Legend has it that one day, Nurhachi discussed this matter with Baylor, a vassal, and suddenly put forward the idea of moving the capital to Shenyang. This sudden decision surprised everyone, and for a time, everyone expressed opposition. As a result, the monarch and his subjects had a heated debate in the palace. The king and ministers think that Tokyo is already quite big, and if it moves again, it will definitely waste people and money, and the loss will outweigh the gain. Nuhachi believes that "Shenyang is a prosperous place extending in all directions. Can enter and attack, can retreat and defend. Where the capital is established, Daming can be attacked in the west, Mongolia in the north and North Korea in the south. Besides, Shenyang Mountain is a rare place with beautiful green water, deep forests, many wild animals and abundant fish and shrimp. Governors each hold one end, it is difficult to achieve * * * knowledge at the moment.
Just when it was inextricably linked, suddenly the door army reported that an old man had come to ask for an audience. Nuba gave the order. Please come in. As soon as the old man stepped into the temple gate, he loudly reported the good news to Wang Han: "My Lord, my family lives in Fengjibao, south of Shenshui. The day before yesterday, a phoenix suddenly flew to the Woods in the east of the village. It is the king of phoenix birds, which is a good omen. You must be the monarch when you fly here. So I came to tell you the good news. Nurhachi was overjoyed, rewarded the old man and sent someone to check it out. Sure enough, a beautiful phoenix landed in the forest. Nu was moved. He asked the king what this meant. You looked at me, I looked at you, and nobody said anything. Only four Baylor Huang Taiji replied,' Phoenix will never land in the barren land. Feng Shui must be very good in this land of Phoenix. It is God's instruction to move the capital there. Nuhachi said excitedly:' Sibbel is right, we must trace the whereabouts of Phoenix! All the princes and ministers also nodded in favor.
Nurhachi sent people to survey the terrain, while collecting the chariots and horses of migrant workers, preparing to build large-scale buildings. Who knows that as soon as the construction started, Phoenix suddenly turned around and flew away with a long sound, until it landed in Shenyang, north of Deepwater, and lit Nurhachi. When Nurhachi saw it, he said loudly:' Now the phoenix flies down Shenyang City, and its sound is endless. It can be seen that there is the real treasure house of Feng Shui, and Xindu should move there. what do you think? They kept silent. Nurhachi waved his hand decisively and said loudly,' It seems that Phoenix is an act of God and ordered me to build a new capital in Shenyang. Since God instructed me to move my capital here, how dare I disobey? Seeing that he had made up his mind and saw God's will, they all agreed to move the capital to Shenyang.
As expected, Nurhachi ordered people to build a capital in the place where Phoenix settled, and named it "Fengtian", which later changed to "Fengtian", meaning "Fengtian Zai". After the completion of the new city, Nurhachi moved the capital from Liaoyang to Tokyo to Shenyang.
Hong Xingzu quoted "River Map" and said, "Five colors of water come out of Kunshan, and its white water enters China, which is called Yehe."
"Will there be water and earthquakes in Shenyang?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because there is a turtle at the gates of Shenyang, there are four towers in the four corners of Shenyang, which are the four legs of the turtle. When it rains and earthquakes, turtles will support Shenyang City, so Shenyang is a blessed land! "
I especially like this legend. When grandparents told this story with loving smiles, our innocent hearts were as warm and comfortable as the winter sunshine.
The four pagodas and four temples in Shenyang, with the goodwill and creative aura endowed by the people, have spread in the hearts of children from generation to generation in Shenyang.
Legend of the birth of four pagodas and four temples
Let's talk about the first story with a special mass base: it is said that there is a thousand-year-old turtle essence in a river near Shencheng. Probably, after being honest for a long time, she couldn't bear loneliness and took begging for rain seriously.
Li Tianwang turned the pagoda in his hand into a dragon and rode it on the tortoise, saying that it would stop it for 300 years. What shall we do after 300 years? Later, a Lama dreamed that the Buddha gave him a small box with four Buddha's teeth, saying that as long as these four Buddha's teeth were placed on the dragon's feet, there would be good weather here. When Lama woke up, he told the emperor his dream. The emperor immediately built a Buddha's Tooth Pagoda around Shenyang City to suppress the dragon's feet, that is, the four pagodas in the east, west, north and south. Since then, Shenyang has indeed become a blessed land with a long reputation.
The Lama said that the solution is to build four towers in the four corners of the city, and only by restraining precious paper can the drought be relieved. As a result, these four pagodas and four temples have become the treasures of Shenyang.
