Shilin Mountain Temple is located in Qiling Village, Wangmudu Town, 60 kilometers away from the central city of Ganzhou. There are forests around the temple, covering an area of more than 2000 mu. There are three pits and two streams around the mountain, which are as many as five miles in Fiona Fang. There are rugged rocks in the mountains, and the springs in the forest are gurgling and crystal clear. It is hot in summer and autumn, and the shade in the forest blocks the sun. What is even more surprising is that there is a deep valley and a quiet stream on the right side of the mountain temple, and thousands of feet is above the cliff. If there are huge stones overlapping, if it is a cockscomb stone, it is called a cockscomb stone, which is magnificent and towering into the sky, and the turbulence under the stone turns sharply (1358, the reservoir has been built); On the left side of the mountain temple, you can see Luo Long, Fengshan and Kongtong Mountain in the north of Shanxi until Ganzhou City takes on a new look. Because of its elegant scenery, it has been one of the places of interest in Ganxian since ancient times.

δ Shilin Mountain Temple East Gate δ

Shilin Mountain Temple, which was founded in the 23rd year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1595), was jointly donated by Haowen Shicheng of Qiling Village and Li Gongliang, and the foundation stone was laid in the depths of the mountain. According to the format of the monk temple, there are more than 60 rooms in this temple, such as Daxiong Hall, Guanyin Hall, Sutra Pavilion, Wanshou Hall, Monk House and Fragrant Rooms. Later, Cheng and Li Erjun lived in a temple to practice, and they achieved positive results.

In the sixth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1856), the temple was destroyed on New Year's Eve. In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), it was repaired again, and the old view was still restored, and the incense was endless. In A.D. 1934, Yu Hanmou, commander of the allied forces of the National Revolutionary Army in Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian provinces, passed the Shilin Mountain Temple, leaving an inscription with a warrant that "Shilin Mountain Temple is a place of interest and should be preserved in particular" (the ancient monument still exists).

δ A corner of Shilin Mountain Temple δ

1939, Mr. Jiang Jingguo, then Commissioner of Gannan Administrative Office, planned to build an orphanage (children's new village) in Lake Port of Ganzhou. He ordered temples all over southern Jiangxi to donate money to build houses and buy tables, chairs and benches. Jiang Jingguo once led his entourage to visit Shilin Mountain Temple. He saw dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled orphans in the temple. They regard this temple as their home. I just found out when I asked, these are orphans and widows, and they have no choice but to be raised by others. Dozens of acres of farmland and thousands of acres of Camellia oleifera mountain behind the temple raised them to the old age and were responsible for their funerals. At that time, when Jiang Jingguo entered the Ursa Major Hall, he saw a horizontal plaque hanging at the door, which read "Leave a lonely place". It is said that this tablet was inscribed by a minister of the Qing Dynasty (unfortunately, this tablet was destroyed by 1958). Mr. Wang gave a thumbs-up and praised it again and again: "Good, good, the charity of Shilin Mountain Temple is one step ahead of me." Therefore, Jiang Jingguo also listed Shilin Mountain Temple as one of the famous ancient temples in southern Jiangxi.

δ Foyuan Pavilion δ

1958, the temple was demolished and turned into a wasteland. 199 1 year, Cheng Qikun and Li Duanyan, people from Qiling Village, took the lead in preparation and set up the "Reconstruction of Shilinshan Ancient Temple Council". Cheng Qikun donated 15360 yuan first. As a start-up fund, the surrounding villagers and ten monks and nuns donated money one after another. 1994, Daxiong Hall, Purdue Palace, Wanshou, Monastery and Dining Hall have sprung up; Successfully carved golden statues such as Sakyamuni Buddha, Pharmacist Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Tibetan Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, Garan Bodhisattva and Xu Zhenjun Bodhisattva for people to pay their respects. 1988 to 2000, a Ximen cement highway with a length of about 4 kilometers was completed and opened to traffic. From 200 1 to 2002, 30 new plastic 18 arhats, VIP rooms, vegetarian dining halls, Buddhist temples, pilgrims' houses, tofu houses, warehouses, etc. were also built and put into use. The release pond in front of the gate, the Tongyuan Pavilion in the pond and a four-meter-high statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva were completed in September 2005. In June of the same year 165438+ 10, a Buddhist ceremony and release activities were held for a period of 10 days, and 5,000 copies of the Interpretation of Karma in the Third World were printed and distributed to pilgrims and worshippers, one for each person, which was well received by the masses. In 2006, the East Gate and East Gate Cement Highway of Shilin Mountain Temple were completed; In June165438+1October of the same year, a ceremony was held to celebrate the opening of the expressway. From June, 5438 to February, 2008, Kannonji installed two lamps with a height of about 2 meters (including Guanyin Buddha statue) for seeking wealth. In the first month of 2009, the Long Life Lantern Festival received nearly 400 pilgrims every day. They all hung their names in front of the lights and lit them to pray for peace and good luck.