Pure Land of Pine Peach-Different from the World

Chongyang Wang

Data Map of Jingtu Temple Scenic Area

In spring, the willow leaves turn warm, the soil is soft and the branches are tender, and the birds in the sky pull the spring news, so people's hearts are naturally warm and budding. I used to hear friends say that Jingtu Temple is beautiful and unconventional. I can't help yearning. I will take my family and friends with me.

During driving, a friend who has been here many times said that Jingtu Temple, formerly known as Shuman Temple, is located in the southeast of Tianshui City, Gansu Province, adjacent to Maijishan Grottoes, one of the four largest grottoes in China. Surrounded by mountains and pines, it is one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Qin Zhou-Pure Land Pine. Wu Xichuan, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising: "Pure land is in the temple, and Songtao is empty. Directly from the sky, not the world. Victory was almost unheard of for a long time, but you can't find hatred. Looking at the summit, the sunset is red. "

When you come to the scenic spot, the first thing you see is the towering archway. On the beam, there are three Chinese characters "Schumann Temple", and the handwriting is simple and vigorous. Entering the archway, there are mountains on both sides, and a straight and deep artificial road in the forest is like a green emerald corridor.

Crossing Bodhi Avenue, my eyes suddenly opened up. Here is the open valley bottom, and Jingtu Temple is like a bright pearl, embedded in mountains and valleys. Surrounded by peaks, full of green is like a blooming lotus petal, and the whole terrain constitutes a beautiful lotus.

Looking up, in the endless Qifeng spiritual practice in the distance, there is a giant peak standing alone, and the top of the mountain is even higher than the bamboo shoots, which is extraordinary. It is the main peak Manjusri Peak. Surrounded by many peaks, people vividly call it "eighteen arhats worship manjusri"

The temple buildings of Jingtu Temple are all built according to the terrain, occupying most of the main areas and standing on the top of the mountain. Every hall stands proudly on the steps. We climbed the steps with difficulty, and my father took my little granddaughter and counted the steps behind us. The youngest daughter doesn't like to look far away, and her eyes often stay close. The color of a flower, the pace of a bug, the texture of a leaf and other nuances make her linger.

As a Buddhist temple, the planning and construction of Jingtu Temple has strict rules, ranging from the orientation of the main hall to the number and height of steps.

Climb up a higher hall and turn around. Valley ups and downs deep, temples emerge one after another, just like a magnificent landscape painting axis. The vast pine forest dyed the canyon into a dark green background, setting off colorful religious buildings. Close your eyes and wait for the wind, but the wind is invisible and silent. From time to time, there are bells coming from the depths of the pine forest, but it is difficult to know where they come from and who they are.

Looking around, although there are many peaks, they have their own merits, or they are like pagodas or breasts, overlapping and interspersed with each other at the bottom of the valley. Magnificent Buddhist buildings are hidden in the waist line of Lianfeng, moving a few steps to the left, showing cornices; Half a foot to the right, only Song Tao hummed.

When I came to Du Xian Bridge, the dew pond came into view. It is also called "release pool". Not far from the release pond, there is a lotus pond surrounded by rockeries and lotus flowers, which is more exquisite and beautiful. Walking along the winding cement road next to the lotus pond, there are gardens with different shapes and patchwork everywhere.

Feel free to step on the blue bricks that can be seen everywhere, browse the familiar and novel painted beams and Buddhist prayer flags in the temple, read a Buddhist couplet and stare at the picture frames of myths and allusions. The sound of wooden fish and chanting in the temple gradually disappeared.

After a long journey, I came to the main hall of Jingtu Temple. At first glance, the beams, columns and walls of Jingtu Temple are all red, and the cornices and mortises are all red. In addition, the grass tree cloister and mural arch walls show the national ethos incisively and vividly. Although the color is relatively single, the halls are different in height, complementary in distance and patchwork.

The wall of imitation white marble stands out in the bright red, stands in a row of elegance in solemnity, and sticks to a indifference in the rest, which is more aesthetic. The main buildings of Jingtu Temple are Luohan Hall, Changshou Hall, Dizang Hall, Tianwang Hall, THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN Hall and Jifo Hall. , are built using natural landforms. Although some buildings are abrupt, on the whole, the layout is proper and the scenery is extraordinary.

In this beautiful place of Zhong Ling, there is always a beautiful legend. It is said that in ancient times, there was a court minister who recruited the most brilliant geomantic master in the world and asked him to choose a geomantic treasure for himself to enjoy in a hundred years. The geomantic master traveled all over Qian Shan, went through all kinds of hardships, and finally chose a geomantic treasure-house surrounded by mountains and full of pines and valleys. The minister ordered his descendants to build a grave for him in advance, but the construction has not yet started. I saw the misty and lush Qifeng spiritual practice, and the three saints, Tathagata, Guanyin and Manjusri, stood upright in the clouds. They smiled and looked down at the lower bound. When they saw it, they fell to their knees. When they looked up again, they disappeared. The epiphany of the three sages inspired the ministers. It used to be a treasure house of Buddhism. How can mortals deserve it? Later, the minister invested and called craftsmen to build the temple, which is the origin of the Pure Earth Temple.

As for the construction date of Jingtu Temple, because the original buildings were completely demolished in the 1970s, there were no plaques and monuments left in history, and there was no evidence for textual research.

Some existing buildings were restored and built by local monks and believers after the 1980s. However, the large-scale construction was carried out after 1990s, when Master Haizheng, a monk in Tianshui Gangu, came from Wutai Mountain, the Buddhist holy place of Manjusri Bodhisattva Dojo, became attached to it and raised funds to build it.

The sun is setting in the west and the figure is getting thinner. After the tour, we came out from the depths of the pure land. I seem to hear the sound of pine trees, flowing like a stream and reaching my ears. It surges like Jiang Tao and stirs my heart. Finally, the earth shook, like the shaking of the earth, making the whole body nervous. No wonder I feel isolated every time I go to a scenic spot.