Looking back at the Millennium- Temple of the Reclining Buddha (below)

Author Li Mingxin(Beijing)

Photography Liu Peien(Beijing)

Translator Jin Zi(Beijing)

The imperial court of the Ming Dynasty paid five times to repair the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, and built a stupa of Buddha's bones in front of the temple. In the Ming Dynasty,the emperors of Yingzong, Xianzong,Wuzong, Sejong and Shenzong all visited the temple. Among them, they were 10 years old and succeeded to the position for 48 years. They worked hard and had the demeanor of being diligent and clear, and created the Ming Shenzong of the "Wanli Zhongxing"situation. Zhu Xi has been here twice.He came to pray for the community, and as a winner, he also paid for the British Emperor who was as young as he was,but who was unrequited.

After the literati in the Jin Dynasty,the Ming Dynasty Wanli twenty-three years of the Imperial Examination of the Yuan Dynasty, the great painter Zhu Zhifan came, after he worshipped two reclining Buddhas, he wrote∶who wrote "The Rolling Waters of the Yangtze River", here, he did not sing"The success or failure of the singer, the green hills are still there, the sunset red,how many things in ancient and modern times, all pay attention to laughter",but a slap I said, "Which is the second commentary, the wind and the sound of the water."

I can learn poetry and stir up the poetry. Li Yangong, who has stayed in the "Bai Ye Zhai Manuscript" and "Qing Lian Ge Ji", has come to say∶ He said that the reclining Buddha knows how old he is, and the empty mountain hides his loneliness. Everything is a fantasy, and the wine day is inviting.

Yuan Zhongdao, a representative of the public security sect who is selfproclaimed by the hero, and his son Yuan Qi-nian have all been there. Laozi said, "Shenzhen double Buddha couch,bell tower shadow oblique sun." When the son came, he met an old monk."There are more than eighty in the wax,and the head is white like a tree. The words sigh, the morning breeze blows."

The death of the young emperor seems to have been forgotten by people,or people are jealous, and the truth of the two reclining Buddhas coexisting a temple is no longer mentioned, or deliberately not mentioned.

The change of the dynasty, from the Ming and Qing dynasty, the phoenix lamp of the Reclining Buddha was broken for a long time to show the scene of "the hunger of two people, stepping on the leaves, keeping the battle." Later,Zhu Xizun came, and the grandson Sun Chengze came, Wang Shizhen,and Song Yu came. Later, the Reclining Buddha encountered another emperor who believed in the fate of Buddhism,the Emperor of Qing Dynasty.

From the bronze reclining Buddha in 1321, to the overhaul of Yongzheng eight years (1730), the two reclining Buddhas have quietly retired in this mountain temple for 410 years, and have received the worship of the emperors and the tribute of many scholars. And the devout incense of countless civilians, but this situation has been changed.

In the eight years of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, Yi’s Prince Yunxiang funded the repair of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Soon the Prince was not there. His son Hong Hong and Hong Xiao Jiuzhi rebuilt the East and Central Road buildings in the temple. Rehabilitation and remodeling were carried out. The fragrant sandalwood reclining Buddha originally enshrined in the Temple of the Three Buddhas was removed. This ended the situation in which two reclining Buddhas coexisted in one temple.

The project continued until the end of the 12th year of Emperor Yongzheng(1734). Based on the understanding of Sakyamuni’s sleepwalking, Emperor Yongzheng gave the name “Shifang Pujue Temple”. “Tenfang” refers to ten directions of east, south, west,north, southeast, southwest, northwest,northeast, upper and lower. Emperor Yongzheng believed that the Buddha had great powers and was able to understand all the things in the universe.One Buddha is lying alone, and the ten sides are sensational. Since then, the"Shifang Pujue Temple" has become the name of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha and has been used ever since.Emperor Yongzheng completely obscured the historical facts of the Yingzong cast Buddha in the "Ten-Shi Pu Jue Temple Monument". He used the "one of the two statues in the temple to make it." All of them are used as squats, Hengan treasure beds, commonly known as reclining Buddhas, and those who have been recorded in poetry. Although he was only four years in power, after all, it was a generation of emperors.Yuan Yingzong was actually taken over by the word "poster"！Emperor Yongzheng deliberately defined the reclining Buddha as “sleeping” rather than“nirvana”. The definition of this reinterpreted reclining Buddha can't explain the twelve rounds of heads that surround the copper reclining Buddha,with a slightly sorrowful expression and scene. Emperor Jinkou Yuyan, after the emperor or the poetry of the scholars,there is no more truth about the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

After the repair, the ten-party Pujue Temple, "Lin Guan Fanyu, Dan Hao Huanran, and the crown of Xishan Lanruo." In the 48th year of Emperor Qianlong (1783), Gao Zonghong also extended the construction of the Shifang Pujue Temple, dismantled the stupa that had been supported for more than 300 years, and replaced the glamorous rows of the West Road with the gorgeous and colorful glass arches. Official residence.The Qianlong Emperor likes to write poetry. He has more than 40,000 poems in his life. His poems have important historical value. He has more than 20 poems in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. He has praises for the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, "The Two Peaks of the Pixian Road, the Back of the Rings, the Blues for more than a hundred years, and the victory of the world." In the six years of Qianlong, the royal system of Wang Xishan wrote∶

The invasion, the gauze leisurely scattered quiet.

