of the mountain gate, which are lush. The classical pavilions on the yellow wall have cornices, the Fengjiang Tower on the right and the Frost Bell Tower on the left, all of which originated from a poem of night parking by the Maple Bridge. The golden Buddha sitting in the niche facing the mountain gate is Maitreya Buddha, smiling, bared his chest and abdomen, and welcoming guests from all directions with a smile. He is the successor of Buddha Sakyamuni, so he is also called the future Buddha. In some Buddhist temples, such as Lingyanshan Temple in Suzhou, the statue of Maitreya in Tianwang Temple is dressed appropriately, with a solemn face and a serious seat, which is the real body of Maitreya. Maitreya, who laughs and laughs in many Buddhist temples, is the embodiment of Maitreya. The couplets on both sides of his statue are:
"A big belly can accommodate things that are hard to tolerate in the world, and be merciful to the ridiculous people in Chang Xiaoxiao."
Now look behind the niche, there is a statue of the commander-in-chief, facing inward, facing the Mahayana Hall, holding a vajra pestle, also called the magic pestle, which is Wei Tuo, the first of the 32 gods under the four heavenly kings. Why does Wei Tuo face Ursa Major? It is said that the main hall in ancient Indian Buddhist temples is the Buddha Hall, in front of which stands the Buddha Pagoda of Sakyamuni, that is, the spiritual bone pagoda. A "disease killer" stole two teeth of the Buddha. Wei Tuo is a miracle. He can walk like a fly. He flew to catch the thief and get the tooth back. Later, he assumed the responsibility of guarding the stupa, so he always faced inward in the temple. Mr. Zhao Puchu, President of China Buddhist Association, wrote that Buddhism is a part of China culture, and we should absorb the essence of Buddhist culture, carry forward the spirit of "Buddhism on earth" and serve the construction of two civilizations. He also said: "Human Buddhism" focuses on purifying one's body and mind and is beneficial to social groups. For example, monks plant trees, practice medicine and apply drugs, and persuade people to be good.
Please go forward. This is the main garden of Hanshan Temple, with lush trees, which can be described as a quiet Buddhist land. There are two long stone carvings embedded in the left side of the flower bed, one is the "cold trace" carved during the Chongji period in the Ming Dynasty; Another moment in the late Qing Dynasty, Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu Province, wrote Miao Li Zongfeng. Eight magnificent and beautiful Chinese characters briefly point out the history of Hanshan Temple 1480 years. When the Liang Dynasty was first built, it was called Miaoliping Pagoda, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was called Hanshan by monks. I took it from Tiantai Mountain to take charge of this place, called Hanshan Temple.
Let's visit Luohan Hall first. There are 500 arhats here, all of which are gold-plated arhats carved from camphor wood. They are cultural relics of the Yongzheng period in the Qing Dynasty. Five hundred arhats are five hundred disciples of Historical Records Muny. Lohan can achieve such three realms: first, he is not suffering from the cycle of life and death; Second, no greed, no annoyance, always entering nirvana; Third, it is unique.
In the center of Luohan Hall stands a bronze statue of Guanyin, which is 2.5 meters high and weighs 1.5 tons. It was presented by the Japanese Religious Painting Academy and the Japanese Zen Painters Association and completed in 1995.
Before visiting the Hall of the Great Hero, please enjoy three things on the terrace paved with granite. First, the balustrades of the terrace are all carved with white marble and decorated with lotus flowers. The second one is an iron incense burner. What does "Dahua Tao Rong" on the burner mean? "Dahua" means "Buddha's consciousness". Tao is a metaphor for creation and cultivation. "Melting" can be used as a model solution for melting and casting metals or casting vessels. To sum up, it is to cultivate believers according to Buddhist teachings and norms, so that stubborn people can be naturalized and thoroughly remoulded. Suggest that the Buddha has great power. Third, a pair of stone pillars in front of the main hall are called dew plates, which are utensils for monks to put rice and water before eating for so-called hungry ghosts.
This is the hero hall. "Daxiong" refers to Sakyamuni, which means fearless like a great warrior. Sitting on the lotus in the center of the main hall is the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, who spent six years in the deep forests of ancient India and finally became a Buddha under the bodhi tree. The golden symbol of "Wan" on the chest was read as "Wan" by Wu Zetian in Tang Dynasty, which means "Wan De is auspicious". In some Buddhist temples, there are also "Yi" written on it, which can be used universally.