The Five Mountains and Ten Temples in the Song Dynasty enjoyed many privileges, and the abbot was a monk appointed by the imperial court. The temples are magnificent and there are countless precious cultural relics; The temple fields given by the government range from several thousand acres to tens of thousands of acres. They are not only the sixteen temples with the highest status in ancient times, but also the most solemn and magnificent temples, which can be called the top "rich temples".
Temple name: Congress Temple
Guansi ranking: Shisha 10.
It was founded in the 18th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (598).
Address of Zen Temple: Chengguan Town, Tiantai County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Opening hours: 06:00- 16:00.
Temple history: 142 1 year
The Imperial Palace is located in Chengguan Town, Tiantai County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. Founded in the 18th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (598), it was originally named Tiantai Temple. Later, it was renamed Xiaoguo Temple. The temple covers an area of 73,000 square meters. Building this temple is the last wish of the Sui Dynasty monk Zhiyi.
Zhiyi is one of the top ten famous monks in the history of China. Born in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the common name is Chen Dean. My father was an official of the Liang Dynasty. /kloc-when he was 0/7 years old, Liang Bing was in a state of chaos, and his family was ruined, so he made a vow to become a monk. /kloc-became a monk at the age of 0/8. At the age of 20, he studied law intensively and was punished. At the age of 23, I learned from monk Huisi. Six years later, monk Huisi went to Jinling to preach Buddhism. At the age of 3 1, he was invited to give a lecture on Hokkekyo at the famous Shawaguan Temple. The King of Jin (Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty) worshiped the Buddha as a teacher and invited the Bodhisattva to give him a talisman.
Wang Jin Yang Guang (Emperor Yang Di)
Zhi Zhi Hong Guang's teaching method initiated the teaching method of "Five-time Eight-time Religion", invented the idea of "one thought, three thousand, three truths in one", and founded Tiantai Sect, the first Sect in the history of Buddhist sects in China. Shishou is 60 years old and has built 36 temples in his life. After his demise, Yang Guang, King of Jin, built another Buddhist temple in Tiantai Mountain, formerly known as Tiantai Temple, and named it "Congress Temple" in the first year of Daye (605).
Congress Temple was originally built in the style painted by Zhi Yi, the founder of Tiantai Sect. Since Tiantai Sect was founded, Zhiyi has always wanted to build a temple as the official ancestral home of the Sect, but due to the shortage of funds, construction has not been started. In his last suicide note, he said, "If you don't look at the temple, you will hate it." Yang Guang, the king of Jin, was very moved when he saw this book, so he sent Sima Wang Hong to supervise the construction of imperial academy. The newly-built Congress Temple is located at the front slope of Bagui Peak, about 100 meters behind the Ursa Major Hall.
More than 200 years later, during the Huichang period at the end of the Tang Dynasty (about 845), Li Yan of Tang Wuzong wrote a letter to destroy Buddhism and Taoism, and the National Assembly Temple was abandoned and the original temple was burned down. The following year, Tang Wuzong died and Xuanzong acceded to the throne. Six years after the temple was destroyed, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Chen Li announced the reconstruction of the National Assembly Temple. In the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty (85 1), the famous calligrapher Liu Gongquan wrote the inscription "Dazhong Qing Palace", which was engraved on the cliff behind the temple and is still clearly recognizable today.
In the second year of Song Jingde (1005), the imperial court offered a reward of 2,000 yuan to rebuild the temple, renamed it "To the German Sub-supervisor", and Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong personally gave clothes and hundreds of imperial books to build an imperial bookstore in the temple. There are leaf sutras, sandalwood Buddha statues and Buddha's teeth in the Imperial Book Pavilion of the Imperial Palace. In the second year of Song Jianyan (1 128), the imperial palace was rebuilt and expanded. After the completion of the National Assembly Temple, it has a grand scale and a magnificent hall. 1 130 years, Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty changed the "Guoqing lecture temple" (Tiantai Sect of Buddhism) to "Guoqing Zen Temple" (Zen Buddhism). Decades after changing to Zen, Zhao Kuo, the Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, listed Guosi as one of the "Ten Temples" of Zen.
