Yang Qi Temple was built in Jiading period of Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1206). At that time, as Qi Yang, Qi Wang and Ji Wang were buried in Xiwu, the ancestral hall was originally named "Chongfuyang Temple", which has a history of 800 years. Mao Qiling, a writer in A Qing, wrote in a textual research on Yang Temple: "The deepest part of Youxiang Lake is called Yang Temple, hence its name. In the poem, there is a saying that "the dragon often comes to shallow Wang Yang's house, and the bird says that the cloud plate goujian temple". 」
Chongfuyang Temple was renamed Chongfu Temple, Qiwang Temple and Wang Ji Temple. In the Ming Dynasty, because the temple was built at the foot of Yang Qi Mountain, it was renamed Yang Qi Temple.
There was chaos in the Ming and Qing Dynasties for thousands of years. Only Yang Qi Temple is far away from the hubbub and does not participate in secular affairs, so it is called "Xanadu". There are wonderful tall buildings and great compassion pavilions in the temple, which are full of beautiful things and incense. Monks learn wisdom and carry forward the teachings of Lin Jizong and Yang Qi. Literati and writers came one after another, leaving beautiful poems.
The name of Yang Qi Temple coincides with the Yangqi Sect founded by the 13th ancestor of Lin Ji Buddhism, and it is one of the "five sects and seven sects" of Zen in China. Another school of Lin Jizong, Huanglong School, has long since declined, while Yang Qi School is widely spread in Jiangnan, Zhejiang and even overseas, so the incense in the temple is very prosperous.
According to the relevant data, "The great monks and great virtues of past dynasties went to Japan to spread Zen, and each advocated Zen style and greatly promoted Buddhism, which became the grand occasion of the twenty-four schools of Zen in Japan. Among them, except for three schools belonging to Cao Dongzong, the other 21 schools belong to Lin Ji Zongchan; Other 2 1 schools, except Qianguang School, inherited Huanglong's dharma vein, and others all followed Yang Qi's dharma lamp. It can be seen that the influence of Yang Qi Sect is far-reaching. Yang Qi Temple in Yangshan just embodies the Yang Qi School's "bright dance of dharma lights, which is passed on by ancestors".
Yang Qi Temple was destroyed by Taiping soldiers in the tenth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (AD 1860). During the Tongzhi period, it has been more than 30 years since Yang Huazhe donated money for reconstruction/kloc-0. There are Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Tongyuan Hall, Tibetan Scripture Building, Bell Tower and Drum Tower. In order to promote the essence of Buddhist culture in China, 1998 was approved by Xiaoshan Municipal People's Government and initiated by local lecturer Xu. On the basis of Yang Qi Temple, the China Buddhist Culture Exhibition Center will be built in the Oriental Cultural Park, and floating walls such as the source of Buddhism will be carved in groups to carry forward Buddhism with a new look, so that Lin Ji and Yang Qi can succeed each other and Buddhism can come down in one continuous line.
In order to maintain the temple and promote Buddhism, the temple also founded Xiaoshan Baoxiang Religious Supplies Co., Ltd., carving Buddhism in a solemn way and making utensils with exquisite craftsmanship.
Master Ibn, the current abbot, is over 70 years old. He graduated from Wulin Buddhist College in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and is also the vice president of Xiaoshan Buddhist Association in Zhejiang Province.
There is also the Yang Qi Temple in Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, which was built by Yang Qi, the successor of the Buddhist monk Heze God who came here from Luoyang in the 12th year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (753). Twenty years later, there was another descendant of Mazu Zen Master-Yangshu Temple, named "Guangli Temple". In the third year of Song Tianxi (10 19), Su Ciming, a famous Zen master of Lin Ji School, was in the "Guangli Temple", and the temple was always full. After the death of Chu Yuan Zen Master Ciming, his disciple Fang Hui Zen Master succeeded Xi Yang Qi in the first year of Li Qing (104 1) and changed its name to "Ordinary Zen Temple". Master Yang Qifang combined the great fortune of Berberis amurensis and the great use of the sea. He is good at playing Samadhi, attracting Zen people with a flexible and inclusive new style, and became famous all over the world for a time, creating a sect with the most extensive influence and the strongest vitality in China Zen-Yang Qizong, which is called Yang Qipai in history. In the sixth year of Qing Dynasty (1046), Fang Hui moved to Yungai Mountain in Tanzhou (Changsha, Xiangtan, Zhuzhou and Yiyang). Yang Qi's ancestral home was depressed, but Yang Qi's method achieved the situation of unifying the whole country. More than one hundred and fifty years later, in the fifth year of Qingyuan (1 199), Zen master Junyi, a Japanese monk, came to the Song Dynasty. He joined forces with Zen master Yuan Cong of Meng 'an in Jingshan, Hangzhou, and was influenced by Yang Qi's Zen method. In the fourth year of Jiading (12 1 1), the Zen master Junyi returned to Kyoto, Japan, and founded the Yang Qi School in Japan-Xiannu Temple.
