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Where is the most famous temple in Jiangyin?

Guanxi Village, Nanzha, Jiangyin, is a small mountain village surrounded by mountains and waters. This place is not only the hometown of Olympic champion Lu Chunlong, but also found in the recent cultural relics survey that there used to be a number of large-scale Buddhist temples with a long history in the two natural villages of Dongxiqi Village and Xiluqi Village, the most famous of which is the Bird's Nest Temple. There are several stone houses in the village, simple and quiet, silently telling distant stories. So far, the old people in the village can tell some folk stories.

Guanxi Village, Nanzha Town, Jiangyin is the hometown of Wuxi Olympic champion Lu Chunlong. In the interview in August this year, I only felt that this small mountain village was a bit special: there were only a few stone houses left in the village, which were quaint and quiet, as if silently telling a distant story. The old people in the village can still tell some folk stories, which makes people guess that this is a treasure left by the gods.

Sure enough, Lu Guoping, the stationmaster of Nanzha Town Cultural Station, recently told reporters that the latest results of the cultural relics survey have come out. There used to be a large-scale temple group here, the most famous Bird's Nest Temple, but it was lost in time.

Lost temples and temples

Due to the excavation in 1980s and 1990s, there are several hills less than 100 meters high in Qinwang Mountain in Kansai Village. There is a mountain called Luqi Mountain, and there are two natural villages in the east and west of the mountain. At present, there are only two or three hundred households. I don't know whether the mountain is named after the village or the village is named after the mountain. This naturally formed mountain bay, about two square miles, is located at the junction of Jiangyin Nanzha and Changzhou Jiaoxi. It looks ordinary now, but if it goes back to 100, this area is a very lively place.

According to the Records of Jiangyin, there were many places of folk belief in this mountain bay, such as Zifu Temple, Qiyun Temple, Guandi Temple, City God Temple, Sanxian Pavilion and Bird's Nest Temple. At the peak of incense, there were more than 100 houses. The local villagers provided a certificate that in 1958, a villager built a house with scattered square bricks. Bricks are extremely large and thick, and they are only used to build temples.

The old people in the village also provided a clue, that is, before the liberation of 1949, the village historian and Lujia ancestral hall were still there, and they were two-story buildings. When they worshipped their ancestors, relatives from all over the country came by boat. However, the most famous is the Bird's Nest Temple, which was listed as a historic site in Jiangyin County Records in the Ming Dynasty. It is a Mao 'an in the Tang Dynasty and a large-scale temple in the Song Dynasty.

People and events of Zen master in Bird's Nest

The Bird's Nest Temple is famous for the monks in the Tang Dynasty. Speaking of Zen master's bird's nest, he is a famous master in the history of Buddhism in China, and also a Zen master with a strange appearance. He lives in a tree and practices in an air shed like a bird's nest. For a long time, everyone called him Zen master's bird's nest. Although his behavior is shocking, he is very good at meditation. As for how he came to this temple in Luqi, there is also a legendary story.

The Bird's Nest Temple was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, formerly known as Luqi Temple and Luqi Temple. It has been 1300 years now. According to legend, during the Yuan and Meng Dynasties, an old monk who traveled in the clouds came to the temple and talked with all the monks about Buddhist scriptures every day. In just a few days, his mastery of Buddhist teachings and superb debating skills moved all the monks and won everyone's support. The original abbot of Luqi Temple was a kind and open-minded person. He hit it off with the old monk and had a deep conversation. He thinks that this old monk is not only profound in Buddhism, but also noble in morality, and is by no means an ordinary monk. So, he confided to the old monk that he was willing to give way to a saint for the prosperity of incense and the development of Buddhism, hoping that the old monk could stay as an abbot. Seeing his sincere attitude, the old monk readily agreed. This old monk is the Bird's Nest Zen Master.

Zen master Bird's Nest, also known as Daolin, was originally from Fuyang, Zhejiang Province, and his surname was Pan. According to legend, his mother Zhu had a dream one day that sunshine entered her mouth, and then she got pregnant. When he was born, the room was full of exotic fragrance, so she gave him a fragrant name.

Pan Xiangguang grew up to nine years old, and his father sent him to a temple not far from home to become a monk. At the age of 2 1, he was ordained in Jingzhou Guoyuan Temple. Later, he came to Ximing Temple in Chang 'an, the capital, to learn from Master Lifu. After the guidance of a Zen master at that time, he finally became a highly accomplished mage, whose dharma name was Dowling.

Zen language "perching pine and taming magpie"

Up to now, the old people in the village can tell several cases about the meditation story of Zen master Bird Ke. Zhang Shusen, the cultural stationmaster of Nanzha Town for 34 years, traveled to 24 nearby villages and collected many legends about Zen masters. What impressed him the most was the story of "Qi Song tames magpies".

