Brief introduction of Mituo Temple

Mituo Temple in Taihu County, Anhui Province is located in Tommy Town in the northwest of Taihu County. Before liberation, Mituo Temple was not only the place name of Tomi Town now, but also the name of the temple. According to the Records of Taihu County, Mituo Temple was built in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty (AD 627), but it was rebuilt and abandoned several times due to wars in previous dynasties.

Since the Tang Dynasty, successive dynasties have built more than ten temples, large and small, within five kilometers of the Fiona Fang of Mituo Temple. Formed a temple group centered on Mituo Temple. Every midnight, the bells and drums echo each other, and the melody floats, awakening the crowd, making people feel as if they are in a fairyland. Tao Tao is natural and leisurely, forgetting all insults, and everything is empty.

The base site of Mituo Temple is called Lotus Leaf Land because it has thousands of acres of polder fields in the east, south and north, and hundreds of acres of lotus ponds around it. Only to the west is a hillside less than ten meters high, which is the location of Tomy Martyrs Cemetery. There are two big rivers around the lotus pond in the polder field, which meet in front of the temple, about half a kilometer. Therefore, Mituo Temple has the reputation of "two dragons playing with pearls" and "jade belt around the temple". Whenever the grass is growing, the warblers are flying in the beautiful spring, on the river bank, in Yangliuli and in the lotus pond, there are money points, kites flying, fish jumping, pear flower powder, frog drums and Luan smoke waves; Or in the clear autumn moonlit night, the lotus pond has a grand scene of "sky up and down, a blue sky". The famous Wangjiatang is just in front of the temple on the right, only 30 meters away from the temple. This is a natural release pool.

Today, the ancestral home of Zhao Puchu, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice chairman and president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, is near the Mituo Temple in Wangtian Town. About two kilometers away from the temple, "Huanglong 'an" is the school where Zhao Juvenile, the great-grandfather of Mr. Zhao Puchu and the top scholar in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, studied. The teacher is the abbot of the temple. At that time, Kevin was herding cattle to Guo Fan's house, the owner of the temple. Kevin often grazes near Huanglong 'an School and often stands outside the door to listen to the students and teachers in the school. What he heard is unforgettable, and he can fully understand it. Over time, poetry became a hymn. Mr. Wang found Cowherd Kevin very clever, and he answered questions repeatedly. Mr. Wang thinks Kevin will be a great teacher in the future and let him enter school for free. His master, Guo Fanzhi, is willing to provide Kevin with food and clothes. Later, Lord Kevin really made a fortune. After counting the RMB, Lord Kevin personally came to Huanglong Temple to thank his teacher, and presented him with a Buddhist scripture, a wooden plaque and 100 iron plates more than two feet long. Legend has it that three of them are bladeless swords, which most people don't know. There is also a jade card. At the same time, Kevin also presented Mr. Guo Fanzhi with a pair of couplets, which read: "Spring is what poets feel, and sitting at night can make paintings far-reaching. "

1942 18 On February 18, a Japanese plane hovered over the Mituo Temple and crashed in the Tianjiatan of the Mituo Temple. General Tsumiya, commander of the 1 1 Army Corps of Japanese invaders, all ten people fell to their deaths. Taking this as an excuse, on February 25th, 65438, the Japanese army invaded Taihu County from Anqing, Huangmei and Qichun, reaching Mituo Temple, burning and looting all the way, which caused great disaster to the villagers in Taihu County, especially in the area of Mituo Temple. Therefore, Mituo Temple was destroyed by Japanese artillery fire on February 25th, 1942. The magnificent three Buddhist temples were set on fire.