Ladies and gentlemen, the place we are going to visit is Shaolin Temple,the birthplace of Chinese Zen. Shaolin Temple was built in the 19th year ofTaihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (495 AD). It was founded by Yuanhong, EmperorXiaowen, in order to settle Batuo, an Indian monk. Because it is located in thedense forest of Shaoshi mountain, it is called "Shaolin Temple". Bodhidharma,the 28th generation Buddha of Sakyamuni, arrived at Shaolin Temple in the thirdyear of Xiaochang (527 AD) of the Northern Wei Dynasty and spread Zen Buddhismfor the first time, which had a great influence. Therefore, Shaolin Temple iscalled "Zen ancestral court" by the world Buddhism, and develops rapidly on thisbasis. Especially after the thirteen stick monks rescued Li Shimin in the earlyTang Dynasty, Shaolin Temple has been highly valued by the Tang Dynasty and wonthe reputation of "the first temple in the world".
Today's Shaolin Temple is famous not only for its ancient and mysteriousBuddhist culture, but also for its exquisite Shaolin Kung Fu. "Chinese Kung Fuis the best in the world, and the world's Kung Fu is the best in Shaolin.". Thisis the birthplace of Shaolin martial arts, Shaolin martial arts is alsorecognized as the authentic School of Chinese martial arts.
Shaolin Temple is also one of the famous tourist attractions in China. In20__, Shaolin Temple scenic spot was first recognized as the most advanced 4Atourist area in China by the National Tourism Administration.
Shaolin Temple scenic spots include Shaolin Temple, talin, Chuzu temple,erzu temple, Damo cave, Shifang temple, martial arts hall and other majortourist attractions.
Now the first thing we see is that Shaolin Temple is oftenhospitalized.
Shaolin Temple often hospitalized is the core of Shaolin Temple. It is theplace where monks and deacons conduct Buddhist activities, with a total area ofmore than 30000 square meters. It is a seven entrance building. Now the firstthing we see is:
Shanmen: Shanmen is the gate of Shaolin Temple. It was built in the QingDynasty and renovated in 1975. The word "Shaolin Temple" on the forehead waswritten by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. There is a square seal of"treasure of Kangxi's imperial pen".
The stone lions on both sides of the steps of the Mountain Gate hall arecarved in the Ming Dynasty, which not only shows the style of Buddhism, but alsosymbolizes the suppression of evil and auspiciousness. On both sides of themountain gate are East and West Stone squares built in the Jiajing period of theMing Dynasty.
You see, the shrine in Shanmen hall is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha, alsoknown as Yingbin Buddha. He is kind-hearted and welcomes you with a smile. Wecall Maitreya Buddha "dignified and solemn Mountain Gate, happy to see the worldshining, laughing and greeting people, blessing endless bliss".
At the back of the niche in the Mountain Gate hall is the Bodhisattva WeiTuo, known as the Dharma protector, who holds a diamond pestle to protect thethree treasures of Buddhism, Buddhism and monks.
We can see that there are many inscriptions on both sides of Shanmencorridor, which are called Shaolin Temple stele forest. These are famousoriginal inscriptions since Tang and Song dynasties. On the east side of thestele forest is the former site of Ciyun hall, which is now the stele corridorof Shaolin Temple. It not only records the rise and fall of the temple, but alsohas high research value in history, sculpture and art. There are 108 steleinscriptions in the stele forest and stele corridor of Shaolin Temple.
The western part of the tablet forest is the hammer spectrum hall, whichhas 42 corridors in one week. It shows the origin, development, practice, eliteroutine, national defense function, monks and soldiers, martial arts activitiesand so on by using clay sculpture and wood carvings, etc., displaying 14 sets of216 hammer images in Shaolin Temple. There are meditation, running around theBuddha, Baduanjin, xiaohongquan, dahongquan, liuhequan, tongbangquan,luohanquan, zhaoyangquan, practicing basic skills, thirteen stick monk rescuingthe king of Qin, Xiaoshan monk going out to battle, master yuekong pingwokou andlaity disciples practicing martial arts. As the saying goes: five minutes in thehammer music hall, you can practice Shaolin Kung Fu by comparing thesestatues.
