Qing 'an Temple is located on a 4-meter-high earthen platform on the east side of East Fule City, with a total area of about 1 1,000 square meters. The temple was built in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, with a long history and popular incense. Qing 'an Temple ranks among the best in the list of major temples in China.
According to historical records, the Eastern Han Dynasty was founded in 25 AD. After Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, he took the measure of "retiring the hero and serving the official, and the situation of Huang Lao was useless". After the release of the 108 generals who contributed the most to the military power, they were all included in the waiting list. General Liu Long was given the title of Hou (King), and the grain was distributed to thousands of families, only the food and clothing tax. Originally, Dafu City in the Qin Dynasty was renamed as Fule City (the historical Fule country). Historically, it was divided into a big music city (west) and a small music city (east), and now it is still an east-west music city.
In 67 AD, after the Buddhism of Yongping (10) in the Eastern Han Dynasty was introduced to China, Liu Long believed in Buddhism, so he chose to build a temple on the east side of Dongfule City, build a large-scale building, ram a high platform, make a golden Buddha statue, and named it Qing 'an Temple. After the completion of Qing 'an Temple, burning incense and worshipping Buddha prevailed. Because Sakyamuni was born in northern India more than 2500 years ago (Jiayin), his birthday is on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, so Qing 'an Temple regards the eighth day of April as the Buddha's birthday, which has been passed down to this day.
After the completion of Qing 'an Temple, it was worshiped by the past dynasties and repaired. According to the Records of Taikang County, the temple was completely renovated during the reign of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1436). Legend has it that the surname of Fulecheng in the Ming Dynasty was a noble family and gave more money and food to build Qing 'an Temple.
According to "County Records", the infrastructure of the temple was selected on the east side of the site of Gufule Kingdom, with an area of more than 900 square meters above the ground, surrounded by Haizi (deep ditch is a water-protecting temple), and the whole building is positioned as a square, with roads in the south and mountain gates entering the temple; In the middle is the Dazhong Hall; Behind it is the back hall; East is the east corridor; On the west is the west porch room, and there are dozens of other rooms. The flying dragon and beast in the middle hall, with angular eaves, has a unique royal style, comparable to Dacheng Hall in Taikang County.
Entering the temple, the front hall is the worship hall, and the middle hall is dedicated to the statue of Sakyamuni (Buddha). The eighteen arhats on the left and right sides have their own postures, unique shapes and lifelike.
The back hall is dedicated to the Buddha statues of the three brothers. Its original appearance is kind and beautiful, similar to the White Horse Temple Buddha. The monks standing in the left and right classes are pious and respectful, with their hands folded. According to some people who have been to Suoguo Temple and Baima Temple in Kaifeng, the Buddha statues and statues of Suoguo Temple were created by a skillful craftsman. It can be seen that the statue is extraordinary and the level is high.
Since the temple was founded, there have been more than 30 abbots and monks in the temple, and at least 20 people, and the incense is flourishing. According to Buddha Sakyamuni's birthday is the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, so it is designated as the temple fair on the eighth day of April every year. During the temple fair, big plays were invited to exhibit acrobatics and antiques, attracting pilgrims from several surrounding counties to visit, and the people invited guests to make friends, resulting in the heyday of family support.
Anqing Temple ranks among the best in China. The abbot was released from Suoguo Temple in Kaifeng, and was ordained in the Tibetan Temple in Putuo Mountain, Shanxi Province. Inherited to the Qing Dynasty, it was managed by Daxianfang Hospital in Taikang County. According to Lan Yongqiang, the abbot and monk in the late Qing Dynasty, he was the last abbot and monk. The sacred foetus in the temple was destroyed in about 20 years of the Republic of China. When warlord Feng Yuxiang ruled the Central Plains, Feng ordered all the foetuses in the temple to be aborted. At that time, seven monks in the temple were sent back to their hometown, and everyone went home and gave three acres of land. The 240 acres of land and property in the temple were owned by the government at that time. Later, it became a national education primary school, and it was still a primary school after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In the fourth year of Xuantong in the late Qing Dynasty, Anqing Temple became the "Zodiac Society". Cha Tianhua (Yanling), the leader of the peasant uprising army, was dispatched by seventy-two martyrs in Huanghuagang, South China, and organized a peasant uprising under the guise of religious belief. After the failure of the rebel army, Cha Tianhua was killed and his head hung on the flagpole in Taikang County for many days.
After liberation, the government set up a public school in Qing 'an Temple. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, since the reform and opening up, on the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people around the temple burned incense and set off firecrackers, which affected the teaching order and later moved the school back to Pingping.
1979 The ancient temple fair resumed on April 8th of the lunar calendar. The county-level troupe was invited to sing big plays for many days, and the people around it were as happy as a festival.
In order to rebuild Anqing Temple, the surrounding people donated money and materials. Up to now, more than 300,000 yuan has been raised to build the original appearance of Anqing Temple in stages, and it has been guided and supported by the county cultural department.
At present, after the investigation of Anqing Temple, after thousands of years of soil erosion, the whole temple covers an area of 750 square meters, effectively protecting a lot of soil erosion.
Now the architecture of Anqing Temple has begun to take shape. There are 55 front halls, middle halls and back halls, and 55 east corridors and west corridors. Temples are divided into Buddhism and Taoism.
There is a golden statue of Amitabha in the front main hall (worship hall), with four statues of heavenly kings on both sides.
The plaque in the middle hall is "Dacheng Hall", with a Buddha statue in the middle, more than ten feet high and eighteen arhats on both sides, each with a vivid image. The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea is in the north, and the little red child and Prince Nezha are very attractive.
The plaque in the back hall is "Buddha Hall". There are three Buddha statues in the hall, more than ten feet high, for the Buddha brothers to worship. Wearing a red cloak, golden armor and golden body, it is magnificent and flawless.
Taoism in the west is a row of dozens of corridors, running north and south. There are ten kings of Yan in the underworld, punishing evil and promoting good for the people, just like Tan Yinshan in Bao Zheng's works.
In the southeast of the underworld and southwest of nave, there are three Guanyin statues presented by bodhisattvas. The children's movements on the doll mountain bring people a good feeling.
On the west side of Houda Hall, on the upper and lower floors, there are twelve statues of old mothers, wearing rockhopper and chardonnay, just like those in The Journey to the West.
At the northeast corner of Anqing Temple, 500 meters away, there is a tomb of the Han Dynasty royal family. Further northeast, there is a "hidden soldier cave" in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The cave is completely made of blue bricks, with a width of more than ten feet and a height of more than ten feet, extending to the southwest. Because there is water inside after underground excavation, it is impossible to study its details at present. There is a large-scale ancient Han group in the northwest corner of the temple, 800 meters away from the temple, which has been well protected so far.