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Guanghua Temple Attractions Introduction:
Guanghua Temple Scenic Area is located at the east end of Culaishan National Forest Park. It is one of the six major scenic spots in the park, with superior geographical environment, miraculous scenery, rich landscape resources, and typical mountainous natural scenery. According to the inscriptions, Guanghua Temple was first introduced in the Wei capital, followed by the Sui Dynasty, and passed through the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. It has risen and fallen again and again, and has flourished and declined over time. It has a history of more than 1,540 years and is a prosperous place for Buddhism. After more than a thousand years of wind, frost, snow and rain, the temple has become dilapidated. In 1995, with the support of the city government, the Park Management Committee organized and renovated it.
Natural attractions include: ancient pine, Sanyi cypress, eagle's mouth stone, lotus pot, Zhoumeng Cave, and stage stone.
The cultural attractions include: Guanghua Temple, Dabei Temple, Gugu Temple, Paramita Sutra, Mahaprajna Sutra, Pagoda Forest, Immortal Bridge. In the temple, there are inscriptions on the reconstruction of Guanghua Temple in the ninth year of Qianlong and the reconstruction in the tenth year of Guangxu. The inscription at that time shows the main hall on the front.
1. Temples and pavilions
The mountains are close to the mountains, surrounded by lush greenery, and the fine houses are illuminated. When you arrive at the door, thousands of trees are gathered together, and a monk greets you as you cross the stream. The water and rocks are clear and cold, and the wind in the pines raises the sound of Sanskrit. At this time, Chen Yangguo's mind was also clear (Chengcheng's "Su Guanghua Temple"). On the bank of the Blue River in Culaixie Mountain, there is a famous ancient temple, Guanghua (Hua) Temple. According to the Yuan Dynasty's "Reconstruction of the Guanghua Temple Stele.": The people who came to the Guanghua Temple were lucky. It was originally founded in the Later Wei Dynasty and became known as Guanghua in the Sui Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty ruled the world for more than three hundred years, and the mantle was passed down from generation to generation, and the sect was never lost. In recent years, an inscribed stone with an inscription on a silver-colored sheep statue dating from the third year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (479) was unearthed at the temple site, proving that there is indeed historical evidence for the temple's founding in the Northern Dynasties. In the seventh year of Xiangfu (1014) in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was given the title Chongqing. The Jin Dynasty was destroyed by war, and the palaces and halls were reduced to ashes. In the first year of Emperor Dingzong of Mongolia (1246), Deputy Marshal Shizhen of the Left renovated the temple and restored its old appearance. Yijin Gaoxu wrote the monument, and the carved stone still exists today. During the Qianlong and Guangxu periods of the Qing Dynasty, people from the countryside successively built more buildings, forming the scale we see today.
Guanghua Temple is a mountain, with two peaks on the left and right. Looking out at the mountains in front, they are like a green screen (Volume 22 of "Dai Lan"). There are mountain gates and distribution halls in the temple. The Main Hall is the main hall of the temple. There are three rooms in the temple, which are in the style of a hard mountain front porch and are magnificent. The four walls of the hall are painted with murals from the Qing Dynasty. Inside the Dongshan Gate there is a monument rebuilt by Qianlong and Guangxu. Two miles southeast of the temple is the tomb pagoda forest, where the bones of eminent monks of the temple have been buried. Many pagodas still existed in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. There is an ancient pine and an ancient cypress in the temple, both of which are over a thousand years old. The name of the cypress is Sanyi cypress, and there are three trees in each book. The towers and miaos compete with each other, and the pens are vertical and green. The pine is called the Temple pine, Yimu pine, which looks like a red phoenix spreading its wings, with its crown covering more than an acre. There is a mountain spring flowing under the pine tree, and the sun is shining brightly. In the poem "Culai Guanghua Temple" written by Shen Guiqing of the Qing Dynasty, the monk is lying on the top of the pavilion, the crane nests and the pine clouds are on top, which is a good sentence to describe the pine trees in the temple.
In recent years, the Guanghua Temple Forestry Farm has renovated the temple and rebuilt the mountain gate and main hall. Although there are no Buddhist chants in the temple, the name of the temple is Guanghua in the mountains, and the red and yellow leaves shine in the eyes and the autumn leaves are thicker than the flowers ( Chengcheng ("Visiting Cuulai Mountain"), the scenic spots are still the same. Every year during the Double Ninth Festival, a large number of tourists come here for sightseeing.
2. Dabei Nunnery
On a hill about 200 meters northeast of Guanghua Temple, there is the ruins of Dabei Nunnery. Only the ruins of the wall and an inscription carved in the forty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign remain. According to the inscription, there is a huge stone in the nunnery. The Feng Shui master said that this is the head of a dragon, and the mountain behind it is the dragon's body. There is a spring on both sides of the huge stone, which is the water source of Dabei nunnery. It never dries up no matter in winter or summer. There are ancient stone carvings "Three Smiling Places", "The mountain is high and the moon is small".
3. Maogu Nunnery
There are existing ruins in the Beishan Col of Guanghua Temple.
4. Cliff carvings of the Northern Qi Dynasty
Cliff carvings, a treasure of Chinese calligraphy, are the earliest form of stone carvings in my country. According to historical records, it existed long before the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The so-called cliff refers to stone carvings that use natural stone walls to carve inscriptions to record events. Xu Shen's "Shuowen": Ya means the edge of the mountain; Mo means grind. Feng Yunpeng of the Qing Dynasty said in "Jin Shi Suo": The teeth on the mountain are called cliffs. Cliff stone carvings have their own distinctive features. From the production point of view, they can be made from local materials, are simple and easy to produce, and avoid the labor of cutting down mountains and quarrying stones. It is also rich in natural beauty, adding to the magnificence of the mountains and rivers. The content is also very rich, including records of events, eulogies, and poems with titles and inscriptions.
There are two cliff carvings near Guanghua Temple. One is located on the east side outside the north gate of Guanghua Temple, and the other is located on Yingfo Rock (Liangfu Mountain) to the east of the temple.
The stone carvings 500 meters east of the north gate of Guanghua Temple are carved on a natural stone, commonly known as General Stone. The stone is 1.9 meters high and 2.4 meters wide, with the Great Prajna Wave Sutra engraved on it.
The inscription has 15 lines of straight script, each line has 6-9 characters; the length of the characters is 22 cm, totaling 89 characters, and is inscribed with the title of Prince Chunzao, the champion and the magistrate of General Liang's father. There are 2 lines of Zhi calligraphy on the east side, with the words Wuping Yuanjun in the middle. The content of the carved stone is: Mahaprajna Sutra: Inner and outer space, inner and outer space, empty space, great space, the first space is empty, is empty, is empty, is empty, is empty, scattered, empty, method is empty, self, Wang Shigui, method is empty, cannot be empty, method is empty, cannot be method, empty, champion general, Liang Father County Magistrate Prince Chunxi, Dao Hui, Dao Ang, Dao Xun are true. Zhongzheng Hu Bin Wuping first year.
