History of Jingju Temple

Jingju Temple developed from "Anyin" in the first year of Shenlong in Tang Dynasty, which occupies an extremely important position in the history of Buddhism in China. Master Xing Si, the founder of Cao Dong, Yunmen and Fayan, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Anfu County, Ji 'an area. He became a monk at the age of eight and worshipped his sixth ancestor for fifteen years. He returned to Jingju Temple at the age of 4 1 in the second year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (AD 7 14) to popularize the theory of Zen epiphany. It was he who founded the Qingyuan school of Zen. He inherited the theory of "seeing nature clearly" and "becoming a Buddha by epiphany" put forward by Huineng, the sixth ancestor, and introduced Zen into moral practice from pure learning and became the first generation founder and seventh generation Buddha of Zen. At that time, building temples became an extremely important Buddhist Dojo in southern China. Among them, Cao Dong, Yunmen and Fayan, the three schools of Qingyuan who built temples to communicate with each other, are Zen masters of Hengshan West Qianshi, Yaoshan Yi, Tiantai Shaoguo, Qingliangqiu and Yongmingshou respectively. "When a flower blooms with five leaves, the result is natural", and "Luling rice is expensive and cheap, and it is passed on to future generations to guess" has also become an eternal story.

In the Song Dynasty, although Jingju Temple was not as prosperous as the Seven Ancestors, it still had a strong attraction. During the Southern Song Dynasty, it spread to Japan, and people from South Asian countries came to Qingyuan to pay homage.

According to "Records of Qingyuan Mountain", Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, was a famous minister, Jiang Gongfu, and a famous minister. Huang Tingjian, Xiang Minzhong, Yang Wanli, Zhou Bida, Li Gang and Wen Tianxiang in the Song Dynasty; Wu Cheng in Yuan Dynasty; Li Dongyang, Chen Ruoshui, Wang Shouren, Wu Shouyi, Mao Jie and Fang Yizhi in the Ming Dynasty; Shi, Qianlong and Weng Fanggang in Qing Dynasty; Herry Liu, Shangguan Yunxiang, Gu and other figures in modern times, Zhu De and the Republic of China. They all visited Jingju Temple successively, and some even wrote poems and messages to express their thoughts. Jian Zhen, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, a Zen master in the Song Dynasty and a master Xiaofeng in the Ming Dynasty also lived in Xiqing Garden. With the revival of Cao's religious tradition, Jingju Temple occupies an important position in the history of Buddhism in China with its special status.

At present, 80% of Japanese Buddhist disciples belong to Cao Dongzong, China, and their founder, Monk Xi Shifan, is the high foot of Zen master Hongji. With the heart of worshipping the seven ancestors, monks visited Jingju Temple many times to worship the seven ancestors. Among them, Buddhists and professors from Ozawa University, Garden University, Kyoto University and other places in Japan, such as shiina Hiroshi, Liutian Shengshan and Tong Yuan Yukio, all led the "Hundred Journey of Japanese Zen History" to seek ancestors and worship. Kan Yingfeng, director of Japanese Zen Xianglong Temple, and Dean Liang Bian of xingguo temple led Japanese monks to donate gifts to the restored "Qi Tang Zuhongji Zen Master Tower".