Lingyin Temple is mainly centered on Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Pharmacist Hall, Dharma Hall and Huayan Hall, and flanked by 500 Luohan Hall, Jigong Hall, Huayan Pavilion, Dabei Building and Abbot Building. The current abbot is Master Guangquan.
Lingyin Temple in Zhejiang Province is a national key cultural relic protection unit.
The development of history
Eastern Jin Dynasty (3 17-420)
Lingyin Temple was built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (326).
Southern and Northern Dynasties
In the third year of Tian Jian, Liang Wudi (504), Xiao Yan wrote "Abandoning Taoism and Returning to Buddhism" and designated Buddhism as the state religion. Immediately, large-scale construction was carried out, temples and towers were built, and Lingyin Temple was favored by Liang Wudi. The field is expanding, the scale is rough, and the incense is getting stronger.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (56 1-578), he declared the Buddha abolished, ordered monks and nuns to return to the common customs, burned Buddhist scriptures, and confiscated temples as public property. This method can hardly be called the destruction of Buddha by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. This time, the legal difficulties dealt a great blow to the northern monasteries, while the southern monasteries were slightly better. When some timid monks heard that Buddhism was difficult to practice, they slipped away quietly, returned to the secular world, and lived in seclusion, causing Lingyin Temple to fall into a cold and desolate silence.
Sui dynasty
In the second year of Emperor Wendi's Renshou (602), Emperor Wendi resumed Buddhism and sent Master Sheng Hui, a monk, to Hangzhou to preach Buddhism. Build Shenni Buddha Pagoda (backward leaning pagoda) on the plank road between Feilai Peak and Lotus Peak in front of Lingyin Temple.
the Tang Dynasty
In the fifth year of Huichang, Tang Wuzong (845), another large-scale "Huichang Fa Nan" incident occurred in the history of Buddhism. Wu Lizong destroyed Buddha, abolished Buddha and banned Buddha. Lingyin Temple was doomed, the monks dispersed, the bells in the temple were deserted and the fireworks went out.
Five Dynasties and Ten States
During the reign of Qian Miao, King of Wu Yue, cliff stone carvings, Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures were particularly rich, and temple gardens and pagodas were everywhere. The number of people studying Buddhism and practicing Zen is increasing day by day, and there are endless poems and articles in the Buddhist Zen altar.
In the 12th year of Tianfu in the later Han Dynasty (947), King Wu Yue imitated and expanded Lingyin Temple into the 9th floor, 18th Pavilion and 72nd Hall. At that time, there were as many as 3 thousand monks, and foreign monks often came to learn from them.
In the seventh year of Xiande in the later Zhou Dynasty (960), Wang Hongqian of wuyue invited a monk Yanshou from Fenghua to preside over Lingyin Temple, building more than 500 temples and two stone buildings. A hundred-foot Maitreya Pavilion is built in the east, and there are gardens and more than 1,300 halls in the west. The corridor twists and turns, connecting the abbot from the left and right of the mountain gate, calling the temple "Lingyin New Temple".
Northern Song Dynasty
Song Zhenzong Jingdezhen four years (1007), Lingyin Temple changed to Lingyin Mountain Jingdezhen Temple.
Zhenzong Tianxi lived for five years (102 1) and was named "Jingde Lingyin Temple".
In the eighth year of Tiansheng (1030), 13,000 mu of fertile land located in Hangzhou and Xiuzhou (now Jiaxing) was given to Lingyin Temple as temple property.
In the second year of Jingyou (1035), the abbot of Yanshan moved two classic buildings, which were carved in the second year of Kaibao (969) and placed in Fengxian Temple (now abandoned), the Wangjiamiao in Wuyue, to the Tianwang Temple in Lingyin Temple.
In the first year of your reign (A.D. 1049), two volumes of Guanyin Heart Sutra, luanbei and Huang were given.
In the Qing Dynasty, Han Qi, the prime minister, and Ouyang Xiu, who participated in politics, presented three books written by Song Qi, namely, Zhen Chuan Tu, Zhen Chuan Lu, Zhen Chuan Lun (collectively called Jia You Ji) and supplementary articles. At the end of last year, Renzong allowed the imperial court to compile Tibetan scriptures and awarded Song Qi the title of "Master of Zoroastrianism". Since then, Lingyin Temple has become famous, and Buddhist believers at home and abroad have come to visit the Buddha. At that time, Lingyin Temple had become a Zen shrine in the world.
