Chongfu Temple was founded in the second year of Tang Linde (AD 665). During the Liao Dynasty, it served as the official office of Lin Taishi, also known as Lin Yayuan. Liao Tonghe period, renamed Linya Temple. In the second year of Jin Tiande (1 150), the title was "Chongfu Chanwei", and the building was magnificent. There are Buddhist temples such as Shanmen, Guanyin, Tomi, Dizang and Manjusri, as well as the Sutra Pavilion and the Bell and Drum Tower. Strict layout, clear priorities. The sutra depository is in front of the temple, which is rare in other places. Mituo Temple is a large Jin Dynasty building. The murals of Buddha statues in the Jin Dynasty in the temple are well preserved. Chongfu Temple in Fuzhou is located at the southern foot of Xiangfeng in Beiling, a suburb of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, about 8 kilometers away from the urban area. Founded in the second year of Taiping Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty (977), it was originally named "Chongfuyuan". The building was small in scale and was later abandoned.
general situation
Chongfu Temple is located on the north side of East Street, Shuocheng District, Shuozhou City. It is a large-scale ancient temple with halls and pavilions living in groups. Chongfu Temple, facing south, looks simple and solemn, with a lion sitting in front. There are five halls in the temple, 200 meters long from north to south and 1 17 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 23,400 square meters. Chongfu Temple was built in the second year of Linde in the Tang Dynasty (AD 665) at the behest of Wei Chijingde, a general of the Tang Dynasty, a native of Shuozhou and the Duke of Hubei. In the Liao Dynasty, the temple was changed to the official residence of Master Lin, and later changed to a temple named Linya Temple. During the reign of Emperor Xizong of Jin Dynasty, temples were expanded and built on a large scale. In the second year of Tiande in Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1 150), Wan Yanliang, the king of Hailing in Jin Dynasty, inscribed "Chongfu Temple" to this day.
Chongfu Temple includes the Mountain Gate, Tianwang Temple, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Thousand Buddha Pavilion, Manjusri Hall, Dizang King Hall, Sanbao Hall, Tomi Hall and Guanyin Pavilion. The Jin Dynasty architecture, Buddha statues and murals in the temple are well preserved, and it is an ancient temple with high historical value.
Tommy Hall is the main hall of Chongfu Temple and the largest hall in the temple. It was built in the third year of Xizong in the Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1 143) and has a history of more than 850 years. Tomi Hall is tall and spacious, with green colored glass at the top, elegant and exquisite flowers on the front eaves and window lattice, which is a well-preserved work of Jin Dynasty in China. There are three sitting statues of "Three Sages of the West" on the Buddhist altar. On both sides of the main statue, there are four Bodhisattvas and two King Kong. These statues are all original works of the Jin Dynasty, and the molding method is simple and exquisite. The walls and murals in the temple cover an area of more than 340 square meters. Murals depict scenes of Buddhist missionary work.
Kannonji, located behind Mituo Temple, is the last temple in Chongfu Temple. There are three statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra in the temple, and the original on the left is the Ming Dynasty.
Chongfu Temple has stone statues from Tang, Song and Liao Dynasties and many unearthed cultural relics, which are of high artistic value.
It is worth mentioning that Chongfu Temple in Shuocheng District has a precious pagoda-Thousand Buddha Pagoda. Now, the tower is in Taipei History Museum, and the top of the tower is in Chongfu Temple.
The Thousand-Buddha Pagoda in the Northern Wei Dynasty was plundered by Japan, and its top was hidden by patriots. After the defeat of the Japanese edition, it was returned to China and deposited in the Taipei History Museum. Since then, the pagoda has been beheaded.
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Caotiandu Thousand Buddha Pagoda still exists on both sides of the strait. The stone pagoda was originally hidden in the Tomi Hall of Chongfu Temple in Shuocheng District, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. It consists of three parts: base, tower body and tower gate. It was built by Cao Tiandu in Pingcheng (now Datong) in the first year of Tianan in the Northern Wei Dynasty for my late father Ying Ning and my late son Xuanming. Professor Heinrich Gerhard Franz of the School of Art History of Graz University once commented on this tower: "It is of inestimable value for us to study the history of early Buddhism and tower building in China." However, it is also doomed. 1937 In September, after the Japanese invaders occupied Shuo County, they found this stone pagoda and wanted to take it away. When packing, they were discovered by the local people and risked their lives to hide the pagoda, but the tower base and tower body were still taken away by the Japanese army. Later, Tasha was sent back to Chongfu Temple Cultural Management Office and stayed in Shuozhou. Taki and the tower were returned to China after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, and then transported to Taiwan Province Province. Now they are hidden in the Taipei History Museum and become treasures of the museum. It has been more than 70 years since the separation of Caotiandu Stone Pagoda in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but fortunately it is well preserved. The late historian Mr. Shi Shuqing once said: "From the tortuous experience of this stone pagoda, we can see a side of the modern history of the motherland. Unfortunately, the tower is in Taiwan Province Province and the top of the tower is in Shanxi, which is different from each other. " In fact, there are many similar resignations. They * * * tell the joys and sorrows of the Chinese nation, which is embarrassing. -Talking about Fuchun Shan Jutu, he said, "I hope that two paintings can be combined into one painting." We also look forward to the restoration of the stone pagoda of Cao Tiandu, the national treasure of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the early integration and continuation of the same root and homology.
