Jinping is10km away from Maitreya County. Above the mountain gate, the name of "Maitreya Temple" inscribed by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, hangs. Stepping on the steps of 1999, you will step into Jinping Scenic Area, which is large in scale and full of weather, but you will see greenery, clear springs and flowers. On the mountainside, there are red walls and yellow tiles, and the hall is resplendent and magnificent, with clouds flying and smoke curling up. According to a respected mage, Maitreya Jinping is listed as one of the seven famous mountains in China along with Wutai Mountain in Shanxi, Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang, Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui, Lushan Mountain in Jiangsu and Jizu Mountain in Binchuan. Maitreya Temple, manjusri temple, Fukenji, Kannonji, Dizang Temple, Nyoraiji Temple and Ye Jia Temple are the same Buddhist jungle in Kyushu. For hundreds of years, Jinping Mountain-Maitreya Temple has been a famous Buddhist resort in southeastern Yunnan.
Jinping is also known as Cuiping Mountain. Although the mountain is not high, it has a unique shape. Zhong Ling is beautiful, and Jinping is Xie Yu; Magnificent, flowing mountains. At first glance, it looks like a huge screen, caring for the beautiful and rich Emei Mountain water. At first glance, it looks like a miraculous Maitreya Buddha, sitting on his knees to protect all beings. In Maitreya County with the same name as the Buddha, it looks like a veritable "Maitreya Foshan". Calendar is the first scenic spot in Maitreya.
The Maitreya Temple on Jinping has a long history. Qing Qianlong's "Mile State Records" contains the official history: "Jinping Mountain: 20 miles north of the city, with the Jade Emperor Pavilion above and the Mile Temple below." The newly compiled Yunnan Tongzhi said: "In the sixth year of the apocalypse, a monk got a place called Jinping and raised money to build Maitreya Temple, so Buddhism prevailed in the state." Maitreya Temple was completed in the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1626). The scale is grand and the momentum is magnificent. It is located in the scenic Jinping Mountain in the northern suburb of the county seat. The temple is divided into East Hall, West Hall, Jade Emperor Hall (Upper Hall) and Lower Hall, including Ancestral Hall, Guanyin Building, Tianfu and Hell. It is named after Maitreya Buddha. At that time, in addition to practicing, there were hundreds of monks, brewers and oil extractors. Sometimes there are temple fields, such as Wangbuge, Malone and tumuji, which belong to Buddhist temple villas and rent hundreds of stones every year. There are four Chinese characters "Flying Clouds and Flowing Xia" written by calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty on the zhaobi in the south of the temple, which is vigorous and smooth, and can be called a masterpiece. Under the wall, a "Buddha spring" gushed from a crack in the rock. It is said that drinking this water can eliminate diseases and disasters and prolong life. Celebrities, Christians, pilgrims and good men and women who come here to worship tourists mostly throw copper coins into springs and drink water to pray. The ancients left a famous saying, "Green flying stones enter the water and green trees cover the sky", which is known as "jade on the golden screen". Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty gave the temple three treasures: golden lacquer plate, sandalwood carved Buddha statue and pure Buddha bead, which became famous for a while. Good men and women worship like streams, and poets and poets often come here for recreation. They either expressed their feelings or expressed their feelings on the spot, leaving a lot of poems. In the same year of Qing and Xian, the temple was destroyed by a military disaster. After many times of reconstruction and restoration, the brocade screen with green water and green mountains has been preserved. By the time of the Republic of China, the people were helpless, the soldiers and horses were in turmoil, the monks and nuns were gone, and the temples collapsed. 1958, the East Hall and the West Hall used to be corridors, but they collapsed in stormy weather. There are few temples left.
