Tourist attractions in Tongyu Town

Lingshan Huguo Zen Temple

Lingshan Huguo Zen Temple is located at the foothills of Xiaobei Mountain (place name: Takou Mountain, Youling), Tongyu Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, away from the urban area in the southeast About 25 kilometers, it was founded by the eminent monk Shi Dadian (732-824) in the Tang Dynasty. It has been renovated and expanded continuously since 1981. It is now huge and spectacular, with pleasant mountains and lakes, especially Hanyulai Temple. Huidadian's "Taoji traces" are rich in cultural relics and are well-known at home and abroad. It is one of the first batch of national key temples announced by the State Council on April 9, 1983, a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province, and a key ancient temple for Buddhist worship and tourism in eastern Guangdong. After twenty years of peace and prosperity, it has been continuously repaired, rebuilt and expanded. This thousand-year-old temple, "surrounded by nine dragons and facing each other with lions and elephants", has a total construction area of ??about 5,000 square meters and a total investment of more than 20 million yuan. It sits northeast to southwest. Its scale and momentum are rare in eastern Guangdong.

Contents [hide] History Reconstruction Landscape The temple was founded in the seventh year of Zhenyuan of the Tang Dynasty (791) by Shi Dadian, an eminent monk from Chaozhou and the third generation disciple of Huineng, the southern sect of Zen Buddhism, and his disciples Xuanying and Zhigao.

The "Cultural Revolution" began in 1966. In July of the same year, more than 20 monks including Master Shi Youcheng of Lingshan Temple were expelled. The temple was converted into a farm, and valuable cultural relics such as Buddhist statues, scriptures, calligraphy and paintings were all burned. .

With the collapse of the "Gang of Four" in October 1976 and the end of the "Cultural Revolution" decade, in the spring of 1979, monks headed by Shi Youcheng (1916-1987) and Shi Dinggen (1915-2003) With the approval of the relevant departments, we mobilized domestic and overseas benefactors to make donations, and began to formulate a comprehensive reconstruction plan in April 1981. On the basis of restoring the ancient buildings, we will repair it in phases. The Main Hall was restored in 1982. At the end of 1984, the repair and reconstruction of the eight scenic spots in Lingshan began. Various reconstruction and expansion works of the ancient temple are progressing year by year. The stone archway at the outer gate is 8 meters high and 6 meters wide, with four pillars and three doors. It is very tall.

The new inner mountain gate (ie Dashanmen). Construction started in the spring of 1999 and was completed in June 2000. It is about 4 meters high and has a construction area of ??more than 100 square meters. There are four tall stone dragon pillars with a majestic shape. There are two relief stone carvings of dragons spraying water and a number of stone carvings with flower and plant patterns on the wall. Above the gate, "Lingshan Temple" written by Zhao Puchu hangs. There is a stone plaque embedded below: "Lingshan Huguo Zen Temple".

The Guanyin Hall is also the Hall of the Heavenly King. The stone inscription on the door plaque reads: "Lingshan. In the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1706), the spring was revived, and the monk Xinruli lived in the mountain." Inside is a wooden plaque with the inscription "Wonderful and Solemn" inscribed on the merits; the woodcut is linked to the book written by the current abbot Shi Xin Yin. In the middle is the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, as well as the statues of Maitreya Buddha and Wei Tuo. On both sides are the clay sculptures of the four heavenly kings, which are tall and majestic.

The Main Hall. It was renovated in 1982 and converted into a structure with double eaves and four water slides from July to December 1991. The building area is hundreds of square meters. It is dedicated to the clay sculptures of the Three Tathagatas, which are very tall.

Recitation Hall. On the northwest side of the main hall, covering an area of ??about 150 square meters, there is a stone inscription on the wall that reads: "Mr. Zheng Shijin of Shenzhen City. The entire Buddhist chanting hall was built by Mr. Zheng with a donation of RMB 700,000. His good deeds are of immeasurable merit. In 1998 AD The spring of the year is auspicious."

Guanyin Pavilion. Next to the chanting hall, it covers an area of ??about 150 square meters. The entire Guanyin Pavilion was built by Mr. Chen and Ms. Yao, who donated RMB 712,000. In 1998 AD, Chun Ji was established.

Gongde Hall. Adjacent to Guanyin Pavilion, two floors, about 150 square meters. This Merit Hall was built with great dedication by Mr. Zhang’s five brothers and Mr. Huang. In 1998 AD, Chun Ji was established.

The southeast side of the main axis is the corridor. The upper end is on the first floor, the downstairs is the "Xinlan Hall", the roof is the monk's dormitory, and the lower end is the reception room. On the long wall in the middle of the corridor, there are nine inscriptions of various sizes embedded in the ancient "Record of the Edict to Lingshan to Open a Zen Monastery". Entering from the middle of the corridor is the Dazhai Hall. There are stairs in the hall to go up to the monks' quarters and the abbot's hall on the roof.

On the outside of the corridor is the Prajna Garden, and inside from south to north are the white stone trough, the consecration stele, the opening of the good storehouse, and the sutra writing platform. In front of Prajna Garden is Dakuocheng, and on the east side is a vegetarian restaurant.

