July 26, Yingjing prestigious Guanyin temple, turn at the Millennium temple Yunfeng Temple (aka Taihu Temple), opened the lively and cheerful scene. The news, spread the news in the local as well as the people of Chengdu. Temple also known as the "Temple City" or "festival field", is a traditional Chinese folk folk activities widely circulated. In Yingjing, customs and traditions of thousands of years this has been in hot pursuit.
History of the legendary Yingjing Yunfeng Temple, the continuation of years of (under)
In April 20, 8 pm 02 minutes, Sichuan Lushan occurred 7.0 earthquake, only 40 kilometers from the epicenter of Yingjing also Suddenly the earth was moving, people go all out Yingjing first line of relief. Because of their outstanding work, Yunfeng Temple and the county's many attractions are subject to well protected. The data indicate that the 29 religious sites in the relief areas, Yingjing Yunfeng Temple is damaged lightest, best preserved temple a thousand years. According to incomplete statistics, the earthquake and later visited Chengdu Yunfeng Temple least 12,000 passengers visitors.
Yunfeng Temple temple Yingjing traditional folk event
In YINGJING annual big temple, is undoubtedly the most popular local folk culture festival. This folk cultural event, has so far followed nearly a thousand years of history. July 15, we once again came Yingjing interview. According to Deputy Minister of county propaganda department Taoxiong Hui introduced during big festivals, Yunfeng Temple everywhere filled with school prosperous convivial atmosphere, especially in villages located Yingjing Bai Xiang Dragon Red Rock Township bridge as a starting point, until Yunfeng Temple Gate, eyeful are crowds of people come to a temple fair.
One called Zangguang Yang Chengdu photographer, this account of his visit last summer to Yunfeng Temple big temple scene: "Shining Xichang burdens singled out the rich folk stocking, yelling along the way; Ya'an come pedicab driver , rich girl wearing a cheongsam shuttle pulled in the mountain; asbestos lovely girl, wearing a sky claw braid, holding Yingjing casserole loudly hawking; naughty little boy gnawing local Yingjing famous Bang Bang Chicken wanton shuttle; elegant lady holding 'Yingjing side tea' slowly coming ...... dynamic and static, monotonous and gorgeous, strong contrast, sketched out in this small town in western Sichuan from past to present folk tradition. "
Hong Bo, who lives in the village of Yingjing Qinglong Zhao Hongxia said they sold salt and pepper pie, peas jelly and other snacks are mostly local characteristics have Yingjing food, it attracts a lot of tourists come to a temple fair. "Last year, I put salt and pepper cake, very good pea jelly business, only from 8:00 to 13:00, gross sales income reached 2,800 yuan, many times better than usual."
Also located near Yunfeng Temple Hills and integrity stone house leisure farmhouse, is a good place for leisure accommodation, the quiet mountain towering Malta, these antique farmhouse decor and red lanterns hung high, attracting a lot of tourists.
Millennium West Sichuan blowing Zen temple history
Of course, Yunfeng Temple fame, much more than to spread through a large temple, and today, whether it is Yingjing person, or even near Chengdu to Ya'an tourists, Yunfeng Temple talking about are full of praise.
That day, we had along State Road 108 into the Yingjing Jizi post at the bridge at Red Rock Dragon rural territory, see a huge arch, a letter "West Sichuan temple." This is Yingjing input on the prestigious Millennium Temple Yunfeng Temple.
As the saying goes "world famous monk ayes", referring to the Chinese temple and more, and are built on top of mountain scenery. Yunfeng Temple is no exception, it is located in Yingjing miles south of the village at Bo Xiang Dragon Township, located in the foothills of Malta lowlands, Malta Land of the mountain is concentrated, extending out from there two slender mountains, guard down from both sides of the Yunfeng Temple, left for Dragon slope, the right name tiger Kong, before Suzaku, after basalt. Phoebe Mills ditch and trees along the ditch meandering down the wings, the Goddess of Mercy Temple merged into the ditch, just the temple base, "the pulse" lock, the formation of "Wonderful," the scenery terrain.
The most important feature Yunfeng Temple, Zhen Nan is dominated ancient woods, which is said to Sichuan and Southwest China's largest ancient Zhen Nan Lin, and which are listed in the Kings Hall on both sides of the stone steps of the two strains are particularly spectacular.
Yingjing folk culture scholar Lide Xiang told us that two trees a height of 31 meters, a height of 36 meters. He told a story, Yuan and Ming Yunnan Gyejoksan a wandering pilgrim monk went to Emei Mountain, passing through the Taihu Lake Temple sojourn, he planted hundreds of strains of Zhen Nan, when the wandering monk returned from the Mount Emei, the young see the planting tree vitality, a verdant, consciously destined, then left four alms to rebuild the temple.
Canon compatible Court towering ancient Confucianism, Buddhism and traditional culture
Yunfeng Temple, as the pre-Qin Yan Tao famous ancient temple pratyekabuddhas compatible "Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism," three traditional culture, its cultural diversity and richness, can be described as well known. This point, we can feel the depositary of Buddhist texts from the temple.
Through the pavilions, located at the highest point of scripture library stands in front of us.
