[Continued] Walk out from the Weizhou Office, and walk 50 meters east through the parking lot to the Nan'an Temple Pagoda. I passed by here in the morning, but the small courtyard was closed, the red-painted gate was closed, and there was a notice that it was closed during maintenance. I could only look at this towering blue-brick solid pagoda from outside the courtyard. Fortunately, when we came here again with the group, the door of the small temple was opened, which may have been specially arranged by the county cultural relics department for this event.
When we passed by in the morning, we saw that the gate was closed, and there was a notice of suspension of opening posted on the door.
So we can only look at this pagoda outside the courtyard. The tower is integrated from top to bottom, standing majestically, like a beautifully shaped, elegant and solemn attic.
Nan'an Temple Pagoda is located on the south west side of Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. It is a brick pagoda with 8 sides and 13 levels of solid dense eaves, which was built in the period when Buddhism was prevalent in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was rebuilt in the Liao Dynasty. It is named Nan'an Temple Pagoda because it is located in Nan'an Temple.
Except for a bullet mark left by the warlord melee in 1926 (the fifteenth year of the Republic of China) on the east side of the bottom of the tower, the entire tower body has been preserved intact despite wind, rain and vicissitudes, and it is an important building in ancient China. Later, the pagoda was destroyed by the temple and kept, and the name of the pagoda still follows the old name.
Nan'an Temple Pagoda is named after the temple. Nan'an Temple was once a famous Yanyun temple with a long history. According to legend, it was founded in the Han Dynasty, and it is suspected that it was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The pagoda is located in the center of the temple for people to visit. From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Liao Dynasty, the temple was full of incense.
When we arrived with the group in the afternoon, the gate of the temple had been opened, and we could step into the small courtyard to appreciate this thousand-year-old treasure up close.
When Weizhou City was built in 580 AD (the second year of Daxiang in the Northern Zhou Dynasty), Nan'an Temple already had a large scale. There is an old saying in Beijing that "there is now Tanzhe Temple, and then there is Beijing City", and the same old saying here is "first there is Nan'an Temple, and then there is Weizhou City". It is precisely because of its long history that it was listed in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council in 2001.
The existing Nan'an Temple was built by Zhizhou Kefa in 1706 (the 45th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty) on the only remaining mu of land under the Nan'an Temple Pagoda. Nan'an Temple Pagoda is located on the southeast side of the courtyard.
The main hall in the courtyard faces south, with a single eaves and a hard mountain top, and it is three rooms wide. In the hall, there are three saints with Chinese characteristics, namely Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
Why is it called "Three Saints with Chinese Characteristics"? Because Buddhism has the Three Sages of Huayan, the Three Sages of the West, and the Three Sages of the East, but there is no such combination. In recent decades, people have made offerings to gods and Buddhas at home, and made offerings to three Bodhisattvas together, and this kind of folk decoration has emerged. I have never seen this kind of "three saints combination" in formal ancient temples. The current Nan'an Temple's main hall is also decorated in the same way, with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in the center.
On the west side is Puxian Bodhisattva riding on a six-tusk white elephant. There are murals painted on the west wall. Four Guanyin come from the sea of clouds or from the mountains, and nine Arhats jump and cheer. It can be seen that the heads of Bodhisattvas and Arhats have circular backlights, also known as "headlights".
On the east side is Manjusri Bodhisattva riding on a green lion. The theme of the painting on the east wall is similar to that on the west wall. There are four Avalokitesvaras on the top and nine Arhats on the bottom. Generally speaking, Buddhas have headlights and body lights, bodhisattvas have no body lights but headlights, and Arhats and disciples have no backlights. In these two murals, Arhats also painted headlights.
There is a small side room on each side of the main hall. In the temple, there are meditation rooms two rooms wide in the east and west, and the east meditation room is now filled with old objects collected by the people.
These old objects are covered in dust and desolate.
Some of these old objects seem to be from the period of the Republic of China, and some are earlier.
