Brief introduction of Brahma Temple in Xiamen

Brief introduction of Brahma Temple in Xiamen

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Brahma Temple is located in Shan Lun Road, Datong Town, the former Tongan County (now Tongan District), which is called "Lunshan Mountain in the North of the County" in the old annals. The Records of Quanzhou Prefecture and Tongan County say that the temple was built between Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the year cannot be verified. There are 70 temples, which are called "Xingjiao".

According to Shu Min, before the Song Emperor (1049- 1054), there was a Northern Rock Academy in Xingjiao Temple. In the second year, Geng Yin, Jian Mo, the magistrate of Tongan County, and Zhang Shizong, a citizen of Yizhou, visited Dalun Mountain and built "Dupumice". Xining Middle School (1068— 1077) merged 72 temples (courtyards) into one area and renamed it "Brahma Temple". At that time, there were 58 temples in Tongan, and Brahma Temple was the first of all temples in Tongan. In Shaoxing (1131-1162), Zhu Wei was the master of Tongan, and tried to stay in the Zen forest. At this time, Brahma Temple began to decline. In his poem "Sleeping in Brahma Temple", he said: "The old monk paid all the rent. There are no bells and drums at sunset in the empty mountain, and only bats fly in the empty hall. " There are cliff stone carvings such as Cold Bamboo Wind Pine, Zhanlongsong Pine, Zhanting Pavilion, Jim and Shi Gui. Today "Jim" is missing; The word "Zhanlongsong" still exists, and "Song" died early; "Zhanting" is trapped by a stone, and calligraphy and painting are upside down, which is not a scene of "Zhanting stone falling down". In the 14th year of Yuan Dynasty (1354), there was a drought in Quanzhou, and the people ate each other, which aroused the hungry people to make trouble. Brahma Temple was destroyed by fire.

In the tenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1377, the eight people ruled Hongwu for nine years), the idle Zen master who lived in seclusion in the deep mountains rebuilt Brahma Temple, built the Dharma Hall first and completed it next year; Twelve years to build a bedroom; The following year, the abbot, guest house and kitchen were completed one after another, and the opening ceremony was held on June 15, 2008. Zhao Daosheng, who was born and raised in China, is still fresh in his memory. In the seventeenth year, Zen master Wuwei rebuilt the Hall of the Great Hero, and his disciples were wise and made concerted efforts. As a result, the central axis of the building with the King Kong Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall and the Sutra Pavilion as the main body was gradually formed. The halls and pavilions are majestic, and the buildings are majestic and magnificent. In the 22nd year of Jiajing (1543), monk Hao Tong rebuilt. Forty years of Wanli (16 12), Li Ren participated in politics, Cai rebuilt, and wrote for himself.

In the early Qing dynasty, there was no doubt that the abbot of Brahma Temple was a Zen master. In the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648), Zheng successfully occupied Tongan City against the Qing army. In August of that year, the Qing soldiers joined forces to surround Tongan, broke through the city and slaughtered tens of thousands of civilians. There is no doubt that Zen master led Tudyne and other seven people to be buried in the north of Dalun Mountain, and named their tombs "Tonggui Institute". During the reign of Kangxi (1662- 1722), the monk Shi Tao was rebuilt, and from the first year of Qianlong to the twenty-eighth year (1736- 1763), the monk Fiona Fang was rebuilt. During the Tongzhi period (1862- 1874), it deteriorated again, and squires Wang Wenxiang and Wang Fuchang proposed to rebuild it. At that time, monk Gu Feng was the master of the temple. At the end of Guangxu (1905- 1908), the temple pillars were corroded by termites, so please ask Zhang _, Zhou Mian and Hu Chengxuan to repair them.

In the fifth year of the Republic of China (19 16), squire Wu proposed to build the bell tower and lady temple. In August, 2007, Zhang Shucheng, commander of Beiyang Military Camp, broke through the Brahma Temple on the grounds that monks supported the revolutionary army, shot and killed the abbot, monk Gu Feng and his eight disciples, and set fire to the Zen forest, leaving only the King Kong Hall, the gate and the Drum Tower, and the monks immediately dispersed. The following year, Master Chaoyun came to live and left the year after. In eight years, Wu and Xu Rong, Hong Hongru (that is, Hong) and the gentry in Zhoujiang Dakun * * carried out repairs, which coincided with overseas Chinese businessmen Yang Keyu, Wu Ruifu and Wu Province's Sankun season, so * * * helped righteousness, costing more than 4,000 yuan. In seventeen years, Master Huazhong and Master Benmiao came to live together, and the temple was in ruins. Twenty-two years, repair the lady's mother temple. In 23 years, Tong 'an County ordered Huang, Huang and Huang to invite the elders Quan and Hui Ji of Xiamen and Hequan Mountain, as well as the eminent monks of Julia, to come to Tong 'an and plan to rebuild Brahma Temple. Tongan Buddhist Association consists of Hui Ji, Master Hui Quan and Yanxiang Chen, a layman. Huiji was appointed as the dean and abbot of Brahma Temple, and he wanted to be a master. In twenty-four years, Wu and Xu Chaojing advocated the construction of the bell tower, and the layman Wu Dingmei took on the heavy responsibility alone. Tan Kai, Honghui, Ren Shan, Shaanxi, Yi Shan, Xiangguan, Zhao Kai, Benyuan and Benmiao. Then gradually dispersed. In thirty-four years, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, young wizards, Wensheng wizards, Yinshun wizards and Hou Xue wizards came to live in succession. The following year, the young mage took over as the abbot of Brahma Temple and the president of Tongan Buddhist Association. Later, the young mage went to Singapore at the invitation of his female disciple Tonghe Valley. Master Vincent and Master Hou Xue are guarding Brahma Temple. In 38 years of the Republic of China, some people advocated building temples.

