We all know that the four Tang monks and apprentices went to the West to worship the Buddha and ask for sutras for 108,000 miles.
The world asked why the Tang monks went to get the scriptures? The Tang monk replied, "If you get the true scripture, you can bring the people of the Great Tang to the other side and save the people of the Great Tang from the sea of suffering." ”
The world asked, "What is the Western Heaven?" What is the other side? ”
There is a high step in front of me, and I heard that by climbing this step, you can reach Konishiten.
This Xiaoxi Tian is not another Xiaoxitian, and the group of Tang monks and apprentices is a little fierce when they meet Xiaoxi Tian's Zen Guang Rui.
And this little western sky, surrounded by the peak of the phoenix mountain crest, is solemn and majestic.
During the Wanli Ming Dynasty, Dongming Zen Master came from Wutai Mountain and swam to Xi County, seeing that this mountain was like a phoenix, and the trees were lush and quiet, so he decided to stay here and build a thousand Buddha temples, and he did not build it until 15 years before and after the Chongzhen period. It was later renamed "Konishiten"
In order to make Xiaoxitian worthy of his name, Abbot Dongming created a full hall of brilliance in the Daxiong Treasure Hall that amazed future generations.
In 1987, the Buddhist Association of China grew Zhao Puchu after seeing the hanging photo of Xiaoxitian and waved his pen for the Daxiong Treasure Hall Book Association:
"East and West countries are inseparable
All things in heaven on earth are solemn"
Stepping into the Daxiong Treasure Hall, it is like entering the Lingshan Buddha Realm, in addition to the five main Buddhas worshiped, countless hanging sculptures are painted on the walls, purlins and their rafters.
Gorgeous, dense, and multidimensional is the definition of Western Elysium in people's minds today. Such a delicate "hanging swan song" undoubtedly contains people's endless yearning for "the West" and "the other side".
As everyone knows, the true meaning of "Xitian" and "the other side" is hidden in Xiaoxitianli, and the six-character linkage of "doubtful way" and "other heaven" implies Lu You and Li Bai's poems.
There is no way back to the mountains
Another village
The peach blossoms flowed away
There is no other world
The road ahead seems to be desperate, but if you have the courage to open up with firm belief, you can survive in life. The peach blossoms wither and fall, and they no longer bloom with the stream, but the peach blossom falls in the stream makes this place like a fairyland, beautiful, looking at a lotus quiet, red dust everywhere. Nine out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory, and whether you can get out of the sea of suffering is between the thoughts in adversity.
There is a pair of transcendent and transparent Yulian in Xiaoxitian.
Mu Xitian Nian Xitian Xitian Xitian always contains the bottom of his heart
Looking up to the other shore, thinking on the other side, the other shore is just around the corner
This couplet also answers the questions that the world asked the Tang monks?
What is the Western Heaven, the peace of the heart;
What is the other side, the optimism in front of you.
Xiaoxitian, also known as the Thousand Buddha Temple, is a Buddhist Zen monastery founded by the Eastern Ming Zen Master in the second year of the Ming Chongzhen Dynasty, located on the top of Phoenix Mountain, west of Xi County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. It was originally named because there were thousands of Buddha statues in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and later it was renamed "Xiaoxitian" because of the heavy inscription "Daoren Xitian" on the forehead, and was renamed "Xiaoxitian" to distinguish it from another Ming Dynasty temple in the south of the city, "Daxitian".
Xiaoxitian's architectural style and characteristics can be summarized by the four words "small, ingenious, fine, and strange", and everything here is happening in "small", everything is reflected in "small", which shows that she is "small" well, and "according to the local scenery, all kinds of beautiful", and see that her "clever" is flexible, and the temple is properly arranged The hall is meticulously constructed and meticulously carved It shows that she is "fine" and subtle, "left to the ancient village Thousands of cliffs, the right belt with the western slope peaks and mountains", coupled with the world's rare hanging sculpture, it shows that she is "strange" outstanding, Such an exquisite and unique pattern is truly unique in the history of architecture.
Xiaoxi Tianquan Temple in Xi County has a construction area of more than 1,100 square meters, with many halls such as Daxiong Treasure Hall, Wenshu Hall, Puxian Hall, Wuliang Hall, Tianwang Hall, Wei Tao Hall, Dizang Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower and so on, and the hole is the door, separating the upper courtyard, middle courtyard and front yard. In fact, two-thirds of the temple's halls are double-storey. Xiaoxitian hanging plastic color painting in Xi County has important reference value for the study of hanging plastic painting in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
On March 5, 2013, Xiaoxitian was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Chinese name: Xiaoxitian, Xi County
Location: Phoenix Mountain, west of Xi County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province
Era: Ming
Land area: 1100 m2
Protection level: The fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units