On September 13, 2020, friends were invited to search for the legendary immortal seal in Yidu, Fuqing.
Immortal seal, Yongtai county records: "Immortal seal, in the rock of Yidu Luohan Temple, there is a seal cross, which is so strange that people can't recognize it." Ouyang Yongshu got it, and he liked it without engraving it. For example, he meant writing and painting, and wanted to translate it in Chinese calligraphy. Cai Shousan Mountain, translated Taoist book. He said: "Being original and keeping the truth, there is immortality in it. "
Ming? As evidenced by Wang Wan's poem "Seal of Immortals in Stone Chambers":
The mountain gods can remember, when is a big book? Drunk as a fiddler. I want to ask about the strange wine, and my literary talent is now resting. Laugh, who is wrist strength? Clouds fell on the paper, and the ghost left, but the smell made the pen wind. The army directly crushed 120 city, and the athletes stayed at 300 camps overnight. Miao Yan learns neither beauty nor grandeur, nor flags. Hoo hoo! For thousands of years, it is difficult to find out why Prime Minister Shang Cai has no right to draw a painting. ("Ji Huan Ji Chao")
Qing? Jiang Chen also wrote a poem with the same title: "The grass is like a product next to Luohan Temple, and the moss is sealed as cold blue." The strange word crack day in the middle, ghosts and gods care for Jane's hand. Who was good at seal script in ancient times? Before Reese, after Yang Bing. No matter how many barrels of ink you put in, why is it so thin that it is difficult to understand the gods? Anger and thunder, erratic and steep. Stubborn ten thousand cattle return to the wrist, gallop a thousand horses, and hear the sound of the wind. I haven't seen a stone for a long time, so I asked the monk to laugh and clap his hands. Teaching is really a mystery, and it is great to say that it is a fairy! "
Qing? Lin Buxian also has the poem "Luohan Temple": "When living in a cave, Jia Ming went back to the Tang Dynasty. Talking about Buddhism after the dust settles, the fun is no different from learning Zen. There are signs that the hue is solemn, and the fairy provides it. I am going to visit the cliff stone carvings, and my eyes are broken. "
From this perspective, the immortal seal is both mysterious and hard to find. Apart from arousing the great interest of famous artists Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, it is difficult for people after the Ming Dynasty to find traces. Although I went with the same interest today, the result can be imagined. Thanks to the enthusiastic help of Mr. Chen Lingfeng, a donkey friend, I soon found Lohan Temple. This Luohanli is now the capital town of Fuqing, and it belongs to Fuqing County of Yongtai County from 65438 to 0958. Luohan Temple is about 5 kilometers away from Yidu Town. There is a cement road leading to the front of the temple. The temple is surrounded by mountains and is being repaired. Four ancient pillars stand on the left front of the temple, making the temple more historic. The temple is small in scale, with only a single floor and two entrances, and a wing next to it. On the wall of the hall, there is a stone tablet rebuilt and donated light years ago. There is no cliff nearby, and there are two rooms next to it. Because of the reconstruction, you can't see the historic sites. I specifically asked the villagers, who didn't know that they had never seen ancient Chinese characters, but many years before I told them, someone had carefully explored them. Are there any big stones nearby? It is said that there was a big stone beside the temple, which was later chopped into material and disappeared. We can only return with regret.
Back in Yidu Town, I visited Ding Huang's former residence, so the geographical location is particularly good. There are many heritages: the stone gate is not big, and the place to sit is similar. The stone remains of the gate, front hall and patio bear witness to the long river of history. The main seat was later turned over. Less than a hundred years ago, there was a big lotus pond, about 3 acres, with a wide view in the distance. There are two peaks in front, a writing pen and an official hat, which are very similar. Environment makes people, and nature implies people. This is not superstition, it is science, but people can't understand it. There is a brief introduction near the old house: Ding Huang, the third champion of Yongfu. I still respect history.
On the way back, Mr. Chen talked about the inscriptions of Dongshan Village and Ouyang Xiu not far away, which made me excited. Is there an inscription by Lord Ouyang here? It's hard to believe!
Ouyang Xiu's inscription is located on two fangs-shaped rock walls in Shitoukeng, Dongshan Village, Yidu Town. The distance between the two rocks is about 10 meter, and one of them faces north. The inscription of "Sanshengshi" in seal script is clear, about 0.2×0.3 meters, and it is easy to recognize with red paint. The word "Yongshu" on the side is ambiguous. To the west, the wall is engraved with a "posthumous photo desk", which is also a seal script, each word is 0.3x0.5 meters, and the inscription "Ouyang Yongshu" is a regular script, which is still recognizable. Seal cutting is a rare cliff stone carving with vigorous fonts and smooth strokes. It is difficult to judge whether Ouyang Xiu is an original or not, but Ouyang Xiu has been to Luohan Temple to enjoy the immortal seal, and it is impossible to leave an inscription here. Otherwise, why should future generations borrow Ouyang Yongshu to get a fake inscription? If so, what is the intention? On the contrary, the Fuqing people of Niu B are not confident. The inscription signed by such a big figure is only published as 1987 county-level cultural relics protection unit, and there is no protection at all? It really makes people doubt that Fuqing, the largest county in Fuzhou, should pay due attention to culture!
However, it is said that there is a story behind the "Three Saints" and the "Photo Desk": Ouyang Xiu and the jade dragon champion Huang Dingyuan belong to the same family in the Southern Tang Dynasty!
Back in the second year of the Song Dynasty, namely 1050, 44-year-old Ouyang Xiu (1007~ 1072) went to visit his 50-year-old brother Huang Xiang in Yu Long, Yongfu County (1000~ 1078). So, Ouyang Xiu and his brother Huang Xiang saw a sign on the side of the road with the words "Photo Desk". For an instant, he was full of thoughts, as if he thought it was an agreement in a previous life, so he carved three characters of "Sanshengshi" on another rock, which combined the words of Buddhism: past life, present life and afterlife.
Attachment: 200 1, Ouyang Xiu was found in Diaoyuan Village, Xingqiao Town, Jizhou District, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province. According to reports, he is the great-grandson of Renying Huang, a scholar in the late Tang Dynasty and a bachelor of cabinet in Duanmingtang, and Huang Yan, the son of Renying Huang, adopted his uncle Ouyang Bin's family in Jinjiang, southern Fujian, and changed his name to Ouyang Yan. This Renying Huang and Yidu champion Ding Huang are descendants of Huang Ai of Chu Shi in the late Tang Dynasty.