According to the data recorded in the light spectrum of Longhu Temple in Dehua County Records (Qianlong Edition) and the genealogy of five Lim Kim San, "three generations of ancestors were reincarnated as Vishnu floating Buddha", and Vishnu floating Buddha is the third Buddha in seven buddha, so Buddhist believers call it "three generations of ancestors" or "three generations of floating Buddha". Three generations of ancestors surnamed Lin, Wang Bi and Zi Chao. My ancestral home is Xiagubao, Renyili, Yongfu County, Fujian Province. In the second year of Song Longxing (AD 1 164), Shen Jia was born in Yinggedun, Shangyong, Dehua County (now the former site of Dehua No.2 Middle School). /kloc-at the age of 0/2, he became a monk in Shao Ping Temple. Crossing the famous mountains, I suddenly dreamed that strangers were leading to Taihu Mountain, and I saw the ancient trees flowing back to the extraordinary realm. That is, climb the Dragon and Tiger Mountain to watch, and see four mountains in front and water behind, just like small bamboo. Therefore, the temple was built in the land of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, and the Taoist couple got married, asked for a sign, and they were superb in their ways, giving extensive help, saving lives and ensuring a bumper harvest, and their merits were boundless. In the second year of Song Jiatai (A.D. 1202), on the fourth day of December in Ren Xu, he made a positive result and sat on the Dragon and Tiger Mountain (the existing platform) at the age of 39. Statues of later generations are dedicated and honored as "Authentic Lin Ji, Longhu School, Blue Sky of Ten Thousand Generations-Zhuoxi Kaiji Clear Water". Father Pu 'an was introduced into Longhu Temple from Yichun, Jiangxi, and from Yuan Wenzong (A.D. 1 130- 1332), and became one of the founders of the orthodox school. Longhu Temple, founded by three generations of founders, was founded in the Wuwu period in the fourth year of Song Qingyuan (AD 1 198). After the founder sat down, he inherited the Buddha monk who was good at law and the Buddha monk who was a magic weapon of good law. He built a temple with the support of good believers Chen and Zhang Yuanjia. By the end of the Song Dynasty, during the Deyou Yihai period (A.D. 1275), both temples were built and incense was flourishing. In the 14th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (AD 1535), it was destroyed by fire and once declined. A few years later, the forest of Zunmei Village (this village) was rebuilt in Sheshan. He started his career in Ding You and finished his work in Jihai (A.D. 1537- 1539). Since then, through the hard work of several generations of people in neighboring villages, the temples have gradually expanded, with three temples (namely, King Kong Hall, Shajiaduo Hall and Zushi Hall) and a series of buildings ***99, such as door pavilions, monasteries, calligraphy buildings, pilgrims' rooms and dining halls. The scale is grand and the hall is brilliant. There are four gold pillars in the hall, each with a diameter of 55 cm (the pillars are still there), and the incense is heavy. However, in the 1950s, the incense was weak, and in the 1970s, the Buddha statues were destroyed, the halls were demolished and cultural relics were lost. This ancient temple has fallen into ruins and declined again.
