Puzhao Temple, located in Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, is a large temple in China. There are many legends about Puzhao Temple in history, the most famous of which is the secret of Puzhao Temple and Zhang Xianzhong's treasure. What is the hidden relationship between the two? Behind the glory of Puzhao Temple, what are the little-known legends? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you.
(All pictures in this article, all from the network, thanks to the original author, if you infringe your rights, please contact the author of this number to delete.) Pictures have nothing to do with the content, please do not sit in the right seat) In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Daming Jiangshan can be described as internal and external troubles, and among the surging rebel armies, there are two most powerful forces, the first is Li Zicheng in the northwest, and the second is Zhang Xianzhong, who is entrenched in the land of Sichuan and Shu. Zhang Xianzhong, as the leader of the rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, conquered Wuchang in the 16th year of Chongzhen, and then led his troops into Sichuan, establishing the Daxi regime in Chengdu, with the name of Dashun. It was not until after the Qing army entered the customs, with the fall of the Ming Dynasty and Li Zicheng, that Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime began to be in jeopardy. According to historical records, a few years before the fall of the Daxi regime, Zhang Xianzhong sent his righteous son Zhang Kewang to lead an army into Guanxian County. In addition to many soldiers, there were 300 stonemasons from the civilian during the march. They were taken with their army to Qingfeng Mountain in Daguan Town to mine mountain stones, but since then, the 300 stonemasons have inexplicably lost any news.
Because of this, some historians believe that Zhang Xianzhong may have anticipated that his regime's life would soon be over, so he sent people to Qingfeng Mountain in the name of quarrying to bury the treasure. In order to hide the news, 300 stonemasons were also brutally killed when the project was about to be completed, becoming the ghosts of the knife. Also in Mount Qingcheng, a temple has a close connection with Zhang Xianzhong, and it is Puzhao Temple. The history of Puzhao Temple is very long, and the specific time of the establishment of the temple can not be checked, but it is recorded in the qing dynasty Gao Luhe's book "The Origin of Puzhao Temple": "The temple has been for several dynasties, there are people in the world, and the fire at the end of the Ming Dynasty is dedicated." This means that Puzhao Temple was burned down by Zhang Xianzhong at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Since the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, Puzhao Temple has been rebuilt on the site of the burning, and at this time, Puzhao Temple was only a small temple covering an area of only half an acre. By the middle of the Qianlong Period, Puzhao Temple began to expand and gradually develop. During the Daoguang years, under the auspices of abbot JianShan, Puzhao Temple suddenly built a large number of constructions, expanding the temple to an area of 400 acres. It has a five-fold temple, 24 courtyards are built to contrast with the twenty-four buddhist heavens, and even the number of houses in the temple has increased to 365. This matter is recorded in the history books seems a bit strange, Puzhao Temple this time the construction of a huge cost, and before the construction of the temple, the temple incense was not exuberant, there was no large-scale donation of pilgrims, the imperial court has not participated in this matter, where did Puzhao Temple get a large amount of repair funds?
The external propaganda of Puzhao Temple is: Daoguang Gengzi, receiving the abbot of JianShan, remembering the ancestors of the past generations, Thinking Maojian... That is, the winter shows magic, the mountains are cracked and the stones are out, not laboriously carved, not bothered with luck, and self-made good materials to show their fame... Added dozens of buildings. This means that what master Jian Shan of Puzhao Temple did touched the heavens and the earth, and the heavens let the mountain stone crack, and without carving, it could be picked up to build Puzhao Temple. Such a flawed statement, let alone a wise reader, may not be able to believe it, so the saying that "the heavens show the magic of the temple" is absolutely impossible.
If we connect the quarrying of Zhang Xianzhong with the mystery of the sudden expansion of Puzhao Temple, the answer to the question seems to be solved, is there a connection between the two? Let's start with the Buddha statues enshrined in Puzhao Temple. In addition to the traditional Buddhas enshrined in Puzhao Temple, there is also a statue of a Heart Lotus monk sitting in the main hall, and this Heart Lotus Monk is the founder of the decline and prosperity of Puzhao Temple. Legend has it that the Shinren monk was not an authentic monk, his true identity was a subordinate of the general Li Dingguo of the Great Western regime. After the fall of the Onishi regime, in order to escape the Qing army's search, the monk Shinren came to Puzhao Temple to become a monk and took the position of abbot.
Some experts believe that the reason why the Monk of the Heart Lotus took refuge in Puzhao Temple was because he knew the secret of the treasure of Mount Qingcheng, and its purpose was nothing more than two, one was to come here to take care of the treasure in the name of the monk Puzhao Temple. The second is to take out the treasure here and prepare to do something big about making a comeback. However, watching the Manchu Qing Dynasty become more and more stable, and the dream of making a comeback in the past gradually became a bubble, the Lotus Monk could only be discouraged and lazy, accompanying the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha but surviving. As for whether the Lotus Monk will tell the secret of the treasure before his death, we do not know. However, xiaobian believes that the heart lotus monk should have told his disciple the secret of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure, and Puzhao Temple was able to expand vigorously after a hundred years.
Legends are only legends after all, although they are not empty, but they cannot be considered as a history of faith, if we really want to uncover the secrets, we still need archaeologists to look for evidence from cultural relics. After all, conjecture and speculation cannot be conclusive.
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm