Details of Liang Qing Temple (Liang Qing Temple and Fayan Zongzuting in Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu)

Liang Qing Temple, located in Gulou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, was founded in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Bian went to Liang Qing for the summer vacation and changed his name to "Shiliang Avenue". Buddhist monk Wen Yi lived in a temple and founded Fa Yanzong, one of the five Zen schools in China. In the fourth year of Tang Xizong Zhonghe (884), it was named Xingjiao Temple. It was called Liang Qing Temple in the early Ming Dynasty and is still in use. The original scale of the temple was large, and the buildings in the temple were repeatedly destroyed and repaired. This Buddhist temple was built in the late Qing Dynasty. The idiom "He who unties the bell must tie it" comes from Liang Qing Temple.

Liang Qing Temple is the first temple in Jinling in the Southern Tang Dynasty, a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit in Nanjing, and a Fayan ancestral hall. It is also the Dojo among the five schools and seven schools of Zen, and the ancestral temple has not been restored.

April 20 14, the restoration of Liang Qing Temple began. According to the existing historical data, it is planned to restore the landscape of Shanmen, Tianwang Temple, Yanghuanjing in Nantang and Fayanzong Memorial Hall (main hall) in turn.

Chinese name: Liang Qing Temple Location: Liangqingshan Park, Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province Climate type: subtropical monsoon climate opening hours: 8:00- 17:00 Admission price: free famous scenic spots: Sweeping Leaf House, current owner of Chongzheng Academy: Master Li Hai's founding time: historical evolution of Southern Tang Dynasty, main scenic spots, Sweeping Leaf House, Chongzheng Academy, temple protection and cultural value. Historical Evolution Liang Qing Temple was founded in the Southern Dynasties. The exact age is unknown during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Yang Wushun and Zhong Yi (92 1-927), the prime minister Xu Wen rebuilt it and named it Xingjiao Temple, so he asked Wukong to retire as a Buddhist abbot. In the early Yuan Dynasty (938), Yuan Zong Li Jing expanded Xingjiao Temple into a cool avenue and invited the abbot of Wen Yi Zen Master. Since then, Stone Mountain has been renamed Liang Qingshan. In the fifth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (972), it was renamed Liang Qing Guanghui Temple, which was repeatedly abandoned and built. In the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1403), Zhu Bian, the king of Zhou Dynasty, rebuilt the mountain temple, and Judy, the founder, wrote "Liang Qing Zen Temple". The temple was very big at that time, and its base site covered an area of 20 mu. There are three buildings in the temple: the mountain gate, the Heavenly King Hall, the Bell Tower, the Buddha Hall, the Galapagos Hall, the Ancestral Hall and the Pilu Hall, as well as eight abbots' rooms and nine temples. In the third year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1853), when the Taiping Army occupied Nanjing, it destroyed the cultural relics in Nanjing on a large scale, and Liang Qing Temple was not spared. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the temple was restored and rebuilt on the original site, but the scale was not as good as before. It was not until the Cultural Revolution that Buddhist activities were forced to stop, but there were still monks living here until the 1990s. On June 5438+1 October1day, 2009, it was officially handed over to the Buddhist community and reopened as a venue for religious activities. On June 20 of the same year, the opening ceremony and the unveiling ceremony of the Buddha statue were held. Sweeping Leaf Building is the main attraction of Liang Qing Ancient Temple, which is located on the slope of Xishan Mountain. It is a three-bay, two-story upturned wooden building, which is the former residence of Gong Xian. Built in 1664, it is a brick-wood structure in Ming and Qing Dynasties, covered with small tiles, with a length of about 25m and a width of about 16m, with a construction area of about 400 square meters and an area of about 270 square meters. Gong Xian (16 19 ~ 1689), a famous painter and poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, lived in Liang Qing after his death. He once painted himself and swept the fallen leaves with a broom in his hand, hence the name "Sweeping the Leaf Building". Chongzheng Sweeping Leaf Academy was built in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, located