(Daily One "Chinese Cultural Historic Sites" No. 1183) "After you sing, I will appear on the stage, but I will recognize that another country is my hometown." This is not only the case for the secular, but also for the pure Buddhist monasteries. With the change of dynasties, the ancient times at that time have become past.
(Qingliang Temple, taken in Wutai Mountain in the 1920s, all rights reserved)
In 1920, scholars visited the oldest temple in Wutai Mountain-Qingliang Temple for cultural relic investigation. According to the 1941 "Chinese Cultural Historic Sites" ("Atlas of Famous Places in China in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China" by our agency), "The entire Wutai Mountain Buddhist jungle has the longest history in this temple, known as Qingliang Temple, and there are cool stones in the temple..."
So what was the state of cultural relics of this ancient temple at that time? According to "Chinese Cultural Historic Sites" in 1941 ("Atlas of Famous Places in China in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China" by our agency), in the fifth year of the Kaicheng period of the Tang Dynasty (840), the Japanese master Yuan Ren called Qingliang Temple in "The Travel Notes of the Journey to the Tang Dynasty for Seeking Dharma" It is under the jurisdiction of Nantai, and the entire Wutai Mountain is collectively referred to as Qingliangshan. In addition, in the entire Wutai Mountain Buddhist jungle, this temple has the longest history. It is named Qingliang Temple, and there are Qingliangshi in the temple. From this perspective, as the sacred site of the ancestor of the Wutaishan Taoist Temple, Qingliang Temple is the most memorial. Unknown, Qingliang Temple has a long history of being famous all over the world. " Shanxi Tongzhi" quoted Tang Li Yi's "Wutai Mountain Qingliang Temple Stele" and " Mingyi Tongzhi" records, calling this Qingliang Temple the oldest temple in Wutai Mountain, and it is the place where Manjusri truly manifests. Calling it "Qingliang" is justified. As the ancestor of the dojo, the ancient Qingliang Temple has three master towers. Among them, one tower has collapsed, and the other two towers are preserved intact. The big pagoda is the secret Dade Pagoda of Qingliang Mountain Monk Zhengxuan, built in the year of Bingwu of the Great Dynasty. The small tower is the master tower of Zhenjue, the seat of Qingliang Mountain. It was built in Jin Dynasty Zhenglong Sixth Year (1161) on October 23rd. Inferred from the inscriptions inscribed in the years and months of the construction of the small stone tower,The "Bingwu" of the Dashi Pagoda should be the four years of Jintianhui (1126), or the twenty-sixth year of Jindading (1186). Such stone towers, whose history can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty, are rare. Therefore, the stone tower of the ancient Qingliang Temple can be regarded as a representative of the architecture of the Jin Dynasty.
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