Stories always make people happy, but Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is trapped at the foot of Shenyang, and another example is the dragon trapped under the pagoda in Natawan. It can be seen that the ancients had extraordinary reverence for pagodas and Huang Taiji in the Qing Dynasty, as did pagodas and temples.
Four temples worship different Buddha statues.
According to records, Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty built four pagodas and four temples in Chongde eight years ago. With the ancient city of Shenyang as the center, it is about 2.5 kilometers away from the central temple in the east, west, south and north directions. There are four temples, including Yong Guang Temple and East Tower, which are called "bright and shining". West yanshou temple, only to "celebrate the sacred life"; Nanguangci Temple, meaning "Pu 'an Zhongshu"; North Horyuji means "circular Buddhism".
According to folklore, Huang Taiji listened to the Lama's lobbying that "building a square white tower can unify the whole country", so all four towers adopted a similar style of white round-bellied solid brick Lama Tower. This pagoda is 24 meters high and covers an area of 225 square meters. It consists of three parts: base, tower body and phase wheel.
Miao, a cultural celebrity in Shenyang in the Qing Dynasty, recorded in Miscellaneous Notes on Accompanying Beijing: "According to the early days of Shenyang's construction, the nave in the city was Tai Chi, the bell and drum tower was like two instruments, four towers and four elephants, eight doors were like gossip, the national source was like the sky, and the city edge was like the ground, which was quite meaningful. On the third floor, the turret tower has 36 peaks, 72 pools in the inner pool, 12 turrets in the Four Seasons, and three urns in the city gate with 24 spirits. " Therefore, later generations also have corresponding views on Shenyang City in the Book of Changes.
At that time, in addition to the four pagodas, four temples were built together, and the architectural patterns of the four temples were basically the same. Sitting facing south, you can see the King's Temple as soon as you enter the door. There are five halls behind the temple, each with its own hall. Four temples are dedicated to different buddhas: Yong Guang Temple in the East Tower is dedicated to "Wang Difo"; West yanshou temple consecrates "Longevity Buddha"; Nanguangci Temple enshrines "Buddha with thousands of hands and eyes"; North Horyuji is dedicated to the "Buddha of Heaven and Earth".
West yanshou temple
The beautiful legend behind the tower
In today's Shenyang, you may not know the above legends and history, but you must know the four pagodas, because they have already become a landmark, a region and even a life in Shenyang.
In the area near the four pagodas, there are streets named after them, parks named after them, and even famous commercial streets and
Similar to the West Tower, the South Tower is well known. Naturally, it is because of the nearby shoe city, the huge grocery market and the famous barbecue snack lane. In the hustle and bustle of the market, Nanta maintained its own demeanor and reserve, detached from the world and looked at all the changes in front of it.
According to legend, the Buddha with thousands of hands and eyes enshrined in Guangci Temple in Nanta was originally the third princess of an emperor, and her beauty and kindness coexisted, so she was called a good princess.
Once, the emperor got an acute illness, and the imperial doctor said that he needed a princess's hand and an eye to get medicine. Big princess and the second princess both retreated, but the youngest princess cut off her arms and eyes without hesitation. Later, it was cured, and the emperor asked the Tathagata to turn this kind one-eyed one-armed princess into a "Buddha with eyes and hands." Unfortunately, the parrot who delivered the letter was wrong, saying that "Buddha with eyes and hands" was "Buddha with thousands of hands and eyes", so Yincui gorge grew thousands of hands and eyes. After that, people began to worship the kind princess, which is said to cure diseases and save lives. This is the original intention of "Guangci" in South Tower.
From the south tower to the east tower, all the way is prosperous, and the branches on the east tower have already troubled this ancient tower. Without the protection of the temple, this tower lives in Dongta Park. It is said that in the early 1920s, Zhang and his son built the East Tower Airport. When the plane takes off, the altitude is low, and it often rubs against the east tower. Later, it was repaired when it was rebuilt. How history is unknown. If so, people will even want to know whether the plane was strong enough at that time.
Relatively speaking, the North Tower of the four pagodas is the most complete one, and Buddhism is more frequent and still exists today. The pagoda temple is repaired from time to time, and a pair of eyes are painted on the pagoda. Since 1985, the Shenyang Cultural Relics Management Office has set up a forest of steles in the temple. Almost all kinds of stone tablets found in Shenyang are collected here, and it is a bit crowded now. The words engraved on it are ambiguous and tell stories that they think are important.