Of course, there are also modern ones, such as this "police badge"!
The plaque of "Folk Custom Museum" is hung on the door of the West Zen Room, and there are utensils that reflect the life of local people in Yu County.
Because it is now in a closed maintenance period, the objects in the house are a bit messy.
On the west side of the pagoda is a stele building, in which there are two temple reconstruction steles in the Qing Dynasty.
According to the construction date of Nan'an Temple Pagoda in 1706 (the 45th year of Kangxi), "The Ancient Nan'an Temple Pagoda Repair Treasures" records, "Weiluo Nan'an Temple Pagoda began in the Han Dynasty, and there was no city before the pagoda." It can be seen its age. old.
According to the records of "Weizhou Zhi", there is a city and there is a tower. In the early years of Ming Hongwu, when the commander Zhou Fang demolished and rebuilt Yuzhou City, because of the large scale of the pagoda courtyard, the newly built south city wall and moat were passing through the temple. So the temple was abolished and the pagoda was preserved.
From the perspective of architectural style, this kind of brick pagoda with dense eaves began in the Northern Wei Dynasty in our country, but the practice of hanging the banner on the first floor of the Nan'an Temple Pagoda for a week first appeared in the Liao Dynasty. According to this analysis, the Nan'an Temple Pagoda It should be a building of the Liao Dynasty.
The Pagoda of Nan'an Temple is composed of four parts: the tower base, the tower base, the tower body and the tower brake. The tower is 28 meters high. The base of the tower is made of stone strips and is 2.5 meters high. There is an octagonal brick tower on the top. A beast head is embossed on the east, west, north, south, and north sides of the tower, and the seal characters "Fu, Lu, Shou, Jubilee". Above it is an imitation wood brick eaves, on which three weeks of raised lotus petals are carved.
The body of the tower is placed in the lotus petals, as if being held up by the lotus, it is very tall and straight. The first floor of the tower body is higher, with floating tower columns at each corner, and brick arched partition doors and windows on the east, west, north, south, and north fronts. A cross-cut forehead is placed on the door and window, and the horizontal forehead hangs down for a week like a cloud head. On the forehead, a bracket is placed, and the bracket is placed on the thirteenth floor of the pagoda with dense eaves.
Above the second floor, it becomes lower, each floor has overlapping eaves, and the roof is closed with cloth tiles, without doors and windows. There is a copper mirror inlaid in the middle of the four fronts of the east, west, north, and south on each floor, and the sunlight shines on it, and the golden light is shining. The eaves of the tower are closed layer by layer, so that the outline of the tower presents a gentle rolling brake shape. There are iron bells hanging under the overhanging eaves and wing corners on each floor. When the breeze comes, the bells jingle, forming a perfect harmony between movement and stillness.
The top of the pagoda is carved with lotus flowers, supporting the body of the brake. The Tasha is made of iron, supported by a brick-carved upturned lotus, and consists of a bowl, a phase wheel, a round light, a moon, a pearl, and a treasure cover. Nan'an Temple Pagoda is one of the famous cultural relics landscapes in Yuxian County. In 2001, it was announced by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
The overall shape of Nan'an Temple Pagoda is beautiful. The tower is tall and straight. The dense and orderly artistic image has received a harmonious and elegant artistic effect in architectural art. Despite the wind and rain for more than a thousand years, there have been many earthquakes, but there is no slight tilt, and it is still well preserved and stands tall.
Regarding Nan'an Temple Pagoda, there is also a touching story of "The Jellyfish Empress Descends to Earth". Legend has it that the emperor wanted to build a city in Yuzhou, but there was a spring in the area that was so powerful that it often flooded and could not be blocked by manpower. The emperor issued a decree to ask the minister of the Ministry of Industry surnamed Xu to control the flood within three days, otherwise all the families would be executed. The honest and kind Xu Shilang tossed and turned, contemplating and thinking hard, but there was nothing he could do, so he could not eat or drink all day long, and washed his face with tears.