on the eastern hillside of Liang Qing Temple. There are three entrances to the college. The first two entrances are connected by verandas on both sides, and the third entrance is called "cool scenic spot". It is an ancient building with double eaves and upturned corners, with a height of 6m, a width of16m and a depth of 20m. There are pools and stone faucets in front of the temple, "Jiangtian Yixian Pavilion" on the second floor on the west side, and rockeries, pools and hexagonal pavilions on the east side. After Chongzheng Academy, it was converted into the China Stone Museum. There are Mapo and Cuiwei Garden attractions in the east of the museum. Chongzheng Academy 1980, Nanjing * * * allocated funds to rebuild Chongzheng Academy, and Yang Tingbao, an architectural expert, directed the design scheme, which took two years to complete. Temple protection from May 20 13 to August 20 13, and from July 20 14 to June 0/0, the land of Liangqinglanyuan was excavated, with an excavation area of more than 950 square meters, which basically completed the excavation of temple architectural remains in Liang Qing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In this archaeological excavation, * * * found two building bases. The first is the platform, which is in a convex shape, with a main building and ancillary buildings, and the scale of the building is the same as that of the Buddhist temple. The second stage follows the architectural foundation of the first stage. The main building is rectangular, which is the location of the Dharma Hall marked by Brahma Tianzhi in Jinling. Liang Qing Temple (Fayan Zongzuting, Nanjing Liang Qing Temple) 2065438+In April 2004, Nanjing Planning Bureau announced the conceptual planning and design of Nanjing Jinling Yishicheng Ruins Park. It is pointed out that Liang Qing Liang Qing Temple is the ancestral hall of Fa 'an, and the planning and design put forward to carry out the protection and exhibition project of Liangqing ancient temple site. The design will take the protection of mountains and trees as the guiding ideology, combine the existing land of Lubei Flower House, keep the original site south of Tianwang Temple, and add Daxiong Hall, Buddhist Square, Fayan Ancestral Hall (new underground palace of Liang Qing Temple) and East-West hatchback. According to the existing historical data, Liang Qing Temple respects the past and follows the present, and it is planned to restore the mountain gate, the Tianwang Hall, the landscape of Yanghuanjing in the South Tang Dynasty and the Fayanzong Memorial Hall (main hall) in turn. Cultural Value Culture The idiom "He who unties the bell must tie it" has come from Liang Qing Temple since ancient times. During the lecture, Fayan asked all the monks in the temple, "Who can untie the golden bell tied around the tiger's neck?" Everyone thought twice, but couldn't answer. At this time, the magic light just came over and the eyes asked him this question again. Deng Fa replied without thinking: "Only those who tie the golden bell around the tiger's neck can untie the golden bell." Hearing this, the watchful eye felt that Deng Fa could understand Buddhism very well, so he praised him in public. Later, this sentence was handed down by the idiom "He who tied the bell must untie it". Nanjing, a famous cultural city with a value of 1, is rooted in Liangqing, and the core content of cool culture cannot be separated from Liang Qing's Buddhist culture. 2. Liang Qing Temple is the birthplace of Fa Yan Zong, one of the five schools of Zen in China, which has great influence at home and abroad. 3. The birthplace of Buddhism knocking on the "ghost bell" is in Liang Qing Temple, while the "cool bell" is well-known at home and abroad. 4. Liang Qing Temple pioneered the emperor's support for Buddhism to set up a release pool in the form of a state. The release pond of Liang Qing Temple is Wulongtan. 5. One of the 48 scenic spots in Jinling, "Asking Buddha in a Cool Way", is an unprecedented event. In the "Jinling Scenic Area Map" during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it was said that Liang Qing was also called Xiao Jiuhua Mountain. According to legend, the Tibetan Bodhisattva was stationed in tin. From July 1st to July 30th of the lunar calendar, people come to Liang Qing to worship Buddha in an endless stream. It is said that from Dazhong Bridge to Liangqingshan, there are fragrant tea sheds for pilgrims to rest. This bustling and crowded prosperity has formed one of the forty-eight scenic spots in Jinling, "Cold Asking Buddha", which has been passed down to this day. Liu Kezhuang, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, said in his poem "Liang Qing Temple": "There were thousands of layers of gold and silver in the pagoda temple." 