Guangde temple, China Royal Zen Forest, is located in Guangde Road, chuanshan district, Suining City, Sichuan Province. Since the first year of Tang Yongtai (765), when the Buddhist monk You Ke came to preside over the lecture, the number of monks multiplied and incense flourished. It has been sealed by the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties for eleven times, making it famous. The Ming dynasty was extremely prosperous, with more than a thousand monks. He has led more than 300 mountains in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, and has been closed to Zen by emperors of past dynasties 1 1 times, and is known as "the first Zen forest in the west".
Built before the first year of the Tang Dynasty (7 13), it was originally named Shifo Temple; In the second year of Tang Dali (767), it was renamed Tang Bao Temple; In the 13th year of Tang Dali (778), it was named "zenrinji"; In the early years of Tang Jianzhong (780), it was named "Shanji Temple"; In the third year of Tang Tianfu (903), it was named "zenrinji for rejuvenation".
In the fourth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (10 1 1), it was named "Guangli Temple". During the period of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty (1506- 152 1 year), it was named "guangde temple". 1300 years, guangde temple has experienced vicissitudes, destruction and reconstruction. Guangde temple has the largest existing Tang Dynasty-style temple complex in China.
Important cultural relics in guangde temple
Kowloon Monument 1
Guangde temple Kowloon Monument is the only one discovered in China. The following is the record of the closure of Guangde Hall by the Nine Emperors in Tang and Song Dynasties.
2. Jade Buddha in Myanmar
The Jade Buddha in Myanmar was invited back by Qingfu, a senior monk in the temple, when he went to Wan Li alone and went west to Myanmar and India to learn Buddhist scriptures in the 32nd year of Guangxu reign (1906).
3. Fayin Mountain in Yuci Town
There are only a handful of French seals on Yuci Town Mountain in China, but guangde temple won two. One is Song Zhenzong's pro-guangde temple Guanyin Jewelry Seal with the words "Guangli Temple Guanyin Jewelry Seal". The other is the "Four Kingdoms Imperial Seal" given by Ming Wuzong. In order to facilitate the management of monasteries in southwest China, Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty gave guangde temple the "Four Kingdoms Imperial Seal", which was engraved with Chinese characters, Burmese, Sinhalatam and Pali Latin letters, and was in charge of monasteries in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Cross this seal and you can go abroad without hindrance.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-guangde temple