Xu's daughter saw that her father was depressed all day long and his diet was useless, so she stepped forward to ask why, and then asked her father to find someone to make a cauldron. Then he jumped into the pot and sank into the water with the cauldron. After that, of course, the new city will be built, the weather will be smooth, and Cathay Pacific and Minfeng will be prosperous. There are folk rumors that Xu Nu is the jellyfish empress who went down to save the common people.
In Nan'an Temple, you can see many architectural components from the previous year.
Although dilapidated, these exquisite carvings can also faintly feel the glory of the year.
For a long time, the population of Yu County has been rumored that there are rare cultural relics in the Nan'an Temple Pagoda in the old city. Although this Liao Pagoda was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relic unit in 2001, due to the protection of cultural relics, no archaeological excavation was carried out. But no one expected that ten years after being rated as a national key cultural relic protection unit, the underground palace of Nan'an Temple Pagoda was opened in a special way.
In March 2011, the base palace of Nan'an Temple Pagoda was stolen. Thanks to the advancement of technology and the efforts of the police, the Ministry of Public Security has attached great importance to this case and established a special case team. After 6 months of hard work, the special case team spanned 9 provinces including Beijing, Shanxi, and Shandong, screened more than 600,000 hotel guests, more than 3,600 suspicious phone messages, and obtained more than 100 DNA samples from suspects. In the end, 12 main suspects were arrested, and all 109 precious cultural relics lost in the underground palace were recovered and handed over to the Yu County Museum.
Among these precious cultural relics are gold wares, silver wares, bronze wares, wooden wares, and porcelain wares. Appraised by the Cultural Relics Appraisal Expert Committee of the Hebei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, 4 first-class cultural relics, 15 second-class cultural relics, and 35 third-class cultural relics were identified.
This is a batch of rare art works of the Liao Dynasty, and it is also a very complete cultural relic of Buddhist rituals discovered again after the underground palace of Famen Temple. These cultural relics are now preserved in the Weizhou Museum, and we have seen them a few hours ago.
The cultural relics of the Liao Dynasty found in the underground palace of Nan'an Temple Pagoda prove that Weizhou is inextricably linked with the royal family of the Liao Dynasty. In Yu County, a small northern town, a batch of royal cultural relics from the Liao Dynasty were discovered, which greatly shocked the academic circle. The photo is the restored underground palace of Nan'an Temple Pagoda in the exhibition hall of Weizhou Museum.
Leave Nan'an Temple at 17:10, go back to the parking lot and drive to the Sakyamuni Temple outside the south gate of Weizhou Ancient City. This is also a temple that is not currently open to the public. We enjoyed special treatment with the group this time.
Sakyamuni Temple is located on the west side of Nanguan, Yu County, Hebei Province, next to the No. 3 Middle School of Yu County. This is the gate of the middle school. According to reports, there is also a national key cultural relics protection unit in this middle school campus - Yu County Guandi Temple.
There is a large courtyard outside the entrance of the Sakyamuni Temple Scenic Area. The bungalow in the courtyard is the office of the cultural relics management department and has a large parking lot. We drove a small car faster than a large car. When we arrived, the large troops had not yet arrived, and the gate of the scenic spot was not allowed to enter, so we had to park the car outside the courtyard.
After waiting 20 minutes, the peloton arrived. 17:40 We entered the Sakyamuni Temple together with the large troops.
The Sakyamuni Temple in the deep alley is commonly known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty, but the exact date of construction of the temple is unknown, and the initial scale was small.
During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, king of Yan, guarded the north. In order to prevent the remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan forces from invading, he re-planned and built Weizhou City. According to the new plan, the city wall on the west side of the south gate of Weizhou will pass through the magnificent ancient Nan'an Temple. Zhou Fang, the commander of Weizhou in the Ming Dynasty, demolished Nan'an Temple, and only preserved the ancient pagoda we visited just now, and used a large number of bricks and stones from Nan'an Temple Yu Jiancheng.
