[History and Culture] The largest brake in Xishu -Lingyan Temple ‖ Yang Xinmei

Xishu's largest brake -Lingyan Temple

Yang Xinmei

More than 500 years ago, there were 48 Temples and thousands of monks here. Because the temple was too large, the incense person had to ride a horse to go. "Hall".

This is Gaoqiao Town, Emeishan City. There is a little -known ancient temple site -Lingyan Temple.

Lingyan Lie Cui (Photo by Xue Liangquan)

The gate of Takahashi Middle School was the entrance of Gu Lingyan Temple

Now, under the Golden Ding, the beauty of the Buddha light, the beautiful scenery of "Lingyan 叠" is still the same. The once -prosperous "Xishu's first major brake" -Lingyan Temple, has disappeared in the long history, only the bluestone archway in Hongyan Road, Gaqiao Town (Qian Gaowaqiao Middle School), the spot Seal can still confirm its glory in the past.

Lingyan Temple Blue Stone Torii

When you approach the site of Lingyan Temple, you can see a weathered stone lion hidden in the grass on the right hand side. From the appearance, it can feel its majestic and mighty. A 7 -meter -high green stone archway in front of it stands tall, wind and rain erosion, and moss marks. It is engraved with the "Gift of Zen Forest", which is the in -law of the Chunxin Spring in February of Jiajing, and it is graceful and elegant. The back of the "Gion Ajue Road" is engraved with Kirin, White Deer, Green Lion, Xiangyun, Lotus, and Lancao patterns on the stone archway.

Judging from the inscription, the Lingyan Temple archway was built in the Jiajing Xinxin year (1531) of the Ming Dynasty, but this is not the earliest time for Lingyan Temple. According to legend, the Monk of India's Palm came to China in the late Eastern and Jin dynasties and traveled to the Quartet. When he came to Mount Emei, under Mao Da Emi. At the beginning of the 7th century (Sui Dynasty), the Chinese monk Ling Ji Zen Master came to Baotai Mao to build a Buddhist temple name Lingyan. From Tang Zhiming, the Buddhism of Emeishan has been greatly developed. Despite the twists and turns, Lingyan Temple also followed the "spiral development". In the sixteenth year of Ming Hongzhi (1503), the monk's Indian Xiu Lingyan Temple was in Zhengde in six years (1511) In February, "48 Temple Yu, thousands of monks." To the east to Laodong Mountain, the south to the rolling creek, the west to Xie Ban Mountain, the north to Shifoling, and the bottom of the river, ten miles. It is said that the monk should "pass the hall in the 99th", and the monk in the front hall did not know the monk of the back hall. The Lingyan Temple was extremely prosperous and became "the largest brake in Xishu". Because Honglian Creek lingers in the temple area, it is commonly known as Honglian Temple.

Among the many temples in Emeishan, why is Lingyan Temple alone? According to the research of Emei literature and history experts, this has a lot to do with its geographical location.

Eshan Tu said manuscript (Qing Tan Zhongyue painted)

First, Takahashi Town was a water land terminal in ancient times and an important post. Secondly, Lingyan Temple is located under the cliff. It is difficult to walk on the mountain road in ancient times. It is difficult to board the golden top of Emei Mountain. Lingyan Temple Ritual Buddha.

"Yue'er Guangguang, riding on horseback ..." Lingyan Shengjing, folk nursery rhymes, still spread on the streets of Takahashi.

It is precisely because the geographical location of Takahashi Town is important. It can be retired to Xichang, entering Yunnan and Myanmar, entering Jiazhou, peeping into Chengdu, and causing Gu Lingyan Temple to fall into a war. This is destroyed by military disaster, although it has been rebuilt, but the scenery is no longer, until it disappears.

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Treasure of Lingyan Temple: a legend to be continued

The old site of Gu Lingyan Temple, back to Da E, looking around the mountains on all sides, lush and ups and downs, the eyes of "Kowloon Eighteen Castle" closed. "Kowloon" refers to the nine mountains and hovering nearby. The mountains and dragons, the former Lingyan Temple took advantage of the scenery.

Although the ancient temple is not there, the legend of "Lingyan Temple Treasure" still circulates the local folk in the 20th century. After a large number of visits and investigations, Zhang Hongyan, an expert in Emei Literature and History, wrote a special article to discuss the treasure of Lingyan Temple. In his article in his article "The Mystery of Treasures of Lingyan Temple, Emeishan Lingyan Temple": In recent years, nearby Roboskin Town has been unearthed to the cellar coins and precious porcelain; He once saw one of the villagers showing him. Regarding the location of Treasure Treasure, he proved two sayings: First, Treasure Treasure said in Lingyan Temple cellar. The second is that Treasure Treasurer said in the underground secret room of the Buddhist platform. It is said that when the villagers built a house or farming at the original site of Lingyan Temple, they once dug up and the basement.

It is speculated that in the Ming Dynasty, the incense of the Lingyan Temple was prosperous. It was built with so many temples and supported so many monks. The annual cost should be a small expense. Regarding the use of Buddhism, it is said that in addition to expanding the Lingyan Temple, the Great Monk also has a wish: to cultivate a road that directly goes directly from the Emei Mountain Jinding from the south, eliminating the long -distance suffering of the world's ritual Buddha. Due to the troubled times of the war, the wish is not realized ...

Source: Sichuan Provincial Local House Work Office

Author: Yang Xinmei

Supply: Party History and Dizhi Research Office of the Leshan Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China

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