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A piece of Taishan stone with the word "Buddha" inscribed on it is enshrined in the Hongfo Pavilion. The word "Buddha" was written by Le Feng. On the back of the Taishan stone tablet, the four characters "Amitabha Buddha" written in Mr. Chen Congzhou's last calligraphy are engraved. There is a relief of Sakyamuni Hongfo on the top of the pavilion.
Jianzhen Buddhist College is located behind the Jianzhen Memorial Hall. Its overall design adopts the imitation Tang style. The campus is shaded by green trees, surrounded by fragrant grass and clear water. Classical buildings are scattered around, and the sound of bells and Buddhist chants are lingering. It is integrated with the thousand-year-old Daming Temple. It is a holy place for study and training with beautiful scenery and pleasant environment.
The college adheres to the school-running method of "integration of study and practice, and monastic life"; it implements the Taoist cultivation education of "faith as the basis, precepts as the teacher, and understanding and practice corresponding to each other".
We focus on strengthening the cultural foundation of student monks, improving their religious literacy and knowledge, strengthening their English and Japanese conversation skills, and expanding their practical application skills; we are committed to cultivating qualified monks who love their country and religion, promote human Buddhism, benefit themselves and others, can shoulder the Buddha's family business, and promote harmony and friendship.
Wherever there is a temple, there must be a pagoda. People often say, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda." Pagoda is another name for tower in Sanskrit.
It is said that before Emperor Wen of Sui ascended the throne, he met an Indian monk, with whom he got along very well. The monk gave him a small bag of Buddha relics. He asked, "This is the spirit of Dajue, so I leave it to you for worship." The emperor agreed. After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he once poured out the relics with Master Tanqian. After counting repeatedly, he found that there were sometimes more and sometimes less, and he was very surprised. Tanqian said slowly, "The Dharma bodies of all Buddhas are too numerous to be measured in the world." So Emperor Wen hid them in a seven-treasure bottle. When the world was first settled, Er Er thought about what the Buddhist monk said, so he distributed the relics to various states and ordered them to build pagodas for worship. The relics in the Qiling Pagoda of Daming Temple are one of them.
The Qiling Pagoda was first built in the first year of Renshou (601 AD) during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. It is nine stories high and stands majestically on Shugang. Buddha bones are enshrined in the pagoda, and it is said that the Buddha was here. It is named "Qiling Pagoda" because it is the remains of the cremated monk Dajue.
During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Yangzhou's political and economic development was rapid. It had become the commercial center of the Jiangnan region and the third largest metropolis in China. Its prosperity was second only to Chang'an and Luoyang. Merchants and tourists flocked to the city every day. Literati and scholars of all dynasties were happy to visit.
Famous Tang Dynasty poets such as Li Bai, Gao Shi, Liu Changqing, Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi have all climbed the Qiling Pagoda and written poems to praise it. After climbing the pagoda, Li Bai praised it in his poem "Climbing the Pagoda of Xiling Temple in Yangzhou in Autumn": The pagoda towers over the vast sky, and you can see the four wildernesses from the top. The top is high and full of vitality, marking the long sea and clouds. All things are divided into the sky, and the three heavens are connected by painted beams. The water shakes the shadow of the golden temple, and the sun moves the light of fire beads.
After the poets Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi climbed the Qiling Pagoda, there were also poems describing the pagoda. Bai Juyi wrote a poem: "The half moon is soaring in Guangling, which tower and which pagoda are not climbed. We all pity that we have the strength to climb to the ninth floor of Qiling."
Liu Yuxi wrote in his poem: "We walk hand in hand without feeling any difficulty, leaning on the railing outside the nine-layer clouds. Suddenly laughter fills the sky, and countless tourists raise their eyes to look."
Unfortunately, during the anti-Buddhist movement in the third year of Emperor Wuzong of Tang (843), this historic site was reduced to ashes. Since then, for a long time, all tourists who came here would sigh and feel lost.