Zhou Fang expanded the Sakyamuni Temple in the south of the city in order to make up for the frustration of Buddhist believers in Yu County after the demolition of Nan'an Temple, and built two buildings, the Temple of Heavenly King and the Hall of Reclining Buddha. Since then, Sakyamuni Temple has replaced the original Nan'an Temple and developed into the center of Buddhist activities in the ancient city of Weizhou. The annals call it "a blessed place inside and outside the city" and "a famous temple in the south of the East and West".
In the Qing Dynasty, the scale of the Sakyamuni Temple was further expanded, and side halls, verandahs and ear chambers on both sides of the Reclining Buddha Hall were built on both sides of the central axis. Later, two cross-courtyards were established on the east and west sides of the temple, and bell and drum towers, wooden archways, and release ponds were also added to the south of the temple. The scale of the temple has reached its peak.
Since then, the incense of the Sakyamuni Temple has gradually declined. In the period of the Republic of China, affected by the construction of the surrounding environment, the courtyard layout of the Sakyamuni Temple was greatly reduced. Most of the buildings added in the Qing Dynasty have been destroyed. The old courtyard walls have all disappeared. The entrance of the temple has been moved to the southeast corner of the current temple due to the disappearance of the front courtyard. After liberation, the temple was successively occupied by many departments. At present, the West Kua Courtyard is included in the scope of school occupation, and a number of office buildings have been newly built in the East Kua Courtyard of the temple.
After entering the door, the first thing you see is a statue with the words "Trees and Flowers Expressing Love" written on the base. Yu County has five "Guinness Best in the World", one of which is "the oldest folk art of making tree flowers - tree flower making in Yu County".
"Dashuhua" has become a beautiful business card of Yu County. Now in Nuanquan Ancient Town in Yuxian County, there is also a performance of "Striking Trees and Flowers" every weekend night. I didn't go to Nuanquan Ancient Town this time, and I will save it for next time.
The Sakyamuni Temple faces south from the north, covering an area of 4884 square meters. According to reports, the original wooden archway-style mountain gate, the plaque of "Sakyamuni Ancient Temple" is inlaid in the middle of the archway, and the plaque of "Shakya Lanruo" is inlaid on the back. The Shanmen facing the street faces the city wall of Nanguan Wengcheng in Weizhou, and there is a brick screen wall embedded in the Nanguan city wall facing the Shanmen, which is very exquisitely carved. There are a pair of stone lions on both sides of the mountain gate. Inside the gate, there are two ancient locust trees in the east and west. The tree is surrounded by three people, and the tree is more than hundreds of years old. The gate into the mountain is a guide, and there are bell and drum towers on both sides. The leading road is not long and connects with the stone bridge. There is a pond under the stone bridge, and you can enter the Tianwang Hall after crossing the bridge. Unfortunately, these buildings were completely destroyed during the Republic of China. The southernmost building that can be seen today is the Temple of Heavenly Kings.
The Tianwang Hall is the first building on the central axis, which was built when the Sakyamuni Temple was expanded in the Ming Dynasty. Please note that from the south side, the Hall of Heavenly Kings has a single eaves hard mountain tile roof. It is three rooms wide and three rooms deep.
In the middle of the hall, facing south, there is a sitting statue of Maitreya Buddha, with a smile on his face, and a couplet is hung on the pillars on both sides.
Behind the Maitreya Buddha is a standing statue of Wei Tuo, the Dharma protector, with his hands clasped together, and his arms holding the magic pestle.
The statues of the four heavenly kings are divided into east and west, implying to ensure the good weather in the world. These statues in the hall were remodeled in 2016.
The Temple of Heavenly Kings was built in the early Ming Dynasty, and the building we see now was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. After hundreds of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, the painted carvings on the colonnade have been mottled and full of vicissitudes.
