In the Song Dynasty, Fenglongshan had three academies, Dongxi Academy in the east, Zhongxi Academy in the middle, Xixi Academy in the west, and Sanshi Hall at the same time. Qing-Tang Zhiyu "Jifu Tongzhi" volume 52: "Xishitang Courtyard, at the west foot of Fenglong Mountain in Yuanshi County, built in Song Jiayou, there are three stone halls. The spring has the North Stone Hall, and the spring flows out from the sleeve of the stone Buddha, and the taste is extremely sweet. It can be seen that the North Stone Hall already existed in the Northern Song Dynasty at the latest.
Fenglong Mountain North Stone Hall, where is the old site?
Laojun Cave, also called "Laojun Hall". So far, in the many stone carvings of Fenglong Mountain, you can still see many inscriptions of the Quanzhen Taoist priests of the Ming Dynasty, among which the inscription of the thirteenth year of Ming Zhengde near the Laojun Cave (1518 AD) is "The Record of the Return of Longquanzi to the Hidden Life of the North Stone Hall of Fenglong Mountain".
Laojun Cave, located in the east side of Wanxian Temple, is the cave house of worshipping Taishang Laojun (Li Er) carved by using natural karst cave, created before the Ming Dynasty, the statue of Laojun is in the middle, and the disciples are arranged on both sides.
On April 10, 2024, some literary and historical scholars of the Fenglongshan Historical and Cultural Seminar Group gathered at the northern foot of Fenglongshan to conduct field investigations and discussions on cultural relics and historic sites, cliff carvings, and ancient tombs.
Fenglongshan North Stone Hall is "Laojun Hall", when was it first founded?
The name "Laojuntang" of course originated from Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism. Yin Liyu "The Origin of Fenglong Mountain and Taijiquan" May 4, 2019: "There is a Laojun Cave on the east side of the top of Fenglong Mountain, also known as Beishitang, where it is said that Taishang Laojun once practiced. Occasionally, one day, Lao Jun saw a purple gas in the west, which lasted for a long time, and Lao Jun looked at the west, and the place where the qi gathered was the current location of Nanzigou Village. Who is Taishang Laojun? He is Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism. "
This is, of course, an ancient legend that has nothing to examine, in the long history of Fenglong Mountain, there were folk mountains and rivers, people and ghosts, heaven and earth worship and primitive divination, witchcraft, and later there were Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism further integration. Fenglongshan Taoism, it is well documented that there were Taoist temples before the Sui Dynasty. (Ming) Zhao Weifan wrote "Rebuilding and Cultivating the True Concept":
According to the (Sui) "Book of Pictures", Zhao Ren Luo element entered Longshan and met an old man, leaving ten pills, saying: "I am not hungry if I take this, I am Xu Yuanying." The words turned into a boy and rode away in the clouds. Later generations are the view they stand, because of the name "Xu Tong". Song Zheng and Gui Si, changed to the current name, commonly called Shangguan,
On April 10, 2024, Zhang Zhiyong, a former reporter of Shijiazhuang Daily and editor-in-chief of "Nanguyi Village Chronicles", organized literary and historical scholars to inspect the Eight Immortals Hall of Fenglongshan for on-the-spot investigation and discussion.
On April 10, 2024, Mr. Wang Xiaoyong of Luquan Cultural Tourism Bureau conducted research in Baxian Hall.
Is the North Stone Hall of Fenglongshan Buddhism the Eight Immortals Hall today?
However, according to the historical record of the Song Dynasty "North Stone Hall, the spring flows out of the sleeve of the stone Buddha", it was a holy place of Buddhism at that time, and there is a stone Buddha as evidence. The Fenglongshan Grottoes include the West Stone Hall, the East Stone Hall and the Eight Immortal Hall, which are listed on the southern slope of Fenglong Mountain, but unfortunately, the Buddha statues in the Eight Immortals Hall no longer exist. The North Stone Hall of the Song Dynasty is the Eight Immortal Hall today?
It is well documented that in the third year of Wuping of the Northern Qi Dynasty (572 AD), the West Stone Hall of Fenglong Mountain has been founded. It is engraved with the words "Wuping Three Years Autumn Ceremony". During the Northern Song Dynasty, in the ninth year of Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu (1016 AD), the West Shitang Buddhist Grottoes were continued to be excavated. Zhangcun, Zhang Xing and other stonemasons inscribed the stone on the west side of the stone hall. According to the Jifu Tongzhi, the Sanshitang of Fenglongshan was "built in the middle of Song Jiayou", and Jiayou (1056-1063) was the ninth and last era name of Song Renzong. The Northern Song Dynasty used this era name for a total of eight years. It can be seen that during the Northern Song Dynasty, the West Stone Hall was rebuilt twice in the records seen so far. Did the North Stone Hall also be renewed during the reign of Song Zhenzong?
It's worth continuing to dig deeper.