Introduction of Sino-German Temple Attractions:
Sino-German Temple, formerly known as Zhong Ling Temple, located in Changsheng Township, Kedong County, is a famous religious tourist attraction. Founded in the third year of Xuantong (19 1 1), there are temple fairs on April 8, 18, 28 and September 9 every year in the old calendar. Zhong Ling's view is the birthplace of Taoism, which originated from ancient witchcraft and fairy magic in Qin and Han Dynasties. Zhang Daoling was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty and became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Taoism regards Laozi as the ancestor, Taoism respects Zhang Daoling as Shi Tian, and Laozi as Grand Priest. Its basic belief and doctrine is Tao, which is regarded as a nihilistic system, the root of nature, the foundation of gods, the birth of all things in heaven and earth, the formation of the universe by the five elements, and the transformation of all things in yin and yang. Yuan Taizu (1260- 1227) is the peak period.
According to legend, in the Qing Dynasty, a monk in Wutai Mountain took a burden and traveled to the north. There is always a phoenix leading the way on the road, and the monks tirelessly follow the phoenix to the north. When I got here, the Phoenix stopped. There were three trees here at that time: a buttonwood tree, a pear tree and a hawthorn tree. The phoenix landed on the buttonwood, indicating that it would stay here. The monk immediately put down his baggage, and he immediately thought: Phoenix thought it was a land of feng shui and decided to build a temple to benefit the people. The monk looked at the terrain of the village again. The land is lotus petals, surrounded by lotus petals, and the middle is like Pingchuan. After the Taoist priests took a fancy to this treasure, they began to alms. He brought land, wood and money. After everything was ready, the construction of the puppet Manchukuo Kant began in eight years. * * * The temple is divided into three rooms, the front, the middle and the back, and the left and right rooms are the wing rooms, which is called the cave, the land and the fortune. The Bell and Drum Tower are in the front two corners, which is a famous Zhong Ling landscape.
Before liberation, Changsheng Township where Guan was located was under the jurisdiction of Baiquan County, and 1948 was under the jurisdiction of Kedong County. Zhong Ling view was severely damaged in the land reform, and the original building only had three halls made of blue bricks, four corridors and a cast iron clock.
Lu Xuancai and Taoist Ma Xuanliang are the leading figures in Zhong Ling's architectural view. Later, Zheng Wen will wait for a dozen Taoist priests to come to the temple one after another. When the temple was first built, it was a house with five halls and five rooms, and there were temple fairs on the eighth, eighteenth, eighth and ninth days of the fourth lunar month. The location of Zhong Ling scenic spot, commonly known as Red Eye Hatang (swamp), is surrounded by water all the year round, and the traffic is extremely inconvenient. 1905, in Huaide County, Jilin Province, a man named Yudao built a house in Beidahuang. At that time, the house was built on the south bank of Jinrun River. Because it is close to the river and it is a depression, people nearby call it a depression in the village (now the seventh team of Baoan Village). Last year, Yu Jun was killed in a shooting. Therefore, Yu Jia gave his wife Seo Woo the 40-year-old pension house and adopted his son. Soon, in order to show piety, Seo Woo gave all the old-age land to the temple. Lu Xuancai and Ma Xuanliang are responsible for building the temple, which enshrines the memorial tablet of the Xu family. After that, Yu Jia did charity for the temple for forty years, so he called being old at home a good east. Due to the increase of land and Taoist priests, Zheng Wenhui, Li Yuansheng and other Taoist priests began to go out for alms. At the same time, the temple employs some long-term and short-term workers and craftsmen such as iron, wood and stone. In its heyday, there were more than 20 Taoist priests, more than 50 workers of all kinds and five or six carts. In addition to planting more than 100 plots of land, it also opened up ways to make money such as burning bricks. The temple was rebuilt on 1934 due to the increase in fund accumulation. The reconstructed Zhong Ling landscape is all brick structures. It has built a mountain hall (horse hall), a three-story hall, an east-west cloister room, a tall clock and a second floor. The cornices and windows are carefully carved, and there are painted murals and reconstructed golden Buddha statues in the hall. The golden wall of the whole temple is splendid and resplendent, and it is a famous Taoist temple within a hundred miles nearby. Because the temple site used to be a swamp, after the temple was rebuilt, the surrounding water level dropped year by year, so it was considered as a treasure trove of geomantic omen. Many good men and women went to the temple to burn incense and make wishes to give alms, so fireworks flourished.