During the Yuan Dynasty. Dajiu Temple was allowed to restore Tiantai Sect. However, in the second year after Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he changed the National Assembly Temple into a Zen Temple, and this change was 560 years. It was not until the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930) that the Tiantai county government and local gentry invited Master Jingquan to return to Xiaoguo Temple to give lectures, and Xiaoguo Temple resumed its status as Tiantai Sect.
In the early years of Kangxi, due to disrepair, the Hall of the Great Hero was seriously damaged and the wall of the Hall collapsed. The renovation of Xiaoguo Temple was put on the agenda of the imperial court, and Emperor Kangxi determined the reconstruction plan of Xiaoguo Temple. However, the reconstruction cost was huge, and it was not until 1733 six or seventy years later that Yong Zhengdi, the son of Kangxi, raised the money. Xiaoguo Temple was rebuilt on 1734. In the process of reconstruction, Yong Zhengdi specially presented a book "Dragon Collection" as a treasure of imperial academy.
Dajiu Temple was completed in August 1735, and Yongzheng died in September of the same year. Qianlong ascended the throne, recorded the reconstruction with imperial brush, and carved the imperial monument in the National Assembly Temple.
Building an international airport has worried an emperor in Sun San for a century! I'm really curious. How much did it cost to build the Parliament Temple? Looking back at history, this temple was once tied to five generations and ten emperors!
Most of the ancient temples in China are surrounded by mountains on three sides, while the National Assembly Temple is surrounded by mountains and double streams. The "philosopher's tower courtyard" where philosophers give lectures is located in the northeast of the temple, so the entrance of the temple faces east instead of south. This is not only a memory of the wise master who built the temple, but also implies that "purple gas comes from the east."
Dajiu Temple is the birthplace and ancestral home of Tiantai Sect in China, and also the ancestral home of Tiantai Sect in Japanese and Korean Buddhism. Master Tang and his entourage, Hanshan, Shide, Jigong, the founder of Kaizong in Dongmi, Japan, Master Cheng, the founder of Kaizong in Taimi, Japan, and many other eminent monks were stationed in the temple.
Obuchi's influence goes far beyond home and abroad. When Jian Zhen crossed to the East, he made a pilgrimage to the Parliament Temple.
Japanese monks studying abroad go to Tiantai Mountain to study Taoism and Buddhism. After returning to China, they built Liyan Temple in Hiei Mountain, Japan, and founded Tiantai Sect of Japan, honoring Guohou Temple in Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang Province as the ancestral home.
The most sincere mage in Japan
Although the National Assembly Temple was destroyed by fires or storms several times during the 880 years from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, it was destroyed and repeatedly built. Every time it is rebuilt, the scale of the temple has developed, and its location has also expanded to the flat and open area at the foot of the mountain. Amin scholar Wen Li mentioned in the article Tiantai lue that imperial academy's "supporting place is Shiquan, named Zhang Xiquan", indicating that Zhang Xiquan was at the end of the temple at that time, that is, his present position. Then it shows that at the latest in the Ming Dynasty, Guoshou Temple has been extended to this site.
In the turbulent period of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s, the imperial harem was destroyed again.
1973, Zhou Enlai ordered the restoration of kokuseiji to be completed before 1975, and allocated 300,000 yuan. At the same time, a large number of precious Buddha statues and utensils were transported from Beijing to temples.
1984, Tiantai Sect Research Association (now Tiantai Mountain Buddhist College) was reopened.
In 2006, the National Assembly Temple was approved by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Kokuseiji covers an area of 73,000 square meters (1 10 mu), with a building area of 28,000 square meters, more than 600 temple buildings and more than 8,000 houses. This is a huge ancient architectural complex. The building is an official building in the early Qing dynasty, built on the mountain, layered on top of it. More than 600 ancient buildings are arranged along four north-south axes. The buildings outside the mountain gate-Sui Pagoda, Pavilion, "Always Holding the View of Education", Fenggan Bridge, "Ancient Temple of Sui Dynasty" and the mountain gate of National Assembly Temple-are all built according to the terrain, naturally scattered everywhere, but naturally harmonious.
