The temple was built by Ren Jiumei and has a history of 1700 years. This is probably the oldest temple in Linhai. The temple began to take shape. It was in the 18th year of Taiyuan (393) that a new temple tower was built, with "big axe, middle axe and small axe" carved in brick. The real prosperity of temples was in the era of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. Monk Huai Yu (? ~ 742) came here from Mituo Temple, so the incense grew stronger and the fame grew bigger.
Huai Yu, also known as Master Gao Yu, was born in Loushi Village, Linhai City (now Shanyang Town, Matou County). His date of birth is unknown, and his historical record is poor. The records of Chicheng in Jiading in the Song Dynasty and Linhai County in the Republic of China all think that people are from the Jin Dynasty, while the records of Taizhou Prefecture are mistaken for people from Xiao Qi in the Southern Dynasties. In fact, Huai Yu was a famous monk of Pure Land Sect in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He became a monk at Mituo Temple in Konghua, and first practiced in Fangshan. There is no water near the temple. Every day, he goes to the far stream to fetch water. Legend has it that one day, I suddenly met an old man and told him, "There is water under the stone in front of buddhist nun." Huai Yu poked it with his cane according to the old man's advice. It turned out that there was a spring full of water. Tang Chang 'an moved to Yongquan Temple in the second year (702) and practiced here for 40 years. Huai Yu's life, "hold the dharma, steep. Sitting for a long time, fleas and lice are born, only cloth, regret the law. " Every day, I have a daily class of "chanting Buddha 50,000 Amitabha", and I have accumulated "chanting the pure land of Buddha and spreading all the classics to 3 million". For decades, I never stopped, and finally became a "result" and was able to go to the "pure land of the West". About his death, Biography of the Monk also has a story that seems a little mysterious to us today, adding a little mystery. The story is about June 9th, the first year of Tianbao (742), when Huai Yu knew that his time was coming, he suddenly saw many western icons in a trance. One of them held a silver platform high and entered through the window. Huai Yu said, "I deserve the golden platform". When the supporters of Taiwan Province quit, Huai Yu became more religious. Suddenly, I heard a voice cloud in the air: "You already have a halo on your head. Please sit down and tie Amy Fo Yin. " At that time, the Buddha was radiant, and Huai Yu motioned the monks not to touch the Buddha's light. 13, when it was ugly, white light appeared again, and the air was filled with the breath of saints. Huai Yu said, "If I smell a strange smell, my life will be exhausted." Disciple Hui Ming asked, "Where is Master going to the temple today?" Huai Yu replied, "Pure land is bright, and lotus flowers become parents. I came to 10 to be a monk to show that Yan Fu hates all kinds of sufferings. I will surpass the 10 robbery in my life and return to the pure land forever. " At some point, the fragrance was overflowing, and I saw Amitabha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the bodhisattvas in the general trend were all Zijin, and * * * came to meet them with King Kong Terrace. Huai Yu died smiling.
During the period of Xian Tong in the Tang Dynasty (860 ~ 874), the name of the temple was changed to "Yan En", which has been in use ever since. In the Five Dynasties, the famous monk preached with pure heart. Less monks meditate, learn from Shi Shuangqing as a disciple, and enter his room, following the fourth generation of Qing Yuan thought. When I first lived in Baiyunyuan, Linhai, I was called "happy all around". The famous disciple of Yan 'en Temple is Liu Tongshao. After meditation, the temple became fashionable and abandoned. Neither a giant temple nor an unknown monk, everything is mediocre.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the arrival of Master Dodge revived the temple. Dodge, whose common surname is Ye, is from Yongjia, Wenzhou. 19 years, I admired Tiantai Sect, and I walked into the sea. I met a monk in the western hills, and on Zhongdu Road, I followed him. Abstinence and diligence, and meditation. Returned to Miyun master Yan Guan for five years. Haimen was infected with the epidemic after returning to the sea. Please pray for salty recovery. Because of staying in Fengshan and rebuilding the Qing Palace, the number of disciples gradually increased. It also revived the Nengren Temple in Dongyeshan. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643), the abbot of Yan 'en Temple entered the temple without invitation to spread the story. So the audience was very large, and the portal was opened. And rebuild the main hall, fasting hall, meditation hall, etc. Open the discharge pond, plant bamboo and cypress widely, and build a natural glory for a while.
During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1662 ~ 1722), the temple was seriously damaged, but it was quickly rebuilt. In the 19th year (1680), squire Feng Jia donated money to build a new Buddhist temple. Since then, it has been built and destroyed, destroyed and built, and rebuilt in the seventeenth year of Daoguang (1837). Later, due to poor management of monks, they gradually withered and could not be scaled up. It was rebuilt in the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), and it took ten years to show the weather of the past. During the "Cultural Revolution" catastrophe, it became a farm, and the main hall and the Heavenly King Hall were demolished. 1993, Ms. Wang Jiaqi donated money to rebuild Daxiong Hall, and Ms. Chen Jinling rebuilt Xiangyun Building.
There are some buildings in the temple, such as Ursa Mahayana Hall, Tianwang Hall, THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN Hall, Master Wise Man Memorial Hall, Master Zhang 'an Memorial Hall, Xiangyun Building, Abbot Building and Longzhushan Pagoda, which are all good places for people to enjoy. Among them, the Temple of Galatia and the Hall of Ursa Major are quite distinctive and worth pondering.
