History of daxiong hall

There are historical reasons for the formation and decline of temples, as well as the emergence of eminent monks. In the first year of Song Zhezong, during the dispute between Yuan and Song Dynasties, Shashui Temple presided over the Meiji Master with compassion and approachability. Under the contemporary historical conditions, the old monk made a clever head when he lived in seclusion, and no one can measure his spiritual ability. Usually, he only saw the old monk practicing strict inner precepts and connecting people from all walks of life. When the old monk was 99 years old, no one expected that something would affect all beings before he was 100 years old. At that time, the general of the Song Dynasty, Lu Bian, led a 654.38+ 10,000-strong army to invade the Song Dynasty, crossing the ancient Meiguan Road and pointing to Lingnan. When passing through Gu Xiang, innocent people were hacked and their cries reached the temple. After hearing the news, the Meiji master knew that it was another nightmare. However, in order to influence all living beings to believe in Buddhism, the master personally went to the front line behind the enemy lines and summoned General Lu, asking him not to cut down the poor and avoid bad karma. General Lu not only didn't believe it, but laughed at the ignorance of the old monk. In this case, the master can only ask General Lubian how to stop it. Lu changed to a high-pitched voice: "I will stop until the blood turns red and white." At that time, there was an imperial envoy of the Yuan Dynasty who was stationed with the army and was a supervisor. Influenced by the Tibetan master, he also believed in Buddhism. Seeing the old monk's motionless attitude, he knew that the master was not an ordinary person, so he said, "Old monk, I also testify that if General Lu can turn red blood into white blood, I promise not to kill." Red blood and white blood are signs of saints. Before the Tang Dynasty, Hui Ke, the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism, also showed this example. But at present, it is impossible to have it in this wild little market.

Unexpectedly, just as the voice fell, the master took it and said, "Well, please send an imperial envoy to confirm this statement, and hope that General Lu will keep his promise." After the imperial envoys and General Lu instructed them, the master asked them to wait in front of Shashui Temple. After worshipping the Buddha in the temple, the master returned to the front of the temple and said, "I, Meiji, would like to save all the poor people from this disaster at any cost, and I wish my Buddha mercy to bless my disciples, so that I can live a happy country in the past and achieve the great wish of three Bodhisattvas." With that, he asked an imperial envoy to borrow a sword from above and give it to the executioner in front of the temple. With the executioner's treasure front, the Meiji master's head also fell off, and the lion's head on one side of the temple gate was cut off by a sword. Strangely, the Meiji master's broken neck did not spew red blood, but white blood like milk, which was sprinkled on the broken lion's head. This situation shocked all the people present. Knowing that a hundred-year-old monk is a witness to the sacred fruit, he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy. Even the imperial envoys and General Lu unconsciously knelt down. In order to keep his promise, as expected, the Yuan army did not kill anyone and retreated on the spot. Handed down is a touching story of white blood sprinkled on the headless lion. As a result, Shashui Temple has been flourishing and fragrant. Until the third year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (AD 1858), the Taiping Army and the Qing Army fought in Zhuji Lane, and the ancient temple was destroyed by more than half. It was rebuilt at the beginning of Tongzhi, and then demolished during the Cultural Revolution.

1994, in order to cooperate with the construction of Zhuji Gu Xiang and promote Zhuji Lane culture and Buddhism, some Hong Kong and Macao tycoons voluntarily donated more than 5 million yuan to rebuild Shashui Temple. With the approval of Shaoguan Municipal People's Government, Nanxiong CPPCC took the lead in construction. 1998, the Nanxiong municipal government invited the old monk Ben Huan to preside over the planning, and held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 200 1 6 of the lunar calendar to officially start the construction work. Considering the scale of rebuilding the temple, the old monk Ben Huan felt that the name Shashui Temple could not bear this karma, so he asked Ye Xuanping, then vice chairman of the CPPCC, to revisit Daiyuji. The planned Daxiong Hall covers an area of 654.38+10,000 square meters and will be built in three phases. The first phase of the project consists of memorial archway, Sanmen, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Dharma Hall and Tibetan Classics Building, while the second phase includes Rainbow Bridge, release pond, meditation pavilion, parking lot and driveway. The third phase of the project includes the Western Three Sages Hall, Thousand Bodhisattvas Hall, Pharmacist Tower, Painting and Calligraphy Institute, etc. It is magnificent, with a total investment of over 1 100 million yuan. The building scale is the largest in the Chinese jungle, and it is also the largest temple built by the old monk Ben Huan in his life.

Gu Xiang, the birthplace of Guangfu culture, has a long history, splendid surname culture, natural scenery such as double dragon balls and huge magnets, attracting countless descendants of Zhuji Lane to seek roots and ask their ancestors for sightseeing. This place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery has also deeply touched the fiery heart of the old monk Ben Huan. To this end, the old monk Ben Huan issued a grand wish to build the Daxiong Hall into a modern Daxiong Hall with national style with the largest scale, highest quality and first-class facilities in China. In order to realize this great wish, the old monk Ben Huan devoted himself to the construction of Daxiong Hall. In terms of architectural style, the ancient architecture and modern garden architecture are integrated, which inherits the style and characteristics of ancient architecture imitating the Song Dynasty and develops the artistic characteristics of Jiangnan gardens. Using copper instead of wood, the frame structure, overlapping cornices and arches, yellow walls and red tiles are spectacular. The five dragons relief at the entrance of the Hall of Great Heroes is carved with Daqing in Hui 'an, Fujian, which is lifelike and shows the profound connotation of Chinese culture. Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Pharmacist Buddha, Ananda, Venerable Ye Jia, Manjusri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Twenty-four Icons are all cast in bronze, polished and gilded. The three giant buddhas are 6 meters high and 4 meters wide, with moderate proportion, free expression, radiant face and strict treasure. The altars, shrines and decorative patterns in the temple are all carved with magic weapons and sacred objects such as magic weapon, beast, lion, deer, dragon, moire water wave, flag umbrella cover, pearl clock bottle mirror, etc., which cooperate with the Buddha statue and fully show the Buddhist cultural atmosphere. There are four bodhisattvas in Tianwang Temple: King, King of Growth, King of Wide Eyes and King of Heavenly Kings. They are made of high-grade resin and are vividly portrayed. The West Three Sages Hall under construction is 28 meters high, and the Bodhisattva in the hall is 19.5 meters. It is cast in bronze, polished and gilded, and looks resplendent, sacred and strict. The building area of Thousand Bodhisattvas Hall is 3000 square meters. More than a thousand bodhisattvas in the temple are made of high-grade resin, polished and gilded, sitting or standing, still or moving, happy or worried, lifelike. 201410/5 "10th Anniversary of Daiyuji Reconstruction and Opening Ceremony of Three Temples" co-sponsored by Nanxiong Daiyuji and Shenzhen Hongfa Temple ended successfully. The event not only received strong support from the local government and Buddhist circles, but also invited eminent monks, masters and distinguished guests from Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and other countries to the site. Nearly 10,000 believers witnessed the completion of the "China's highest" Three Sages in the West.