6. Chongzheng Academy was the largest academy in the south of the Yangtze River during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, located on the Liang Qingshan Mountain. Together with the famous Sweeping Leaf Building in Gong Xian, the first of the eight famous ministers in Jinling in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, it constitutes an immortal cool culture. Restoration of the ancestral halls of the five schools and seven schools of Zen, the ancestral hall of Yang Yang, located in Miyin Temple of Weishan, Ningxiang County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, was restored and opened in 1979. In 2003, Yangshan Yin Qi Temple in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province reopened. The ancestral home of Yunmen Sect is located in Daigakuji, Yunmen Mountain, Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, 1983. Linjizong ancestral hall, located in Linji Temple, Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, reopened on 1984. Cao Dongzong Zuting, located in Dongshan Puli Temple, Yifeng County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, was restored and opened at 1986. 1993 restoration and opening of Caoshan Baoji Temple in Yihuang County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province. Yang Qi Zongzuting, located in Yang Qi Temple, Yang Qi Mountain, Shangli County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, was restored and opened in 1996. Huanglong Zongzuting, located in Huanglong Temple, Huanglong Mountain, xiushui county, Jiangxi Province, was restored and opened in 1994. Fayan Zongzuting, located in Liang Qing Temple, Liang Qing, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is the only temple in the five ancestral halls of Zen that has not been restored. Buddhist Activities 2015165438+1In the early morning of October 8, Liang Qing Temple of Fayan Ancestral Hall held an annual ceremony of offering Buddha and fasting for heaven. Thanks to the blessing of the Ten Baolong Days, the ancestral road was prosperous, and all rivers run into the sea. We prayed for the country and people to be safe and prosperous and abide by the Buddhist law for a long time. 20 15 12 3 1 9 pm, a blessing ceremony was held in Liang Qing temple. Near noon, the wizards led the people to sing and ring the bell, and then ring the bell in order. 20 16 March 27th, February 19th of the lunar calendar, celebrating the Christmas of Guanyin Bodhisattva. /kloc-On the evening of 0/8, a blessing ceremony was held in Liang Qing Temple, Fayan Ancestral Hall. At the ceremony, manna was sprinkled everywhere, and the public was satisfied with Xiangyun Bai Fan. If they don't move, they will be calm and happy. 16 May 14 (the eighth day of the fourth lunar month), we celebrated the Christmas of Sakyamuni Buddha, prayed for blessings at the Liang Qing Temple in Fayan Ancestral Hall, and on the morning of Buddha's birthday, people bathed in Buddha's light and were full of happiness. 2065438+On February 24, 2007, 65438+2007, Liang Qing Temple held the annual * * * disciple mercy release conversion meeting. After the release ceremony, Master Li Hai led all the disciples attending the ceremony to read the Sutra of Cold Conversion, and worshipped Buddha 108, which increased the merits of * * *. Master (885-958), surnamed Lu, became a monk at Zhitong Hospital at the age of seven and was ordained at Kaiyuan Temple in Yuezhou at the age of twenty. In the late Zhou Dynasty, Master Wen Yi appeared to shave his hair and take a bath on July 17, 2005 (958) and bid farewell to the monks. Li Jing, the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, visited him personally during his illness. All the officials and officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty were buried in Jiangning County in plain clothes. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Master Wen Yi was named "Zen Master with Great Fayan", which was later called "Fayan School". Zen masters such as Wukong Xiufu, Deng Fatai Qin and Juehai Wensui all worked as abbots in Liang Qing Temple. Master Li Hai: At present, he is the curator of Liang Qing Temple in Nanjing and the vice president of Nanjing Buddhist Association. Travel Tips MRT: Take Nanjing MRT Line 2, get off at Hanzhongmen Station and exit 2. Bus: Take bus No.6, No.60, No.91,No.317, No.51,No.532 and No.552 and get off at Qingliangshan Park. Address Liang Qing Temple is located in Liangqingshan, Gulou District, Nanjing.