Zhong Ling Guanzuo faces south and has a rectangular plane. Two flagpoles, about 20 meters high, stand on both sides in front of the left. Located at the southernmost tip of the central axis of the temple is the Shanmen Hall (Horse Hall), one east and one west, each with a mud horse. There is a lintel in the middle, guarded by four generals, with two marshals Wen and Ma in the east and two marshals Li Heyue in the west. The statue stands upright in front of the hall, wearing armor and shirt, holding Strafe and a pestle, and carrying a combat knife around his waist. On the east and west sides behind Shanmen Temple, there are two-story four-column cornices and pavilions-style bell drums, with a bell tower in the east and a drum tower in the west. On both sides of the second floor of the bell and drum, there are five supporting corridors, which are specially used to entertain and welcome guests. In front of the main hall on the first floor and the main hall on the second floor of the Bell and Drum Tower, there are two six-sided blue brick stoves similar to lamp houses, which are used for burning incense, paper and body. Extending inward, there are three halls on the central axis, and each hall is divided into three rooms: East, West and Middle. The halls are all made of blue bricks, with cornices and windows, and red columns protruding. Fine craftsmanship and different sculpture and painting halls fully show the superb skills and infinite wisdom of our working people.
The main hall on the first floor is the main hall dedicated to Guan Yu, named Guan Sheng the Great, with two generals, Zhou Cang and Guan Ping, standing on both sides. On the left is the assistant son of heaven, and on the right is Yue Fei, who is called Zhongjun. The East Hall is dedicated to Zhenwu Emperor, Taiyi Zhenren and the Eight Immortals. The West Room is dedicated to the ancestors of seven Taoist priests (Qiu, Liu, Tan, Feng, Hao, Wang and Sun), as well as the real people of Haichan, the true king and the incomplete stone.
The main hall on the second floor is the middle room of the Infinite Ancient Buddha Hall dedicated to the Infinite Ancient (longevity) Buddha, with the western Amitabha Buddha and the eastern pharmacist Buddha on the left and right. There are Yuan gods, Lingbao gods and moral gods in the middle of the East Room. On both sides, gods such as the Central Emperor, Huanglao Hospital, Daojun in South Chi Jing, Daojun in North Water Mirror, Jin Mu in West Yaochi and Emperor Donghua are enshrined. In the middle of the West Chamber is dedicated to Nijiu, surrounded by Burning Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, Emperor Wenchang, Master Dacheng, Mencius and Xunzi.
The hall on the third floor is the Jade Emperor Hall. The middle room is dedicated to the Jade Emperor, and there are four statues of the golden couple on both sides. The East Room is dedicated to Huang San (Emperor, Huangdi and Ren Huang), the Five Emperors (Shennong Huangdi, Xuanyuan Huangdi, Fuxi Huangdi, Nested Huangdi and Suiren Huangdi) and the ancient Buddha in the sun vacuum. The West Room is dedicated to the Queen Mother of the West, Silent Mother, Doum, South China Sea tuas, Earth Treasure Bodhisattva, Earth Treasure Bodhisattva, Notre Dame de Taishan, Magu Buddha and Taiyin Buddha. There are cloisters on the east and west sides of the three-story hall, with the southeast as the blessed land, the southwest as the blessed land, the northeast as the Fulu, and the northwest as the item. Each gallery is connected with a big wall made of blue stone, which is quite elegant. It was originally planned to build another pavilion at the northern end of the central axis to form a complete temple system in Qing Dynasty. For some reason, it was not built.
Buddhist activities in Zhong Ling, April 18th and 28th of the lunar calendar (Sakyamuni's birthday) are incense fairs, commonly known as temple fairs, which are the main Buddhist activities. On this day, the temple gate was wide open, and the sound of wooden fish, cigarettes and menstruation continued in all the halls. Good men and women who come to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha can be seen everywhere, and there is no trace. The children came here to climb over the wall (climbing over the wall is to let the children stand on stools, and the Taoist priest patted the children on the head and said, run, run and grow old together), thinking that the children climbed over the wall to support themselves; Some people kowtow a hundred times (kowtow a hundred times before entering the temple gate to the Buddhist gate) to show piety; Someone took alkali vegetables to ten mutilated statues and begged adults and children not to cough. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Taoist priests from Shandong and neighboring counties were invited to the temple to discuss the major events of the year. It means that all Taoist priests and Shandong should support the activities in the temple, give more money and property, and hold a vegetarian feast to reward you in Shandong.
