Dawu Temple, also known as Lingyin Temple, is located in Zaohe Village, Chashui Town, Qianshan County, Anhui Province. Zhongshan, where it is located, is 822. 1 m above sea level, with lotus flowers in full bloom, clear springs flowing, pines and cypresses clustered and temples and pavilions flying. If you climb the stairs and enter the mountain gate, you will feel like walking on the roof.
According to the records of Qianshan County in the ninth year of the Republic of China, Dawu Temple was built in Dade period of Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1297- 1307). In the second year of Tian Li (AD 1329), the abbot opened the Nanbei Mountain Road. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the temple was reduced to ashes by soldiers. During the reign of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1644- 166 1), it was rebuilt by raising funds. In the seventh year of Kangxi (1688), the monks in Gusi were Dongyuan and Xingzhen; In the thirty-fourth year of Qianlong (1862), the buried hill monk met Si Xicheng; After three years of Jiaqing (1798), they hated meeting anyone. In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), the monks were enlightened. For more than 700 years, despite several ups and downs, it has continued to burn incense and become famous all over the world.
Dawu Temple has always been favored by leading officials, literati and revolutionary ancestors because it inherits the ancient Yue, connects Fucheng, dives into Anhui and takes the Yangtze River. In the 24th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1596), Xu (Qianshan County Records), a political envoy of Guangxi, set foot on Dawu Temple when rebuilding the Ximen Pagoda in Meicheng, and regarded it as a treasure trove of geomantic omen. After burying his father in the temple, he renamed "Baolian" as "Immortal Climbing Lotus". In the seventh year of Kangxi (1668), the Prime Minister Zhang Ying (a native of Tongcheng) sent a plaque, and the Vatican Palace became famous for a while. In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1658), Lingye (Guimao) in Qianshan County once took the temple as his post, advocating group training, setting up Zhao camp, having no worries about food and clothing, and being good at calligraphy. In May of the 10th year of Guangxu (1898), a beggar who claimed to be "Tan Sui" came to Dawu Temple, begging for the village during the day and staying in the ancient temple at night, visiting Sheng for seclusion, and reciting poems. He left a long couplet on the pillar of the Buddhist temple and said:
Clouds make the moon bright, rain makes the flowers bright, smoke makes the lights bright, and people have a dream when they are not too old.
The mountains are empty and birds are happy, the water is empty and fish are happy, the heavens and the earth are empty and everything is happy, and the Buddha feels more detached.
With the ingenious combination of Buddhism, nature, Buddhism and human will, this long couplet makes people feel not only the beauty of nature, but also the harmony between the beauty of nature and the perception of life, thus giving people philosophical enlightenment. This couplet has been included in the couplets of scenic spots in China.
Tan Sui wrote another poem:
Famous mountain scenery is accompanied by tourists.
Clouds and water covered the night sky,
The clock rang and the dust didn't move.
Vatican Palace worships Jinshan Mountain.
On the eve of the founding of New China (1943- 1949), the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army cooperated with the main forces to carry out guerrilla activities in Dabie Mountain, and often used Dawu Temple as the camp to deal with the enemy, such as Fang Yi, Han Jiuru, Xie Tongguan, Zhang, Liu Xiushan, Wang Fengtai and so on. The novella "The Man Who Can't See the Sun" by Mr. Chu Yitian, Chairman of Sichuan Federation of Literary and Art Circles, is a novel with Dawu Temple as the background and revolutionary activities as the background. Zhu, the protagonist of this novel, has a real life around the temple. Originally published in Jianghuai Literature (1957).
Dawu Temple is full of Buddha's kindness, and its shadow protects all directions. Since the temple was built, there has been an endless stream of believers, both men and women. They have made immortal contributions to the previous repairs of the temple, and the inscriptions are still vivid.
During the first land reform after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Buddhist temples, meditation rooms, tea gardens and bamboo forests were still owned by temples. During the second land reform (land reform), the real estate was divided because the abbot was secularized. After 1966, there was nothing, but the beautiful image of Dawu Temple still lives in people's hearts. From time to time, people go up the mountain to worship Buddha, and the incense never stops. With the in-depth development of reform and opening up, tourism and Buddhist activities keep pace with the times, and the number of pilgrims and tourists coming to Dawu Temple has increased. It is urgent to visit Dawu Temple again.