Longhu Temple has experienced two ups and downs. By the beginning of the first month of 1980, the miners Lin Xingxiao, Lin, Lin Rende, Lin Rangtang and others had jointly built the "Chenglou" in the original site of Longhu Temple, and the incense kept burning. 1982, 19 In February, disciple Lin Xingpai invited Jiubaochoude 1270 yuan, the owner of Longhu Temple, to sculpt eight statues, including the three-generation patriarch, the Pu 'an patriarch and the Buddha Guanyin, and offered them for worship. 1985 On the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, under the auspices of the forty-eighth generation of eminent monks Wannian and Lin Xingpai, representatives of Jiubao were invited to gather to set up the "Dragon and Tiger Temple Preparatory Committee". Due to the early time, the preparatory work has not progressed. 1 99410 June1day, President Li of the Third Ancestor Association of Taiwan Province Province and Mr. Lin Yimin of Longhu Palace in Chiayi, Taiwan Province, traced back to Longhu Temple, expressing their urgent desire to rebuild Longhu Temple. 1February, 1995 19, Lin, Lin xingxiao, suo, Lin xingqiao and others once again invited representatives from Jiubao to gather in Shangkuang village to set up a "preparatory meeting for the construction of Longhu Temple" and began to do a good job in publicity and liaison. 1March, 995 15, led by county chairman Li Xiaoyi, county vice chairman Liang Dingyun, county Taiwan Industry Minister Wang, county government office director Liao and others, invited Lin Ranping, Lin Zhimin, Lin Xingzun and other leaders to Shangkuang Village to formally establish the Longhu Temple Construction Council and the preparatory office, and elected Lin as the chairman. At the meeting, the General Rules for the Construction of Longhu Temple and the Financial Management System for the Construction of Longhu Temple were formulated, and then the Hu Mei Township Government submitted the examination and approval procedures. 1May 995 15 Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of Religious Affairs officially approved the construction. In July of the same year, the "Meilong Highway Command" was established and opened to traffic on August 8. 165438+ 10 completed a 7.2-kilometer simple road on October 5. On the same day, a group of 2 1 people from Taiwan Province Province, accompanied by Li Xiaoyi, Wang and other leaders, drove to Longhu Temple for the first time to pay homage to the three generations of ancestors and pay homage to the sacred places such as the platform and the Buddha's tomb. Longhu Temple has been recognized as the birthplace of three generations of ancestral temples in Taiwan Province Province. 1996 65438+1October 9th (November 19th of the lunar calendar), the foundation stone laying ceremony for the reconstruction of Longhu Temple was held. In June of the same year, the design drawings of the main building passed the examination and approval of the preparatory office, and construction officially started in mid-July. In the preparation process, it was supported by county and township leaders, and the county government, city and county transportation bureaus, county finance bureaus and other units successively allocated 220,000 yuan to support road construction, which provided great help for the restoration of historical sites.
Longhu Temple is a large-scale building, which is divided into four halls: Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Ancestral Hall and Sleeping Buddha Hall. The construction area is 1050 square meter, with an investment of more than 3 million yuan, and the newly opened roads and pavement hardening are nearly 5 million yuan, with a total investment of more than 8 million yuan.
There are many believers of three generations in Taiwan Province Province. There are six temples dedicated to John John Bowring Palace in Linshu Town of Taipei County, Shun 'an Palace in Pingxi Township, Longhu Palace in Cao Lu Township of Chiayi County, Li Xiaoxin Ancestral Temple in Huashan Town of Tainan County, Long Fu Palace in Xinyuan Township of Pingtung County and Qingshui Palace in Jiuru Township. All localities take turns to host and get together once a year. Although incense fills the air in the temple, its followers do not know the origin of the three generations of ancestors, and intend to carry forward the god of ancestors, but there is no pulse to be found. Disciples in Taiwan Province Province searched all the books related to Buddhism, Taoism, temples and immortal records, but found nothing. Finally, they only included a little in the local chronicles of various provinces and the general history of Fujian in the National Central Library. Believers have been to Dengfeng County, Henan Province, and Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, and found nothing. During the period of 1993, Mr. Lin Yimin of Longhu Palace in Chiayi, Taiwan Province, saw that the local people also worshipped three generations of ancestors and listened to the elders' detailed description of the miracle of ancestors' manifestation and saving the world. However, no one can know where the ancestors came from. I only know "Tiger Head" or "Dragon Tiger". Therefore, Zhenwen Lin, a local relative, was asked to explore everywhere in his spare time. 1in the spring of 994, he finally found the Dragon and Tiger Temple as the birthplace of three generations of ancestors on the Jinbi Peak in Shangkuang Village, Hu Mei Township, Dehua County, according to the inscriptions left by three generations of ancestors in Guangxu Decade of Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1884). 1in the autumn of 994, Mr. Lin Yimin invited President Li to visit Dehua to worship his ancestors. Under the leadership of local Linxing Bridge, he walked for more than two hours to Longhu Temple to pay homage to three generations of ancestors. Lin Xingqiao told the story of Longhu Temple, when incense was at its peak and people from all over the world flocked to visit it. The miracle of Longhu is often effective. Unfortunately, in the 1970s, the temple was demolished and the historic sites were destroyed. Now, although devout people occasionally come to worship, it is not easy to climb the mountain because of the bad road conditions, and there are less than 1000 worshippers. The local forest has a book "The Lantern Spectrum of Longhu", which contains the historical records of three generations of ancestors and the construction of Longhu Temple in different years. When Mr. Lin Yimin knew this, he asked to take a copy of this book back to Taiwan Province Province for publicity.
