Hongluo Temple was built in the fourth year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (339 years), which is nearly 1700 years ago. It has a long history and rich Buddhist culture. It is said that Sakyamuni, the originator of Hongluo Temple, was a monk known for his "miraculous powers". At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, he came to northern China to look for the birthplace of Buddhism for 20 years. In the fourth year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhao Heliao of Shi Hu's Northern Expedition later went to Huairou, and found that Hongluoshan was like a Dapeng golden-winged bird, flapping its wings and dancing, which coincided with his dream and built the daming temple in ancient times.
Later, according to folklore, the two daughters of the Jade Emperor passed by here and heard the chanting, which was very interesting. They turned into red snails and hid in the lake. During the day, they became human beings, worshiped Buddha and chanted with monks to benefit the local people. Soon, it was recalled by the Jade Emperor. To commemorate the red snail fairy, the local people changed the name of the mountain to Luohong, the temple to Luohong and the lake to Luohong Lake.
In the Tang Dynasty, after Li Shimin's eastward expedition, Emperor Taizong had a deeper understanding of ethnic issues. According to the moral in The Doctrine of the Mean: "Those who are soft and far away belong to all directions, and those who cherish governors are afraid of the world", he realized the "Huairou policy" for ethnic minorities, changed the former "war-oriented" to "peace-oriented" and settled the Qidan tribe in Huairou. Of course, it also allocated funds to build Hongluo Temple in Daxing to promote Buddhism and safeguard political power.
It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that temples really became the focus of the royal family. It's near Beijing, and Ming Yingzong's sister Shunde princess royal got married and invested in rebuilding Hongluo Temple. Ming Yingzong came to the temple to burn incense, and when he saw the Buddha's top shining, he thought it was an auspicious sign to protect the country and pray for blessings, so he named it "the Temple of Protecting the Country and Blessing the Buddha". However, after the Civil Fort Rebellion, Ming Yingzong was also loyal and treacherous, killing Yu Qian, who was guarding the capital. In the fifth year of Emperor Mingxi's reign of Apocalypse, Hongluo Temple was given the "Apocalypse Bronze Bell", which has been kept in the Hall of Ursa Major.
In the Qing dynasty. In the thirty-second year of Kangxi (1694), Emperor Kangxi visited Hongluo Temple and enjoyed the bamboo throne of Zhulin Mountain Pavilion. Now there is a "Guanlin Pavilion", and the couplet says, "Guanlan stops at Jinsong Sea and drinks Taoran Imperial Bamboo Forest." Later, the magistrate of Huairou wrote "Under the Bamboo", saying: "It is not suitable for bamboo in the cold north, and three poles and two poles love jade-there are three poles in 610, marked by the special official-"The bamboo forest here is really good, and it has been planted one after another today, becoming one of the three wonders of Hongluo Temple-"Imperial Bamboo Forest".
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi also visited Hongluo Temple, praising the magical bamboo forest, ancient ginkgo and rattan pine in Hongluo Temple. She carefully selected the words "Fu" and "Shou" to hang in the guest room, and sent two treasures "Four Jade Screens" and "Nine-curve Lotus Lantern" back to the palace.
Empress Dowager Cixi praised the bamboo forest, so I won't talk about it, because it was a royal bamboo forest appreciated by her great-grandfather Kangxi. As a younger generation, it is our duty to maintain and carry on the family line. But praising ancient ginkgo biloba and rattan twining pine shows that ancient ginkgo biloba and rattan twining pine are more unique.
The ancient ginkgo biloba is in front of the Hall of Ursa Major. The female ginkgo tree in the east is handsome and slightly short, and the male ginkgo tree in the west is stout and tall. Every spring, male ginkgo trees bloom, but they don't bear fruit in autumn. The female ginkgo tree does not bloom every spring (it is also blooming, but it is not obvious), and it is full of fruits in autumn. People think they are like a couple, also known as the couple tree.
Another feature of male ginkgo trees is that they all say that "one tree does not make a forest", but they can "make a forest by one tree". Because it grows more than a dozen straight branches from the root, with different thicknesses, standing side by side. It is also said that every time a dynasty is changed, a new branch will grow from the root, which is what it is now. But it is a little magical, so it can be called one of the three wonders.
Rattan winding around Ursa Hall, also known as "wisteria releasing pine", is really unique. I have seen cypress Lingxiao in Laoshan Mountain, Qingdao, that is, Lingxiao flowers are wrapped around cypress trees, winding like snakes, also known as "Cooper Panlong". I'm even happier to see the golden pine with double vines here. Nature is really full of miracles, only the unexpected and the invisible.
I saw a pine tree, divided into nine branches, stretching in all directions. The two vines protruding from both sides, like the Jade Dragon Pillar covered with branches, add luster to the pine tree and form a natural pine rattan umbrella to cover the sun. According to the daming temple tablet in the Yuan Dynasty on Luo Hong, it has been 700 to 800 years since "the golden cymbals are heard in the breeze at night and the vines are protected by heaven". As the saying goes, "rattan pine is hard to live." Peace here is particularly good, as close as brothers, so it is also called one of the three wonders.
Of course, there are many landscapes. The red snail shell of Luohong Lake symbolizes the residence of the red snail fairy. Out of the back door, there is Luo Hongshan, where there is the "Kannonji", the Zodiac Garden in the east and the Five Hundred Arhats Garden in the west. The mountains are surrounded by water and the ancient trees are towering into the sky, forming a beautiful picture of "the ancient forest in the temple and the flowers in the trees".
Create a pure land and create a good relationship between all people. There is also a saying that there is Putuo in the south and Luo Hong in the north. It is the birthplace of Buddhism in northern China and the Buddhist jungle, and has enjoyed a high reputation and status in the Buddhist community for more than 1000 years.
In his spare time, he wrote a poem praising: "Hongluo Temple at the foot of Luo Hong, with clear water and green hills. There are even three distinctive schools, and Huairou is prosperous and blessed. "
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