Galand in Galapagos Temple is the provincial name of Sinhalamu, and the temple was built to commemorate three sages who first adhered to Buddhism and established Galand. In an ordinary temple, the center of the statue platform is the king of Persia, the prince Yoto on the left and the lonely old man on the right. They are regarded as the guardians of the temple. Galand is different in the Temple of Heaven and Yan 'en Temple. In the middle is Ren Xu, the king of Jin, on the left is Du Fan, the elder brother of Song Youcheng, and on the right is Ren Xu, the younger brother. They are nine sisters.
Ren Xu, whose name was Jilong, was a famous minister in Jin Dynasty. Du Fan, Zi Chengzhi, Song, a native of Huangyan. Honesty and frankness are revered by later generations because of their integrity, integrity and loyalty, and are regarded as the protectors of the law. Jiumei was regarded as Galand because she built a temple here to recite the scriptures, and Yongquan Temple was the first person to open a foundation.
The Hall of the Great Hero is dedicated to the "Three Saints of the West", namely Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Megatrend Bodhisattva, instead of Sakyamuni Buddha, Santi Buddha or III Buddha, which are common in temples. This is because Yan 'en Temple is the Dojo of the Pure Land Sect, and there is an old legend that three Buddha statues of Amitabha came here to welcome Huai Yu, a famous monk of the Tang Dynasty, westward with a golden platform.
Amitabha, literally translated as "infinite light" and "infinite life", is one of the Buddhist bodhisattvas. The book "Infinite Life Sutra" says that he is the leader of the western "Elysium" and that he is a disciple of the Buddha King and his name is Fazang. Fazang used to be a king, but after listening to the Buddha, he abandoned his position and became a monk. He made forty-eight wishes to lead all beings out of their misery and become a Buddha after an incredible trillion-dollar robbery. The so-called chanting of Buddha in later generations refers to chanting the name of Amitabha. Because Amitabha once said, "When all beings recite my Buddha's name, they can rob 8 billion of life and death crimes and 8 billion of subtle merits." He sat cross-legged, with a clean table in his left hand and a faucet in his right. There is a Buddha's name on the chest, symbolizing the sun or fire, which is a symbol of good luck.
Guanyin Bodhisattva, literally translated as "Guangshiyin", "Guanyin" and "Guanyin". It is said that avalokitesvara had become a Buddha before the infinite robbery in the past, and the Buddhism was as clear as the Buddha. At the beginning, I made a great wish to help all beings. So, he became a bodhisattva again, assisting Amitabha and helping all beings in the pure land of the West. He has Yang Liuzhi in his left hand and a clean bottle in his right.
The general trend reaches the bodhisattva, and wherever it goes, the earth shakes and the mountains shake, and its power is enormous. When all beings meet, they can extinguish fire, blood and knife light, and shine all things with the light of wisdom, so they are called "the king of trends". Its image is mostly female, with a bun on the top and a vase on the bun, which symbolizes light. Hold the violet in your right hand, and put a fearless handprint in your left hand to show mercy and help the violet.
The Memorial Hall of the Wise Master and the Memorial Hall of Master Zhang 'an on both sides of the Hall of Great Heroes are also places worthy of people's lingering. Master of the Wise (539 ~ 597) is famous for his wisdom, with the word De 'an and the common surname Chen. Born in Yingchuan (now Xuchang, Henan), he moved to Huarong, Jingzhou, and was born in the cremation. /kloc-When he was 0/8 years old, he became a monk in Guoyuan Temple in Xiangzhou (now Huangpi and Dawu in Hubei). Later, he was accepted by Whist and became his legal heir. At the age of 23, he resigned to teach the Big Dipper in Jinling Crock Temple, and began to live in seclusion at the age of 42. For more than 30 years, Master Ming preached the Dharma and founded the first localized Tiantai Sect in the history of China. According to old books, before the wise master settled on the rooftop, he went to the seaside to explore geography and lived in Yongquan Temple for a long time.
Master Zhang An (56 1 ~ 632), whose real name is Wu, lives in Yixing, Changzhou (now Yixing, Jiangsu). His ancestors came to Zhang An (now Jiaojiang) at sea to avoid war. Over time, he settled in Zhang 'an and became a Zhang 'an person. He has been very clever since he was a child. "When he was born in March, he could be called the Three Treasures with his mother." He was surprised at the news of Jing Guan and Shang Master: "This child is extraordinary." Yi became a monk at the age of seven in the name of "extraordinary". Under the careful cultivation of Cheng Wai, "books have satire, diaries have words", and literature became famous for a while. At the age of 20, he came to the Buddhist temple in Folong, Tiantai Mountain, where he was taught by the wise master and was fully disciplined. And always accompanied by a master. Master Zhang An's main achievement is that he co-founded Treasury Sage with Zhiyue and Yunzhi, and compiled the teachings of Tiantai Sect told by the wise master into a book, and carried it forward, making it "known to later generations and enlightening unheard of" and becoming a descendant of Tiantai Sect. According to legend, after becoming a monk, the master went to Yongquan Temple for a long time, and took photos of Jingsi Temple to answer questions from the teacher. Shortly after the disappearance of the wise master, he returned to his hometown to give lectures at Yongquan Temple, publicize Tiantai thought and educate one side.
Yongquan well in the temple, also known as Guxian well, is cool and sweet with excellent water quality. According to legend, when Jiumei was chanting, a spring gushed from the ground and gave birth to Bai Lianhua. This legend is full of romance. When Ren Jiumei recited the scriptures, water gushed out, which proved that Buddhism was boundless. As a historical witness, Yongquanjing has been listed as a municipal key cultural relics protection unit. The tomb of Huai Yu, the master behind the temple, has been sunken for a long time, and only the stone circular tower foundation and the top of the tomb can be seen in the middle.