The architectural shape of the Tianwang Hall is quite unique. It was originally a three-room hard mountain ridge top, but on the side facing the Daxiong Hall, in addition to the corridor, two columns were added on the east and west sides to make the wing angles imitate the shape of a resting mountain.
We reminded everyone earlier that from the south side, the Tianwang Hall is a hard hilltop building, but from the north side, that is, from the Daxiong Hall, the Tianwang Hall has become a resting hilltop building, forming a feature of the space treatment in the temple.
There used to be a "Shenmen" on both sides of the Hall of Heavenly Kings, but they are no longer there.
Passing through the Hall of Heavenly Kings is the main courtyard of the Sakyamuni Temple, and climbing up the steps along the corridor is the most important ancient building - the Daxiong Hall.
The Daxiong Hall is the second building on the central axis of the temple. The scale of the hall is magnificent. The building is three rooms wide and three rooms deep. The plane is square and the building area is 141.05 square meters.
The building form is a single eaves Xieshan cloth tile roof, the roof is quite flat, there are carved dragon kiss beasts and some small animals, and the mountain flower part is sealed with brick walls.
The eaves and four wing corners are raised, which is more obvious when viewed from the side at dusk.
The eaves of the Daxiong Hall are 1.5 meters, and the proportion and shape of the bucket arches under the peripheral eaves are handled very skillfully, making the Daxiong Hall look more solemn and solemn.
Observe carefully, and there are flying swallows coming in and out between the brackets and the beams. This is the "Beijing Swift Habitat" we are looking for today.
The National Cultural Relics Bureau, the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, the Provincial Institute of Ancient Architecture and other units believe that the nave of the Sakyamuni Temple has the architectural characteristics of the Yuan Dynasty. Although there are repair records in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it should still be an ancient building preserved in the Yuan Dynasty. architecture.
Due to multiple repairs, the roof of the Daxiong Hall is no longer in its original state. The Daxiong Palace was originally built with reduced columns, and only two columns were set up. However, because the five rafters were overwhelmed for a long time, two small columns were added to support it in later generations. The interior and exterior of the main hall have been raised due to the re-paving of the ground, and the pillar foundations are no longer visible.
The Daxiong Palace covers an area of 240 square meters and is located on a 0.9-meter-high platform. A pair of stone lions stand on the platform. It may be that the Ming Dynasty stone lions in front of the original mountain gate were moved here.
There are fences on three sides of the platform, and a platform in front of the platform foundation. The platform foundation, platform and fence are all made of bricks, which may have been added in the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China period.
A plaque of "Nianhua Smiling" is hung on the gate of the Daxiong Palace, and a couplet is hung on the front eaves column, which reads "Protecting the famous state of the country, clearing the water, the moon, shining and lively Zen, reflecting the treasure temple, shining through the clouds and clouds, and the solemn Dharma realm".
According to reports, Sakyamuni Buddha is enshrined in the Daxiong Hall, and Manjusri and Samantabhadra are carved on the left and right. On both sides of the hall are eighteen statues of Arhats. Behind Sakyamuni is Avalokitesvara sitting upside down, and on both sides of Avalokitesvara are the Boy of Good Fortune and the Dragon Girl. But I didn't see these Buddha statues in the hall, only some introduction panels.
The most valuable and representative building of Sakyamuni Temple is the Daxiong Hall, and the value of the hall lies in the rich historical information it carries, which can reflect the development and changes of wooden building construction skills in Yuxian County, and has a high degree of architectural history research. value. The Daxiong Hall is gorgeously decorated, and the overturned caisson in the hall is covered with colorful paintings, and all sides are decorated with gold, which is exquisite and gorgeous.
The interior ceiling of the Daxiong Hall was added in the Ming Dynasty. There are 7 caissons in total. There are 20 painted ceilings in the caissons.
In the dark hall, my strong flashlight once again played an important role and became the favorite stuff of the group members.
Although the caisson in the Daxiong Palace was not built at the same time as the main body, it is still a top-grade caisson. According to observations, its age is not far from the caisson in the apse of Lingyan Temple in the city, which was ordered to be rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty.