1In the spring of 1995, Li Xiaoyi, Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference of Dehua County, wrote to Mr. Lin Yimin, explaining that villagers in Hu Mei Township and other places in Dehua County initiated the reconstruction of Longhu Temple and had set up a board of directors and a preparatory office. Nearby villagers began to clear roads and build bridges, and the county transportation bureau and the finance bureau promised to subsidize some funds, and the reconstruction structure was slightly planned. Please give your full support to the temples of the three generations of grandfathers' associations in Taiwan Province Province, and send an architectural brochure of Longhu Temple. Mr. Zheng from Taipei Dehua Association also actively invited people from Taiwan Province Province to participate in this grand event.
1995 165438+10. In October, under the leadership of President Li, directors, deputy directors, officers and enthusiasts of John Palace, Chiayi Longhu Palace, Tainan Longhu Palace, Pingtung Palace and Shimizu Palace16 people were warmly welcomed and entertained by local villagers. The road from Hu Mei Township to Longhu Mountain has been completed, and the motorcade can go directly to Longhu Temple. They climbed the Jinbi Peak to pay homage to three generations of ancestors, and then climbed the right Cangcen Mountain to visit the ancestral platform and the Buddha's tomb. The stone carvings of the ancestors on the Buddha's tomb are lifelike, and everyone has taken pictures as a souvenir. After returning to China, a forum was held in the township government of Hu Mei to discuss the construction of Longhu Temple, and the heads of the temples all expressed their strong willingness to sponsor.
1996 65438+1On October 9th, Mr. Lin Yimin attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of Longhu Temple on behalf of Taiwan Province Regional Friendship Association. And obtained 1 copy of Shengtian Lake Rock and Civilization Spectrum from Master Jiti, who was then the abbot of Longhu Temple, which included the historical origin of Longhu Temple and the historical changes of three generations. The rest of the photocopies were taken back to sort out, and the original Longhu spectrum was bound into a book as a historical reference for studying the three generations of Longhu Temple.
1996 1 30th, four people, including Li Xiaoyi, Chairman of the County Political Consultative Conference and President of the German-Taiwanese People's Exchange Association, and Wang, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the County and Vice President of the German-Taiwanese People's Exchange Association, went to Taipei, Keelung, Yilan, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi and Changhua at the invitation of Mr. Yuan Jinshui, Director of the Management Committee of the National Palace in Shuntian, Taiwan Province Province. From February 4th to 6th, accompanied by Mr. Li, Mr. He Changgui and Mr. Lin Yimin, the presidents of the three generations of Taiwan Province Province, we visited five temples in Longhu Temple in Taiwan Province Province. Every palace and temple has organized a grand welcoming team and arranged a special forum. During the discussion, they said that they had visited several provinces in the mainland for many times, and finally they were very happy to find three generations of ancestors in Longhushan, Dehua, and made suggestions for * * * to rebuild Longhuzu Temple. After consultation with the temple governing committees, Li donated NT$ 654.38 million each, totaling RMB 500,000. At the same time, it is decided to organize a delegation to visit Longhu Temple every year. Taiwan Province's China Times published a special report on "Three generations of ancestors matching cross-strait religious exchanges" on February 6th. Through exchanges, friendship has been deepened and cross-strait religious and cultural exchanges have been promoted.
199610125 October, led by Li Xiaoyi, Chairman of CPPCC and President of German-Taiwanese People's Exchange Association, a seminar on the history of Longhu Temple was held. More than 00 people attended the seminar, including Li rate 100, president of the Taiwan Province Association of Three Generations of Ancestors, and representatives from Longyan, Datian, Xianyou, Nan 'an and Jinjiang. More than ten articles and related materials were handed in at the meeting, and the heads of temples in Taiwan Province Province all spoke at the meeting. After discussion and demonstration, all localities agreed that Longhu Temple was the birthplace of three generations of ancestors.
Longhu Temple and the three generations of ancestral temples in Taiwan Province Province are in the same strain. With the continuous contact of three generations of believers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the economic and cultural exchanges between Fujian and Taiwan have been continuously strengthened, which has enhanced friendship and promoted the early reunification of the motherland.