In the spring of 2004, it was initiated by Shi Weizhong, Zhang Lihua, Wang Huaicheng and Xu Auditorium. And raise money to build it. Now the Buddhist temple is built and the Buddha statue is rebuilt. This move of turning waste into glory, turning the golden wheel again and lifting the lotus again has won the praise of the broad masses of the people, and its merits are boundless. Although Dawu Temple has been basically restored to its old appearance, it still can't adapt to the new situation of growing tourism and Buddhist activities, and needs to be developed urgently.
In order to make Dawu Temple more brilliant and Zhong Ling more beautiful, we hope that people of insight at home and abroad will come to Dawu Temple in Qianshan for planning, design, investment and development, and we will try our best to provide convenience and support.
First, the mountain spring
Wu Shan is shaped like a lotus, because it is surrounded by rivers on all sides, namely: Gaolao River, which originated in Fangshan Mountain, is said to be the river where Master Gao passed; Dabao River, which originated in Wu Shan; This dry river originated in Fangshan. Xiejiahe originates from Dabao River on the opposite hill. Four rivers meet and flow into three rivers. If it is blocked in the right place, Wu Shan will float on the water like a lotus.
Second, strange stones
1. Lotus Stone, located in the middle of Wu Shan, now leads to the lower part of the middle section of Dawu Temple, with a lotus carved on a flat stone wall.
2. Climbing the ladder, there is a peak behind Dawu Temple, and there are five stone steps to climb the peak, which is used to climb the ladder. It is said that Master Gao went to heaven through this. Climbing to the top of the mountain by ladder, you can see four villages, namely Lingguan Village in the east, Kunlun Village in the north, Drum Pot in the west and Baiya Village in the south.
3. The immortal footprint of Gaolao River. There is a blue-black footprint on the riverbed near the exit of Gaolao River, that is, under the old bridge of Panshan Highway 10 meter, and the Baimashi riverbed in the west, which is 9 inches long. It is said that Master Gao left footprints here.
Three. Cave group
There are many caves around Wu Shan, namely:
1. Xiandong, there is a celery ditch in Wu Shan, and there is a cave beside the ditch. It is said that immortals live in it and eat celery in the ditch. In ancient times, funerals and celebrations were held in the homes of residents near Wu Shan. When guests are short of cups, plates and chopsticks at a big banquet, they go to the fairy cave to get them and return them in full after use. Later, some lawless people borrowed some tableware and left some privately, which angered the immortal and closed the cave door. No one has been here since then, and the victory has been buried.
2. The cave embroidered by Miss Cao, near the Fairy Cave.
3. Tiger Cave, behind Lao Yang House near Dawu Temple, there is a big hole facing the teahouse, which is now the habitat of wild animals.
4. Zhaigong Cave, there is a big hole opposite Dawu Temple, which can accommodate one or two hundred people. Now it is a place where wild animals haunt, and no one dares to go.
5. Huang Hu Cave is very large, which can accommodate more than 1000 people. It has a flat roof and faces Baiyazhai.
Fourth, specialty products
1. Dawu Temple is rich in tea, and the mountains are shrouded in mist all the year round, so Wuyun tea is produced. There is Longjingtan at the foot of the mountain, so Longjingtan tea is produced. There are kudingcha in the mountains, and there are camellia oleifera all over the mountains.
Pine, maple, fir and bamboo are mixed together. In the meantime, Maolin Xiuzhu has beautiful scenery.
3. Wang Chunhua, Rhododendron, Magnolia, Bluegrass, Peach, Plum, Plum and Apricot are all over the mountain, especially in late spring when orchids are in full bloom, with attractive fragrance.
Note: ① In order to reduce repetition, there is a folk story and another one is attached. (2) Modifying individual sentences. (3) Add footprints and stones. ④ The original Collection of Anhui Buried Hill Traditional Culture was referred to as Anhui Qianwenhui in the title.