The various parts of the algae well are exquisitely made, showing us the prosperity of the Sakyamuni Temple through hundreds of years.
The large wooden structure of the Daxiong Palace still retains the Song system in terms of material proportions and manufacturing techniques, but its material specifications have been significantly reduced, and it is more similar to other Yuan Dynasty buildings.
The beam frame decoration of the Daxiong Palace has tended to be detailed, and its construction date should be in the middle and late Yuan Dynasty.
The Daxiong Palace built in the Yuan Dynasty not only maintained the simple and rough structural features and majestic architectural style of the Yuan Dynasty, but also modified and supplemented the roof, ceiling and other components of the main hall during the many repairs in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which can also reflect the architectural construction of the Yuan Dynasty. characteristics and style.
There are many special features in the structure of the Daxiong Hall, such as: the spine and the flat beam are not connected by Shuzhu and fork hands, but a large ring archway is placed on the flat beam, and Dougong and hump support the spine; the large wooden structure Nothing rises, which provides new information for the study of wooden buildings in the Yuan Dynasty.
On June 25, 2001, the State Council approved the inclusion of Shakya Temple in Yuxian County in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Go around the lower steps of the Daxiong Palace and enter the Reclining Buddha Hall.
What's interesting is that there is a plaque of "Nianhua Smile" hanging on the gate of the Daxiong Hall in front, while the plaque of "Daxiong Hall" is hung in the Reclining Buddha Hall. Is it wrong? It should not be.
The Reclining Buddha Hall is the third hall on the central axis of Sakyamuni Temple, commonly known as the apse. It was built in the early Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. It is three rooms wide and three rooms deep.
There are three statues of Sakyamuni, Medicine Master and Amitabha Buddha in the hall. Inside the glass cover in the hall, the wooden reclining statue of Sakyamuni Buddha was originally enshrined, but unfortunately it has been damaged. The existing clay statue was remodeled in 1993. There are scripture cabinets on both sides of the east and west walls. It turned out that a set of extremely precious wooden boards such as "Tripitaka" and "Da Tang Western Regions" and other Buddhist classics were preserved. It's a pity that these precious cultural relics were all destroyed in the "Cultural Revolution" turmoil.
Similar to the main hall of the Yuhuang Pavilion, the time of repairing the main hall and the name of the craftsman are also marked on the ridge of the Reclining Buddha Hall. It can be seen that the last repair of the Reclining Buddha Hall was in the eighth year of Xianfeng, that is, in 1858 A.D., more than 160 years ago.
The shape of the Reclining Buddha Hall is very similar to that of the Heavenly King Hall. The main body of the building is a single-eave hard mountain tile roof, and the corridor on the side facing the Daxiong Hall also looks like a Xieshan roof. reflect. Because the angle of the photo I took was not suitable, I took a picture from the Internet.
The shape of the front corridor makes the Reclining Buddha Hall and the Daxiong Hall echo back and forth, forming a feature of the space treatment of the Sakyamuni Temple.
Sakyamuni Temple is a well-known ten-party permanent Buddhist temple in the county. The temple has an abbot who can open an altar to receive precepts. According to the introduction, there are three wing rooms on the east side of the Reclining Buddha Hall, which are the living abbot's residence, and the two wing rooms on the west side of the hall are the residence of the retired abbot. These are the three wing rooms on the east side of the Reclining Buddha Hall.
On the east and west sides of the Reclining Buddha Hall, there is a small courtyard with several houses, which are the monk's dormitory where the monks live. There is a kitchen and a precept hall in the courtyard, which are specially used to receive board and lodging for the ordained monks and the monks of this temple. Now the West Court no longer exists, this is the East Court.
There is a corridor built on the east wall of the east courtyard, in which several steles are displayed. Due to time constraints, I did not carefully read the handwriting on the steles.
On the west side of the small courtyard, there are also several square dragon monuments.