During the land reform, the landscape of Zhong Ling was seriously damaged. Due to disrepair, the three halls and four galleries in the view are unrecognizable. The Buddha statues in the room have long since disappeared, and the murals on the walls have also peeled off. 1995, Master Guo Jie, a monk of Wutai Mountain, rebuilt the Zhong Ling View on the basis of the existing three blue brick halls, four cloisters and an iron bell, and renamed it Zhong Ling Temple. 1998 renamed it Zhongde Temple. The temple was built in the south, and the word Zhong _ Temple was written directly above the gate. The side doors are Blissful Gate and Lingxing Gate respectively, and the two stone lions in front of them are lifelike. The bell and drum are on the second floor, across the door. There is an iron bell on the north side of the bell tower, and the tall open-air Guanyin statue of white marble stands on the north side of the ancient clock. There are Yong roads between the three halls and in front of the affiliated halls. In front of the main hall on the first floor, there is a seven-star tower donated by a layman. The main hall on the first floor is the Heavenly King Hall, dedicated to Maitreya and the four heavenly kings. The main hall on the second floor is Mahayana Mahayana Hall, dedicated to Tathagata and eighteen arhats. The three-story hall is three temples, and the interior is dedicated to the three saints of the West. There are painted murals on the walls of both rooms. The halls were rebuilt and expanded on the original basis, and the original carvings and paintings were restored. There are cypress trees planted between Yong Road in the temple, which sets off the quietness and elegance of the whole temple.
Zhongde Temple has now become a well-known Buddhist temple. There are grand Buddhist activities on the 8th, 18th and 28th of the lunar calendar. At that time, devout men and women will flock. The doors of the temple are wide open, cigarettes are around the temples, the sound of wooden fish and menstruation is constant, merchants gather in the streets and lanes outside the temple, and tourists are in an endless stream, which is very lively. The Sino-German Temple, which is under development and construction, has become a scenic tourist attraction with exquisite architecture and rich religious culture.
The iron clock of Sino-German Temple is well preserved. It is a traditional bell, and the whole bell is cast by 23 templates. Bell body height 1.4 1 m, lintel height 1.93 m, bell waist 3.34 m, wall thickness 3 cm and weight 680 kg. The ring of the clock consists of twisted double dragons, with the tap down and the mouth open. There are four equidistant round holes at the top of the clock. The radius is 10 cm, which is used to transmit knocking sound. There is a herringbone decorative belt with a width of about 10 cm under the round hole. The front is cast with Baiquan Wansheng, and the back is cast with dedication. Under the yang pattern, there are Kangde Year of Manchu Empire and Double Ninth Festival in September. The audience is kind and faithful, and there are twelve zodiac patterns under the words, which are vivid and lifelike. There are eight groups of seven-character poems under the pattern:
Pray for ancestors to seriously worship their ancestors.
Care for the poor and help the poor.
Fifty-five points include nature.
Thirty-six palaces match human relations
Lingshan Dharma Association talks about scripture.
The origin of the four saints and six immortals
I am empty.
The earth, heaven and earth are serious.
Look at the heavenly heart from the big to the right.
Bring yin and yang to dry Kun
Hertullo's books are innate.
The stars move year after year.
All kinds of books are natural.
Weighing and measuring of gold manufacturing ship
Waiting for the pearl's name to be revealed.
It's lucky to sit and ask questions in the morning.
The bell resounded through the sky.
Dahua hongkai global security
The 12th National Games in Xinghua, Guo Yun
Five education joint police three thousand.
A little luck reveals nothingness.
Change the wall chart within one week.
The pipe can be docked.
Shoot for nothing. Stay inside.
The fruit of water sprite was formed very early.
Educate people after three thousand years.
Qi Zhan Jinglun is lucky.
Voluntary closure of dust collection room
A brainwave opens everything.
Diving kites fly purple and condense.
A river map, Gankunding.
Sanhui Longhua Qingshengping
There is a palindrome decorative skirt at the lower end of the bell, with eight Chinese characters and eight hanging patterns, which means that the Buddha bell rings every year and the sound vibrates in all directions. The inner wall of the clock is cast with positive patterns, and there are 272 Chinese characters in the whole clock.