Tianwang Hall
What we see now is the second building of Tianwang hall. The originalbuilding of Tianwang hall was burned down by Shi Yousan in 1928. It was rebuiltin 1982. The two great vajras outside the hall are said to be "hum" and "ha"generals, whose duty is to protect Buddhism. Inside the hall are the fourheavenly kings, also known as the four vajras. Their duty is to inspect the goodand evil behaviors of all living beings, help the poor and help the poor, andbless the world. According to the combination characteristics of the fourheavenly kings, it means "good weather".
main hall
It is the central building of the whole temple and an important place formonks to carry out Buddhist activities. Like Tianwang hall, it was burned bywarlord Shi Yousan in 1928. It was rebuilt in 1985. The hall is a five room widedouble eaves Xieshan style building. In the center of the hall is the presentBuddha Sakyamuni Buddha, on the left is the past Buddha, the pharmacist Buddhain the Oriental pure glass world, and on the right is the future Buddha,Amitabha Buddha in the Western Paradise. On the East and West gables of the hallis the eighteen Arhats, and on the back of the screen wall is theAvalokitesvara. The difference between the main hall of Shaolin Temple and themain hall of other temples is that there are standing statues on the left andright of the third Buddha and the king jinnaro, known as the founder ofShaolin's cudgel art. In addition, there are two pillars in the middle of thehall, and there are Unicorn statues under them, which indicates that ZenBuddhism is a completely sinicized Chinese Buddhism.
The buildings on both sides of the main hall are the second floor of thebell and drum, the bell tower in the southeast and the drum tower in thesouthwest. The original buildings were destroyed in 1928 and rebuilt in 1994.They are the fixed buildings of the temple. We often say "morning bell andevening drum" is a signal for monks to live and carry out Buddhistactivities.
In front of the bell tower, this tablet is called "emperor Songyue ShaolinTemple tablet", commonly known as "Li Shimin tablet", which was carved in the16th year of Kaiyuan (728 AD) of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. On the front,Li Shimin's message to the master of Shaolin Temple and others praises Shaolinmonks for their contribution to the Tang Dynasty's pacification of WangShichong. In the fifth line from the right, Li Shimin's initialed word "Shimin"is inscribed on the tablet. The seven characters "emperor's imperial script" arethe imperial script of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of Tang Dynasty. Theinscription on the back is Li Shimin's inscription on the imperial script ofbaiguzhuang in Shaolin Temple, which records the story of thirteen stick monkssaving the king of Qin. It is also the historical basis for the film ShaolinTemple.
To the north of Li Shimin's stele is Xiaoshan Zen master Xingshi stele,which records the experience of the 24th generation Zen master of Cao Dongzongin Shaolin Temple and the merits of reviving Shaolin Zen. On the back of thestele is the tuzan stele of the three religions of Hunyuan, on which is engravedthe image of the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Thisstele reflects that Songshan is a place where the three religions of Buddhism,Taoism and Confucianism gather together, and embodies the important idea of thethree religions merging. Further north, we can see the Qianlong imperial stelecarved in 1750. The inscription on the tablet is a five character poem: to seeZhongyue tomorrow, to stay in Shaolin tonight, to be quiet in the heartaccording to the six Chan, to be deep in the mountains, to be quiet in theancient trees, to be overcast in the night, to be taught half rock rain, and tosing from my window at night.
On the east side of the main hall is jinnaro hall, which was rebuilt in1982. Jinnaro king is the unique Dharma protector of Shaolin Temple. It showsthe three different images of King jinnaro: the body of Bao, the body of Dharmaand the body of Ying.
On the west side of Daxiong hall, opposite to jinnaro hall, is liuzu hall.It was rebuilt in 1982. On the front side of the hall are Bodhisattva dashizhi,Manjusri, Guanyin, Puxian and dizang. On the two sides are Bodhisattva Dharma,Huike, can, Daoxin, Hongren and Huineng, the first ancestor of Zen. They arecalled the sixth ancestor worshipping Guanyin. On the west wall of liuzutang isa large-scale painted sculpture "Dharma walking only in the west".