There is also a small courtyard on the east side of the Daxiong Hall, with a green brick screen wall and a small blue brick gate.
There are three main rooms and three east and west wing rooms in the small courtyard, and the word "abbot" is also written on the door of the main room. Looking at the style of the room, it should be built recently. In the past, Sakyamuni Temple was the largest temple in the ancient city, and used to hold grand Buddhist activities every year. Now that the Shakya Temple is being repaired, is there a plan to restore incense?
Shakya Temple also has four East and West Liaokou, that is, four auxiliary halls are arranged on both sides of the temple, namely the guest hall where Zhike lives, the meditation hall where Wei Na lives, the back hall where Karma lives, and the west hall where professors live. This is the auxiliary hall on the east side of the Daxiong Hall, which is now the "Ancient City Image Hall".
In front is the supporting hall on the east side to the north. By the way, before the Yuzhou Museum was built, this was the location of its predecessor "Yuxian Museum". These four side halls were the exhibition halls of the Yuxian Museum at that time.
These are the front and back side halls on the west side of the Daxiong Hall. Now these two side halls are the exhibition halls of the "Exhibition of History and Culture of Yuxian County".
There are exquisite wood carvings between the beams, columns and arches of many halls of Sakyamuni Temple. One of them is the deer and peony. The peony symbolizes wealth and means "prosperous fortune". This is under the corridor of the Hall of Heavenly Kings.
This is under the corridor of the Reclining Buddha Hall. Unfortunately, there are only deer and peonies have been damaged.
As a famous temple in Yuxian County, Sakyamuni Temple has a high reputation. Therefore, it has become a place where eminent monks and knowledgeable monks gather. It vividly describes the scenic spots and Buddhist activities of this ancient temple. On the east side of the Hall of Heavenly Kings, there are tripartite poem carvings.
This is Xu Song, a literati from the Qing Dynasty who stayed at the Sakyamuni Temple in the summer night. He discussed scriptures with the abbot Jiechen, Rui Ting, Maocai and others. Smell across the tree. White light shines and overcast to listen to the rain, the face of the green hill is half covered with clouds, the moss has no trace, there are few people coming, the incense burns to the Buddha in the heart of fasting, a little happy, the sky blooms in the west at night, the pine is a little bit exposed tomorrow" poem. As for who this Xu Songnian is, I didn't find out on the Internet.
Sakyamuni Temple is the last stop of our itinerary today. The reason why we take Sakyamuni Temple as the last stop is to observe "Beijing Swift". It was dusk at this time, and the staff of Sakyamuni Temple had already locked and closed all the halls.
Dusk is the time for Beijing Swifts to return to their nests. At this time, Beijing Swifts are flying all over the sky above the main hall, and black lightning flashes across the sky.
At this time, the main force had already left, and only a few of us were left here to follow the figure of Beijing Swift.
We sat quietly on the platform in front of the Daxiong Palace, watching these cute elves playing in the twilight, sometimes getting into the beams and rafters, and sometimes getting out to the sky.
The golden crow is falling in the west, the night is low, and the chirping of Beijing swifts is more clear and pleasant in the quiet environment.
The ancient pines in the ancient temple are towering, accompanied by the cheerful chirping of swifts, only the bursts of pines and the tinkling of wind chimes, just like a fairyland for self-cultivation.
At 18:30 we left Shakya Temple, ended the day's trip, and returned to the hotel by car.
It was already past 7:00 p.m. when we got back to the hotel (this photo was taken early the next morning), so we checked in quickly, met the troops, had dinner, and then went back to the room to rest.
To sum up, in one day today, I saw seven national key cultural relics protection units including Yuhuang Pavilion, Sakyamuni Temple, Nan'an Temple Pagoda, Weizhou Ancient City Wall, Changping Cang, Lingyan Temple, and Zhenwu Temple, and visited Weizhou Museum and The Weizhou Department has opened your eyes and gained insight. There is nothing to say about this efficiency! 【To be continued】
