Suining, Sichuan, hometown of Guanyin

In folklore, the most famous is Guanyin in the South China Sea. Her origin is very simple: It is said that in the year of Tang Dazhong 12 (858), Hui Chen, a Japanese monk, invited the Guanyin icon of Wutai Mountain to return to Japan and hit a stone through Putuo Mountain. After several attempts, the windshield stopped her, so she had to leave the icon in Yin Chao Cave and build a "unwilling to go to Kannonji" to worship Guanyin. Later, it became the Guanyin Dojo with the most incense among the four Buddhist Dojo in China and became an international pilgrimage site.

Guanyin, a native of Suining, Sichuan, was born in guangde temple, Suining, Sichuan. On page 35 1 of the annals of guangde temple, it is clearly recorded that a long time ago, there was a traitor in the western regions, whose name was solemn and his wife was Baoying. They lived a nomadic life and later settled down in Suining, Liangzhou. Rob Wang has three daughters named Miaoyu, Miao Shan and. This is the legendary Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Most of the four Buddhist Dojo in China have legends of personality gods, such as the Dojo of the Tibetan King and Bodhisattva in Jiuhuashan, Anhui Province, which says that his original body is the body of Jin Qiaojue, a monk in the Tang Dynasty. Jin Qiaojue crossed the sea from Silla to China and practiced in Jiuhua Mountain during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. He died in the tenth year of Zhenyuan (794) and was regarded as the reincarnation of the Earth Treasure King Bodhisattva. There is an evil image of a cow-snatching girl in the west annex hall of Luobian Temple in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, which is said to be the incarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva. The Wannian Temple in Emei Mountain was built in the Jin Dynasty. Its name is Fukenji, which should be related to the legend of monks, but there is no historical record to test. But there was a bronze seal for Wannian Temple in the Ming Dynasty: "Give me Emei Mountain" and "May Pu Xian be the treasure of the king". The Guanyin Dojo in Putuo Mountain in the South China Sea also has the legend of personality god. The Zen master You Ke from guangde temple, Suining City, Sichuan Province was earlier than Hui 'e 100 years ago.

Suining guangde temple was founded in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, was coached by Zen master You Ke, and died in the third year of Tang Zhenyuan (787). Zhao, the magistrate of Song Anyue County, wrote in the biography of You Ke Zen Master that his tower made "five colors shine out of the valley, and people thought Guanyin was incarnate." Xie Jin in the Northern Song Dynasty also said in the Story of Shanji Pagoda of Guangli Temple in Suizhou: Youkeshen Pagoda was "destroyed by Huichang, turned into a pool and Bai Lianhua ... Between the valleys, the light was surrounded ... Guanyin statue seemed to be among them, and Langya, Guo Xiang, was digging for traces of spirit, with purple and gold collarbone. This is the incarnation of Master Guanyin, which was rebuilt as a pagoda. Chuanjun is a subordinate, a monk, a Taoist woman, regardless of age, and deeply admired. " Become the oldest Guanyin Dojo in China.

The existing tablet of "Xilai Jade Buddha" in guangde temple records the origin of the monks in the Qing Palace: "This temple was built in the past dynasties and is the Dojo of Master Guanyin. Four people worship it, dragon day respects it with merit, and six monks gather together. "