Southern Song Dynasty
In the fifth year of Shaoxing (1 135), Lingyin Temple was changed to "Lingyin Temple worships kindness and shows relatives". Gaozong and Xiaozong often go to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and write calligraphy in their spare time. Song Lizong renamed the original Daxiong Hall of Xianqin Temple as "Huang Jue Hall" and gave the book the word "Wonderful and Solemn Domain".
In the eighth year of Avenue (1 172), Song Xiaozong visited Lingyin in person, and Xuan Hui Yuan played a right song, giving him the title of "Blind Hall Zen Master", renaming the Fatang as "Straight Hall" and giving him the seal of "Straight Hall".
In the 28th year of Shaoxing (1 158), Lingyin Temple built the "Tian Zi Temple" in imitation of Jingci Temple and carved 500 arhats.
Yuan dynasty (1206- 1368)
From Yuan Wuzong to the first year of Dayuan (1308), the decadent reconstruction of "Juezao Temple" given by Song Lizong took four years and was completed in Zaoqingyuan, Yuan Renzong (13 12).
In the 19th year of Zheng Zhi, Yuan Shundi (1359), the temple was destroyed by fire and suffered heavy losses. Although Fu Liang, the abbot of Zheng Zhi, was rebuilt in the 23rd year (1363), only the abbot's room and Galand Hall were built, and the grand occasion of Lingyin Temple was gone.
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In the third year of Hongwu (1370), Ming Taizu called the abbot of Lingyin Temple back to Beijing, which caused a sensation in the ruling and opposition circles. Ming Taizu personally named him one of the "Top Ten Monks", gave him a golden robe, and ordered him to write down four proverbs: "righteousness", "respect for the foundation", "respect for the Tao" and "respect for the saints".
When the Ming Dynasty was first established, Buddhism was advocated, and soon in the name of rectification, various restrictions were taken on temples. The tragedy of the ten monks in Lingyin Temple came again. They took the initiative to return 13,000 mu of temple fields in Hangzhou, Xiuzhou (now Jiaxing) and other places given by the Song Dynasty court to the court to avoid disaster. Ming Taizu appreciated this practice of the monks in Lingyin Temple, so he returned some fields to Lingyin Temple. In the third year of Hongwu (1370), Lingyin Temple caught fire and suffered heavy losses.
In the seventeenth year of Hongwu (1384), the abbot Huiming rebuilt Huang Jue Temple and renamed it Lingyin Temple. Due to the temporary shortage of funds, the Buddha statues in Buddhist temples were not plasticized until the first year of Yongle (1403), and monks and good people raised funds to decorate the Buddha days and various offerings. Huang Jue Temple is always full of disasters. In the fifth year of Xuande (1430), Huang Jue Temple was burned down again.
In the seventh year of Xuande (1432), the abbot Tan You built the left and right wing doors and side walls, and later the abbot Liang Jie rebuilt the Huang Jue Hall.
In the eleventh year of orthodoxy (1446), the monks of the temple were built with strings pointing to the hall, and the forehead of the hall was written by Zhang Jizhi. At this time, Maitreya Pavilion, Lotus Peak Pavilion, Thousand Buddhas Hall, Yan Bin Shuige, Wanghai Pavilion, Baiyun Temple, Songyuan Temple, etc. have been restored in the temple, and the scale is slightly old.
In the third year of Qin Long (1569), the whole Lingyin Temple was destroyed by thunder and fire, leaving only the main hall.
In the 11th year of Wanli (1583), Lingyin Temple was rebuilt in winter, which lasted for five years. The main hall is modeled after the Tang Dynasty, with 48 flat-headed columns and 6 stone pillars/kloc-0, and the imperial palace was changed to "Daxiong Hall".
In the 18th year of Wanli (1590), Ricoh Tower was rebuilt and 500 arhats were built in the main hall. Sanzang Hall was built in the former site of Maitreya Pavilion, followed by Zhitong Hall and the abbot's room. On the left of the abbot's room is Miaoying Pavilion, and on the right is Zhang Han's Selected Works of Buddhist Zhai.
In the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), Lingyin Temple suffered a disaster and the whole temple caught fire. Except for the main hall and Zhizhitang, Zhu Rong paid for the rest.
