The Historical Evolution of Longquan Temple

Longquan Temple was built in the early years of Liao Dynasty. At that time, Shi Jisheng was jealous of his brothers because of his superior understanding of Buddhism and was excluded from the White Horse Temple. Guided by his only property, the Diamond Sutra, he went north to Phoenix Ridge and founded Longquan Temple.

There is a blue hahaha stone ("hahaha stone" means master) in Miaoshan Temple in Dadu, Yuan Dynasty, and it retired to Miaoshan Temple outside the palace. This temple was built with blue houses and royal gifts in the palace for many years. After retiring to Miaoshan Temple, she rebuilt Longquan Temple in Xishan and built a pavilion in Lianchi. "1332 (three years from Yuan Dynasty to Shun Dynasty), the blue eight-ha stone ("eight-ha stone "means master) of Miaoshan Temple in Yuan Dynasty passed away.

1564 (forty-three years of Ming Jiajing), Cui Xuelu, a native of Changping, wrote the poem "Jade Spray in Longquan" for Longquan Temple in Fenghuangling: "Longquan sprays cold jade and gurgles endlessly. The Taoist priest is clear, and the wanderer is cold. "

1659 (16th year of Qing Shunzhi), Gu entered Beijing from Shandong and recorded "Longquan Temple in the Southwest of Changping Prefecture" in "Scenery of Changping".

1884 (the tenth year of Guangxu in Qing dynasty), Li Hongzhang, governor of Zhili, hired Lianchi College to teach Huang Pengnian's Ji Fu Chronicle, which described the geographical location and water flow of Longquan Temple with the water in Changping Mountain as the background.

1895 (the 21st year of Guangxu), Ma Zhaoqing recorded the Longquan Temple in the Annals of Changping.

1889 (16th year of Guangxu reign), Shi came to Longquan Temple as a waiter (handyman who washed dishes, put chopsticks and added rice). In the future, I will leave a book with black words "There is no Amitabha in the South" in the East Yard of Longquan Temple.

During the Republic of China, temple fairs flourished. 1938 (twenty-seven years of the Republic of China), Guangdong pilgrims raised funds to build Wanyuan tea shed in the south east courtyard of Jinlong Bridge and gave tea porridge. 1939 (28 years of the Republic of China) established Wanyuan Tea Shed Monument, which has now disappeared. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period gradually fell silent.

By the early days of the People's Republic of China, Longquan Temple had only a few dozen houses. During the Cultural Revolution, Longquan Temple was changed to residential houses or used for other purposes.

From 65438 to 0995, with the opening of Fenghuangling Natural Scenic Area, the local government and Zhu headed by Cai Qunju began to gradually restore the original appearance of the temple.

In 2004, Shi Xuecheng led eight disciples to stay in Longquan Temple.

On April 1 1, 2005, with the approval of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Religious Affairs, Longquan Temple was officially opened as a place for religious activities, and Buddhism became the abbot.