Liang Meiwei: There is a Liang Meiwei in the National Assembly Temple, which was planted by Zhang An, a monk of Sui Dynasty and the fifth ancestor of Tiantai Sect, on the right side of Daxiong Hall. According to research, Liang Meiwei has a history of 1300 years, and it is one of the three oldest plum trees in China.
Sui Tower: Sui Tower is located 6 miles northeast of Tiantai Chengguan Town. In the eighteenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty, Wang Jian of Jin Dynasty "reported gratitude to the tower", reporting that the master was bound by the precepts of Bodhisattva. Huichang Fanan was damaged in the Tang Dynasty and was restored in the second year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1 128). With a residual height of 59.4 meters and a side length of 4.6 meters, it is one of the tallest ancient pagodas in Zhejiang. It is a hollow pavilion-style brick-wood structure, with cornices and arches destroyed by fire, and cavities are formed around it. The architecture of Sui Tower is unique. There is no usual spire at the top of the tower except the brick tower wall and the carved Buddha statue. Standing in the tower, you can see the blue sky directly.
Abbot building: Abbot building is the place where China Life Temple receives Chinese and foreign guests. Located in the center of kokuseiji East complex.
Guanyin temple: Adjacent to Zhangxiquan, the newly-built guanyin temple has double eaves, built on the mountain, and a bucket arch, which stands behind and above the Hall of Great Heroes. Guanyin Temple is about15m long and12m wide. There is a golden Guanyin statue with thousands of hands and eyes in the center of the hall, with 32 Guanyin incarnations standing or sitting on both sides.
This hall was built with the donation of150,000 yuan from Xia Jingshan, Mr. Yang Maoci and Ms. Wu Meiying.
Thanksgiving Tower: Located in the west of Kannonji, it was built in September 1985 with a donation of 100000 yen from Japanese Lianzong believers. Tiantai Mountain is the most prosperous and miraculous place where the missionary master (the most sincere master among Japanese monks) once studied abroad. Monk Rilian worships Tiantai Sect (the master of the wise) very much, and firmly believes that the origin of Hokkekyo as a Buddhism is Tiantai Sect, and the tower was built to show "gratitude and kindness".
Seven Pagodas: Also known as the Welcome Pagoda, it was built to commemorate "seven buddha in the past". "seven buddha" refers to Sakyamuni Buddha and the six Buddhas who appeared in front of him. They are Vishnu corpse Buddha, corpse abandoned Buddha, Vishnu floating Buddha, Vishnu Sun Buddha, Vishnu Mani Buddha, Gaya Buddha and Sakyamuni Buddha. The Seven Pagodas in Sui and Tang Dynasties are long gone, and now they are built in the original site of 1973.
Yuhua Temple: There are statues of "Four Heavenly Kings" in the temple, commonly known as "King Kong Hall" or "King of Heaven Hall". According to legend, the wise master, the founder of Tiantai Sect, once talked about the Lotus Sutra, which moved the sky with sincerity and made it rain, hence the name "Yuhua Hall".
Precious cultural relics: A large number of precious cultural relics such as cliff stone carvings, calligraphy, Buddha statues and artifacts are preserved around the National Assembly Temple. There are the bronze statue of Sakyamuni in Ming Dynasty 13 ton, the nanmu Lohan 18 statue carved in Yuan Dynasty, and the cliff handwriting of Wang Xizhi, Liu Gongquan, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Zhu. There is a monument outside the temple to commemorate the astronomer monk and his party in the Tang Dynasty. They went to the National Assembly Temple to calculate the Great Yan Li and the thich nhat hanh Tower.
Congress Temple is an ancient historical and cultural temple. Meng Haoran, Li Bai, Jia Dao, Pi Rixiu, Lu Guimeng, Du Xunhe, Shi Hong, Guo Moruo, Deng Tuo and Zhao Puchu all left Mo Bao.
Ulan Pot Dharma Meeting: After the master spoke in Tiantai Mountain, it was stipulated that Ulan Pot Dharma Meeting would be held in each temple Antang every year. The time is from the ninth to the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, ***7 days. I thought I would repay my parents' kindness and prolong my life. At that time, there will be thousands of believers at home and abroad. During the Dharma meeting, the first person spoke the Bible of orchid flowerpots in Miaofa Hall every morning for about 2 hours.