Which temples are effective in Quanzhou?

Quanzhou is known as the Maritime Silk Road, and there are many scenic spots along the way. In order to pray for a safe journey, there are also many temples or memorial temples with strong incense in Quanzhou. These temples have also become a highlight and a major landscape in Quanzhou.

Kaiyuan Temple

"This place was called the Buddhist Kingdom in ancient times, and the streets were full of saints". This is the evaluation of Quanzhou, a famous historical and cultural city, by Zhu, a Dali scholar in Song Dynasty.

Crossing the West Street, you can see two towering towers in the distance. The hall with red tiles and yellow walls is more and more solemn and sacred under the lush banyan trees in southern Fujian.

For Quanzhou people who believe in Buddhism, Kaiyuan Temple is an important place to pray for blessings every day. In particular, the 26th of each month is the Buddha's Birthday Festival, which is held once a year 12 times. It is the most lively worship of the head and tail: the first day of the first month, the first day of the twelfth month, and the last day of the twelfth month, making wishes in person. From the 25th night of the twelfth lunar month 1 1 to the 26th night of the twelfth lunar month 12, the temple fair of the twelfth lunar month lasted for 13 hours and attracted nearly 40,000 pilgrims.

Chengtiansi

Compared with the thousands of tourists visiting the DPRK in the bustling Kaiyuan Temple, the flow of people in Chengtian Temple is obviously much smaller. The former is full of incense and Sanskrit; The latter is quietly hidden in the city. People in the temple are not as noisy and hurried as in Kaiyuan Temple, but three or five people stop to think and watch.

Chengtian Temple is an important place for Master Hongyi in southern Fujian. It is the most important place where he lives in Xichuan, and it is also the place where the great monk lives. 1930 In February, at the invitation of Master Xing Yuan, the master moved to Chengtian Temple and helped Yuan establish a platform Buddhist research society. During the period of 1933, the master stayed in Chengtian Temple for many times, helped the master to publicize the education of monks, set up a reading club to live in Xibang, burned the Pledge of Residents of Nanshan Fayuan in front of the Buddha, sorted out the scriptures of Chengtian Temple in his spare time, and inscribed "Tibetan Scripture Pavilion" on the seal script board. 1935165438+10. In October, due to the winter fasting period of Chengtian Temple, Master Hongyi had to make an appointment to give lectures at Chengtian Temple. There are so many people coming to the temple that the Zhai Tang can't hold on. The sermon was held outdoors for three consecutive days. During Chengtian's stay, the master used his spare time to revise and basically finalize the outline of law. 1938 In the early winter, Master Hongyi passed by Chengtian Temple and was detained by Zhu Shanyou. He continued to live in Xiyutai Courtyard, giving lectures, becoming attached to inscriptions, printing scriptures and giving alms. 1942 65438+1October 13 At 8 o'clock in the evening, Master Hongyi passed away peacefully in Yixian Room of Wenling Nursing Home in Quanzhou. 15 led Xiao Sheng to Chengtian Temple at 3pm, and held a pilgrimage at Chengtian Temple at 7pm on 20th.

guandi temple

Quanzhou has a strong religious atmosphere, which is not only reflected in Buddhist holy places, but also in local Taoist beliefs. Since ancient times, the worship of Guan Di has been one of the main beliefs of China people. Quanzhou Guandi Temple has been one of the six major temples of Kanto belief and the largest martial temple in Fujian Province for more than 600 years since Hongwu.

Minnan people are the earliest pioneers of navigation in China. They also spread the belief of Guan Gong religion along the sea to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Since ancient times, it represents loyalty and honesty, which is also the most important thing in traditional business culture. Therefore, Guan Gong became the patron saint of commerce, and there were many folk believers. Guandi Temple has become one of the most popular temples in southern Fujian. According to friends in Fujian, Minnan people especially believe in Guan Gong religion. Besides reading, everyone will go to the Confucius Temple to find Confucius.

Burning incense in Guandi Temple is an extremely complicated process. After we bought incense at the door, the mother-in-law who sold incense gave us a big bag of incense and patiently explained it for three times. There seems to be 13 steps. We need to burn incense in every fixed corner of Guandi Temple one by one, and then sign after burning incense.

The Confucian Temple is not far from the Wu Temple and occupies a large area.

Perhaps because of the indissoluble bond between Zhu and Quanzhou, Quanzhou has a strong Confucian atmosphere. If the incense of Wu Temple is endless, it is refreshing, and the regularity and tranquility of the Confucian Temple are refreshing, which is also a clear sound that occupies a place in the excitement.

Confucian temple

With the prosperity of the Maritime Silk Road, Quanzhou is becoming more and more attractive to the other side of the ocean. Arabs from afar came to China with goods in one hand and the chronicle of Master Ou Yi in the other, and Islam began to spread to the East. Quanzhou is recognized as the birthplace of Islam, which was first introduced into China from the sea. In its heyday, there were as many as seven mosques in Quanzhou.

Jing Qing Temple, located between Confucian architecture (Wenfu Temple) and Taoist architecture (Guan Yue Temple), is the only one left today. Although the main body and main hall of the temple have been completely destroyed, leaving only the appearance for people to mourn, this earliest and oldest Islamic temple with Arab architectural style in China is still a cultural wonder bred by the ancient port of Hayes.