Huang Huiquan

Kucai Temple is located at the southern foot of Longtan Mountain in Tongling Town, Dongshan Island, Zhong Ling. Founded in the third year of Ming Chenghua (1467), it has a long history of more than 500 years. Now the whole temple covers an area of more than 6,000 square meters, with a building area of more than 3,500 square meters. The temple site is built on the mountain, which is the blessed land of "carp can hear clearly" in Longtan Mountain. Pine branches and precious soil, birds and swallows inhabit the room, and the crowds move silently, flowing eastward across the sea, leisurely like a dream, just like a fairyland. There are a number of cultural relics, Tibetan scriptures and ancient Buddhist music in the temple, such as "Xixian Hall of Kucai Temple in Ming Dynasty, where a monk was admitted to hospital and hung a tin ruler tablet" and the old Yu Shizhu, which was built in the third year of Ming Chenghua (1467).

Dongshan Kucai Temple has the jiusan of Qingyuan in Xinghualou (now Huangshan in Xianyou County, Putian City), and Taiping Temple has the pulse of Zen master Guang Zhi. In the third year (1459), tomorrow, Master Chan's Dharma Pulse and Master Cheng's original works Xi Xiannan spread Buddhism and went to Tongshan to promote the good results of Buddhism. In the third year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1467), Xu Puying, a wealthy Tongshan family who fasted in buddhist nun, donated money to build a temple. Master Xi Xian of Xue Ming lived in a temple, praised Zen forest, practiced asceticism, took fragrant flowers as the foundation and inherited the seal. "I put on humiliating armor, lay in a fearless bed, and became more and more popular. I sat on an empty seat, made friends with literati and celebrities, discussed poetry, books, rituals and music, and taught more than 200 believers. I was disciplined and civil and military." Authentic Buddhism, Yan sent "pure Deqing, really like the sea of nature, vulgar as a solitary photo (the second generation has been lost, there is no way to verify)." Temple ancestors continued to perform "Enlighten, follow the ancestors, be broad-minded and tolerant", and the sound was far and near. In the second year of the Ming Dynasty (1648), Zheng Chenggong stationed troops in Tongshan, stationed in Xinlin Kangmei Village, and his salary was paid in Longtan Mountain. Wanli founded Muyang City, and there was a camp in front of the temple (commonly known as Yuanxi Tugong), which could hold tens of thousands of soldiers. In the fifteenth year of Ming Dynasty (166 1), Zheng Chenggong moved eastward, and the monks of Kucai Temple regained Taiwan Province with Zheng Jun, and the mountain gate fluctuated.

In the third year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1664), on the sixth day of March, the Qing army was ordered to "relocate", and the Qing army entered Tongshan, destroying the city and burning houses. Kucai Temple and all the temples on the island were destroyed by soldiers, and all the houses were destroyed.

In the 19th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1680), after the "heavy boundary", the ninth monk of Kucai Temple "returned to the garden", nostalgic for the past and missing Sanqiu. However, due to lack of financial resources and other factors, Dongkeng in Tongling was chosen as the lower house of Kucai Temple. In the 40th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (170 1), guerrilla general Su Anshi and Yi people traveled to Tian She to expand the East and West Gardens. In the tenth year of Daoguang reign (1830), monks rebuilt temples and added corridors again, and incense flourished. During the Anti-Japanese War in Dongshan, Gulai Temple was robbed, and all monks were killed in the Anti-Japanese War or fled separately. During the Cultural Revolution, temple cultural relics and historical records were destroyed. After the reform and opening up, the government implemented a religious policy, the Gulai Temple was revived, Buddhism flourished again, and incense flourished.

It is purely coincidental that the times are prosperous. 1992, with the assistance of the 19th Buddhist monk (son), the 20th fragrant flower monk Hongjing of Dongshan Gulai Temple decided to revitalize and restore the ancestral temple. I tried my best to run, so I made good use of karma and rebuilt the "Kucai Temple" on the original site. After 10 years of storms, it has been donated by Dongshan people, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese. At present, more than 65,438+00 buildings have been rebuilt, including the Heavenly King Hall, Luohan Hall, Jialan Hall, Ancestral Hall, Buddha Mother Hall, Jieyin Temple, Dizang Hall, Guest Hall, Ancestral Hall, Zhaitang, Zen Room and Liao Fang. The newly-built temples are carved with beams and painted with buildings, and the arches are cornices, resplendent and magnificent. Today, Faxi has taken on a new look, resplendent and magnificent, and the image of Switzerland has reappeared. Tianwang Temple, completed in June 5438+February 2004, is magnificent. Above the main entrance is the plaque of "Kucai Temple" inscribed by monk Mingshan, former vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. Inscribed couplets in the temple include "Buddha's nature is hidden in the golden sea of Yang Lian in the carp cave of Dengsi Baodi, and a gift is given to enable him to realize Zen in the Moon Jade Butterfly Island in Longtan". The main hall is dedicated to Maitreya, Wei Tuo Bodhisattva and four gilded statues of donkey kong. The couplet on the stone pillar behind the main hall reads: "Today, the general has fallen to Yan Futai, so that Buddhism can protect the holy religion."