During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, the pagoda was rebuilt, but it was reduced to seven floors and was destroyed again soon after. During the Baoyuan period (1038-1040 AD) of the Song Dynasty, Song Xiang served as the prefect of Yangzhou. He wrote a poem called "Climbing the Daming Temple Pagoda", in which he wrote about climbing the pagoda with a sick foot, which proves that the Qiling Pagoda existed in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The statue of Master Jianzhen returned to Yangzhou to "visit relatives", and people from all walks of life advocated the reconstruction of the Qiling Pagoda to encourage great achievements. 1 The abbot of Daming Temple, Master Ruixiang, selected a site in the east garden of the temple to rebuild the Qiling Pagoda and laid the foundation stone. The ceremony was grand. After Master Ruixiang passed away, Master Nengxiu presided over the reconstruction of the Qiling Pagoda, led the monks to save money, raise funds, and work hard.
The drilling of Qiling Tower was started, and the piling work officially started on December 7. There are 36 piles in the project, and 9 anchor piles. Each pile has a diameter of 0.9 meters and a depth of 25 meters. Soon, Qiling Tower was unveiled to the world with an unprecedented new look.
Master Nengxiu wanted to restore the original Qiling Pagoda with first-class style, so he specially invited Yangzhou Architectural Design Institute to carefully design the pagoda. The pagoda is square, with a plane of 22 meters x 22 meters and a ground floor area of 484 square meters. The nine-story pagoda is placed on a 2.50-meter-high pedestal, with a 4-meter underground palace under the pagoda. The main structure is reinforced concrete, wooden pavilion-style, with a total construction area of 1,865 square meters.
The style of the Qiling Tower imitates that of the Tang Dynasty, with four pillars and three rooms on each side of the east, west, south and north sides, one door and two windows, a flat seat with waist eaves, and the flat seat and eaves are supported by brackets. The eaves are large and flat, the pillars are in the shape of waist drums, and the windows are in the shape of straight lattices.
The heights of each floor of the tower vary: the first floor is 8.20 meters, the second floor is 6.30 meters, the third floor is 6.20 meters, the fourth floor is 6.15 meters, the fifth floor is 6.10 meters, the sixth floor is 6.05 meters, the seventh floor is 6.00 meters, the eighth floor is 5.95 meters, and the ninth floor is 8.50 meters. The top of the tower is 10.55 meters, and the total height is 70.00 meters.
Qiling Pagoda Written by Zhao Puchu in the middle of winter in the 2539th year of the Buddhist calendar
The tower is designed to be majestic. After completion, it will be located on Shugang Mountain, offering a panoramic view of Yangzhou. The total cost of the Qiling Tower is about 10 million yuan. In order to raise funds for the reconstruction of the Qiling Tower, Daming Temple hopes that monks and lay people at home and abroad will protect the Dharma, plant a wide field of blessings, and join in the success, which will be of great merit! For those who raise more than 1,000 yuan, Daming Temple will engrave their names on a stone in the corridor of the Qiling Tower.
The total cost of the Qiling Pagoda is more than 10 million yuan, with a total construction area of 1,865 square meters and a total height of 70 meters. After completion, the Qiling Pagoda is majestic and majestic, standing majestically on Shugang, becoming the iconic landscape of Daming Temple. From the tower, all the landscapes of Yangzhou can be seen at a glance.
Rumor has it that on a certain day of a certain month in the third year of the reign of Emperor Huichang of the Tang Dynasty, an envoy was ordered to go to Goryeo. On the Goryeo post road, he met a monk who was holding a pagoda in his hand and walking briskly. The envoy saw that the pagoda looked familiar, so he asked curiously. The monk said, "This is the Qiling Pagoda in Yangzhou." The envoy was surprised and asked why.
The monk said, "This pagoda is in trouble now, so it was moved to Goryeo to avoid it." The envoy was surprised to hear this. When he returned and asked about it, everyone said that when the pagoda was destroyed, they saw it flying in the fire, and no one knew where it went. The time when the pagoda flew was exactly as they saw it. It was consistent. Later, they heard that there was an ancient pagoda somewhere in the southern part of Goryeo, which looked exactly like "Qiling", which was very strange.
Another story: On a certain day in a certain year in the third year of Huichang, a merchant from Yangzhou was taking a nap on the boat on his way to Mingzhou. He dreamed of the Lingqi Pagoda. It flew from the sky to Mingzhou. He also saw a familiar monk from the original temple, who seemed to be in the window on the third floor of the pagoda. The guest asked loudly about it. The monk replied, "The pagoda is in trouble, so I took shelter with him for a while!"
Suddenly I woke up from the dream, and the memory was still fresh. After returning to Yangzhou, I found that the pagoda had been destroyed. I asked the monks in the temple. They all said: The pagoda was destroyed when the guest and the monks talked in the dream!