Inadvertently, I like the most sorrowful.

The smoky smog is like a painting.

Later in the evening, Lan Ruoyi was set to settle down.

It is completely a joy of the mountains and forests of the emperor. It is very interesting that the father and son of Yongzheng Qianlong left a twoway imperial monument in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.Just like playing a word game,both father and son mentioned the two reclining Buddhas in the temple, and there was no mention of where one of the incense sandalwood reclining Buddhas who had been removed from the Yongzheng eight-year overhaul was moved. Perhaps the end is too fierce, Yuan Yingzong's name was shunned by their father and son.

大殿前恭立清世宗雍正御制石碑，石碑背面是乾隆題詩

Qianlong also wrote a plaque for the Reclining Buddha Hall∶ "There is a great freedom."Freedom is a realm of practice.To cultivate Buddha is to achieve"freedom." "Being comfortable"means that the Buddha has reached the highest level and is free from any physical influence and has the greatest freedom. Today, after two centuries, this dragonfly is still hanging in the Reclining Buddha Hall.

One point is that the father and the son are the same, that is, the temple is hosted by the high morals that they have hand-picked, and these sorghums have intensive exchanges with the emperors.The most famous ones are the supersheng of the Yongzheng Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty of the Qianlong Dynasty. Cliff.

Super Sheng, born in the thirtyfour years of Kangxi (1695), when he was young, the car was rescued, and he realized the dream of death and death. He went to Xishan to become a monk. I tasted the Tang Dynasty’s‘Springtime, I’m not aware of it’, and I realized the meditation.His Buddhist accomplishments and recognition by the Emperor Yongzheng gave him the title and silver seal of his Zen master. Chaosheng and Emperor Yongzheng did not have a long time to interact, but for three years, but they received the most recognition. , Silver Seal, Yongzheng twelve years, was appointed as the chair of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

Emperor Yongzheng died in Yuanmingyuan. Originally, there were many monks who had contact with Emperor Yongzheng. The new successor of Hongli only had the slogan of "seeing the ground, practicing and advancing,and deepening the emperor's award",and the two men came to Beijing to pay tribute to the palace. Super-successful in the 22nd year of Qianlong (1755), at the age of 61.

On the first day, the word Qingya,the common name Ding, the name Huai'an Yancheng people. Born in the 19th year of Emperor Kangxi (1680),he died in the eleventh year of Emperor Qianlong (1746). Qingya was smart and intelligent since childhood. At the age of seven, he had the idea of being a monk. His parents sent him to Yongning Temple to become a monk. Later, I visited various temples, visited famous teachers, and sought Buddhism.

Qingya Yiguan Xiuwei, the fine lines, the dust, the color, the emperor of Yongzheng and Qianlong. In the thirteenth year of Emperor Yongzheng,the emperor of Emperor Yongzheng died, and the Prince of the Four Emperors Baohong was in the throne,so that Suzhou Weaving Haibao sent the Temple of the Reclining Buddha in the South Tour to the capital and the Qingya to the capital, and made Qingya the successor to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

Emperor Qianlong respected the master of Qingya and had a lot of contacts with him. He said that he was repeatedly given the poem by the emperor. Zheng Banqiao said that he"Zheyi Zheng Junjun is in the Royal Moss and Xiangxiang Chong." In the eight years of Emperor Qianlong,Emperor Qianlong of the Qianlong Emperor came to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, and made the poem"The Emperor Xiangshan Shows the Blue Cliff Monk"∶ Two people sit, but they are happy There is no flaw, the emperor has∶ sitting on the long-lane smoke to eliminate the word, the bird sound tree color is always naive.

Qingya also has many contacts with officials and literati. In the first year of Qianlong, the famous painter Zheng Banqiao came to Beijing to take the test and got a scholar. In his spare time,he went to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha to enjoy the tour and met with the Master of Qingya.

After seeing the poems on the temple walls, Zheng Banqiao and his original rhyme, "Visit the Qingya monk,and the wall between the school, the virtual pavilion to read the original rhyme", cloud∶

Xishan is willing to bear the edge of Wanshan, blowing thick clouds for cold smoke.

Horses are looking for the Yellow Leaf Temple, and the rain is clear and the rice is ripe and early autumn.

The origin of thirst is also easy to eliminate, and the wine in front of the mountain is not far away.

