Preface
"I have always had a dream in my heart that I want to learn martial arts in Shaolin, Songshan. Just like the handsome superman in the movie, he is a hero who is flying over the eaves and walls..." This is a song "Shaolin Hero" released in 2022, and the song Songshan Shaolin Temple is also a temple that many people know now.
It is said that Shaolin Temple is a Buddhist holy place, far away from the mortal world, but since abbot of Shaolin Temple Shi Yongxin took over, everything seems to have become a little different.
Regarding how much money can be behind Shaolin Temple, for most people in the world, they may think that their income is not much. All sources of income are just the incense money of some pilgrims. However, in recent years, the Shaolin Temple has undergone a huge change after Shi Yongxin took over, and the economic strength behind it is no longer something that ordinary people can think of.
Today we will talk about the deeds of Shaolin Abbot Shi Yongxin. As Shaolin Abbot, what did he do to make Shaolin Temple frequently appear in everyone's eyes.
Shi Yongxin
He was born in 1965 in a county town in Anhui Province. His original name was Liu Yingcheng . His family conditions were still very good at that time. His father was a high-ranking official, so Shi Yongxin can be said to be smooth sailing in life, unlike ordinary children. He doesn't need to worry about life and has no lofty ideals for the future, until once he discovered Buddhist books at home.
So he found all the books about Buddhism in his family. After reading , he developed a great yearning and a strong interest in Buddhism. was very eager to become a monk and experience the temple, so he told his parents about this idea. His parents were also very open-minded about it and agreed to this matter.
Therefore, in 1981, Shi Yongxin officially left his home and came to Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan. was just a beautiful imagination, but the reality was skinny. He did not expect that the Shaolin Temple he had been thinking about day and night was such a dilapidated scene. However, although the gap with his imagination was too big, he did not regret his choice.
After coming here, he was very serious every day and carefully cleaned the temple inside and out. After a while, it was indeed a little different from before. However, his behavior was also seen by people around him. was soon appreciated by the abbot at that time, so he arranged for him to travel around.
is studying on the road. In a few years, he has visited temples in Anhui, Beijing, Jiangxi and other places. After this trip, he has become more determined to take this path. In the past few years of his travels, in 1982, a movie called "Shaolin Temple" became popular all over the country, which made many people very interested in Shaolin Temple.
After Shi Yongxin's trip was over, when he returned to Songshan , told the abbot to take this opportunity to renovate the temple well, so that can attract more pilgrims to come and worship, and at the same time, he can also carry forward Shaolin martial arts. So the abbot handed over the burden of this matter to him.
Later in 1988, , as the disciple who was valued most by his predecessors, Shi Yongxin was elected as the abbot of the next Shaolin Temple. was also entrusted with an important task to carry forward the temple.
In the days that followed, Shi Yongxin worked diligently to build the temple more perfectly. Later, he went down the mountain again and found that many villagers at the foot of the mountain had difficult living conditions. Many children's parents went out to work, and there were only elderly and young children at home. Seeing this situation, after Shi Yongxin returned, he established the Shaolin Temple Red Cross Society and the Youth Painting Research Institute.
In order to better promote Shaolin Temple and let more people know, Shi Yongxin also took his disciples down the mountain to tour, perform Shaolin martial arts and other behaviors. these actions have caused many parents to send their children to Shaolin Temple to study, which is also another source of Shaolin Temple's income.
The things Shi Yongxin did have brought great popularity to Shaolin Temple, However, the reason why Shaolin Temple welcomed so many people to worship after it is inseparable from Shi Yongxin's long-term vision.
When it entered about 2000, , when the Internet was developing rapidly, Shi Yongxin quickly realized the benefits that the Internet could bring. immediately installed the Internet for Shaolin Temple and created a website dedicated to Shaolin Temple.
This behavior has further increased the popularity of Shaolin Temple to a higher level. Many people can query official information about Shaolin Temple through the Internet. After , Shi Yongxin also applied for a World Heritage List for Shaolin Temple, which ushered in a new era at that time.
When short videos first emerged in 2018, Shi Yongxin led everyone into this industry and made great contributions to the promotion of Shaolin Temple. To this day, the reputation of Shaolin Temple has become a benchmark in the hearts of the public, which has also brought great economic benefits to Shaolin Temple.
triggered public opinion on the entire network
On April 6, 2022, a news about Shaolin Temple caused Shi Yongxin to fall into trouble again. According to relevant reports, Shi Yongxin took out 452 million yuan to bid for a commercial land in Zhengzhou City. This made many people wonder, as a pure land, the temple participated in the auction activities? Can monks not stand the world? Netizens are talking about this.