Yangzhou was a metropolis during the Sui and Tang dynasties. It benefited from the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal, and was a distribution center for goods from the north and south. Merchants and peddlers gathered here. Visitors were shoulder to shoulder. There were many restaurants and teahouses. It was a place for the rich to eat, drink and have fun, and a place for gamers to visit prostitutes and gamble.
Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it has been said that "with a fortune of 100,000 taels, he rode a crane to Yangzhou." Those noble families, wealthy merchants, heroes, literati, and poets left behind many treasures and traces after they were drunk and full, happy and proud. Therefore, cultural landscapes are everywhere.
Qiling Pagoda is a national treasure. It contains Buddha bones and precious treasures, and many supernatural legends. Climb up and take a look. You can see the beauty of Yangzhou, which is fascinating. Heroes and heroes of all dynasties like to climb up and sing here. It adds a hazy and mysterious reverie to legends and legends. How beautiful!
In front of the Qiling Pagoda, there is a bell tower in the east and a drum tower in the west. Couplet on the bell tower: Smoke engravings surround the Zen forest. The bright moon makes the mind clear and the eyes bright. The morning bell wakes the pillow from the dream. The clear spring washes away the worldly dust. Couplet on the drum tower: The great achievements of the Tang Dynasty are clearly visible. The venerable came to live and spread the Dharma. The place where the bright nature resides, diligently seeks the truth. All living beings rely on their spirits to understand the Zen.
Behind the Qiling Pagoda is the Reclining Buddha Hall, which is connected to the corridor connected to the northern steps of the Qiling Pagoda. The Reclining Buddha Hall is built on a high platform, with upturned corners and flying eaves, and is majestic. In the middle of the eaves hangs a golden plaque with the words "Reclining Buddha Hall", which was written by Zhao Puchu, the president of the Chinese Buddhist Association.
The front of the reclining Buddha Hall has the words "Nirvana is happiness" and the back has the words "World Peace". The floor outside the hall is made of granite, while the floor inside is made of square bricks. In the back center of the hall, there is a stone couch with a Jade Buddha of Sakyamuni lying on it. The Jade Buddha is 5.8 meters long and weighs 18 tons.
On both sides of the main hall there are couplets from the Diamond Sutra compiled by Zhao Puchu: You should know that the merits of respecting and offering here cannot be described in hundreds or thousands; if there are people who uphold, read and recite it, they are already planting good roots in the three, four, five Buddhas.
There is an arch door on each side of the main hall of Daming Temple. The plaque on the east arch door is "Wenchang Aoqu" and the plaque on the west arch door is "Xianren Jiuguan".
The plaque on the gate of the Old Hall of Immortals was inscribed by Zen Master Xingwu, a descendant of Ouyang. It consists of three parts: Pingshan Hall, Gulin Hall, and Ouyang Wenzhong Temple, arranged from south to north. It was first built in the eighth year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty (1048), when Ouyang Xiu was the governor of Yangzhou.
Yan Chenyu and Koala came out of the Jianzhen Memorial Hall, walked west through the octagonal doorway of the courtyard wall, and came to the "Pingshan Hall" with an ancient style. This hall was built in the eighth year of the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1048) when Ouyang Xiu was the prefect of Yangzhou.
There are luxuriant flowers and trees in front of the hall and the courtyard is quiet. Leaning on the railing, one can overlook the mountains south of the Yangtze River, which are just at the same level as the line of sight. "The distant mountains are level with the hall", so it is called "Pingshan Hall".
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Pingshan Hall is built facing south, with five bays, seven beams, and a gable roof. There is a curved shed in the southwest and a short corridor in the north connecting to Gulin Hall. A plaque with the words "Distant mountains are level with this hall" hangs under the north eaves of the hall, indicating the reason for the name "Pingshan Hall". It was inscribed by Qiulin Zhaoyuan in the Bingzi year of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1876), with a coffee-colored background and white characters.
A plaque with the three characters "Pingshan Hall" hangs above the pillar in the hall. It has a black background with white characters and was written by Fang Junyi from Dingyuan in the first month of summer in the year Renshen in the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1872).
The couplets on both sides read: "In the morning, I lean on the railing and see the green mountains of six generations; in the evening, I drink two cups of wine and see the bright moon overhead." Written by Zhu Gongchun, inscribed by Wei Tianchi in the spring of Gengshen year. Between the two couplets, you can see Gulin Hall through the glass square window. On the table in the hall, there are several ornamental stones, which are quite elegant.
