Neijiang Shengshui Temple Transportation Guide: Neijiang has outstanding transportation advantages. Neijiang has an advantageous geographical location and is an important intersection of transportation in southeastern Sichuan and even southwestern provinces. It is known as the "hub in central Sichuan" and the "throat of southern Sichuan". There are Chengdu-Chongqing, Long-Lu, and Nei-Kunming railways and Chengdu-Chongqing, Nei-Yi, and Long-Na expressways within the territory. The length of roads and railways open to traffic reaches 2,921 kilometers and 184.3 kilometers respectively. The density of the road network is higher than the national and provincial averages. In particular, the construction of Neisui Railway, Neisui Expressway, Longhuang (Guizhou Huangtong), and Longda (Guizhou Dafang) Expressways will definitely make Neijiang's status as a transportation hub in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou more prominent.
Highway: Chengdu is 172 kilometers away from Neijiang. The entire journey is a highway and takes about 2 hours. Chengdu Chengbei Passenger Transport Center has shuttle buses to Neijiang every day, every 20 minutes, and the fare is about 50 yuan.
Railway: Neijiang City has four sections of the Chengdu-Chongqing Line, Nei-Kunming Line, Long-Lu Line and Ziwei Line with a total operating mileage of 190 kilometers and 19 railway stations.
Chengdu-Chongqing Line: The Chengdu-Chongqing Line starts from Chengdu in the west and reaches Chongqing in the east, with a total length of 505.06 kilometers. It enters Neijiang City at 147.796 kilometers and exits through Zizhong County, Shizhong District, Dongxing District and Longchang County, with a total length of 119.062 kilometers.
Neijiang-Kunming Railway: The Neijiang-Kunming Railway connects with the Chongqing end turnout (220.34 kilometers) of Neijiang Station on the Chengdu-Chongqing Line. The territory is 22.275 kilometers long and includes Jiangnan Station and Lingjiachang Station.
Ziwei Line: From the Chengdu-Chongqing Line Zizhong Station Chongqing End Turnout (190.376 kilometers), it passes through Songjiapu and reaches Weiyuan County Nihe. The main line is 29.3 kilometers long and the station line is 2.7 kilometers long. Three bridges, one tunnel and 65 culverts were built.
The Shengshui Temple located on the outskirts of Neijiang City, Sichuan Province is one of the eight major jungles in Sichuan Province. It is known as the first Zen forest in Central Sichuan. Because of its long history, historic sites throughout the temple, and the emergence of numerous eminent monks, it has become a very popular Buddhist temple in Sichuan. Enjoy a high status.
The Shengshui Temple was first built in the Xiantong period of the Tang Dynasty, that is, AD 860870. It was first named Xingci Temple in the Song Dynasty. Later, because there was a spring flowing out of the mountain behind the temple, it never dried up all year round. The water was pure, sweet and refreshing, and was regarded as a temple. Lingquan, so it was renamed Shengshui Temple.
The Shengshui Temple covers an area of ??20,000 square meters, with a construction area of ??more than 8,000 square meters, more than 200 temple rooms, and more than 50 resident monks. Shengshui Temple is a mountain-style building with a courtyard layout. It is divided into four major courtyards: the Yuanjue Tower, the Sutra Collection Tower, the Main Hall, and the Tianwang Hall are arranged from west to east on the central axis, all of which are in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties; there are cloisters on both sides of the central axis, including the guest hall, the Five Views Hall, and the Five Views Hall. Zen Hall, Chanting Hall, etc.; on the left side of the temple are the Jade Buddha Hall, the Three Holy Temples, and the Medicine Master Hall; on the left are the Guanyin Hall and the Ksitigarbha Hall; on the right side of the temple, the Patriarch Hall is the main body forming an independent courtyard.
The Shengshui Temple currently has 67 stone carving niches and more than 450 statues, with a total length of more than 60 meters. They can be divided into groups of stone carvings from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties; from the content point of view, some explain and teach people, some promote Buddhism, some educate sentient beings, and some inspire people to pray for blessings; from the subject matter, There are religious ones and there are secular ones. Among them, the Thousand-Hand Guanyin stone carving statue is 8 meters high and 8 meters wide. It has a plump face, a strong body and a coordinated structure, which represents the style of stone carving art in the Tang Dynasty. The twelve Yuanjue statues in the Yuanjue Tower are gorgeously decorated, embellished with necklaces, and exquisitely carved, representing the style of stone carvings in the Song Dynasty. In addition, the stone arch bridge and life-release pond built in the Ming Dynasty, as well as the sutra building in front of the sutra collection building, are of high historical value. At the same time, the calligraphy of Shengshui is even more dazzling and beautiful. In particular, the book Shengshui Temple and Shengshui Rock written by Zhao Zhenji, a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, are bold, elegant and handsome, and have high artistic value.