Walking out of the Hall of the Great Hero, I saw eighteen arhats carved in the cloisters on both sides, each with a pair of dragon relief stone pillars, which were lifelike. There is a stone pillar in the corridor on the left, engraved with the inscription "I have always been diligent in seeking Buddhism and Taoism, and said that subtle methods are beneficial to all beings"; Engraved on the stone pillar of the right corridor is "diligent practice of bodhi, what will be achieved in the end?" There is an altar in front of the right porch. On the wall, there is a tablet of "Buddha and Bodhisattva in the Cold Forest", and the plaque reads "Climbing bliss together", which reads: "All streams are enlightened and all saints are converted".

Climbing the stairs, the spectacular Zhunti Hall, dense cigarettes, drums and bells, pilgrims and tourists are crowded. Under the bodhi tree, flowers are in full bloom, and the mountain breeze is blowing gently, which makes people forget the honor and disgrace, and their mood is like water, and the dust settles. In front of Zhun Ti Temple, a statue of Duke Galand was placed on the left to worship Duke Guan. On the temple couplet, it was written, "Open the door of righteousness and benefit to see the extraordinary spirit of heroes. Tomorrow, the sage has exhausted his way." "The emperor should learn from goodness and persuade the people to convert to the right path, so that people will not be imprisoned, and use loyalty and police to enter the good prescription." On the right is the "Ancestral Temple", which is dedicated to statues. Temple couplet is "everything is wonderful if it is not sacred, that is, it is empty and the color is really bright and unintentional", "One reed crosses the river to offer a Mahayana root device, and nine years will pass on the wonderful heart to the throne". On the top ridge of the main hall, colorful porcelain sculptures such as "Shuanglong playing with pearls" and "Feng Dan wearing flowers" are lifelike. There are small gatehouses in the left and right side rooms, decorated with colorful porcelain carvings of peony and phoenix. Monk Mingshan personally wrote a couplet: "When you enter the door, you will suffer, and you will be a master when you are born." Engraved on the doorpost are couplets such as "Bitter vegetables in Longtan Ancient Temple have the flavor of participating in Buddhism, carp leaping over the lotus platform and fragrant flowers are dust-free, which proves Zen" and "Bitter vegetables are clean outside the dust, but their hearts are not hindered by piety in the temple". And "the wind and rain at the mountain gate robbed the Dojo, and the ancient temple reopened the nectar, saying it was gorgeous." The eaves of the main hall are arched in the colorful peaks, the golden lion is drooping, and the front is inlaid with exquisite stone carvings such as flowers, animals and figures. Simple and elegant, with typical folk style and artistic characteristics of southern Fujian.

Just above the temple, there is a gold-plated plaque of "auspicious light". The woodcut couplet written by Zen master Xi Xuexian, the founder of the mountain, reads: "Please allow me to be merciful to the poor and remind people that saints and saints are real." The inscription on the temple column reads: "The tidal sound of the sea earthquake shows the civilization of Pumen, and the bottle-tipping method scatters the soil to moisten the coke", "To save the suffering and seek the sound of three fractal ways, and the six breaths say sadness and confusion". There is a golden woodcarving lotus platform in the Hall of Ursa Major, which is dedicated to the gold-plated statue of eighteen Buddha mothers. The left temple worships Manjusri Bodhisattva sitting on the green lion statue, and the right temple worships Samantabhadra Bodhisattva riding on the white elephant.

Bypassing the main hall, I saw the back hall under construction, but it has become a left and right hall. On the left is Jieyin Temple, which sits on the gilded lotus terrace statue in front of three western buddhas. The stone carving on the temple pillar "shows that the pure land of idealism has no winding path, and Amitabha who understands nature has a kind voyage in the sea of suffering". The stone pillars of Baiting are engraved with the words' I swear that Hong Shen can be seen everywhere, and compassion is always trying to save the pain'. "On the right is the Tibetan Temple, which is dedicated to the gilded statue of the Tibetan King and Bodhisattva. The stone tablet on the temple pillar reads: "If you are kind to hell, you will never become a Buddha. You are willing to cross all beings and get Bodhi. ".The stone pillars in the White Pavilion are engraved with the inscription," The mind is constant, the prisoners are extraordinary, and the benevolent people are dim, and the suffering is stopped. "

Since the revival of Kucai Temple, incense has flourished and its reputation has spread far and wide, and it has become an important window for spreading Buddhist culture and a tourist attraction for pilgrimage to Dongshan.

(The author works for the Second Light Industry Association of Dongshan County)