The Nanguanyin Temple in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was grand in scale. From the mountain gate, the Tianwang Hall to the Main Hall, each hall was filled with exquisitely carved Vajra, Arhat, Buddha and Bodhisattva statues.
From south to north, the first hall of the temple is the Vajra Hall. There are two generals, Heng and Ha, guarding the gate inside King Kong. There is an ancient cypress outside the palace gate, with a green and dense crown, like a big open green velvet umbrella.
To the north from King Kong Hall is Guanyin Pavilion. Guanyin Pavilion is divided into two floors. The lower floor is a circular arch. The three characters "Guanyin Pavilion" are engraved on the stone above the arch.
Go up the steps from the front left to reach a platform on the upper floor. To the north of the platform is the upper floor of the Guanyin Pavilion. There is a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea. To the right of the Guanyin statue is Manjusri and to the left is Samantabhadra. Sitting across the wall from Guanyin is Guanyin in white. Standing on her right is Shouxian and on the left is Yulian.
There are 6 beautiful women on the east and west sides of the Guanyin Pavilion, and the statues in the pavilion are lifelike. Passing through the Guanyin Pavilion, there is a flat courtyard in front of you. There are two ginkgo trees growing in front and left of the Guanyin Pavilion.
On the top of the back wall and the outside of the east wall, there are three small Buddhist niches enshrining golden Buddha statues.
There is a fire pool in front of the temple. To the east of Pingyuan is the Jialan Hall, which contains a seated statue of Guan Gong. To the left and right of Guan Gong stand the majestic statues of Zhou Cang and Guan Ping.
There used to be a Chinese Sophora japonica tree in the front left corner of the East Hall, blocking out the sky and the sun. It took four people to hug the tree trunk.
Later, the mountain gate and the bell and drum towers were demolished, leaving only the main hall and ancient trees. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, people still come to offer incense and worship.
According to the description in "Beijing Temple Historical Information": Nanguanyin Temple... was built in the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty... with 48 houses and halls and 32 group rooms. There are two bell and drum towers; the religious objects in the temple include a bronze and gold statue, seven bronze statues, six wooden statues, twenty-seven clay statues, an iron tripod, twenty tin offerings, and a large bronze bell. There are two small bronze bells, two bronze chimes, a large and small drum, a remnant Buddhist scripture, a pair of stone lions, six stone steles, and a Kangxi imperial pen plaque.
During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Master Yuming, the abbot of Nanguanyin Temple, was known as Jingxinshanren. He was good at calligraphy. He once wrote the "Stele of Monk Yiding's Merit and Virtue in Zhengding Longxing Temple" and "Reconstruction of Jade Emperor Ding Afu Temple". "Inscription" etc. In October 1865, it was the 60th birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi. As one of the 48 eminent monks and temple abbots, Yu Ming arranged to pray for three days at Wanshou Temple to express his congratulations.
Master Yuming once wrote a palindrome couplet "Ke Xin Qing Xin Ye" in handwriting. It was four feet long, mounted on silk, and hand-painted on eight-treasure wax paper. It is as shown in the picture. It was indeed produced by Nanguanyin Temple. ancient treasures.