Zhangzhou is rich in folk beliefs
Except for NamsanJi Temple
There are many temples large and small
They are all witnesses to the history of Zhangzhou
But many of the Bon friends do not understand the idols enshrined in the temple
Today Xiaobian will introduce you to these 14 famous temples
Nanshan Temple: A key temple in Chinese Buddhism
Nanshan Temple has a history of more than 1,200 years, is one of the eight famous places of interest in Zhangzhou, and is a famous Buddhist temple with a history of more than 1,200 years at home and abroad. Many good men and women often come here to worship, and it is one of the 142 key monasteries of Chinese Buddhism in the country.
The Jade Buddha in Nanshan Temple is famous throughout the country, and there are only 3 such jade Buddhas in China
Xiadong Academy: Studying
Zhangzhou people must go to school! Located on Danxia Road, Xiadong Academy was founded in the 45th year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1706) as the residence of General Lan Li.
During the Qianlong period, Cai Xin, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, taught here after his retreat, and was rebuilt in the first year of Daoguang (1821). The main gods and gods worshipped include Emperor Wenchang, Master Kuixing, Guanyin Bodhisattva, General Lan Li of broken belly, and Fude Zhengshen.
Every year during the college entrance examination, many students and parents are welcomed here. The walls of the college are covered with thick red pennants, and most of them are printed with the words "Gold List Title", "High School Title", "Academic Success" and so on.
Chuhuafang: Pinghe Sanping Temple
Chuhuafang is located in Xinhua East Road, Xiangkou Street, and is a branch town of Pinghe Sanping Temple, which enshrines the statue of Guangji Zushi. Many friends from the city who believe in guangji ancestors will come here regularly to worship. When there are festivals in the temple, the whole street is full of lights and is particularly lively!
Tongyuan Temple: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Headquarters
There is a small temple with a long history in the 800-year-old street longan camp in Zhangzhou, called Tongyuan Temple.
The lord of the main hall, King Guanghui, was Wang Xizhi's good friend Xie An, and the four marshals of Xie Shi, Xie Xuan, and Xie Tie of Xie Province, as well as Chen Yuanguang, the Holy King of Kaizhang.
Tongyuan Temple is also called "ShiwangFu". Li Shixian, the attendant king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, conquered Zhangzhou in the third year of the Qing Dynasty (1864), and the Taiping Army was strictly disciplined, and did not live in civilian houses, only in the ancestral hall of the temple. Therefore, the apse of the Tongyuan Temple became the camp of the Taiping Army, and the second floor became the deliberative hall of Li Shixian.
Dai XianYan: There is an endless stream of blessings
Daixian Rock is located in Yuanshan, the front hall is dedicated to Kang Changshi, commonly known as "Xianzu"; the rear hall is dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha, and there are Guanyin, Maitreya Buddha, etc., and the incense is flourishing.
Xiaobian has often followed his family to Daixian Rock to pray for blessings since he was a child, which can be said to be the holy place of Zhangzhou people's New Year "blessing", the incense is flourishing, and I heard that the lottery is also very smart.
Kapok An: The place where the martial arts execute the adulterers
Kapok An is located at the foot of Kowloon Ridge in Longhai City. There is a "Kapok Pavilion" in front of the temple, which was the place where Zheng Huchen cursed his traitors at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The traitorous minister Jia Xiangdao was demoted and relocated, escorted by Wuju Zheng Huchen, and when he was escorted to the Zhangzhou Kapok Nunnery, he heard the cries of the people along the way to kill Jia Rudao, and he thought of the hatred of the family and the country, and decisively executed Jia Rudao in the Kapok Nunnery. Zheng Huchen was inevitably killed for the people, and after returning to Fuzhou, he was detained and killed in prison. Later generations built a kapok pavilion to commemorate Zheng Huchen's righteous act of eliminating adultery.
Fain Temple: Master Koichi visited
Near Danxia Road in the city, there is a temple called Farin Temple, which may not be often heard of, but it has an indissoluble relationship with the modern monk Master Hongyi.
In the summer of 1938, Master Hongyi was stationed in Xiqibao Pavilion, and because of the harmony between "Prayer Bao" and "Seven Treasures", the Prayer Pavilion was changed to Qibao Temple, and a plaque was placed on the temple gate for the book. Later, about 200 meters from the east side of the original site of the Prayer Pavilion, the "Hongyi Master Memorial Hall" was built, and the original nave was moved to the front hall of the hall, and at the same time renamed "Fayin Temple", which is the front temple and the back hall, which has the style of ancient Fujian Buddhist architecture.
SeojukwaJi Temple: Many celebrities have lived here
Ruizhuyan Temple was founded by Chu Xi, a monk of the Fifth Generation. In front of the temple site, there are two iron trees planted during the Tang and Song dynasties. There is a stone chamber on the left side of the temple, and there is a stone Zen bed in the room, which is passed down to Chu Xi.