It is understood that scripture library height of about 30 meters, the Ming Dynasty architecture, cornices carved beams, painting houses spend pier, with a typical architectural characteristics of ancient temples. Walk scripture library, nestled among the flowers bonsai, through a sleek patio under bright daylight, trance seems to touch the passage of time waves. Press 李德祥 say, a saving of more than 30 meters high scripture library for hundreds of years in the architectural style combines the multiple connotations of Taoism, Buddhism and Chinese Confucian culture, tolerance is a virtue, not only fun, but also to all living creatures are pleasing needed, really rare. "Yingjing County" records scripture library is well known, in front of busy, tourists, pilgrims flock.
Today, the basic outlook of scripture library has not changed, but the original wooden lattice windows into a modern antique wooden windows, overgrown weeds within the original Yuanba, five or six trees sized thick growth of trees. This scene, thanks to Yingjing carefully protect their people.
In addition, through the tall gate Yunfeng Temple, Phoebe tree under Jerneh rock groove on, there was a bridge called "Xian Yuan Bridge." According to Mr. Li Dexiang speaking, this bridge had been destroyed, and now it can only read some literature from the taste, but fortunately "into XIKANG 1939," where it is clear there are shadows in Mr. Sun Mingjing's. Bridge has ceased to exist, but the arch of the bridge was a couplet of mouth book contained so far, has been lauded, Union: "The former Gouliu, borrow a Lonely, every sun leaning tree; here and rest, listen to half bay water, Ho Shu Wen Zhong supernatant. "
The Alliance said in a Qing Tongzhi prefect for the title Huang Hu Ya Island. At that time Yingjing belong yellow prefect jurisdiction, must patrol calendar. "Workers poetry, good calligraphy, good elegance" of Huang Hu, landscape scenery in the land which Zen is pleased to Mingbi surround sound is quite possible. Another said Huang seems lazy to Yingjing the title, when he was lifts dynasty, this arch is also built in the same time, the yellow for a long stay in the temple to study, it is possible for his title.
Open the Ming Shan Temple tile roofs line first pilgrimage to the mountains
Yunfeng Temple wander in, you can feel the history of taste. This twelve hundred temples built over a hundred years ago, the vast experience of a thousand years removed. Mid-Tang Dynasty, Wei Gao Jian 南西川 Jie Du observation to make anti-western Tibet, to facilitate the delivery of rations, Qingyi Wei Gao will expand shipping, repair through music Ya waterway, and the construction of temples in waterways along two Shiyu Zuo, pray bless waterway smooth. These temples, it constitutes the famous "Bizhi dojo." Yunfeng Temple, is the "Bizhi Dojo" one of the largest remaining intact temples.
Speaking of "Bizhi Dojo", have to mention is located in Road Town stricter another temple, which is next to open Shan Temple. Shan Temple Department opened the fourth installment of the national key cultural relics protection units, built in the Ming Chenghua seventeen years (1481), and its long history, large-scale, intact, with high historical, scientific and artistic value.
Open back Siping Shan Temple Hill, northeast, but Yingjing mountains - Wawushan of the gate, the ancient name of open goodness Temple, referred to as open Shan Temple, and renamed Temple Gate, Temple open people called it, is one of the dojo series temples Wawushan pratyekabuddhas, into the mountains of the first Buddhist shrine temple. Today's open Shan Temple, the museum courtyard with Yingjing only separated by a wall structure.
According Yingjing museum curator Gao Gang, open Shan Temple and 4 km away Yunfeng Temple echoed into the mountain which is tile roofs line the first pilgrims worship, it is also the only pratyekabuddhas dojo from Xiangdian, Temple name "On good" or "good works since then normalized Buddha" meaning.
We saw at the scene, open Shan Temple although after hundreds of years of wind and rain vicissitudes of life, but its construction is still simple and elegant, is the only main hall square, Miankuo, deep into all three are about 14.5 meters, is typical of the Ming Dynasty large wooden architecture. Danyan Shanding lintel wood structure, eight houses with four-poster frame rafters, walls and mountains around the eaves brackets are applied, complex style, fine workmanship, the amount of the fine on the front eaves Lanna carved double phoenix sun, Erlongxizhu other patterns, solemn, style.
Ancient Silk Road city of merchants in the past to leave the South
16 pm, in the Yingjing museum curator Gao Gang, led by the museum on the second floor in the hall we saw in recent years, near Road Town strict unearthed a large number of precious relics Qin and Han Dynasties, which effectively here was evidence of the ancient Shu as a border town, business hub, the land of the Southern Silk Road, has revealed an attitude of merchants and prosperous scene. Interestingly, on a dig out of the Warring States period totem text, or even a clear "Chengdu" word, which is also reportedly first appeared in ancient China about "Chengdu" in the title.
Among the many artifacts unearthed graphic data, we also see a large number of different styles of life pottery, these life pottery, from the production of raw materials, production methods, the furnace features, styling, life purpose and so on and now Yingjing sand filter very similar.
"These archaeological finds from archaeological pottery analysis, when transportation limitations, it is impossible from the Central Plains, distant transportation system to a large number of type rough simple life necessities. Was the ancient city of Yan Ping Road legacy, a flourishing population, require a large number of appliances on life there is only one way -. local materials, local manufacturers can be inferred that the production of sand Yingjing should have more than two thousand years of history, "Gao Gang said.