Sanping Temple, a national AAAA scenic pilgrimage area

Sanping Temple, a master of Guangji (also known as Zushigong), is a famous thousand-year-old temple in southern Fujian. It is located in Wenfeng Township, Pinghe County, which is under the jurisdiction of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, and is nearly 5 kilometers away from Zhangzhou City, a famous historical and cultural city in China. Surrounded by mountains and forests; With rolling bamboo and waves, beautiful scenery and colorful scenery, it is a good place for people to visit and escape from the summer. It receives 5, to 6, tourists from foreign friends, overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong and Taiwan and the mainland of China every year. On New Year's Eve, Sanping Temple was packed. There were good men and women among them, and even the old people in seventy years of age came here for New Year's Eve. Incense is quite prosperous, lively and extraordinary, and there is no scenery.

Master Yizhong, known as "Master Sanping" in Minnan area and overseas folks, was born in Gaoling County, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province. Because his father went to Fujian to be an official, Yizhong was born in Futang County, Fuqing County, which is now under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, on the sixth day of the first month of the sixth year of Li Shixingyuan in Tang Dezong. Smart in righteousness, diligent and studious since childhood, well-read, and have a look at poems that can be recorded. My father is a master, and there is a constant stream of doctors and teachers. Later, due to Tang Wuzong Li Yan's abandonment of Buddhism and the elimination of monks, the master of Yizhong reluctantly bid farewell to Zizhi Mountain, led many monks and nuns, trudged across mountains and rivers, and finally came to the nine-story rock in Heping. I saw the green mountains and green waters here, and the scenery was beautiful and charming. It was a good place to build temples and preach. He and other monks and nuns went through all kinds of hardships to build Sanping Temple here.

Master Yizhong saw that the mountain people here lived a slash-and-burn life, and they were extremely poor and backward, lacking medical care and medicine. Many mountain people were poor and sick, and were forced to leave their homes and flee from the countryside, which made the mountain garden here desolate. He came to the villagers, asked the people about their cold and warmth, tried his best to cure diseases for the villagers, and taught the local villagers his "Taizu Boxing" and "Shaozu Boxing" without reservation, so as to keep fit and prevent diseases and win the welcome and appreciation of the people at home.

Master Yizhong came to Sanping Mountain, and he wholeheartedly sent doctors and medicines to the villagers, and the good news of curing diseases, like warm spring breeze, blew outside the mountains. The fleeing mountaineers were glad to hear the news, and they all came back to the mountains one after another. Master Yizhong taught them advanced farming techniques and changed the backward face of slash-and-burn cultivation. He also actively guided the villagers to reclaim barren hills, build pastoral areas, build water conservancy projects and build cottages, so that the production in the deep mountains was restored and developed, and the villagers lived in peace and contentment, lived a self-sufficient natural and economic life, and lived in harmony with master Yizhong and all the monks and nuns.

When Tang Xuanzong revived Buddhism, the emperor named him "Master of Guangji". Master Yizhong preached more seriously inside and outside Sanping Mountain to display his talents.

On the sixth day of November in the thirteenth year of Tang Xiantong's lunar calendar, Master Yizhong died in Sanping Temple at the age of 92. Because he has done many good things for the people at home all his life, later generations respectfully call him "the grandfather of Sanping". For more than 1 years, incense has flourished here, and people have always worshipped him as a charitable god. Even overseas Chinese living abroad and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have never forgotten the merits of righteousness, and rushed to come here together to worship and donate money to repair the temple.

Sanping Temple, a famous ancient temple in China, which was founded more than 1,1 years ago, has experienced many vicissitudes, been destroyed and built again and again. Today, the scale of Sanping Temple presented to pilgrims was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. In the past ten years, with the investment of the local government and enthusiasts at home and abroad, the Millennium Temple has been renovated and looks more splendid.

this Millennium temple is commonly known as "three halls and a half". The temple is built on the mountain, facing south, low in front and high in back, surrounded by mountains, with unique geographical conditions; In the summer, the south wind jumps over the forest and bamboo waves, blowing gently, which makes people feel cool.

Sanping Ancient Temple has a total construction area of more than 2, square meters. The buildings are divided into two groups: the front group is composed of the mountain gate, the bell and drum tower, the monk's room and the Daxiong Hall, and the back group is composed of the ancestral hall, the zhaitang hall and the tower hall. The buildings are unique.