Chen Tianding, a scholar of Mingdongge University and Chen Tianding, an official of the Ming Dynasty, studied here. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Master Hongyi (Li Shutong) lived here.
There are also more than ten stupas such as the Absolute Dust Zen Master and more than ten stone carvings on the cliffs. The current rock temple was rebuilt in the 1990s according to the original site, and the incense is flourishing.
Wenheng Hall: Mainly dedicated to Emperor Guan
Located in the corner of the ancient city, the Wenheng Hall was built during the Ming Dynasty.
The main deity enshrined is Guan Sheng Emperor, and the Shanxi Confucius on the plaque is the honorific title of the people for Guan Yu. Many of the pen friends who do business believe in Emperor Guan, so the believers who come here are also endless.
White Reef Tzu Chi Palace: Seek health and safety
Located in Baijiao Village, Zhangzhou Taiwan Investment Zone, Fujian Province, Baijiao Tzu Chi Palace is the ancestral palace dedicated to Baosheng, the god of Medicine in Fujian and Taiwan.
Since the construction of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty in the 20th year (1150), Baijiao Tzu Chi Palace has been known as the "Forbidden City" of southern Fujian with its grand and majestic palace-style architectural scale, antique artistic style, and perennial incense offerings.
Lin Qianyan: Mainly dedicated to Avalokiteshvara
Linqianyan is also called Wushiyan, and Linqianyan Temple is located in Tiancheng Mountain, southeast of Jiuhu Town, Longhai City, and the junction of Zhangpu County, on the east side of Jiulongling.
Tang Yi people Zhou Kuangwu studied on this mountain, and later DengShidi, Tianzi Xianzhi, ordered the name "Mingdi Mountain", which was renamed Taihu Mountain during the Ming Dynasty, with an altitude of 555 meters. In 806 AD, there was a academy on the mountainside of Mount Tiancheng and a Buddhist temple, which was called Linqianyan Temple because the temple was located in the territory of Linqian Village. The Buddhist temple was rebuilt during the Southern Song Dynasty and enshrined Guanyin.
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Linqianyan Temple covers an area of 80 acres and now has four halls: the main hall, the Great Compassion Hall, is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Three Treasure Hall (Daxiong Treasure Hall) is dedicated to the Third Buddha, the Zushi Gong Hall is dedicated to Guangji Shigong, and the Kaishan Ancestral Hall is dedicated to the kaishan Ancestral Master Statue.
Lingtong Temple: Mainly dedicated to Avalokiteshvara
Lingtong Temple, located in one of the main peaks of Qingtian Peak, 920 meters above sea level, sits east and west, using a natural stone chamber formed by the weathering and erosion of volcanic rock for many years to build a Buddhist hall, the inner wall of the hall is a natural boulder, and the hall enshrines the statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Three Treasures Buddha holding a sutra scroll.
On the south side of the cave there is a clear spring seeping out from the crevice of the boulder, the water is a pool, the pool water is sweet and clear, called Guanyin Spring, it is said that this spring water can dispel evil spirits and escape the heat, prolong life. In front of the Guanyin Hall, overlooking the deep valleys, dangerous rocks and deep streams, looking up at the boulders in the sky, the clouds and mist, the scenery is beautiful, giving people the feeling of ascending to a high and dangerous place.
Sanping Temple: Overseas believers flock endlessly
The Guangji ancestor enshrined in Sanping Temple was a Yizhong master of the Tang Dynasty, after coming to Sanping Mountain, he saw that it was poor and backward, lacking medicine and medicine, so he healed diseases for the mountain people, and taught his own "Taizu Fist" and "Shaozu Fist" to the local mountain people for fitness and disease prevention.
Master Yizhong also taught advanced farming techniques to the mountain people, guided the mountain people to reclaim barren mountains, build fields, build water conservancy, build cottages, and weave for men and women, so that the production in the mountains can be restored and developed.
Sanping Temple is full of incense and receives 500,000 to 600,000 foreign friends, foreign Chinese, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwan compatriots and tourists from the mainland of the motherland every year. Chinese New Year's Eve night, the Sanping Temple was even more crowded, and among them were good men and women, and even the elderly people of the ancient rare years also came here to Chinese New Year's Eve.
Guwu Temple: One of the four major Guandi temples in the country
In downtown Zhangzhou, a thousand-year-old Guandi Temple, which is nearly four hundred years earlier than the Guandi Temple in Dongshan, is hidden in the alley.
It is the Zhangzhou Ancient Wu Temple located at No. 10 Xinlu Ding, Xiuwen West Road (near Zhangzhou No. 2 Middle School). Guwu Temple is an existing zui ancient Wu Temple in Zhangzhou, one of the four major Guandi ancestral temples in the country, and one of the main temples of Zhangtai Wu Temple, which was built in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1008) and rebuilt many times during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The ancient Wu Temple is full of incense, and every year believers from Taiwan come to worship.
Source: Zhangzhou Circle Finishing, the picture comes from the network