Longquan Story of Longquan Temple

There are many legends about the name of Longquan Temple: the first one is that there is clear spring water in the crevice in front of Pilu Temple, which meanders like a dragon; The second argument is that the spring water in the center of the temple flows all the year round, just like the legendary "dragon spits water", which will never be exhausted; The third view is that Zhaoshan is in front of the temple and Beishan is behind it. The left mountain is a green dragon, and the right mountain is a white tiger. The spring water comes from the base of the Buddhist temple in the north of the small mountain range, and the mountain spring is collectively called Longquan. The fourth argument is that Emperor Taizong marched into Korea and settled in Qian Shan. The emperor is a symbol of the dragon, and Long Yan came here to drink this water. In a word, these legends cast a mysterious color on this ancient temple. The spring water that gushes all day long keeps flowing out of the faucet. Everyone who comes here will hold a handful of dragon spring water in Longkou, which will wash away the sweat when climbing the mountain, and the refreshing spring water will make tourists sober-minded, and of course you will also open up wisdom. Buddhism calls wisdom "Prajna", and it is natural to take a sip of the spring water in the temple. Isn't Longquan "Prajna Spring"?

Longquan Temple has many magical things.

1. Looking down from a height, Qianfeng surrounds Longquan Temple like a courtier guarding the court with a water board, like a star holding the moon.

Second, it is the Maitreya Buddha Dharma Hall in this temple, which is so magically on the same axis as the Maitreya Buddha in Qian Shan, and far apart.

Thirdly, in other temples, Maitreya sits south and north, while Maitreya of Weilongquan Temple sits south and north, which is called "sitting Maitreya upside down". Why should Maitreya be placed like this? There is another legend here. According to legend, the Prince of the East China Sea broke the dogma and was banished to Longquan Valley in Qian Shan by the Jade Emperor, turning it into a mountain peak. The monk of the temple is the flying dragon of the town. Please ask Maitreya to sit on the faucet facing south. One day, when the Maitreya on his head went to other palaces to offer incense, Dragonfly and Longquan Temple shook their heads and tails, trying to take off and rush to the sea ... At this time, Maitreya in Leshan, Sichuan suddenly felt his body move and grabbed his fingers. He knew that Dragonfly was going to escape. A Buddha's light suppressed the dragon, and the dragon turned into a mountain. Due to the rotation of the flying dragon, the Maitreya Buddha statue on the faucet also changed direction with the flying dragon turning south, becoming a "Maitreya Buddha inverted seat" sitting south to north. After Maitreya used his magic to stop Feilong, he saw that his seat had changed and smiled. He thought, sit down, because every mountain and temple in the world, I am on the main seat, and it would be nice to have an inverted image. Leave a story, remember more, stop playing. Later, the monks were afraid that Feilong would escape again, so they set up a stone pestle next to Maitreya Hall. It is a carved granite pillar, 2 meters high, standing on a huge rock, named "Zhenshan Baodi". Monks hope that Longquan Temple will always be rock-solid and a dragon to protect Longquan.

Fourthly, the mountain below Longquan Temple is like a Youlong, which is a treasure in terms of geomantic omen. The temple is located in the middle of the stone dragon, and the faucet is connected with the dragon tail counterclockwise. In the nearest place, it is the first mountain gate of the temple. Architecture and mountains are so magically and naturally integrated.

Fifth, we all know that Qian Shan has a natural Maitreya Buddha, but we all know that Longquan Temple also has a natural Maitreya Buddha statue. Maitreya Buddha is the Buddha of the future, symbolizing light, future and hope. After Maitreya became a Buddha under the Longhua tree, he lived in the palace in Xu Mi and became the Buddha of the future world. Being in charge of the eighteen arhats and the four heavenly kings in this world, he has the Buddha nature of punishing evil and promoting good, protecting monks, eliminating disasters and protecting all beings. According to legend, Maitreya once visited famous mountains and rivers, saw the beautiful scenery of Qian Shan, and sat down to rest when he was tired. He slept in Qian Shan embroidered lotus platform for 3,000 years. The place where he slept formed a natural Maitreya Buddha. Maitreya is still reluctant to go after waking up, sitting in the back hill of Longquan Temple for 300 years, forming a natural Maitreya statue. At present, there is a 30-meter-high mountain peak in the north of Pilu Hall in the back hill of Longquan Temple, which is integrated from top to bottom and made of piled stones. The peak head leans forward slightly and looks like a huge Maitreya sitting in the distance with a clear outline, so it is called "Maitreya Peak". Four big characters are engraved on the towering peak wall: "The symbol of spitting should be born".

Longquan Temple is also famous for its beautiful scenery. The whole temple is surrounded by Qifeng, and Gu Song is a forest. The architectural layout is integrated with the natural scenery, and it is known as "Longquan Fairy Scene". Longquan Temple has many scenic spots. As early as the Ming Dynasty, Longquan had more than 20 scenic spots. Miao Runan, the founder of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a title and made corrections in the year of Dinghai in Guangxu (1887), and determined that the "Sixteen Scenes of Longquan" were: Songmen Tower Shadow, Platform Pine Wind, Bottle Peak Morning Green, Snail Peak Moonlight, Symbolic Breath, Turtle and Stone Moon, Dragon and Stone Pine, Fragrant Hills Clear Snow, Lion Bells, Shimen Maitreya Buddha, among which, besides Shijing Pear, there are also. After the end of the Qing Dynasty, after continuous development, it has increased to 36 scenic spots, mainly including Dongtian Yipin, Bishui Longtan, Sanxingshi, the Tibetan Classics Pavilion, Longquan Dong Tian, the vast universe, the secret collection, Fanfan Cave, Shuqiong, Zhenshan Baodi and Qushuilev. It is true that every scene has different scenery and profound artistic conception, and every scene has a story. I can't finish, and I can't finish. It has attracted countless poets and poets, and left countless masterpieces.