There are many "Holy Water Temples". For example, Shengshui Temple in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, Shengshui Temple in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, Shengshui Temple in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, Shengshui Temple in Zibo City, Shandong Province, Shengshui Temple in Luoyuan County, Fuzhou City, Shengshui Temple in Liaoyang County, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, and Licheng County, Shanxi Province Shengshui Temple, Shengshui Temple in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, Shengshui Temple in Wu'an City, Hebei Province, Shengshui Temple in Nanzheng County, Shaanxi Province, Shengshui Temple in Huludao City, Liaoning Province, Songxian Shengshui Temple, etc. But the Shengshui Temple mentioned in this article is the Shengshui Temple in Luoshi Town, Yingshan County (formerly Xiaopeng Township).
Shengshui Temple is one of the famous ancient temples in Yingshan. It was recorded in the Ming Dynasty. The Yingshan County Chronicle records: "Shengshui Temple, fifty miles away, is an ancient temple. It was rebuilt in the Jiaqing year." It is said that the ancient county seat was once located next to Shengshui Temple. As the years passed, the popularity of the place decreased, and the monks left, the place became a school until 2017, when the last teacher left to teach at Xiaopengwan Primary School. From then on, the place became increasingly depressed and dilapidated, completely losing its former prosperity and suddenly becoming quiet.
Yang Boxai, the founder of the Yingshan branch of the Chinese Communist Party and the provost of the "Sino-French University", once studied here.
The mountain behind Seongsu Temple is called Seongsu Temple Liang, and the hill on the right is called Shishibao.
Although the Holy Water Temple has lost its beauty, it has many beautiful legends that have been passed down for a long time.
The magical ancient well. There is a well next to the Holy Water Temple. The water in the well is clear and pure, with a sweet and comfortable taste. The well has two water outlets, one square and one round, which complement each other. It is called the Holy Water Spring. According to local people, when one of the two water wells is blocked, the other well will become turbid. After the blocked well is unblocked, the water flowing out of the two wells will immediately become clear. Restore clarity. People call it longan water.
Beautiful verse. Li Chuyuan, a Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty and the censor of Henan Province, visited here many times. He was so fascinated by the magic of this well that he wrote the famous poem "Viewing the Spring in Shengshui Temple":
The Lingyan in the Yesi Temple leads all the way. , Xiaofeng and residual rain are left to the west and east.
The clouds pass through the stone sinuses and Feilong Cave, and the springs surround the Tianchi and cross the jade rainbow.
The ancient trees are bleak and cold, and the old monk’s voice is empty.
When I arrive at the place where I cherish my loved ones, the grass is falling away and the leaves are red.
In addition to Li Chuyuan, there was also Tang Chen, a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, who also came here because of the beauty and wrote a wonderful poem "Inscribed on Shengshui Temple":
Ten years This place houses a small body, and I also love the couch in the meditation hall.
The secluded grass knows how to tie it up, but the white clouds have no intention of leaving me alone.
Once the thunderstorm rises and the ground is flat, the journey to the sky becomes smooth.
Today I come again to look for my old monk, and the mountain birds call each other as if they have lost consciousness.
Ancient legend. Below the ancient well is a weir. It is said that when local villagers were maintaining and clearing the weir, they discovered that the original old weir was made of stone statues from the temple. This shows the prosperity of Shengshui Temple at that time.
It is said that when the Eight Great Kings suppressed Sichuan, they killed the villagers and monks in a bay near the temple. The blood of the murdered people dyed the pond in the bay red. Later, people This mountain bay is called Xue Shuitang Bay.
At Shengshui Temple, a local villager said that when he was renovating the house, he saw with his own eyes the words "The Holy One in the Heavenly Capital, the Underworld in the Underworld" engraved on the tiles of the beams of the Shengshui Temple. Wang Guan, hunting and sailing to celebrate the ceremony, the true immortal of the Holy Water Kingdom" are the words.
Listening to the ancient legend of Seongsu Temple, reading the poems of the sages, and seeing the desolation of this ancient temple that has been passed down for thousands of years, I can’t help but feel a lot of emotions. It’s really: There is no choice but to let the flowers fall, and the past will continue. Come back to the dream!