The mountain gate of Jiqing Temple
According to the "Fuxin Buddhist Culture Research Report" (Cui Yingfen, Wang Zichen, Liu Yanhui, Li Hongxia, Wu Xianhong, He Shumei), Jiqing Temple is located in Tazigou, Taiping District. It was first built in the 44th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1705) ). It was first built as a small temple by the local Mongolian nobles, and later developed after inviting Diyanqi Lama Lobu Sangola Gyentso (the first living Buddha). In the second year of the reign of the Living Buddha, because of his profound Buddhist teachings, he was convinced by wealthy businessmen of the Xibe ethnic group in Fengtian, who raised funds to expand the temple. In the fourteenth year of Daoguang (1834), Emperor Daoguang personally gave the temple the name "Jiqing Temple" and allocated funds. Two major Zhacang were built, namely the Academy of Philosophy and the Academy of Tantric Buddhism. Jiqing Temple is famous in eastern Inner Mongolia.
There were three affiliated temples at that time: Changyingzi Ganggang Temple, Xinmin Guangfu Temple, and Daba Ouli Temple.
Today, we will introduce Ganggang Temple, one of the temples of Jiqing Temple, which is Fuqing Temple located in , Xinqiu District, .
According to an article written by Mr. Li Yanjun, chairman of the Xinqiu District Writers Association of Fuxin City and a famous writer, the place where Fuqing Temple was built is located in Ganggang Village, Changyingzi Town, Xinqiu District today, more than 40 miles away from Fuxin urban area. In 1644 AD, Qing troops invaded Shanhaiguan and the Qing Dynasty took over the Central Plains. In order to consolidate its dominance, in the 40th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1702 AD), the Qing government allocated funds to build a Tibetan temple in Ganggang Village, Changyingzi Town, Xinqiu District today. The Buddhist temple Fuqing Temple. Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty wrote the "Fuqing Temple" plaque in four languages: Manchu, Han, Mongolian and Tibetan, and hung it above the main hall of the temple. In its heyday, Fuqing Temple had four wells within a mile of east, west, north, south, and many monks. , pilgrims gathered there, and incense has continued for three hundred years, becoming a famous Buddhist holy place far and near.
During the Puppet Manchukuo period, the Japanese invaders opened coal mines in Xinqiu, , and plundered China's coal resources. On public holidays, Japanese employees of the coal mine often came to Fuqing Temple to offer incense and play. In 1948, Ganggang The main hall of Fuqing Temple was chosen as the background for the graduation photo of primary school students in the village. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fuqing Temple went through historical changes and was artificially destroyed and no longer exists.
In the ruins of Fuqing Temple, there is an ancient pine with a height of 14.5 meters and a circumference of 1.9 meters, which is more than 300 years old. Three of the four wells at that time have been crushed under the gangue mountain . A pair of flags are placed in the temple. The flagpole is made of stone and is located in the gangganjing courtyard of Xinqiu District Coal Mine (formerly the fourth pit of Xinqiu Mine). The existing flagpole is 6.58 meters high. The other flagpole was dismantled by the villagers during the Cultural Revolution and used as a roller. The ground has disappeared, and the remaining remains include the horse mounting stone, door mortar, horse tying stone pile, millstone, green bricks and a small room where the last abbot once lived in the temple. The ruins are of great significance to our study of Fuxin's history and Buddhist culture .
The book "The Legend of Jiqing Temple" says that the three temples in the history of Jiqing Temple are: Guangfu Temple in Xinmin Town, Babaohaitun Temple in Shijiazi Town, and Ouliyingzi Temple in Daba Town. Which statement is more accurate:
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