1987 to 1990, Maitreya Temple (now Dazhiyuan) was built on the original scale for the first time, which made Daping incense flourish. Since 1994, the Buddhist community, in line with the wishes of the majority of Buddhist believers, has taken the lead in raising funds from the people and enterprises to rebuild and transform the temples and Buddha statues of Maitreya Temple. 199965438+February, 19.99 meters high, the world's largest Maitreya Buddha was built in the center of Jinping Mountain, which not only embodies the significance of the Buddha in the Buddha, but also marks the charming and kind smile of Jinping Scenic Area after hundreds of years of storms: a big belly can accommodate the world, and kindness will always protect people in the world.
Maitreya Temple, the rebuilt Jinping Mountain, has the grandeur of Buddha, Universiade, Daxiong and Dazhi, and combines the unique achievements of Maitreya Qiangba Phase, Maitreya Fairy Phase, Maitreya Bag Phase and Maitreya Tianguan Phase, thus becoming the "Maitreya Dojo". Jinping Mountain is a magnificent jungle, with an altitude of 19.99 meters and a length of 1999. It shows the beauty of thousands of miles of terraced fields, century-old trees and gurgling springs, thus becoming a grand view of "tourist attractions". The Maitreya Buddha, who climbed Mount Jinping, has a panoramic view of the 10,000 mu of flat land in Maitreya County and Ma Pingchuan, which makes people's brains wide open and think far; I'm relieved that my troubles are gone. Every year, pilgrims, pilgrims and tourists come to the temple in an endless stream on traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival and the temple fair on the ninth day of the first month. It has become a great pleasure for many people to go to Maitreya County, visit Maitreya Buddha Temple, worship Maitreya Buddha and appreciate the harmony of Buddhist culture, Confucian culture and national culture.
The majestic Jinping, ancient temples, Maitreya Temple and Maitreya Buddha in the county are the only wonderful places in the world, which are rare. There have been many wonderful legends about cause and effect since ancient times. According to legend, one day during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the great wisdom and wisdom of the Tathagata dreamed that there was a mountain peak in the south of China that looked like Maitreya, so he sent Maitreya Buddha and Bodhisattva all over the world to find this auspicious place to preach, and Maitreya Buddha and Bodhisattva went to the south as shown in a dream. Day after day, year after year, Maitreya Bodhisattva traveled all over Qian Shan. One day, when I came to the tribal territory of Maitreya, the exhausted Maitreya Buddha and Bodhisattva took a nap under a tree named Jinping on the roadside. When I was taking a nap, I saw a smiling Buddha who looked like myself coming over. After Maitreya woke up, she suddenly paused, then opened her eyes and saw that Jinping Mountain opposite seemed to be sitting leisurely. Wow, what an inspiring land! Maitreya Bodhisattva settled here, preached scriptures everywhere, promoted Buddhism and enlightened all beings. A few years later, Maitreya traveled around the world again. After he left, the local monks missed him very much and raised funds to build a temple dedicated to Maitreya, named Maitreya Temple. There is also a legend that the name of the county seat is derived from the name of the Buddha.
But the name of Maitreya County comes not from Buddhism, but from the name of the ancient tribal leader. According to records, during the Tang Dynasty, this county was located in Badian and Bulongdian in Nanzhao, and its leader was named Maitreya, hence the name Maitreya Department. In the seventh year of Yuan Xianzong (1257), Maitreya was subordinate to the Yuan regime. In the 12th year of Yuan Dynasty (1275), there were thousands of Maitreya Buddhas here. In the 27th year of Yuan Dynasty (1290), it became a state called Maitreya Buddhas, and in the 35th year of Qing Qianlong (1770), however, perhaps because of natural forces and providence, Buddhism taught itself in the county. According to Buddhism, everything is born of reasons. The name of Maitreya County comes from Maitreya Department, and the name of Maitreya Temple comes from Maitreya Buddha. The temple county with the same name is combined with Buddha, and Maitreya is the word "fate". This has led to various wonderful legends between Maitreya County and Maitreya Buddha, and the mystery that "Maitreya is not Maitreya, but also Maitreya".