Source: Yangcheng Evening News
Xinhuanet Guangzhou, March 26th (Lin) On a dirt road less than 500 meters in Gaozhou City, "Sangu" stood side by side. The reason why we say "actually" is that many local people don't know that there is this special building complex in the urban area.
It is understood that Gaozhou with a long history is the place with the largest number of nuns in Guangdong. The oldest local nun and the youngest nun who recently became a monk are all in the above-mentioned "Nangong nunnery Group".
Why have three nuns been built in a short span of 500 meters? Why are there so many nuns in Gaozhou? How do they coexist with the ancient Buddha in Deng Qing? Led by the director of Gaozhou Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau, the reporter went to Nangong Temple Group to explore the "mystery". ...
Gaozhou nuns "gather together"! On the afternoon of June 17, a cadre of Gaozhou Municipal Committee Office inadvertently mentioned this anecdote to reporters. /kloc-On the afternoon of 0/9, the reporter, led by Kuang Wenhua, director of the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of Gaozhou City, came to the Nangong Temple Group.
Leizhou people have the largest number in Zhong Ni.
Turn from Nanguan Street into an unmarked intersection on the west side, and you will face an inconspicuous "Xingwen Stone Bridge". After crossing the stone bridge, it is a bumpy muddy road with a length of less than 500 meters. Nangong Temple Group is located on the left hillside of Lanlu, followed by Baolian Temple, Long Fu Temple and Huishui Temple, standing shoulder to shoulder. At present, there are official monks 16 in Bhikuni (including 5 in Baolian Temple, 3 in Long Fu Temple and 8 in Huishui Temple).
Li Qingwen, a 70-year-old man known as the "living fossil of Gaozhou", told reporters that there were 13 nuns in ancient Gaozhou city, and now there are only five temples left. In addition to the three temples in Nangong Temple Group, there are Yishou Temple at No.965 and No.438+0 Huancheng North Road in the northern suburb of the county and Huilong Temple next to Pingshan Power Station. Most of them were donated and rebuilt by laymen and believers in recent years, and the rest were demolished because of the change of time.
According to statistics, among the 28 official Nepalese in Gaozhou, Leizhou, Guangdong has the largest number, accounting for nearly half; Followed by Gaozhou people, the rest came from Guangxi, Xinyi, Zhanjiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hebei and other places, with an average age of about 38.9 years old. The oldest is Shi Miaosong (1929, 1 born in Gaozhou, 1942, only 5 years old when he became a monk).
But if the nuns scattered in Gaozhou towns are included, the number will be even larger. So some people say, "Gaozhou nuns are also the best in Guangdong."
Why are there as many as three on the 500-meter road?
It is said that Gaozhou established the Religious Affairs Bureau as early as 1989 (it was changed to the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau in 2002), while other counties and cities in Maoming did not have the same department until 2003. This is not only because there are many temples in Gaozhou, but also because there are many kinds of Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism and Christianity in Gaozhou, which are not found in other areas of Maoming. The background should be that Gaozhou has a long history, and the ancient Gaozhou Prefecture once ranked first among the "Four Xiafu" in Guangdong (Gaozhou Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, Qinzhou Prefecture and Qiongzhou Prefecture).
Why are there so many nuns in Nangongling and Gaozhou?
Qingwen, an old Li Man, thinks that Nangongling Temple is clustered, probably because it is really a treasure trove of geomantic omen. This rotten road in front of Nangong nunnery was an important post road leading to Lianzhou and Qiongzhou in ancient times. It is said that the water in Jianjiang River is so deep that boatmen can't reach the bottom of the river with bamboo poles. In view of the fact that the river flows down to Nangongling to form a backflow place, there is a pagoda on the left bank of the river and a temple or temple on the right bank of the river, which will be of guarding significance. This practice was very common in ancient times.
Another Gaozhou elder told reporters: "What does' Nangong' mean? One of the residences of the Crown Prince. In ancient times, the emperor called the palaces where his sons lived "East Palace", "West Palace" and "South Palace" respectively. Legend has it that a prince in Nangong hid on the camphor tree in a temple on the mountain to escape the war. Prince Nangong promised to rebuild the temple if he succeeded to the throne. Later, as he wished, he really allocated huge sums of money to rebuild the temple and named it "Long Fu Temple". The locals also renamed this ridge' Nangongling'. "
But as the two oldest nuns in Gaozhou at present, Shi Miaosong and Shi Jingwei's answer is very simple. The former said: "I had it when I became a monk (5 years old)"; Shi Jingwei, known as "Shi Gong", said, "Fate! This is the fate of the Buddha! "
Why did Bhikuni say that he walked into an empty net?
Being a monk means "nothing". Why should a young woman walk firmly into an empty net?
Shi Miaosong, who is honored as "Song Bo", said: Her parents are from Gaozhou and her family is a "house boat". Every time she goes out to sea with her parents, she goes to the temple to worship God. She liked this place since she was a child. So when she was 5 years old, her family took her to Huilongan to become a monk. Buddhist nun was demolished during the Cultural Revolution, and she returned to Pingshan (commune) to do farm work for 39 years.
1985 The monk of Yishou Temple said in response to a reporter's question, "Nothing, I just like this place."
In the interview, almost all the monks said that their parents agreed (or acquiesced or ignored) before they became monks, and their parents would send them to buddhist nun after they became monks, and some even set a table in buddhist nun to celebrate.
A layman said: some of these girls experienced life or emotional setbacks before they became monks, and some were because there were many girls at home and they were in financial difficulties. Parents send one or two daughters to the temple to become monks. On the one hand, it can accumulate good deeds, on the other hand, it can reduce the economic burden of families. Why are there the most nuns in Leizhou? It is said that it is for this reason that even the two sisters have become monks together or successively.
Shi Jingwei, known as "Shi Gong", said: When she 17 became a monk, her parents didn't know. Her family is not poor. Her father is a Kuomintang officer and the secretary of the county magistrate. At the age of two, her biological mother died of illness, and her stepmother gave birth to four more children. When she became a monk in Baolian Temple, there was only one master in the temple, and the room was very shabby.
Many young people are sent to Buddhist colleges for further study.
What does buddhist nun usually do when a girl asks to become a monk?
"Generally, we will let her stay in buddhist nun for two years (have a plenty of three years) to see if she is stable and can adapt to life here. Becoming a monk is voluntary, and you can go if you don't adapt; If she can settle down, she must first cut off her long hair and kneel in front of the Buddha. Then I (we) will help her shave and officially accept her as a Buddha apprentice. " Master, stone said:
"Is there anyone who will repent and return to the world after shaving?"
"no! /kloc-more than 99% of 0/00 people will not. " Master Wang Ru said firmly.
It is understood that most young monks will be sent to Buddhist colleges to study Buddhism after being shaved. For example, Master Guo Qing studied Buddhism in Emei Mountain, Sichuan for three years, and now several nuns, such as Master Confucianism, have all left.
According to reports, after graduation, they will basically return to their original places. Stone way: "buddhist nun people are few, they will all come back; You don't have to come back if there are many people. Being a monk is a cosmopolitan home. But if you want to go somewhere else, someone must accept it first. If you don't come back, no one will accept it, and you have to wait for the college to distribute it. "