Two plaques are hung on the left and right beams on both sides of the couplet, one is "Sitting on Flowers and Carrying the Moon", and the other is "The Elegant Style Remains". Both plaques recall the anecdotes of Mr. Ou. There are openwork carved floor-standing lattices under the plaques. The plaque "The Elegant Style Remains" was written by Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang in Xinning in the early summer of the Guangxu period, and there is a postscript. Both the plaque and the postscript are black with golden characters.
The plaque "Sitting on Flowers and Carrying the Moon" was inscribed by Ma Fuxiang of Longyou in the fourth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and there is a postscript. Both the plaque and the postscript are written in white with a black background.
Here is a romantic story: One day, Ouyang Xiu ordered people to prepare more than a thousand lotus flowers, put them in pots, and then play a drinking game: draw a lotus flower from the pot and pass it among the guests, and each person who gets it will pick its petals in turn.
When the petals are all gone, the guests drink. This kind of game often lasts until late at night, and the governor often returns home under the stars. Therefore, later generations often use words such as "the elegance is still there" and "sitting on the flowers and carrying the moon" to recall the past, and a plaque with well writing is hung in the hall.
There is also a plaque with the words "Open Your Eyes" written by Peng Yuqun in the Qing Dynasty hanging outside Pingshan Hall, and two couplets are hung below it. One is: All the mountains across the river are under this hall; The governor's banquet is joyful with all the guests. This is an old couplet by Mr. Yi Moqing, and it was rewritten by Yuan Weihua in Qiannan in the autumn of the Wuyin year of the Guangxu period.
The second is: The beauty of mountains and lakes is in one view; Ouyang Xiu's old and graceful style stands for thousands of years. It was originally written by Wang Guozhen, the son of Yangzhou salt merchant Wang Lumen, and is a rare book in Wuzhong. The two couplets not only point out the geographical characteristics of Pingshan Hall, but also vividly portray Ouyang Xiu's unrestrained fortune in those days.
In the eighth year of the Qingli Period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1048), Ouyang Xiu came to Yangzhou to build this hall. Because the hall was built on Shugang, it was high up and overlooked. On a clear day, you could see the mountains on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Sitting in the hall, you would feel that "the distant mountains are level with the hall", so it was named "Pingshan Hall".
Standing in front of Pingshan Hall, you can enjoy a very broad view, which makes you feel relaxed and happy. On the north eaves of the hall, there is a horizontal plaque written by Lin Zhaoyuan of the Qing Dynasty, which reads "Distant mountains are level with this hall", which further clarifies the meaning of the name of the hall. In fact, "Pingshan Hall" was a place where frustrated literati discussed state affairs and vented their complaints.
We can get a glimpse of this from Ouyang Xiu's "Chaozhongcuo Pingshantang": Pingshan railings lean against the clear sky, the mountain colors are in the air. I planted the willows in front of the hall, how many spring breezes have passed since I left? The literary governor wrote thousands of words and drank thousands of cups. You must be young to enjoy yourself, and look at the old man in front of the wine cup.
Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) was known by his courtesy name Yongshu and his pseudonym Zui Weng. In his later years, he called himself Liuyi Jushi and was posthumously named Wenzhong. Ouyang Xiu was not only a colleague of Fan Zhongyan in the Qingli New Deal, but also a leader of the poetry and prose reform movement in the Northern Song Dynasty. In his middle age, he also presided over an imperial examination. Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, and famous Northern Song philosophers Zhang Zai and Cheng Yi were all his students. He was indeed a man of discerning talents.
Ouyang Xiu's poems, lyrics and prose are all the best of his generation. His prose is fluent in reasoning and euphemistic in expressing emotions; his poetry is powerful and fluent; his lyrics are profound, graceful and beautiful, inheriting the style of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Ouyang Xiu once edited the New Book of Tang with Song Qi, and wrote the New History of Five Dynasties alone. He also liked to collect inscriptions on bronze and stone tablets, and compiled the Anthology of Ancient Things. His works such as the Collected Works of Ouyang Wenzhong and the poem "Treading on the Grass" have been handed down. The famous Qing Dynasty book "Gu Wen Guan Zhi" includes 13 of his essays.
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