On the forehead of the rebuilt mountain gate, there is a gold-lettered horizontal plaque inscribed by Mr. Zhao Puchu, which is dazzling under the colorful sunshine. On the roof of the mountain gate, there are two green dragons carved with colored porcelain, facing a small pagoda, which is vivid and lifelike, and has the potential to leap into the clear sky.

pilgrims enter the mountain gate and step into the patio. On both sides of the patio are lotus ponds, and pilgrims go straight along the stone road in the middle and climb the steps, which is the newly renovated and colorful Daxiong Hall. The Hall of the Great Hero is three rooms wide, more than one meter higher than the terrain of the mountain gate. The two corridors are facing each other, and the right corridor wall is inlaid with the inscription on the rebuilt Sanping Temple compiled by Cai Xin, the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty.

pilgrims enter the ancestral hall, which is the temple of Master Guangyi's righteous middle school. There is a promenade in front of the temple, and pilgrims have to walk along the promenade from the side door to reach the temple. The hall is three rooms wide, and in the hall sits the statue of the righteous master, which was carved from camphor wood in the Qing Dynasty and is more than one meter high. Statue joints can move, as long as someone supports them, they can stand and have a unique style.

The highest part of Sanping Temple, the last entrance of which is called "Pagoda Hall", has been carefully renovated and completely renewed. The base of the tower hall is two meters high and square; Double eaves, three rooms wide, with steps on both sides, pilgrims happily climbed the steps and entered the hall from the side door. In the very smooth terrazzo cage in the center of the hall, there is a sitting statue of Master Yizhong, the founder of Sanping. The statue is beautifully shaped, wearing a monk's hat and robes, and its face is kind and approachable. The incense is the most abundant here, and it is often crowded three floors inside and three floors outside, and people are crowded and water can't escape.

In the center of this tower hall, there is a round umbrella-shaped top cover, which is extremely elegant and unique in structure. The inscription calls it "Bao Gai", which just covers Master Guangji's head. According to legend, at the age of 92, Master Yizhong sat and left the world. His bones after his death are still buried in the terrazzo cage under his seat, so pilgrims gather here, which is the most lively place in Sanping Temple. There are seven steles on both sides of the temple wall, all of which are inscriptions for rebuilding the temple in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Sanping Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, is a famous tourist attraction with beautiful mountains and rivers and picturesque scenery. The original eight scenic spots outside the temple, except the Immortal Pavilion and the Assistant Lang Pavilion, are now the Guishe Peak, the Tiger Running Spring, the Monk Pond, the Maodi Cave, the Tiger Forest and the Long Rui Waterfall.

On the back hill of Sanping Ancient Temple, the green trees are green all the year round and extremely shady. There is also a famous "Tiger Running Spring" on the mountain. The spring water is very clear and mellow, without any pollution. When pilgrims come here, they drink a cup of spring water, and from the ice in their mouths to their hearts, they feel refreshed and the summer heat disappears completely. The endless spring water in these four seasons is better than the mineral water sold in shops at present.

In ancient times, there was a tea room and a fish-watching platform. Cai Xin, a college student in Wenhua Hall and a senior official in Qing Dynasty, retired to his hometown. Every summer, he always comes to Sanpingshan from his hometown in Zhangpu to spend the summer in brew tea.

A mile southeast of Erping Temple, there is a site of "Mao Shi Cave". The rock is engraved with three characters "Mao Shi Cave" inscribed by Li Pei. This cave is the place where Mao people lived, and there is a stone candle on the stone, which tells a magical story, giving this cave a mysterious color, which not only attracts many tourists, but also attracts historians and archaeologists at home and abroad.

Two miles away in front of Sanping Temple, there is a waterfall. Visitors can hear the sound of water thundering when they get close to the waterfall, creating a magnificent feeling. When I got to the bottom of the waterfall, I looked up and saw the green mountain spring rushing down from the cliff of tens of meters. There were countless water drops in generate, such as the arrow that left the string, and the thousands of feathers were in full swing, and they fell in bai ling like a reflection in the air, and glistening like a dragon; The water drops are reflected by the bright sun, and a charming rainbow is created on the deep pool, which is spectacular.

Sanping Temple has a long history and is well-known overseas, which has long attracted a large number of overseas monks and pilgrims. Since 1979, international friends, Buddhist disciples and religious groups from all over the world have come to worship in an unprecedented way, not far from Wan Li. Compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese, who are devout in religious beliefs, come to worship every year and visit every year. They are very happy to witness the rapid restoration of monasteries in the mainland and the normal development of religious activities. They donated money in succession and expressed their willingness to contribute to the construction project. Sanping Temple, like a bridge to overseas, has made continuous contributions to the friendly exchanges between China and the people of other countries, especially those in Southeast Asia.

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