There is a place in my memory that is obviously very strange, but yet seems familiar. An accidental encounter many years ago has left a shadow in the depths of memory, lingering...
Fengqi Mountain Guangyan Zen Monastery is this place!
In late spring, I came to this familiar yet strange place again, like walking into a corner deep in my memory.
Standing outside the mountain gate, look at the words of the flying dragon and the phoenix:
The resort Chengen Luanjia respectfully welcomes Hong Musashi,
The Brahma Heaven is prosperous and the phoenix lives in Changyin Jianwen.
Two lines of text tell two secrets. "Hongwu Nanzang", a Tripitaka officially published in the early Ming Dynasty, also known as the first Tibetan Buddhism. This collection preserved by Guangyan Zen Monastery is the only remaining copy and is now collected in the Sichuan Museum.
Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen - Ming Huizong, the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne in 1398 AD, with the reign name "Jianwen", and was known as Emperor Jianwen in history. Four years later, Zhu Yunwen's fourth uncle Zhu Di launched the "Jingnan Campaign" and overthrew his regime. Zhu Yunwen also disappeared mysteriously in a fire. Later generations ranked this period of history as the first of the four unsolved mysteries of the Ming Dynasty.
From the mountain gate to the temple gate, there is a path paved with bluestones. There are lush green vegetation and towering old trees on both sides of the road. Walking along it feels refreshing and refreshing with the cool breeze.
One night six hundred and twenty years ago, a lonely figure was walking staggeringly on this mountain road. The moonlight shone on his haggard face. He was none other than Zhu Yunwen who disappeared in the fire. .
Zhu Yunwen was exhausted. Looking at the bright moon in the night sky, he couldn't help but feel sad. The past events seemed like they happened yesterday...
Four years ago, he first Deng Dabao was very ambitious, and in order to realize his ultimate dream, with the promotion of Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others, he did a vigorous thing - cutting off the feudal vassal, which paved the way for his final escape... < /p>
The mountain road is not far away, and we arrived at the temple gate in more than ten minutes. There are street stalls on both sides of the road, most of which sell scented wax paper money. Whenever tourists pass by, the stall owners will shout like chanting sutras, but they have replaced "Amitabha" with "incense wax paper money".
Guangyan Zen Temple was built in the Jin Dynasty and was originally named Changle'an. In the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Changle Temple, and in the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Cuiwei Temple. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, asked for an edict to build it into Guangyan Zen Temple. The temple is divided into the upper temple and the lower temple. The lower temple was built in the Jin Dynasty, but the upper temple was built more than 1,200 years later, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
In front of the Tianwang Hall, there are two huge black iron pots on the left and right. This can be called the largest iron rice bowl in Chinese history. It was the "Imperial Pot" given by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, the uncle of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, whose lay name was Zhu Wuliu, had become a monk before Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, and his monastic name was Faren. He traveled to Tibet, India and other places, and like Tang Sanzang, he retrieved a true scripture - "Baye Sutra".
Later, Faren moved to Fengqishan Ancient Temple and became the abbot, and he never left. It is said that he looks gentle and kind, just like a female Bodhisattva with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. The locals call him "Barbarian Empress".
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, Zhu Chun, the eleventh prince of Shu and King of Shu in Chengdu at that time, visited the ancient temple and learned that Taizu's Yao Shu had become a monk here, so he reported to Taizu to grant Faren the title "Wukong". Later, he was given to Guangyan Zen Monastery half a luanjia, four dragon and phoenix flags, five rooms with glazed tiles, two imperial pots, a copy of "Hongwu Nanzang", and a Sanskrit "Huayan Sutra". The Luanjia and Longfengqi provide Zen Master Wukong with royal treatment when he travels. The glazed tiles show Wukong's royal bloodline, and the imperial pot can be used by thousands of monks.
Passing through the Tianwang Hall, behind are the Guanyin Hall and the Main Hall. In the Main Hall, there is "Namo Sakyamuni Buddha" written by the monk Daoji himself. In 1204 AD, monk Daoji accidentally wandered to Cuiwei Temple and left a handwriting of "Namo Sakyamuni Buddha". This plaque is still hanging in the Main Hall.
There is a door on one side of the main hall leading to the upper temple. Guangyan Zen Temple has two independent temples at the same time - the upper temple and the lower temple. The structures of the two temples are roughly the same, including the Tianwang Hall, Guanyin Hall, The Great Hall.
According to legend, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the ancient temple and was full of praise for its architecture, so he came up with the idea of ??building another temple. In order to show that he was superior to Emperor Ming, he built a magnificent temple on the mountain of the ancient temple and wrote "Guangyan Zen Temple" in person. This is the origin of "Shangsi".