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In the 28th year of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1689), Emperor Kangxi visited Lingyin Temple during his southern tour of Hangzhou. At that time, the abbot was Hui Di and asked Emperor Kangxi to write the plaque. Kangxi personally inscribed the word "Yunlin", so Lingyin Temple was renamed "Yunlin Temple". Later, in the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi (1699), forty-two years (1703) and forty-four years (1705), you xian poetry was recorded.
In the early years of Qianlong, the abbot Jutao inherited Buddhism, learned a lot, and achieved profound Buddhist attainments, which was highly valued by the ruling and opposition parties. At that time, King Guanglu of Yangzhou visited Lingyin and hit it off with Jutao. He donated money to rebuild the Daxiong Hall and dozens of other halls, halls, pavilions, pavilions, towers and pavilions. And decorate 500 arhats to repair Hejian Bridge, Longhong Cave and Jiu Feng Trail. It costs more than twenty thousand taels of silver. It took three years from October of the sixth year of Qianlong (174 1) to October of the ninth year of Qianlong (1744).
During the Qianlong period, Qianlong was sixteen years (175 1), twenty-two years (1757), twenty-seven years (1762), thirty years (1765) and forty-five years (/kloc-).
In the autumn of the twenty-first year of Jiaqing (8 16), Lingyin Temple was destroyed by fire. This restoration project, from July 7, the third year of Daoguang (1823) to April 16, the eighth year of Daoguang (1828), shared more than 37,000 taels of silver/kloc-0, which enabled Lingyin to "restore the majestic posture of vultures and the scenery of famous mountains".
In the 14th year of Daoguang (1834), Ruan Yuan was the governor of Zhejiang, who took good care of Lingyin. He presided over the integration of Zhu and Weng Fanggang, and discussed the collection of Lingyin books, so he built the Lingyin Library.
In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the Taiping Army entered Hangzhou and most temples were destroyed. Lingyin Temple has only Tianwang Hall and Luohan Hall left. A large number of precious cultural relics in Lingzang books flow to the people and even disappear.
In the second year of Xuantong (19 10), the Great Hall of Heroes was rebuilt, with a height of thirteen feet and five feet. The wood used to build this temple was purchased from America by the Qing court. It was originally used to repair the Summer Palace. Because the situation was unstable and could not be renovated, it was transported to Hangzhou to build Lingyin.
Republic of China (19 12- 1949)
In the sixth year of the Republic of China (19 17), the Great Compassion Pavilion was built.
In the winter of the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), Luohantang was destroyed by fire, and only the woodcut statue of Wei Tuo was left in Tianwang Temple.
In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937) 1 1 month, Japanese invaders entered Hangzhou, and the guest rooms of Lingyin Temple, Galapagos Temple, Fan Xiangting and Dongshanmen were destroyed because they failed to stop in the fire in the middle of the night.
After the founding of
After liberation, the Daxiong Hall of Lingyin Temple was eaten by termites, the middle part of Daxiong Hall collapsed and the Buddha statue was crushed. /kloc-in the summer of 0/952, the "Hangzhou Lingyin Temple Daxiong Hall Restoration Committee" composed of civil affairs departments presided over the restoration work, which was funded by the government. More than two years later, the main hall was completed. The shaping of the Buddha statue in Daxiong Hall was also personally instructed by the then Prime Minister Zhou Enlai.
1975 was approved by the State Council, and the comprehensive renovation began in June of that year, with a total cost of 1 1.3 million yuan. The Buddha statues in the temple are all gilded, the stone pagodas and buildings are protected and repaired, and the statues of Feilai Peak are restored. This restoration project ended at 1980.
1982 implemented the "dual track system", implemented the "ten-square jungle system" externally, implemented democratic management internally, and established a temple management Committee. In terms of funding sources, through the implementation of the "ticket system" (fragrant flower coupons).
1987 The master plan of Lingyin Temple (that is, the ten-year plan), supported by the Hangzhou Buddhist Association, supervised the public in two levels: the origin of the courtyard, the succession of the cloud and the strictness of the body, and was protected and cared for by many Buddhist disciples at home and abroad. Daxiong Hall was completely renovated and the Buddha statue was gilded again.
From 65438 to 0998, Master Muyu became the abbot of Lingyin Temple. He led some talented monks, gave full play to the fine tradition of Buddhism, and made in-depth arrangement according to the Galand Regulations, which improved the solemn atmosphere of the ancient temple and rebuilt the Buddhist scripture building.