Zen master returned to Hangzhou, Zhejiang after studying in Chang 'an. One day many years later, he passed by Wangqin Mountain near the West Lake (the same name as Qinwang Mountain in Nanzha) and saw a long pine tree with lush foliage and staggered roots, like a big umbrella, and lived on it to practice Buddhism. Not long after, two magpies flew by the branch where he lived, nesting, settling down and reproducing.

In this way, monks and birds live in the same tree and live in harmony. It shows that the Zen master is a very caring monk. He approached magpies on his own initiative and domesticated them, making them understand human language and have human spirituality. Bai Juyi, then the satrap of Hangzhou, was very interested after hearing the story of "leaning on pine to tame magpies" I personally visited the Zen master of Qin Wangshan. As soon as they met, they discussed the current situation, being an official and Buddhism in depth, and finally evolved into a fierce and wonderful debate.

The Zen master's Bird's Nest deserves to be a master of generation and debate. He expounded profound philosophy in concise language, which is concise and easy to understand. His words are sometimes inspiring and unforgettable; Sometimes people have a feeling of waking up from a dream, and dew is sprinkled in their hearts. Bai Juyi often falls behind in debates. Or tongue-tied, or speechless. In the end, the two became bosom friends, and Bai Juyi presented a poem "Ode to a Tailless Snail" by Taoist monks. "A hollow breeze attracts guests, and the depths of Yuhua visit Vimo. The monk only looked at the snail's tail and gave him a bird's nest. A hundred rivers have a sentimental suicide note, and Qingshan has no words and dreams. Who is the clothes of the Millennium, and there are many leaves. "

There is also a saying that Bai Juyi came to Qinwangshan in Jiangyin to meet the Zen master of the Bird's Nest. The evidence is that Bai Juyi wrote a plaque for the snail pool in the temple when he left. This plaque was hung in the snail pavilion behind the pond when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom destroyed the temple in the tenth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty. This inscription by Bai Juyi has been recorded in Jiangyin county annals in past dynasties. However, the snail ponds of Buddhist temples can still be found in the village, and even tailless snails are a specialty of Luqi, a small mountain village.

Snail pond, tailless snail and legend.

Under the guidance of the villagers, the reporter walked through a vegetable field and found the snail pond under the camphor tree effortlessly. It is said that this was the release pond of the Bird's Nest Temple at that time. The pond is not big, only 20 meters long and about 15 meters wide. It is an oval structure with a water depth of more than 2 meters. The water quantity in the four seasons does not change much, and it will not dry up in summer.

The most shocking thing is that a tailless snail grows naturally in the pool and looks like it has been cut off. Kindhearted villagers fished out several snails barefoot from the pool, all of which were live snails, but suddenly their tails turned flat and looked really like they had been cut. Strangely, this snail only grows in snail ponds and crescent ponds, which are only a dozen meters away. Speaking of other ponds in the village, it is an ordinary snail.

About the legend of tailless snail, the reporter heard two versions of the story in the village. There is a saying that all the monks in the temple are vegetarians. Some young monks are greedy and can't stand the suffering in the temple, so they secretly go to the release pond to catch snails to eat. One day, when several young monks just cut off the snail's ass with scissors and prepared to secretly have a toothache, the old monk suddenly appeared. Afraid of being scolded by the old monk, the young monk let the snail go. Since then, the snail's tail here seems to have been cut.

There is also a saying that when the Zen master's bird's nest went out, he saw a village woman shearing snails and preparing to cook. He was so kind that he bought all the snails and put them in the release pond. Finally, the snail grows like this.

Legends are legends after all. Lu Guoping, the stationmaster of Nanzha Town, also found many poems left in the Tang and Song Dynasties to prove the history of tailless snails.

Lu Guimeng and Pi Rixiu, poets in the late Tang Dynasty, visited the Bird's Nest Temple many times with Wei Pu, a poet in Jiangyin at that time. Wei Pu also wrote two poems about the Bird's Nest Buddhist Temple, which were included in the first page of the first volume of Poems on the River written by Qing people in Fudan University Library. One of the songs "Looking for Birds" wrote: "Visit a famous monk and talk about finding a tune. The pine forest is quiet in spring and the stone path is cloudy in the evening. Taoism teaches magpies and Zen reveals snails. Who is with Zheng? "

There is also a book "The Story of the Snail Pond", written by Qiu Chong, a famous anti-Yuan star, a native of Jiangyin in the Song Dynasty, and an official to prime minister. It records that he personally went to the Bird's Nest Temple to investigate and verify the origin of tailless snails from monks. The monk replied that it was the charity of Zen master's bird's nest.