Thousand Buddha Pagoda. Located on a mountain about 200 meters north of the temple, it was initiated by Abbot Shi Dinggen and donated more than 1 million yuan by devotees at home and abroad. Construction started in the spring of 1990 and was completed in September 1991. The inauguration ceremony was held on December 25. This Thousand Buddha Pagoda was built by the Stone Carving Factory in Hui'an County, Fujian Province. It is the first one in Chaoshan. It is 17 meters high and has 7 floors. Thousands of stone Buddha statues are placed on the lower three floors. There are stone steps inside to climb to the top of the tower. The inscription on the forehead of "Thousand Buddha Pagoda" is the calligraphy work of President Zhao Puchu. In front of the tower are a pair of stone lions, stone pillars and railings, stone steps as a path, and a pavilion built underneath.

Since ancient times, there have been "Eight Scenic Spots of Lingshan" here. It was restored at the end of 1984, and later renovated or rebuilt, giving it a completely new look. Hong Gui: In the 12th year of Tang Zhenyuan (785), Hong Gui (named Dading, originally from Putian, Fujian), Minister of Industry, was relegated to Chaoyang Prefecture. Xuanluo's hometown is Chaoyang. Hong's village was built in Qibei Township near Linkun, the old county seat. He recruited men to reclaim wasteland, dug Renyu Creek, built bridges and roads, owned many manors and workshops, and spread to the west bank of Lianjiang River and the outlet of Rongjiang River. He aspired to be "a rich county". Each of the Hong clan's family members owned thousands of acres of land owned by Lingshan Temple. After Sun Hongfenqiu resigned from office, he set up a garden around Houxi in Miancheng, Xinzhi, and set up a red-headed boat to do business. This is a well-known person whose records are relatively detailed and can be tested to this day, and who stimulated the economic development of Chaoyang.

Guo Zibin was born in Tongmeng, Chaoyang, in the 10th year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1860). He was the second among three brothers. His brother died young.

When Guo Zibin was young, he went to Shanghai alone to make a living. His younger brother inherited his father's business at home, practiced medicine and served his mother. After Guo Zibin achieved success in business in Shanghai, he cooperated with his cousin Zheng Peizhi (a native of Jinpu, Chaoyang) in 1915 and 1918. He successively invested heavily in establishing large-scale Hongyu yarn mill and Hongzhang textile and dyeing factory in Shanghai, and emerged as a famous company in modern Shanghai. industrialist. Mr. Guo also made many donations to medical and charitable causes in Shanghai and his hometown.

Cai Dongshi: A native of Tongyu Town, former deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. Cai Dongshi is the deputy director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Overseas Chinese Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Chinese Writers Association. He once served as Chairman of the Student Union of Sun Yat-sen University, Chairman of the Guangdong Federation of Students, and was the first Chairman of the Student Union of Sun Yat-sen University after the reform and opening up. He once served as reporter and deputy director of the Guangdong Branch of Xinhua News Agency. After 1987, he successively served as Deputy Director of the General Office of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee, Secretary-General and Director of the General Office, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee, Minister of Propaganda, Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Committee secretary. He has published dozens of literary works in newspapers such as "People's Daily" and "China Youth", and published a collection of literary works "Inch of Grass Heart".

Guo Renyuan, a native of Tongbo Village, Chaoyang County, Guangdong (now part of Tongbo Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City), is a modern Chinese psychologist and animal psychologist. The founder of the first psychology school in my country (School of Psychology, Fudan University). He settled in Hong Kong from 1946 until his death.

Cai Chusheng: A native of Tongyu Town, Chaoyang District, he joined Lianhua Film Company in 1931 as a screenwriter and director. He has written and produced the blockbuster "Yu Guang Song", "A River of Spring Water Flows East", etc. Excellent films. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as deputy director of the National Film Administration and chairman of the Chinese Film Workers Association, making outstanding contributions to our country's film industry.

Xu Shen, a native of the Northern Song Dynasty, also known as Xu Weizhi, also known as Huazhou. Born in Mangyu Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City today, his ancestral home is Fujian. In the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1010) of the Northern Song Dynasty, he took the palace examination and ranked first. Later, he served successively as the magistrate of Yinxian County, the magistrate of Shaozhou, Jizhou, Liuzhou and Jianzhou, and the provincial prison in Guangxi. In the second year of Jinghu (1035), he served as the transshipment envoy of Jiangnan East Road and was in charge of all roads in Jiangxi and Hunan. During his tenure, he paid attention to local construction, established public welfare undertakings, and cared about agricultural production, winning the respect of the people. During the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1068-1077), the imperial court implemented Wang Anshi's reform. Xu Shen wrote a letter to expose the shortcomings of the law and violated the emperor's will, so he was removed from the post of doctor in the Ministry of Justice. Later, he was appointed as the transfer envoy of Guangnan East Road, and eventually became a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment. He was listed as one of the Eight Sages of Chaozhou in the Tang and Song Dynasties. He is the author of "Gao Yang Collection".