After Yang Qi Temple left, history was forgotten. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, a Peng Yingyu monk organized rebellion against Yuan Dynasty in Jinshan Temple in Shangliyao, Yangqishan Temple in Pingxiang, Huaci Temple in Nanquan Mountain in Yichun and other places, so the Buddhist activities in Yang Qi Temple were terminated. After hundreds of years of silence, Yang Qi Temple was rebuilt by Zen Master Siguang in the early Ming Dynasty. In the first year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1736), the exclusive first-year Zen master rebuilt the ordinary Zen temple, which was connected with Fang Hui in Yang Qi in Song Dynasty and became the ninth ancestor of Lin Jizong, forming a unique branch of the Yang Qi Zen School. In the sixth year of Daoguang (1826), Yang Qi Temple was destroyed by mountain torrents. In the 24th year of Daoguang (1844), Master Fa Xiancheng rebuilt the Yangqishan Temple, and later helped the first generation, but the temple was not broken. Until 1949, when the new China was founded, the Yangqishan Temple was abandoned again.
1982, a master student in Taixu left Shanni's teacher and accidentally learned from the newspaper that religious places were open, so he was eager to restore Yang Qi's ancestral home. He ordered his disciple Cheng Jingni to live permanently, maintain the Millennium Dojo and preside over ceremonies. For more than 20 years, Jing has done a lot of hard and meticulous work for the maintenance and repair of ancestral courts. By August, 20001year, she used her savings for many years to build this three-story building, which was used as a fragrant kitchen, a zhaitang, a squatter and a library.
The above-mentioned teachers have made great achievements in Yang Qi Temple, and they have been real ministers of ancestral halls for thousands of years.
Yang Qi Temple is the ancestral hall of Heze Sect (Yang Guang), Hongzhou Sect (Yang Shu), Lin Ji Sect (Ci Ming) and Yang Qi Sect (Yang Hui) of Zen Buddhism in China, and it is also the ancestral hall of Yang Qi Sect. It not only has a rich history of traditional Buddhist culture, but also serves as a bridge for friendly exchanges between China and North Korea, and occupies a very important position in the history of Zen Buddhism. In order to carry forward Buddhist culture and traditional culture and develop friendly relations between China and foreign countries, we decided to organize this commemorative ceremony in order to make the Millennium Dojo regain its glory and re-enter the historical stage.
(B) the cultural connotation of Mt.Yangqi Scenic Resort
Pingxiang has always been a gathering place for people, especially Jie Jin, the master of couplets. In ancient times, it can be traced back to Yang Zhu, and in the late Qing Dynasty, it can be said that it reached Wen.
The origin of Mt.Yangqi Scenic Resort's name is directly related to the philosopher Yang Zhu in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to legend, when Yang Zhu came here, he cried because he felt that there were too many detours here and he was worried about going astray. In this way, the idiom "going astray" and the folk saying "crying your way" are directly derived. Later, idioms such as "a sheep that has gone astray" and "better late than never" appeared.
Yang Zhu, also known as Andy, is a philosopher who advocates "valuing life" and "valuing oneself". His philosophical thoughts have not been handed down from his own works, and only some clues can be seen from the works of contemporary philosophers. For example, Zhuangzi, Liezi and Mencius mentioned Yang Zhu many times. In Liezi, there is even a chapter dedicated to Yang Zhu. Historians call him "Yang Mo", that is, comparing him with Mo Zhai, who advocated "fraternity" and "non-aggression", as two completely opposite representatives in philosophy. Although we can't know Yang Zhu's complete ideological system, we can get a glimpse of the whole leopard, such as the "latent farming culture" advocated by Yang Zhu and the "paying equal attention to agriculture and Zen" in our Zen jungle. His thought of "attaching importance to life" has an amazing coincidence with Buddhism's thoughts of "not killing" and "releasing". His thought of "valuing oneself" is very similar to "self-knowledge", "self-realization" and "self-knowledge" advocated by Zen. Yang Zhu believes that only a person who truly values his life and himself can achieve world peace. If we don't put this idea into the Buddhist ideology to understand, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get a fair and reasonable explanation. At present, there is no academic institution specializing in Yang Zhu in China. I think Pingxiang, especially Yang Qi, should be able to undertake this task. If conditions are ripe, Yang Zhu Academic Research Center, Yang Zhu Philosophy Research Association or Yang Zhu College may be established in Pingxiang Higher Education College and other universities. In our future planning, we plan to set up the Yang Qi Zen Institute, offer courses such as "Yang Zhu Philosophy Research" and "Pingxiang Regional Culture", combine Yang Zhu's philosophy with Buddhism, especially Zen, and establish a new "Yang Qi Zen" school.
Besides, Wen. He is a famous litterateur in the late Qing Dynasty and ranks among the first-class poets. He is quite famous in the literary world and was buried behind the ordinary temple in Yangqi Mountain, which is the pride of Pingxiang people and Yangqi people. We can also take him as the research object and specialize in his literary works and political thoughts, so as to make Pingxiang's academic research diversified.
Yang Qishan is rich in religious culture, historical culture and local culture. Just like Pingxiang's coal mine, it is a treasure house with the value of excavation, development and utilization. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to hold the commemoration ceremony of the opening ceremony of Yang Qi Temple1250th anniversary, start the comprehensive cultural integration mechanism of religious culture, historical culture and local culture research in Pingxiang, drive the upsurge of other cultural research, and make Pingxiang culture move towards a multi-directional, multi-angle and diversified situation.