Temple layout
As soon as Chongfu Temple entered the courtyard, the five halls were called the Heavenly King Hall, also called King Kong Hall. There used to be four heavenly kings and two donkey kong, but now the statues are gone, and they are changed into cultural relics exhibition rooms, and special exhibitions are held irregularly.
The Second Hospital of Chongfu Temple has 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep. The second floor is called Thousand Buddha Pavilion. Before the Ming Dynasty, it was called the Tibetan Scripture Building. After the renovation in the Ming Dynasty, there were more than a thousand Buddha statues in the pavilion, so it was renamed the Thousand Buddha Pavilion. Although thousands of buddhas no longer exist, their names have been used to this day. The statue of Maitreya on the front and the wooden model behind the Buddha. The Buddha statue is made of copper and is about 1 m high. This is a Ming Dynasty work handed down from Chongfu Temple. The building with three eaves and two floors at the back is about 4.5 meters high. It has exquisite structure and unique shape. It is said that it imitates the style of the Great Tibetan Classics Pavilion here in the Tang Dynasty, and it was made in the Ming Dynasty, which is of great ornamental and research value. Statues on the east and west. The seven statues in the East are sand.
Rock statue, about 1 m high, from the site of the old temple in Nan Yulin Township, Shuozhou. There are 7 gilded sandalwood statues in the west, including 1 Buddha, 4 bodhisattvas and 2 arhats, which are the relics of Shen Ying Temple, a famous temple in Xishan, Shuozhou.
The two five-room-wide attached halls of Chongfu Temple stand opposite each other, with Manjushri, the original residence of Manjushri Bodhisattva and Eighteen Arhats in the east, and the Diku Hall, the original residence of Erzheng Bodhisattva and the Ten Heavenly Kings in the west. Now, the statues in the two halls are gone, and they have become cultural relics showrooms. It is worth noting that, according to the practice of Buddhist temples, if Manjusri Hall is on the east side, Pu Xian Hall should be on the west side; If the west side is the Dizang King Hall, the east side should be the Guanyin Hall. However, here, Manjusri Hall is opposite to Dizang Hall.
Just north of the Fourth Courtyard of Chongfu Temple is the main hall of Chongfu Temple, that is, Tomi Hall, which is 7 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep, with a building area of about 937 square meters and a height of 2 1 more than 9 meters, of which the platform height is about 2 meters and the clear height of the main hall is1more than 9 meters. Mituo Temple was built in the third year of Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1 143). It is one of the three existing Buddhist temples in Liao and Jin Dynasties in China (the other two are in Datong and Yixian, Liaoning Province), and it is also the essence of the temple. The plaques, statues, murals, carved doors and windows and ridged glass of Tomi Hall are called "the five wonders of Jin Dynasty". Let's enjoy it one by one.
The vertical plaque of "Tomitang" under the eaves of the facade is an original in the 24th year of Jin Dading (A.D. 1 184). After more than 800 years of spring and autumn.
In the main hall, there are five Buddhist altars and nine statues. The "Three Saints of the West" sit in the theme, with Tomi Buddha in the middle, Guanyin Bodhisattva in the east and Bodhisattva in the west. The three main statues are elegant, dignified and quiet, and distinguished. On both sides of the main statue are four mighty Bodhisattva statues, and the first two corners of the altar are 0 King Kong, commonly known as the two generals of Hum and Ha. Nine statues of * * * live in the Buddhist altar, with clear priorities and scattered heights, forming a harmonious whole. Although the statue was reassembled in the Ming Dynasty, its shape, body, face and clothing still maintained the original modeling style of the Jin Dynasty, and it is a rare fine statue of the Jin Dynasty.