Nanputuo Temple cliff stone carving origin and art?
South Putuo Temple incumbent abbot is enlightenment monk, born in 1974, Zhejiang Ryan people, graduated from the South Fujian Buddhist College.
In the Nanputuo Temple Main Hall of the pillars of a pair of couplets, couplet is written: "from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty and Kaiyuan and ancient, Puguang was the island of Tai Wu to Zenghui", which clearly shows that the South Putuo Temple Built in the Tang Dynasty, has been more than 1,200 years of history. It is said that the first by the Tang Dynasty to Xiamen Island on the development of the golden clan of the clan, in the Wulaofeng mountain Tian Shi fifty-two acres as a temple site built and built. The monastery is nestled among the lush five temples, facing the vast sea and the lush southern Wudan Mountain. Five generations of time, Nanputuo Temple known as Sizhou hospital. The early Song Dynasty called the endless rock. To the rule of the year, that is, AD 1064 years, to Puzhao Temple, according to the hospital. Was wasted in the Yuan Dynasty in 1341. 1368 Ming Hongwu years, by the monks feel light to build, unfortunately the end of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the war. Qing Emperor Kangxi twenty-three years, that is, AD 1684, Jinghai Hou Shi Lang unified Taiwan, returned to Xiamen to rebuild the temple. This monastery enshrines the Goddess of Mercy, but also in the original set of Goddess of Mercy - Zhejiang Putuo Mountain south, so called Nanputuo Temple. This is the origin of the South Temple, the history of evolution and revival.
Thousands of ancient temples, for the descendants left many cultural relics: Wu Laofeng before the cliff stone, engraved many ancient and modern poetry and calligraphy works; Xishan door, P Plus Qianlong imperial monument, more valuable historical value. Temple in the collection: there are white marble from Myanmar stone size twenty-eight statues; with the early Qing Dynasty Shi Langjian Temple at the same time the new cast clock; made in the Song and Yuan Dynasties of the seven Buddhist pagodas; the Ming Dynasty monks, "Lotus Lotus" and Jane Edition of the "Tripitaka" and more.
In the history of Chinese Buddhism, Xiamen Nan Putuo Temple has its important position, it is the spread of Buddhism in the southern Fujian area. Nanpu Tuo Temple was originally a temporary temple of the monks and gentlemen. In 1924, changed to ten of the election of the jungle system. And in the second year, founded in the temple of Minnan Buddhist College. Since then, the domestic monks have come to live tin pass by, ten factions competing to enter the Senate school study, and sometimes Buddhist called Sheng, famous Chinese and foreign.
In 1983, Xiamen Nan Putuo Temple by the State Council as a national Buddhist temple of Han nationality.
Xiamen Nan Putuo Temple is located in Xiamen City, the rise of Pinnacle Egret Island famous mountain five peaks, mountains and sea, beautiful scenery. Monastery was built in the late Tang Dynasty, has been more than 1,200 years of history. Formerly known as "Sizhou". The Northern Song Dynasty monk Wen Tsui converted to "endless rock". Waste. Reconstruction in the early Ming Dynasty, changed its name to "Pu Zhao Temple." Qing Emperor Kangxi twenty-two years (AD 1684), Jinghai Hou Shi Lang general recovered Taiwan after the town of Xiamen, donated to build a monastery, and build a large pilgrimage to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva. Because the temple is located in Zhejiang Putuo Mountain Guanyin Tao Yuan south, accompanied by analogy, so renamed "Nanputuo Temple."
South Putuo Temple south of the temple, the temple by the layers of layers, structured. In the entire layout, can be on the central axis of the main hall as the center, high and low pitch phase, the uneven patchwork. All the buildings, all with the ancient palace-style eaves ridge full house, decorated with apricot yellow tile, so that the unified coordination. One of the most unique building big bastard hall, for the brackets structure of the beamless house, commonly known as spider web.
In the history of Chinese Buddhism, Xiamen's Nanputuo Temple has its important position, it is the spread of Buddhism in the southern Fujian area. Nan Putuo's abbot, in the Chinese Buddhist community are renowned. Since 1927 Ren Nan Putuo abbot and Minnan Buddhist College Dean of the Master, had to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States lectures, preaching, a great impact. And he advocated the reform of Buddhism, unity, sects, but also very effective for the Buddhist made a great contribution, which also makes the reputation of Nanputuo Temple at home and abroad widely publicized.
Nanpu Tuo Temple to the afternoon, the mountains of the sea, the whole temple of the building, the layout of symmetry, rigorous structure, full of national style, fully embodies the work of our people's superb architectural art. Standing on the distant view, from the endless rock to the five peaks of the mountain, in the north and south of the central axis, King Hall, Main Hall, big bastard, possession of the golden floor of the building layers of care, structured, pitch corresponding. Around the wing, veranda Gallery, Bell and Drum Tower symmetrical arrangement, back to protect the three Dian, forming a whole, showing the magnificent magnificent momentum of the South Temple, there is a dignity of the Dharma boundless.
