The temple in Xiaogushan was built in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Buddhism flourished in China, and the Zen Mazu Road (709-788) traveled to famous mountains in the world, and visited Gonggong Mountain in Xing Zi County and Lingyin Mountain in Susong to teach Buddhism. Later, it was the lonely show that led to Lingyin, so it was called "Qixiu Temple". Hai Huai is the founder of his disciple "Baizhang Qinggui" and is known as Baizhang Zen Master in the world. When he was in Tang Dezong, he went to this temple to give lectures and handed down "Buddhist rules". Therefore, there is a record in "Mountain Spectrum" that "Mazu started the mountain and passed the rules from one hundred feet". According to legend, the temple on the mountain in the Tang Dynasty was very narrow, and there was a person in the month with an unknown surname, which I can't remember. After the prosperous Tang Dynasty, temples became more and more desolate. We can imagine the general situation at that time from Gu Kuang's poem "The ancient temple is by the river, the geese cross the west Western jackdaw sky, the lonely mountain is far away, and the bright moon shines on the Dongting to return to the passenger ship". In the late Tang Dynasty, after several wars, the temple was once destroyed. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the temple was rebuilt. Renamed "Huiji Temple" and began to worship the sea god Mazu. Now it is called Little Girl Niang. According to Records of the Qing Dynasty, "Tian Hou, Song Putian Lin wished to be the sixth woman. She is born with wonderful fragrance and can cross the sea and take the island by cloud. After she ascended to heaven, she often went over the sea to rescue sunken ships. During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, I was tired of spiritual traces. " Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, a temple was built here to worship the goddess, who was repeatedly sealed and given the title of "Mrs. Fushun, An, Ji and Guangji Huiji". In this way, Mazu changed from a mountain to Mazu, like a man into a woman. At the beginning of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun, the Duke of Wei, returned from Huxiang to repair the Xiaogushan Temple and expand it into a six-fold, large-scale temple. On the forehead of the temple, "Huiji" is called "Lady Anji" and has a monument. In the second year of Baoqing (1226), Jiangzhou commander Wen Weng built a "shepherd pavilion" on the top of the mountain, with stone steps for climbing.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the spirit was revived at sea, and the Xiaogushan Temple was slightly repaired. The goddess was given "Guangji" and was named "Mrs. Guangji". During the reign of Tingyou, when he climbed this mountain and saw the road destroying the pavilion, he encouraged Anqing government to award Li Jian this pavilion. Over the years, an iron column was erected at the south gate of the temple, which was more than 30 feet long and tied with an iron rope for boat people to climb through the danger. Yu Hanshu's "The First Pass of Haimen" is carved on a stone, and the word "Qixiu Temple" is repeated at the door.
The Ming Dynasty was the heyday of Xiaogushan Temple. In the second year of Hongwu (1369), officials were sent to repair and sacrifice the temple, and the goddess was named "Our Lady of Tian Fei". During the Yongle period, the mountain-closing deity "protected the country and helped the people, and made Tian Fei glorious" and sent people to court for sacrifice. The official delivered a eulogy, saying, "Shen Wei has laid a solid foundation and become a mainstay, while Wu Chu Town is waiting for the auspicious ceremony. Delay stirring Wan Li, enjoy worship for thousands of years, benefit from this, and only ask God. The memorial service is still ringing. For the military affairs of Annan, Cheng Zu sent lord protector Zhu Neng and British lord protector Zhang Fubai Mountain twice on July 22nd, Yongle 4th and February 5th, Yongle 7th respectively. On February 7, the second year of Xuande, Gong Liang was sent to the mountain to offer sacrifices. During the Hongzhi period, Chen Ke and Shipu were ordered to repair the temple. In the ninth year of Jiajing (1532), Ye Mengxiong, the magistrate of Anqing, repaired it and wrote poems for it, which still exists today. The pavilion was renamed "dressing room" and called the dressing room of the Virgin of Tian Fei. Twenty-six years (1547), because of Xiaomiao Pass. Don't build Tianfei Palace in Shaanxi. Its bricks and tiles come from all over the country, and each piece is engraved with the name of the governor. Yan said that the Palace of Protecting the Country was a success. In the middle is the "Tian Fei Temple", which is huge in scale, carved with beams and painted with buildings, and has a huge system, resembling a royal residence. There is a "Imperial Monument Pavilion" in the courtyard, which is engraved with a poem by Xian Di, the father of Jiajing. After the completion, officials were sent to offer sacrifices, including: two saints passed by here. Take a look at the exhibition hall of Shenqi, worship a stone with a royal title and decorate the hall. Precious utensils are still hidden, and the words "filling-beans" have made Xiaogushan famous for some time, which can be said to be the pinnacle. Xiaogushan has become five mountains, and Buddhist activities have developed accordingly. Enter the stage of prosperity. Later, due to the long-term collapse of the river, Huguo Temple was destroyed by water, and only some inscriptions and stone carvings were stored in the mountains.