More authoritative and historic, in the first month of the 4th year of Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu (10 1 1), guangde temple Temple was given the name "Guangli Temple" and a Guanyin jewelry seal was given to Guangli Temple, which is now in the Tibetan Temple. This is 600 years earlier than Emei Mountain won the bronze seal of Pu Xian. The folk pilgrimage to Guanyin is more enthusiastic, forming a traditional festival of economic activities, cultural activities and folk Buddhist activities in history. An article in the second issue of Guangde Yin Chao (1993) wrote: "Grandpa's gift to the sea is the head of the meeting in Emei Mountain every year in the village ... although his mother Luo Yongming is illiterate and a rural woman ... she worships Guanyin Bodhisattva, who is merciful and compassionate. She knows many legends of Guanyin. For example, the three sisters of Guanyin Bodhisattva eat in the same pot and practice separately. My elder sister went to Lingquan Temple, my second sister went to guangde temple, and only my third sister went to Putuo Mountain in the South China Sea. According to this ballad, three-year-old children can sing, and the last sentence is' Only Third Sister can't practice, but she went to Putuo Mountain in Nanhai') ... Suining Guanyin was born on February 19th. She knows all these jingles. Since Guanyin is not a foreign god, she is just a fairy next door who is only 40 kilometers away from Tianfu Township in Pengxi County. Then, going to the two famous mountains of Suining Lingquan and Guangde to worship Guanyin and see the true face of the Buddha is a great pleasure in life. " "I will never forget the spring of 1940. My 32-year-old mother, after staying up late spinning and weaving, saved a small sum of money to go up the mountain. At the age of 9, she called a group of Buddhist mother-in-law to take me up the mountain in Suining, and never ate meat on the way, because eating meat was bound to kill, which violated Buddhist teachings. The conversation should not involve the relationship between men and women, because it is disrespectful to Guanyin. In order to resist the attack of evil forces, she always recites:' The Diamond Sutra, go out and see Guanyin. Eight donkey kong leads the way, and the four heavenly kings are divided into two sides. The evil spirits and monsters are coming, cutting off the dust with one knife. "There is the courage of Guanyin, and there are good men and women in Jingfuyuan, Santai County. A team of about 300 people faces the mountains, holding the banner of pilgrimage into the mountains, beating drums and drums, which is very lively and spectacular; Buddhists in Xichong County and other places are also in droves, beating drums with unique local characteristics:' Please be crazy, please be crazy, please be crazy ...' Because there are pilgrims all the way, and no gangsters come to make trouble. "

This oral historical and cultural heritage has been handed down from generation to generation. Ming Xishu wrote "Tales of Guangli Temple" and said: "Ke Youta is behind Kannonji, and Guanyin is molded in the temple, which is Ke Huayou." "His disciples and monks will be clean ... and lead more than 300 mountains" (self-edited version of guangde temple). According to the explanation of Historical Evolution of guangde temple, it says: "Since the Tang Dynasty, guangde temple has been promoted and replaced by monks for more than 1000 years and has become a good neighbor of East Asia. Cigarettes have been popular since Ming and Qing Dynasties. Every spring, during the incense ceremony, overseas Chinese and friends from all over the country come to worship Buddha in an endless stream, with more than 10 thousand people every day. The grand occasion is the highest in Sichuan temples. " There is a mantra in Suining County: "Do business in February, and you can eat for a year after closing the door."

The content of the incense party, business groups inside and outside the county, all attended the meeting. Light bulbs are used to tie bright dragons, silk is used to tie colorful dragons, and the pavilion is also very high, called "Taiwan", which is used to dress up various costumes. Teenagers wear silk clothes, ride tall horses and have superb stilt performances. At night, all kinds of lanterns and colorful dragons are dazzling, which is really "the fire tree and the silver flowers don't stop at night" On the streets that are thoroughgoing day and night, tourists are weaving and reaching the temples. Sometimes sculpture exhibitions are held, and the dance art and martial arts competition of dragon and lion lanterns are unprecedented.

A variety of folk music arts, such as blowing, playing, playing, singing and pulling, are competing to perform at the incense party, which is really "a hundred flowers blossom". The exchange of calligraphy and painting art, murals by Lingquan and Guangde, and plaques inscribed by many famous artists are all eye-catching.

This cultural and economic activity with a long history conforms to the definition of "myth, legend, ceremony and custom" published by UNESCO 1997. The classification of "humanistic landscape" recently proposed by China Tourism Resources System is also in line with the definition of "abstract humanistic landscape" (including "folk landscape" and "historical pursuit landscape").

Guanyin Lake is located between the old city of Suining and the new city of Hedong, with a water surface area of about1.4000 mu. It is named after the legend that Guanyin Bodhisattva once appeared here. Guanyin Lake Scenic Area has abundant rainfall, pleasant climate, winding mountains, clear water and beautiful scenery. It is a good place for tourism, summer vacation and leisure. It is a key scenic spot in Suining City with rich natural and cultural landscapes. The huge "Guanyin Lake" and several islands in the middle of the river, which are twice as big as the West Lake, show the unique landscape of the western water capital, a city with water, and a city with water. "The sunset is lonely in Qi Fei, and the autumn water is * * * the sky is one color."