Later, Shaolin Temple official website came out to clarify, saying that many of the messages circulating on the Internet were false news, and please refer to the news from the official website as the basis. But a few days after the news was sent, everyone found that in this real estate operation, Shi Yongxin, Shi didn't know how to withdraw from the shares. It is a very normal thing to be auctioned for commercial land, but the person behind this auction is the abbot of Shaolin Temple, which is a bit rude. It is not that Shi Yongxin himself did not respond to these things personally, and this is not the first time that Shaolin Temple has been caught in a public opinion storm after Shi Yongxin took over.
As early as 2006 , Shi Yongxin attended a meeting as a representative of Shaolin Temple in Songshan. At this meeting, Shi Yongxin was rewarded with a luxury car.
This behavior has caused a wave of discussion among netizens. There are two statements on the Internet. One is that as a monk, he should be poor. Buddhism is not a secular place in the world. Some people believe that Buddhism is just accepting the will of others for these things, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, the official website has not come out to give a reasonable explanation for these things.
In addition, news about Shi Yongxin's prostitution spread wildly in 2011. However, the official website of Shaolin Temple came out to clarify this matter as soon as possible and stated that it had contacted the police and would be held accountable to the rumor-monger. At the same time, the police paid a reward. If anyone provided clues to the rumor-monger, there would be a certain reward, but no one reported it in the end, so the matter was left in the end. After
, Shaolin Temple was attacked by netizens for one incident, that is, in 2014, Songshan Shaolin Temple and Songshan Scenic Committee went to court.
Shaolin Temple stated that the Scenic Area Committee owed more than 40 million yuan in tickets to Shaolin Temple and had a penalty of more than 2 million yuan in liquidated damages. was originally the Shaolin Temple Criminal Committee, but as soon as the news came out, many netizens condemned Shaolin Temple. As a Buddhist Pure Land, they pursue secular things in this way. In response, Shaolin Temple stated that money is used to repair temples and cultural relics, and it is not used in places that should not be used.
However, the relevant departments finally rejected Shaolin Temple’s request for , because the matter of Shaolin Temple collecting tickets, because the two parties have different statistics on ticket share statistics. The government believes that since there were ticket reductions when the policy was formulated, the exemption should also be reduced and exemption when the final share was shared.
In addition to these things that caused discussion among netizens on the Internet, also had an incident inside Shaolin Temple on July 25, 2015. had a man named Shi Zhengyi reported Shi Yongxin's style of work. In the report letter, it said that Shi Yongxin did illegal things and maintained an improper relationship with many women. At the same time, he also embezzled Shaolin Temple's property. He hoped that the relevant departments would conduct strict investigations.
Later, this incident became increasingly terrifying internally and attracted the attention of superiors. In early August of the same year, Shi Yongxin's disciple Shi Yanlu joined hands with other disciples to report Shi Yongxin. However, after the final investigation, in 2017, it was found that many of the reports were false statements.
However, although many remarks have exaggerated elements, Shaolin Temple does have many financial problems, and there are indeed luxury cars. The electronic products used by Shi Yongxin are also foreign mobile phones. Therefore, the relevant departments have issued an order to make Shaolin Temple rectify immediately.
Shaolin Temple has ushered in unprecedented development through publicity, and it is Shi Yongxin himself who is at the forefront of public opinion. Those who do not like Shi Yongxin say that he has developed the Buddhist Pure Land of Shaolin Temple into something like Shaolin Temple, but it seems that it is more capital. After
, someone else used the fact that Shi Yongxin had a "dual identity" to point out that the most taboo thing as a monk is various "good news", but in fact, Shi Yongxin's other identity is actually the identity he had before he became a monk.
Commercial Shaolin Temple
In fact, in the editor's opinion, the contributions made by Shi Yongxin to Shaolin Temple are far more beneficial than disadvantages. Although Buddhism, a pure land of Pure Land, requires monks to worry about it, they all need to eat in their bodies. Shaolin Temple is more about promoting Chinese martial arts, and many places require money, such as repairing temples, monks' food, clothing, housing and transportation.
, Shi Yongxin's behavior undoubtedly brought more popularity to Shaolin Temple. Many people finally decided to send their children to Shaolin Temple for study when Shi Yongxin took his disciples down the mountain to travel to promote.
If religion wants to develop, it must have its own distinctive side to attract more people. Today's Shaolin Temple in Songshan is known not only by people in China, but also by many people abroad. It has successfully spread the Buddhist culture abroad.
Conclusion
The development of things always has a two-sided nature. In the end, how to view the development of Shaolin Temple in Songshan, each of us should have a sound in our hearts, hoping that its development will rise spiral.
OK, that’s all about the story about Shaolin Temple in Songshan and Shi Yongxin. Friends are welcome to leave messages in the comment area.
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