In the Qing dynasty, this mountain temple was constantly repaired. In the ninth year of Shunzhi (1652), Mongolia was ordered to build the Xiaogushan Gate and Guandi Pavilion. After years of fund-raising, Bao Hui, the abbot of the temple, made a new renovation of the building. At the beginning of Kangxi, the magistrate of a county rebuilt the "Huguo Temple" in the northeast of the former site, which was in harmony with the temples on the mountain. In fifty-nine years (1720), it was decreed that all provinces, counties and counties in the world were Tian Fei temples, and the goddess was named "Tianhou". During the Qianlong period, the temples on the mountain were destroyed day by day, and the governor asked for approval. The temple was rebuilt in Siyou (1765), with the imperial book "Jiang Yu" engraved at the main entrance and the pavilion owned by the descendant Wang Zhongxiu. In fifty-three years (1788), Tian Hou added the word "show God and praise Shun". Monk Zhao Xi also erected stone steps at the foot of the mountain and restored them to the gate of the temple, so that he could berth ships and climb mountains. During the Xianfeng period, the temple was destroyed by soldiers because of disrepair and was in a mess. In 47 (1857), Peng Yulin and Peng Yousheng rebuilt the Xiaogushan Temple. The inscription reads: "Originally, women were beautiful and refreshed. The Tao is endless, and the prestige is flowing. The water is winding, the mountains are steep and secluded, and the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, which is the upper reaches. After a long time, the ancient temple was closed. If the repair is restored, what else can I ask? " Outhouse expansion, iron incense burner, plaque pair, stone carving presented.
In the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), Qishe raised funds to build a "national protection temple" in the north of Shansi Temple. In the last three years, the lost Imperial Poetry Monument was copied and rebuilt. After the relocation of Xiaogushan Dingzhuang Pavilion. Since then, Gong Ming Dao, a monk in Zhongshan, has been begging for more than 20 years. The temple on the mountain has been built and maintained many times.
1949 after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the government protected the temples and cultural relics on the mountain. In 64, Anqing Administrative Office sent an engineering team to repair temples and pavilions on the mountain and added many cultural relics. 1967 during the "cultural revolution", the "four old" was swept away, and the temple buildings, Buddha statues and cultural relics were repeatedly destroyed, and religious activities basically stopped, leaving only a wonderful temple on the mountain. After more than ten years, the temples on the mountain were all guarded by monks Chang Wen, Guo Cheng and others. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the government resumed its religious policy. The old monks Kuang Cheng, Chang Wen, Yin Hong and Xing Yi, who were transferred from Jiangxi, saved up the incense money offered by the believers, bought Buddha statues and utensils, built a new Hall of Heroes, and built a water tower on the Dongshan slope of Notre Dame Hall. Especially after 1996, the abbot, the old monk Kuang Cheng, led the prison authorities to explain, raised money everywhere, built new Buddhist scripture buildings and monasteries, and carried out a lot of maintenance on the dangerous buildings on the mountain. 1998, Shi Xingyi took over as the abbot. He led the monks, saved every penny of incense money, built a platform, maintained the mountain road, and put a pair of giant lions more than three meters high in front of the mountain gate. In 2004, after many efforts, he raised funds and borrowed money from the bank to repair the newly-built Hall of Ursa Major, Notre Dame and Queen's Hall. At this point, under the protection of monks in previous dynasties, this ancient temple with a thousand years has taken on a new look and begun to take shape.
Because Qixiu Temple is located on the island of the Yangtze River, the mountain god is regarded as the patron saint of ship navigation, and there are some beautiful and moving legends, so tourists and pilgrims are in an endless stream. Especially on March 23, the birthday of the little girl's mother, tourists and pilgrims flocked to the mountains to worship for peace, which injected new vitality and vitality into this thousand-year-old temple. In recent years, due to the government's attention, in 1984, the people's government of Anhui Province identified Qixiu Temple in Xiaogushan as the first of 52 key temples at the provincial level, and the stone carvings on the mountain were also listed as key protected cultural relics. After thousands of years, under the protection of governments and monks in past dynasties, this ancient temple has regained its former majestic posture.