Sutra Pavilion
Also known as FA Tang, it was built in the Ming Dynasty. It was destroyedin 1928 and rebuilt in 1994. It is the place for monks to collect scriptures. Itis a white jade Buddha statue presented by a Burmese disciple of Shaolin Templein 1996. There is a big iron pot under the platform of the Sutra Pavilion, whichwas cast in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that it was a smallpot used by Shaolin monks to fry vegetables at that time. From this pot, we canimagine the prosperity and prosperity of Shaolin Temple at that time.
The East and West chambers of the Sutra pavilion are the East Chan hall andthe West Hakka hall respectively. The East Chan hall is a place for monks tomeditate, while the West Hakka hall is now a place for guests.
The Abbot's room is the place where the abbot monk (the abbot) of ShaolinTemple lives, lives and administers. On September 29th, the 15th year ofQianlong, Qianlong stayed here when he visited Mount Song. The bell on the eastside of the door of the Abbot's room was cast in the Yuan Dynasty. It can onlybe struck in case of emergency to give an alarm.
Dharma Pavilion
It is also called Lixue Pavilion. Inside the shrine, there are bronzeseated statues of Dharma, on both sides of which are Huike, sengcan, Daoxin andHongren. The word "snow print heart pearl" hanging in the hall is the title ofEmperor Qianlong. There is another touching story about Damo Pavilion. Accordingto Buddhist classics, after Dharma came to Shaolin Temple, a Chinese monk namedShengguang followed him. He humbly asked Dharma for advice, but was refused byDharma. Shengguang was not disheartened. Dharma went to the cave to meditate onthe wall. After that, Dharma went back to the temple to take care of Buddhism,and the light followed him. The light took good care of Dharma. Every move ofZen master, heart happy oral, so day after day, year after year. One night inthe winter of 536 ad, Dharma was meditating in Dharma Pavilion, and the divinelight was still standing outside the pavilion. At this time, there was heavysnow in the sky, and the snow covered the divine light's knees. The divine lightstill put his hands together and did not move. The next morning, when Dharmaopened, he saw the divine light standing in the snow and asked him, "what areyou doing in the snow?" The divine light replied, "please teach me the truedharma." "Dharma said:" I want to pass the Dharma to you, unless Tianlong redsnow
Shenguang took out the sword and cut off his left arm. The blood suddenlyturned red and snow white. Dharma was moved. So he passed the Almighty weapon toShenguang as the evidence of spreading the Dharma, and named it "Huike". This isthe origin of the idiom story of "true story of the alms". The story of "seekingthe Dharma by breaking one's arm" has also been recited by Zen scholars. At thesame time, in memory of Huike, the second patriarch, who broke his arm to getBuddhist dharma, people also called "Dharma Pavilion" as "Lixue Pavilion".
On the east side of Dharma Pavilion is Manjusri hall, in which ManjusriBodhisattva is worshipped. Please follow me to visit the highest Hall of ShaolinTemple, which is also the most precious hall.
Thousand Buddha Hall
The thousand Buddha Hall, built in the Ming Dynasty, is the last buildingof Shaolin Temple, also known as Pilu Pavilion. The hall is more than 20 metershigh and covers an area of more than 300 square meters. It is the largestBuddhist hall in the temple. The shrine in the hall is dedicated to Pilu Buddha(the Dharma body of Sakyamuni Buddha). The plaque of "Fa Yin Gao ti" hanging onthe shrine is the imperial book of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. TheEast, northwest and three walls of the hall are painted in the Ming Dynasty Thelarge-scale color paintings of Pilu in the Luohan Dynasty were produced byunknown painters in the Ming Dynasty. They are exquisite and bold in design, andhave high artistic research value. We can see from the ground that there arefour rows of 48 stake pits on the bottom of the brick pavement in the hall. Theyare the footpits where Shaolin monks practiced boxing and martial arts over theyears. From these footpits, we can see that Shaolin Kung Fu isextraordinary.