(C) the cultural value of Yang Qi scenic spots.
There are two Tang steles in Yangqishan Temple, namely "Inscription of Mt.Yangqi Scenic Resort Zen Master Guang Gong in Pingxiang County, Yuanzhou" and "Preface to Master Ta Ming of Mt.Yangqi Scenic Resort Shu Zhen in Pingxiang County, Yuanzhou" written by Liu Yuxi, a writer. Erbei, with a history of nearly 1200 years, is the only remaining Tang monument in Pingxiang, which has very important historical value, documentary value, religious value, calligraphy value and cultural relics value. In addition, the tower of the Second Zen Master in the Tang Dynasty also has certain value and deserves attention. As for the tombstones in Qing Dynasty, they were forbidden in Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, Daoguang and Xianfeng periods and the Republic of China. From these inscriptions, we can get a glimpse of the funeral customs, laws and regulations, religious activities at that time, and also understand the existing forms of ordinary temples in Yang Qi. For example, in seven years of the Republic of China, the Zen master Puyi tried to change the Yang Qi Temple into a ten-square jungle, which was opposed by the local gentry and cancelled by the authorities.
The ordinary temple buildings preserved now were built in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, and the materials are granite, wood, adobe and so on. Its carved wooden boards, earth wall murals, cornices in corners, etc. It has rich historical, architectural and archaeological values. In order to develop Pingxiang Buddhist culture, carry forward Yang Qizong's Zen and restore the ancestral home for thousands of years, we decided to preserve the existing ancient buildings as samples of ancient buildings. In addition, some temples will be built in the open space in front of and on both sides of the existing buildings, which can not only meet the needs of the growing Buddhist cultural undertakings, but also ensure the intact preservation of history and culture, thus forming a new pattern of temple architecture that combines ancient and modern times and holds the moon with many stars.
(D) Yang Qi Tourism Planning
As the ancestral home of Zen, Yang Qi has far-reaching international influence. There is a strong Buddhist culture and a strong philosophical atmosphere here. For example, Yang Zhu's philosophy, Yang Qi's Zen Buddhism, and some rare cultural relics, such as pagodas, pagodas, tombs, temples and so on. The ancient cypress behind the temple is precious. Imperial academy Bachelor's Tomb in Qing Dynasty is also located in the back of an ordinary temple, which is an important tourist attraction. As for Yang Qi's natural scenery in autumn, it has attracted tourists since ancient times with its high mountains, steep rocks and strange rocks, and the wonders of four peaks and one water are unique to Yang Qi. From this point of view, Mt.Yangqi Scenic Resort's tourism industry has broad development prospects. From the perspective of Buddhist culture and tourism development, we put forward the following ideas in the plan to revive the Millennium ancestral home:
First, do a good job in the protection, repair and arrangement of ancient tombs, pagodas and ancient buildings, hoping to get the support and cooperation of the cultural relics department. We plan to build a stele gallery on the basis of protecting existing ancient buildings, which can not only protect cultural relics, but also increase tourism projects.
Second, do a good job in the reinforcement and installation of fences, and allow each to set up ticket outlets at the mountain gate, as the economic source of "building temples by temples", hoping to get the support of relevant departments.
Third, the present highway into the mountain is not ideal, which greatly affects the development of tourism resources and hinders the development of tourism. A Japanese guest came to Li Chao's ancestral home, but returned halfway due to inconvenient roads. Therefore, I hope that government departments at all levels can attach great importance to repairing the two roads into the mountains as soon as possible, providing the most basic conditions for Yang Qi's economic and cultural development.
Fourthly, the development of tourism in Yang Qi, online publicity is also a factor that can not be ignored. Therefore, Yang Qi urgently needs broadband access. At the same time, public telephone booths and magnetic card telephones can be set up in appropriate places for the convenience of tourists.
Fifth, I hope to open special tourist buses from Yang Qi to Shangli and Yang Qi to Pingxiang. Only by selecting the samples can we stimulate the local economy and promote tourism. At the same time, it is also a problem for travel agencies to enter Yang Qi to provide high-quality full-time staff for tourism services.
(v) Concluding remarks
Yang Qi Temple has a history of 1250 years since it was founded by Zen master Cheng Guang in the 13th year of Tianbao in Tang Dynasty (753). Although the history of Yang Qi Fang Hui in Song Dynasty has been unknown for hundreds of years, the court has been open and the law has not been broken since Zen Master Dayi rebuilt Yang Qi Temple. Now, with the painstaking efforts of Jing disciple for more than 20 years, the style of ancestral home has been preserved. Finally, we hope that through this congress, we can reach an understanding with all departments, classes, groups and local people, and make due contributions to the prosperity of Pingxiang's local economy, the construction of Pingxiang's local culture, the development of tourism, the strengthening of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, the promotion of Buddhist culture, the enrichment of people's spiritual life, the promotion of two civilizations, the strengthening of national unity and the maintenance of world peace.