The Yingfo Rock Carvings, about 3 miles east of Guanghua Temple, are larger and more magnificent than the stone carvings on the huge stone in the north of Guanghua Temple. The stone scriptures are carved on natural stone and are divided into three parts. Layers of carving. The upper layer is vertically engraved with 2 lines of 18 characters, the official script of the Prajnaparamita Sutra champion general Liangfu County Magistrate Wang Zichunji. Among them, the two characters Zichun are juxtaposed, which may be due to insufficient stone surface. The middle layer is engraved with 3 lines and 15 characters of the Sengzhai Dazhai Dazhai in the first year of Puxi Wuping. It is also written in official script. The lower stone surface is larger, 140 cm high and 340 cm wide. It is not polished and has 14 lines of scriptures, 7 characters per line, 98 characters, and 17 cm of scripture, which is slightly smaller than the stone scripture inscribed in the north of Guanghua Temple. The inscription reads: Buddha's words carved by Master Manjusri: World Honored One, why is it called Prajna Paramita? The Buddha said: Prajna Paramita is boundless, limitless, nameless, formless, non-thinking, no refuge, no states, no offenses, no blessings, no regrets, ignorance, no bounds, no divisions, and infinite number. This is called Prajnaparamita, also known as Bodhisattva Mokosattva. The place where he walks is not a walking place, and it is not a place where he is not walking. The first vehicle is called a place of non-walking. Why, there is no thought and no cause. Prince Chun, master of the Prajnaparamita Sutra, champion general, and county magistrate of Liangfu. It was built by the monks in the first year of Puxi Wuping, and it is called Vina Huiyou. According to the date of the inscription, it is estimated that the first year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty was AD 570, which has a history of more than 1,400 years. During the historical ups and downs of more than 1,400 years, most of these stone scriptures are as clear as ever, except for a few that have become unclear. Under the influence of historical and natural winds and rains, it becomes more and more powerful and long-lasting.
From the perspective of calligraphy art, the two stone carvings have reached a high artistic level. The font is mainly official script, but mixed with cursive seal rhyme. The font is majestic, simple and powerful. It has been highly praised by calligraphers of all ages for its superb artistic charm. It has left a heavy mark in the history of Chinese calligraphy and is closely related to Mount Tai. Jingshiyu Sutra Carvings and Zouxian Tieshan Carved Stones are equally famous. They are valuable materials for the study of calligraphy art. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many scholars have conducted extensive research on them. Most of them believe that they are the same as Taishan Jingshiyu and Zouxian Tieshan Cliffs. The carved stone was made by one person. These two carved stones also attracted the attention of overseas people. In 1987, a Japanese student from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in Chuanche went to Liangfu Mountain to inspect the stone carvings at the order of his father. The Japanese student was so amazed that he wrote a banner with the words "One star is better than the moon, spring shines thousands of miles" to express his admiration.
5. Buddha Pine
There is an ancient pine called Buddha Pine on the southwest side of Guanghua Temple. Three people cannot surround the trunk of the tree. The arms welcome guests and have endured wind, frost, snow and rain for more than a thousand years. Although the trunk is twisted, it is full of vitality, like dragons flying and circling in the clouds.
6. Sanyi Cypress
On the west side of the main hall of Guanghua Temple, the tree is 20 meters high. It is divided into three branches, each with a diameter of more than 60 centimeters. The shape resembles the word "meaning", which means three brothers. Peaceful coexistence creates one body, hence the name Sanyi Cypress. The crown height is nearly 8 meters, the crown width is 16 meters, and the crown shape resembles a mushroom cloud.
7. Lotus Basin
It is located on a mountain depression on the east side of Guanghua Temple. It is shaped like a large basin. The surrounding rocks and trees resemble lotus flowers, so it is called the Lotus Basin.
8. Zhou Meng Cave
At the eastern end of Guanghua Temple Scenic Area, there is a cave. It is said that Zhou Meng lived in seclusion here.
9. Immortal Bridge
There is a stone bridge 100 meters south of Guanghua Temple. It has only one hole and only one bridge stone (but it weighs 4-5 tons). It may seem inconspicuous, but two-wheeled vehicles and three-wheeled vehicles can pass on the bridge.
10. Fanxiantai (also known as Stage Stone)
In the deep ravine to the north of Guanghua Temple, there is a huge flat stone. The local people called it Stage Stone. It is said that in ancient times, it was held on March 3rd every year. , there was a mortal immortal meeting in Culai Mountain, which was held at the mortal immortal platform of Guanghua Temple. Both mortals and immortals came here to attend the meeting.