The mountain road after passing the lower temple is divided into two parts. The left leads to the Temple of Wealth and Guanyin, and the right leads to the main line leading to the Medicine Master Hall, the Jieyin Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, the Guanyin Hall, and the Mahavira Hall. The roads finally meet outside the Main Hall.
Let’s talk about Zhu Yunwen. The policy of reducing the vassal aroused strong dissatisfaction among the vassal kings, especially his fourth uncle Yan Wang Zhu Di, which finally prompted him to rebel and launch the "Jingnan Campaign" in the name of the Qing emperor. Overthrowing Zhu Yunwen's regime in one fell swoop.
In 1403 AD, Zhu Di's troops invaded the palace. Zhu Yunwen, who was surrounded by fire, remembered the iron box given to him by his grandfather. When Zhu Yuanzhang passed the throne, he had a premonition that there would be changes in the future. He secretly taught Zhu Yunwen an iron box and told him to open it in case of danger to avoid disaster. Now it was finally time to open the box. When I opened it, I found a razor, a cassock, and a secret letter depicting a secret passage outside the palace. Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang's intention was to ask him to become a monk to avoid disaster. Zhu Yunwen sneaked out from the secret passage alone, and his attendants and the palace were swallowed up by the fire.
After leaving the palace, Zhu Yunwen panicked and fled day and night, but his way was blocked by a river. When he was extremely anxious, he luckily encountered Taoist Master Wu Zheng from Qingcheng Mountain passing by on a boat. He boarded the boat and fled overnight to Changle Temple in Fengqi Mountain near Qingcheng Mountain, where he went to his great-uncle Faren (Master Wukong).
The stone staircase in front of the hall is long and steep. Beside the hall is a stone carving of the Eight Phases of Sakyamuni. Pass through the Jieyin Hall, go up the steep stairs above the Tianwang Hall, and finally reach the Main Hall of the Upper Temple. The stone wall in front of the temple is engraved with major events that happened in the ancient temple, including "Jianwen Zhizhi", "Kangxi Yushu", etc.
Coming out of the Main Hall and walking a few dozen steps up, you will arrive at the last major hall of the Shanggu Temple - the Patriarch's Hall. Behind the temple is the pagoda forest, including the spiritual pagodas of Master Shanwusi and Master Wukong. Master Wukong's physical Buddha was kept in the pagoda for hundreds of years, but unfortunately it was eventually destroyed in troubled times. Master Shanwusi was an eminent monk from Tianzhu in the Tang Dynasty. In order to avoid the Anshi Rebellion, he followed Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to Shu, and finally stayed in the ancient temple.
A few years later, the news that Zhu Yunwen was living in seclusion in the ancient temple was still leaked. Secret spies sent by the imperial court came to track him down, and Zhu Yunwen had to flee Guangyan Zen Monastery.
He wrote a poem on the wall of the Zen room where he lived:
Falling into the southwest forty autumns,
Xiao Xiao’s white hair has already filled his head.
Where is the owner of the universe?
Rivers flow silently.
The clouds dispersed in Changle Palace.
The sound of rain fell on Chaoyuan Pavilion.
The clear willow tree is green every year,
The wild old man swallows his voice and cries without stopping.
Zhu Yunwen started another round of escape life. During this period, he traveled to Yunnan, Guizhou, Ba and other places, leaving a large number of relics in the local area.
Many years later, when he returned to the ancient temple again, he was completely disappointed and had completely given up on making a comeback. It can be seen from his poems in his later years:
After reading Shurangama, I am lazy to knock,
Smiling at the yellow house sending a group scoop.
To the south, there are thousands of layers of mountains in the mountains,
To the north, you can see Tianmen thousands of miles away.
The wide satin has been forgotten for a long time, and the phoenix chariot has been forgotten for a long time.
The cassock is replaced by a dragon robe.
Where do all the officials know at this time?
Only birds come to court in the morning and evening.
It is said that Zhu Yunwen never left Fengqi Mountain again until the end of his life.
When going down the mountain, I did not return from the original route, but continued up the mountain along the path next to the Patriarch's Hall. A person is walking leisurely on a secluded path... It is the time when the green is fat and the red is thin, the mountains are colorful and green, and in a trance, I am the depressed Zhu Yunwen...
After turning around, a mottled and dilapidated stone archway stood in the middle of the road. Unknowingly, I came to the gate of the ancient temple. What was engraved on the plaque was the handwriting of Emperor Kangxi "Guangyan Zen Temple".
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