In the night, drink the autumn pool water, and bring a star to the moon.

One is a talented child, and the other is a sorghum. The stars and the moon that are reflected in the clear pool are picked up by them and become a scent. Two people in the night sky of the mountain temple, boiled tea on the road,the heavens are smooth, wonderful.Only history will be forgotten, it will be concealed！

In the eleventh year of Emperor Qianlong (1746), the Qingya Zen Master died at the age of 67. The Emperor Qianlong made a hundred and two silver in the dynasty, and he gave a silver fiftytwo to the master of the Shuoyi prince,and the abbot of the Buddhist temple,Yu Chengyu, together with the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to handle the funeral of the Zen master.The officials of the Zhushan Mountains in the suburbs of Beijing all went to the funeral ceremonies, which was a grand ceremony.

The Xiaoxi Mountain where the Temple of the Reclining Buddha is located is full of water, the valley flows through the valley, and the unique natural geographical environment forms the spring birds and flowers,the summer clear clouds and trees,the autumn leaves like Dan, and the winter snow cover, so they are loved by emperors and scholars. The dynasties of the dynasties built a palace in this camp. At the peak, dozens of temples were scattered throughout the valley and the terrace in front of the mountain.As a tourist attraction, the emperor's cockroaches often visit, the literati and the geeks also come to the outings, and the people enter the incense and pray for the road. This kind of prosperity rises and falls with the dynasty and continues until the end of the Qing Dynasty. After more than a thousand years of evolution,it has formed a profound humanistic accumulation.

Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu once had the record of being able to walk to the Buddhist temple, but the weather in the last days was always a bit bleak. In the late Qing Dynasty, the area around the Cherry Valley of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha was once managed by some eunuchs of the Qing Palace. In order to support the expenditure, in the early years of the Republic of China, the Beijing Youth Christian Church signed a rental contract with the abbot of the Reclining Buddha Temple. Each year,the house was rented for 100 years with a rent of 100 silver dollars. In 1932, the famous architect Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin came to the Reclining Buddha Temple after a long day of jolting on a small donkey. They saw in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha that Beijing’s only well-preserved temple structure of the Tang Dynasty temple “Gam Blue Seven Halls” was precious, and at the same time, it was not because of this talented or talented woman’s hand, but later published in the Journal of China Construction Society. The "Fountain of the Reclining Buddha" article ridiculed the ruined tone of the reclining scene of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

In 1960, the last abbot of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, Zhikuan, died.When the staff sorted out their relics,they found a note saying, "The Reclining Buddha Temple, Guangxu Gengzi Year(1900) lost." The burning and looting of the Eight-Power Allied Forces made the temples very arrogant. After all, they are also flesh and blood！ However, after the temple has not been written, it seems unforgivable. After all, when a monk is going to hit a day！

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha was well protected and repaired. In 1957, the Reclining Buddha Temple was listed as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Beijing. During the Cultural Revolution of the past decade, the"Broken Four Old" movement spread to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.More than 50 statues of Buddha in the temple were torn down. The stone tablets in front of the Temple of the Three Dynasties were pulled. The cold water is quenched so as to break. The ancient temple of the millennium is beyond recognition. At this time, Premier Zhou Enlai visited the Biyun Temple and saw the horrible situation in the temple.He immediately instructed the closure of the Reclining Buddha Hall and stopped opening to the outside world, which enabled the ancient temple to escape the completely destroyed shack.

In 1983, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha was extensively repaired. This renovation made the Temple of the Reclining Buddha clean and tidy. The Buddhist temple was solemn, and the ancient wood was relieved, and the ancient temple was restored.

Some people say that Xishan is a"gas station" for literati to recharge their batteries. In the ancient temple or talking about Zen, or listening to the spring water, Hu Shi, Xu Zhimo, Ding Ling in the Republic of China, but after the celebrity, no one will pay attention to the truth of history, only the Zhengbai flag living in the 2nd place of the Reclining Buddha Temple Cao Xueqin of the village wrote this colorful and empty world into his "Dream of Red Mansions".

It was more than 1300 years since the beginning of the temple. The 700-year-old banyan tree that Yingzong saw was dead. The bronze reclining Buddha was quietly lying for more than 300 years after the king’s worship in Jinbu. Now he is 700 years old. "When the state is full of sorrows, it is a long time." She still wants to lie quietly.

The breeze and the water, the bells and drums are faint, and the Tang and Yuan, and then the Ming and Qing, all the way to the fire and smoke to today.This bronze-built reclining Buddha, the ancient Buddha who has been lying for centuries, embraces the vastness of all beings with the heart of "no mercy, same body and great compassion."

Xishan is quiet in the quiet and ethereal, now you still like Xu Zhimo's poem?

Amitabha, what kind of life can you read the beautiful sunset of Xishan that is full of spiritual blood red?

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