To the east of thousand Buddha Hall is Guanyin hall, also known as hammerspectrum hall. In the hall is dedicated to the great master in white, namelyGuanyin Bodhisattva. On the wall of the hall is the boxing Manual of ShaolinTemple drawn in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
On the west side of the thousand Buddha Hall is the dizang hall, and in themiddle of the hall is the dizang king. On the south side of the dizang king isthe defense elder, and on the north side is the Daoming monk. On the north andsouth walls of the hall are the "ten halls of Yan Jun", and on the west wall arethe "twenty four filial piety pictures".
Dear friends, please go back the same way. We are going to visit the statekey cultural relics protection unit - Shaolin Temple Pagoda.
The Pagoda Forest of Shaolin Temple is the tomb of the eminent monks ofShaolin Temple in the past dynasties, with a total area of more than 14000square meters. In 1996, the State Council announced it as a national keycultural relics protection unit. There are more than 240 brick and stone tombsin talin in Tang, song, Jin, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, of which 2 are inTang, 2 in song, 10 in Jin, 46 in Yuan and 148 in Ming, and the rest are in Qingand unknown in song. The pagoda of Shaolin Temple is the largest and mostnumerous group of existing ancient pagodas in China. The height of the pagoda isgenerally less than 15 meters, ranging from one level to seven levels. Theheight, size, level and shape of the pagoda are determined by the monk's statusin Buddhism, Buddhist attainments, the number of Buddhists, prestige, economicstatus and historical conditions.
The famous pagodas in the Pagoda Forest of Shaolin temple include: theDharma Chan Master Pagoda in 791 A.D., the common Pagoda in 1121 A.D., theXitang Pagoda in 1157 A.D., the calm stone pagoda in 1580 A.D., the Bi'An Pagodain 1666 A.D., and the ju'an elder Pagoda in 1339 A.D . Tallinn is a precioustreasure to study the history of Chinese ancient architecture, sculpture,calligraphy, art history and religious culture.
Next we continue to visit Chuzu temple.
Now I'd like to briefly introduce Chuzu nunnery. Chuzu nunnery is locatedat the foot of wuru peak of Shaolin Temple, on the hillside behind ShaolinTemple. It was built by descendants of Dharma to commemorate Dharma's face wall.Covering an area of 7760 square meters, the main hall of chuzu'an is a typicalwooden structure building in the Song Dynasty, and now it is a national keycultural relic protection unit. Now we take a cableway to visit erzu temple.
Erzu nunnery is located on Boyu peak of Shaolin Temple. It is the highestbuilding of Shaolin Temple. It was built by erzu Huike. Because it looks northand south from Chuzu nunnery, it is also called Nan nunnery. It is said thatHuike, the second patriarch, once lived here after breaking the snow wall.
Dharma cave is located on wuru peak in the northwest of Shaolin Temple. Itis about 7 meters deep, 3 meters high and 3.5 meters wide. From 527 to 536,Dharma cave faced the wall for nine years. Finally, it became a positive result.It became a great pioneering work in the history of Buddhism. Here is a tensquare cave built in the Ming Dynasty. On the rocks on both sides of the caveare many stone carvings left by celebrities of past dynasties.
Next, we'll visit the Shifang Temple opposite Shaolin Temple.
On the South Bank of Shaoxi river opposite to Shaolin Temple is ShifangBuddhist temple. It was built in 1512, and rebuilt in the 10th year of Shunzhireign of Qing Dynasty. It is the Post Pavilion of the temple. It is theaccommodation for the monks. It collapsed in 1958 and rebuilt in 1993. The newShifang temple is different from the past. It is a new group of Buddhist scenes- 500 arhat hall.
Ten directions are four corners and ten directions up and down.
Si Zheng: there are four single eaves Xieshan style temples in the East,West, South and North.
Four corners: spring, summer, autumn and winter have four distinctivescenery circles.
Shifang temple is one of the main tourist attractions of Shaolin Templewith exquisite design, simple and elegant.
Well, tourists, the visit to Shaolin Temple is coming to an end. Welcome tovisit Shaolin temple again to learn boxing and martial arts. Thank you.