In the history of Shengshui Temple, there have been several eminent monks and great virtues. They are Zhangxue, Moye, Kezhuo, Qingde and layman Wang Enyang. Zhangxue, a poet monk in Sichuan, was born in the 38th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and passed away in the 34th year of Kangxi. His works such as "The Record of Jin Yi Chuan Deng", "The Collection of Green Pines" and "The Elders" have been handed down to the world. He is the master of Zen in Sichuan after Shenxiu and Huineng of Tang Dynasty, and he played a certain role in the development of Buddhism in Sichuan.
Monk Moye, whose birth date is unknown, came to Shengshui Temple for the first time during the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty.
The couplets he wrote are indescribable and needless to say, they are truly wise and can be understood silently. They have no illusions, no dull appearances, and the monks are pure and empty. The couplets have profound meanings, which make people chant them for a long time, and the interpreters will not fade away. They have become the best couplets in Sichuan. In the 58th year of Qianlong's reign, Mo Ye wrote four lines of poetry in charcoal on the ground in Shengshui Temple: The sun and moon are bright in the sky and earth, and no one is born here. From now on, let go and return to the west, so as not to walk in mud and water.
After finishing the book, he sat upright and passed away. However, his physical body did not transform, and he was thin and not withered. Later generations admired him and the incense continued. Monk Ke Zhuo was a native of Liyang, Jiangsu today, and was a disciple of the founder of Shuanggui Hall in Liangping. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, he came to Shengshui Temple alone. He led the monks to repair the dilapidated temple through hardships, and began to teach ordination regularly. Shengshui Temple reached its peak and ranked among the eight largest jungles in Sichuan. It covers an area of ??more than 30,000 square meters and has more than 120 permanent monks. At that time, the trees in the temple were towering. There was a forest of nanmu on one side of the Tuojiang River, and there were ancient cypresses in the back mountain, and the incense was flourishing.
Layman Wang Enyang is a famous scholar in the Buddhist community in my country in recent years. In 1942, he came to Neijiang Shengshui Temple to give lectures and actively prepared the Institute of Oriental Culture and Education with some celebrities in Neijiang. In 1944, with the support of several other laymen, the college was finally built, and classes opened at the Holy Water Temple the following year. The institute is divided into the Department of Learning, the Department of Research, the Department of Study and the Department of Correspondence Education, and there are many scholars. Nowadays, many eminent monks in southwest China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were students of layman Wang Enyang. His writings of hundreds of thousands of words are scattered around the world, and many of his articles have become hot topics of research today.
Master Qingde was born in Zizhong County, Sichuan in 1925. In 1945, he became a monk at Jiufeng Shanhai Hall in Peng County, Sichuan. He graduated from the Chinese Buddhist Academy in Beijing in 1958. He served as the abbot of Shengshui Temple and the president of Neijiang Buddhist Association. He is currently the abbot of Yunfeng Temple in Yingjing County, Ya'an and the vice president of Sichuan Buddhist Association. Executive director of the Buddhist Association of China, member of the provincial and municipal People's Political Consultative Conference. For decades, Monk Qingde has believed in Buddhism and studied Buddhism with unswerving determination. He has won the love of Buddhist disciples and the respect of the disciples of the three chambers. After coming to Neijiang Shengshui Temple in 1986, he actively assisted the religious department in implementing religious policies, raised funds for temple repairs from all directions, and did a lot of work for the restoration of Shengshui Temple. He was successively commended by the provincial, municipal and religious departments, and also cooperated with the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other countries and regions have conducted friendly exchanges.
Because Seishui Temple has outstanding people and places, it has always been a place where pilgrims and monks from all over the world worship. From April 14 to May 14, 1997, Neijiang Shengshui Temple, with the support of the Sichuan Buddhist Association, held the 8th Sichuan Province Ordinance Conference in accordance with the law. This was also the first legally held public meeting of Shengshui Temple since the founding of the People's Republic of China. large-scale religious activities. This Dharma conference *** received 298 ordained novice monks from all over Sichuan and neighboring provinces and cities. It successfully completed various tasks and was well received by the Chinese Buddhist Association and all walks of life. Nowadays, Shengshui Temple is even more prosperous, and it has become a prosperous period in history.