In ancient times, there was such a saying, "He who wins the Central Plains will win the world", and the so-called "Central Plains" here is now Henan. Henan is the core birthplace of China's five-thousand-year history, China's civilization is centered on Henan began to spread outward, the ancient working people are in this place gradually established The Chinese civilization, at the same time, after the introduction of Buddhism into the country, Henan has also become the most important spread of Buddhist culture, built a large number of temples about Buddhism, some temples have been completely preserved to the present, by this article is about a temple in Henan story.
Presumably everyone knows that there are many Shaolin Temples in Henan, these Shaolin Temples have appeared in many film and television dramas, some people will go to the local area after watching the Shaolin Temple, and even go to the Shaolin Temple as a monk, becoming a member of the Shaolin Temple, Henan's Shaolin Temple has a longest history of more than 1500 hundred years, but there is a temple in Henan That has a longer history than it, with a history of more than 1800 years, which can be described as a living fossil in the temple, it is the DafaWang Temple.
Dafawang Temple is located in Zhengzhou, Henan, located in Songshan Mountain, one of the five famous mountains in China, with beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery, after thousands of years of baptism, it has now become a local tourist attraction and has become an excellent choice for burning incense and worshiping Buddha. Built during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dafawang Temple is one of the earliest Buddhist temples established in China. During the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist culture spread rapidly to the whole country, and the emperor of the dynasty was also particularly interested in Buddhism, so he built a large number of temples to publicize Buddhist culture, and the Dafawang Temple also received enough attention, and many foreign monks came to the Dafawang Temple for exchanges.
Of course, in addition to its long history, what is more precious is the historical relics and Buddhist scriptures it treasures in the temple, which play an irreplaceable role in the study of China's ancient architectural culture and the history of Buddhism. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dafawang Temple was also successfully listed in the national key cultural relics protection unit, and since then the government has repaired Dafawang Temple several times, effectively managed the cultural relics of Dafawang Temple, and more and more people come to visit.
Temples have existed in the image of sacred solemnity since ancient times, and few people have the idea of temples, but it is not excluded that there are such special cases.
One night, these thieves sneaked into the DafaWang Temple, ready to steal some cultural relics, but unfortunately they happened to be caught by the people stationed in the temple, and after several interrogations, they learned from the thieves that there was an underground palace under the DafaWang Temple, and there were many valuable treasures in the underground palace, and the person in charge of the temple did not hesitate to report the matter to the cultural relics department at the higher level after learning about this matter.
After the cultural relics department learned of the situation, it immediately sent personnel to the Dafawang Temple, and after obtaining the consent of the temple abbot and the relevant personnel, it conducted a careful investigation of the Dafawang Temple, and according to the specific location designated by the thieves, the excavation work was carried out on the site. The monk sat cross-legged in the most central position, without much corrosion on his body, most likely due to continuous inability to eat water and cause death.
Digging out a high monk who has been sitting for a thousand years in the mysterious underground palace, it quickly spread in the country, so who is the true identity of this high monk? It is the topic that people are most concerned about. By going through and referring to a large number of materials and historical records, the experts finally came to the identity of this senior monk, who is the legendary monk Yuanren who came to Dafawang Temple from Japan.
As we all know, Buddhism is one of the three major religions in the world, and among these three major religions, Buddhism is the most widely spread and popular in China, and even today there are many people who believe in Buddhism and become people's spiritual pillar. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Buddhism was introduced to China, after experiencing large and small disintegrations, the development of Buddhism reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, and Buddhism was also supported by many emperors.
In fact, before arriving at Dafawang Temple, Gen Ren had been to Shandong, Jiangsu and other areas to spread Buddhist culture for these areas, and he also practiced for a period of time in Mount Wutai. He traveled around the land and wrote a large number of works based on what he saw and heard, and also wrote a book specifically for the Tang Dynasty, "Entering the Tang Dynasty to Seek the Law and Traveling During the Rituals", describing all aspects of daily life such as clothing, food, shelter, customs and customs during the Tang Dynasty, including the Buddhist temples and monks he passed, which were recorded by Master Yuanren in the "Records of the Visiting ceremony of entering the Tang Dynasty".
As for why Master Yuanren would sit in the dungeon of the Dafa King's Temple for a thousand years? It was because later he came to the Dafawang Temple as a host, during the abbot of the Dafawang Temple has been diligent and earnest to spread Buddhist culture for the local people, in fact, the efforts of Master Yuanren were not in vain, the local people were deeply influenced by Buddhist culture, but in the Wuzhou period, due to the antipathy of the rulers of the dynasty to Buddhist culture, a large-scale extermination of Buddhism arose, and buddhist temples and texts throughout the country were burned unscrupulously.
In order to protect the Buddhist scriptures and texts that have been collected over the years, Gen Ren deliberately secretly built an underground palace under the dafawang temple to prevent these Buddhist scriptures from being destroyed.
In fact, in this campaign to destroy Buddhism, the DafaWang Temple was indeed not spared, but was deeply affected and deeply damaged, and many buildings were destroyed. Master Yuanren also protected these Buddhist texts in the underground palace he built, and eventually died here. It was not until a thousand years later that people finally discovered this underground palace and the treasures contained in this underground palace, and Master Yuanren was also known to everyone.
Nowadays, every festive season, many chinese and foreign tourists come to visit The DafaWang Temple to receive the baptism of Buddhist culture. Genjin has spent his life on spreading Buddhist culture, hoping that more people will understand the philosophy contained in Buddhist culture, and his efforts have been rewarded, and his name will remain forever in the temple of Dafa and in the hearts of the Chinese and Japanese people.