1952, Master Hou Xue succeeded the abbot and the president of Tongan Buddhist Association. 1956, overseas Chinese in Malaysia Yang, Yang Chaochang donated money to build the Dharma Hall. 1958, Brahma Temple was listed as a scenic spot. 1960, Master Wensheng and Master Hou Xue raised funds to build Gongdetang and Longshan Temple. 1966 during the "cultural revolution", the Buddha temple in Brahma Temple and the cliff stone carvings in Shan Lun were destroyed, the Buddhist Dojo became a production farm, the Zen Galand was demolished, and a prison for prisoners was built. 198 1 year, resumed normal religious activities and was approved as the first batch of open temples. The following year, the people's government allocated funds to repair the mountain gate and designated the mountainous area of11mu as a temple management area. 1983, Longshan Temple was converted into a Buddhist chanting hall. 1985, Jushi Unitalen City donated the Arch Wheel Hall and the Inner Gate; 1986, believers donated thousands of Buddha pavilions and Kuixing pavilions; 1987, Chen Wenfeng rebuilt Zhuzi Temple (Ziyang Academy), and Shanxin raised funds to rebuild Lady Chitou Temple. During this period, Gongde Hall, Bell Tower, Dressing Pavilion, Yangzhi Pavilion and Zhanting Pavilion were successively repaired or rebuilt. In order to restore and rebuild Brahma Temple, regardless of old age and infirmity, Master Hou Xue went south to Singapore for three times (1February 1990,1May 1994,1April 1995), made friends, appealed for donations from villagers and believers, and won the full support of enthusiastic people from all walks of life overseas. 199 1 year, Master Hou Xue and 63 CPPCC members jointly put forward a proposal to restore and rebuild Brahma Temple, which was highly valued by Tongan County and Xiamen Municipal People's Congress. They successively passed the resolution of "returning and restoring Brahma Temple to implement religious policies and protect historical and cultural sites", and established the "Xiamen Tongan Brahma Temple Restoration Council" with Master Hou Xue as the chairman. 1993165438+10, the county government moved the detention center. 1994 1 28, the groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of Brahma Temple was held. 10/2 165438 The ground was broken for the Sutra Pavilion, followed by the Heavenly King Hall, the King Kong Hall and the Daxiong Hall. 1June, 1996, Tongan district government allocated 17 mu of land to build Brahma Square. 124 October, 165438, Qian Weichang, Sun, Sun and other famous people at home and abroad unveiled the King Fadian, Fatang and Tibetan Classics Pavilion.

1On September 24th, 997, a grand ceremony was held to rebuild Brahma Temple and open the Buddha statue. 1April 1998, the East-West Corridor was completed. 1March, 1999, Great Compassion Hall was completed, and it was completed in August of the same year. Therefore, the reconstruction project of Brahma Temple has come to an end. The completed Brahma Temple is still located at the southern foot of Dalun Mountain, and a new Brahma Square is built in front of the temple. The square is divided into five layers with the terrain, which is made of huge stones and neat and beautiful. In the north of the square, there is a newly carved fountain.

On the north-south longitudinal axis of Brahma Temple, the southernmost is the King Kong Hall, which has three bays. There is a disc in the center of the hall, and there is a golden Buddha statue in it, which is called "Seeing Buddha when Flowers Bloom". There is a seven-level pagoda on each side in front of the temple, which is made of stone and has a light and beautiful image.

Behind the King Kong Hall is the Heavenly King Hall, and then the Ursa Major Hall. There are iron tripod, stone pagoda, iron tower and stone sutra building in front of the Hall of Great Heroes. Daxiong Hall is built on the base of white granite, surrounded by stone fences on the east, west and south sides. Five bays and five depths, six beautifully carved diabase panlong columns stand on the front, and the walls are inlaid with dense Buddha statues, which are called "ten thousand buddhas".

Behind the Hall of Great Compassion is the Hall of Great Compassion, with an octagonal plane and triple eaves. There is a two-way slope on the top floor, and the dragon pagoda is piled on the main ridge. The other six become sharp and the cornices become upturned.

Finally, the Dharma Hall built on the terrace has five rooms. Under the Dharma Hall, on the first floor above the head, there are also five bays, with the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha lying in the middle.

On both sides of the main hall on the central axis, two rows of climbing arcade corridors were newly built according to the terrain, with corridors in front of the downstairs and temples behind. On the first floor, there are 500 halls, such as Luohan Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Galatia Hall and Tommy Hall. Second floor squatter, monk's house. A courtyard stands in the north corner of the East Sequence, which is called Zhaitang.

On the east side of the main building complex of Brahma Temple, there are Dalun Mountain Gate, Ming Dynasty Bell Tower, Thousand Buddha Pavilion, Buddha Hall, Gongde Hall, Thanksgiving Hall, Third Lady's Mother's Hall, the newly-built Fa Hui Memorial Hall in the south of Shandong, and the King Kong Hall in the west.