The origin of Wutai Mountain

Wutai Mountain was originally not called Wutai Mountain, but Zifu Mountain, also called Wufeng Mountain Dojo. This used to be a place where Taoist priests practiced. In Yongping 1 1 year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 68), Tianzhu monks Kaye Tongmo and Zhu Falan came to Wufeng Mountain from Baima Temple in Luoyang. They thought it was the Dojo where Manjusri Bodhisattva lectured, so they wanted to build a temple here to worship Manjusri Bodhisattva.

However, the monks here disagree. Finally, Emperor Han Ming hosted a contest between Taoist and two eminent monks in Baima Temple in Luoyang, and the two eminent monks won. Since then, the Buddhist community has obtained the right to build Buddhist temples around Taihuai Town, and the first temple built is now Xiantong Temple.

Since then, after the construction and expansion of various dynasties, the number of temples centered on Taihuai Town has reached more than 360 at most, and more than 100 are still preserved. Therefore, Wutai Mountain has become the first of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China with its long history and magnificent scale.

As for the renaming of Wufeng Mountain to Wutai Mountain, there is a little-known story. According to legend, the climate around Wufeng Mountain in ancient times was extremely bad, and the local people suffered all the year round. When Manjusri Bodhisattva lectured there, she expressed deep sympathy for the sufferings of the people of Li, so she made a big wish to save the people from their sufferings.

Manjusri Bodhisattva dressed as a almsgiving monk went to Wan Li to ask the East Sea Dragon King for help. He found a huge bluestone that could send out a cool breeze at the entrance of the Dragon Palace, so he brought it back. When he put the big bluestone (the dragon stone of the Dragon King in the East China Sea) in a valley of Wufeng Mountain, in a flash, it suddenly became a natural grassland with abundant grass and beautiful water.

Since then, this valley has also been named Liang Qinggu. People built a temple in the valley and surrounded the yard with cool stones. For this reason, Wufeng Mountain is also called Liang Qing.

Later, when Emperor Wendi of Sui heard about this incident, he wrote a letter to build a temple at the top of the five peaks to worship Manjusri Bodhisattva. That is, the intellectual manjusri of Dongtai, the lion's roar manjusri of Xitai, the intellectual manjusri of Nantai, the spotless manjusri of Beitai and the children's manjusri of Zhongtai.

You can watch the sunrise on the top of Dongtai, the bright moon on the top of Xitai, the mountain flowers on the top of Nantai and the snow on the top of Beitai. This is the origin of Wutai Mountain.

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Wutai Mountain ranks first among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. It is a world cultural heritage and has an important position in China and even the world. Wang Rulin has always attached great importance to the protection, construction and development of Wutai Mountain.

During the investigation, he deeply understood the long-standing Buddhist culture, excellent traditional culture and red culture of Wutai Mountain, carefully inspected the protection of Wutai Mountain's world cultural heritage, and analyzed the outstanding problems in environmental protection, scenic spot management and cultural tourism.

Communicate and discuss with experts in ancient cultural sites, listen to the opinions of relevant departments, Buddhist monks, abbots, cadres and the masses, and discuss ways to strengthen protection, accelerate development and build first-class scenic spots.

He said that Wutai Mountain is a treasure house of China's ancient architecture and Buddhist art, a witness to the historical development of Buddhism, and a condensation of the essence of China's ancient culture and art, which has far-reaching influence and is precious. We should persist in maintaining the original appearance of historical relics,

Using modern scientific and technological means, timely protection, maintenance, rescue, careful maintenance and repair, strengthen the safety infrastructure construction of cultural relics units, so that these precious heritages can be passed down from generation to generation.

There are many remains in Wutai Mountain Revolutionary Site. Wang Rulin visited the former site of Chairman Mao's Luju, listened to the introduction of the revolutionary fighting experience of the older generation of revolutionaries in Wutai Mountain, and asked to strengthen the study, publicity and promotion of Wutai Mountain's red culture.

Dodd, a great monk in Wutai Mountain, played an important role in promoting excellent Buddhist culture.

During the investigation, Wang Rulin had discussions and exchanges with people in the Buddhist circles such as Miaojiang, Rurui, Changshan, Zhang Yang Moran and Jingxing, and listened to opinions and suggestions on the construction and development of Wutai Mountain and the promotion of excellent Buddhist culture. He said that the Buddhist culture of Wutai Mountain is extensive and profound. In the long history of the development of Buddhism in China, Wutai Mountain built its temples earlier, with numerous sects and gathered monks and virtues, which had a great influence on the inheritance of Buddhism.

Wutai Mountain is rich in historical relics and unique in geology, topography and natural scenery, which plays an irreplaceable role in China and even the world. The Buddhist culture of Wutai Mountain has been passed down for thousands of years, and Buddhism is prevalent in Long Shao.

I hope that Great Virtue, a monk in Wutai Mountain, will further study and devote himself to practice, deeply understand, inherit and develop China's excellent Buddhist culture, and expound Buddhist philosophy, humanistic spirit and moral concept in light of the new reality, so as to provide powerful positive energy for building a harmonious socialist society.

The majority of monks should combine the fine traditions of patriotism, love of religion, love of mountains and temples with concrete actions of giving love and caring for society, actively participate in social construction, and play a more important and positive role in promoting development and maintaining harmony.

Wutai Mountain has made important contributions to national unity, national unity and social stability in different historical stages. I hope that everyone will inherit the spirit of inclusiveness, tolerance and harmony of Buddhist culture in Wutai Mountain and continue to make greater contributions to national unity and religious harmony.

Wang Rulin also visited Master Shen Meng, a famous monk over 100 years old, and thanked him for his contribution to promoting the excellent Buddhist culture in Wutai Mountain.

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