Where is the Sun Temple in old Shanghai now?

The Taiyang Temple, also known as the Taiyang Changqing Zen Temple, is located in the northern border of Jingshan County, in the southeast valley of Xujiazhai in the Dahong Mountains. It is the largest temple in the history of Jingshan. Ma Ying of the Ming Dynasty said in "Rebuilding the Sun Temple": "There are mountains all around Beijing, but this mountain (Sun Mountain) is the highest. There are temples all over the capital, but this temple (Sun Temple) is the largest, which is also a wonder in the world."

From Yongzhen, Yuanhe to the early years of Changqing, it took more than thirty years to complete the temple, and it was named "Changqing Temple".

In the second year of Kaixi of the Song Dynasty (1206), he ordered his minister Su Gong to repair it.

It was rebuilt during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (around 1380) and renamed Sun Temple.

In the Guimaoqiu period of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1663), Monk Gu Feng of Jingling presided over the reconstruction.

Before and after liberation, the temple was destroyed and only two turtle steles remained.

The Sun Temple is located in an extraordinary geographical location. In ancient times, it was known as "Nine dragons go into the sea and circle the sun, and three lions lock the temple door." Sun Temple is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with nine mountain ridges surrounding the temple. There are three towering peaks at the entrance of the temple, two on the left and one on the right, intersecting the lock; behind there are the Xujiazhai peaks and steep cliffs, which are still majestic. This peak is also called Green Forest Village and Sun Mountain. The mountain is 884.9M high and is called the "Roof of Jianghan". At the end of the Western Han Dynasty (AD 17), in order to resist Wang Mang's rule, Wang Kuang and Wang Feng, people from Xinshi (Sanyang Kangjiabang), launched a peasant uprising in the Western Han Dynasty. Today, there are still some general platforms, training ground and city walls on the village. Gate posts etc.

The original Taiyang Temple covers an area of ??nearly 30 acres, has more than 100 monks' houses, and can accommodate more than 500 monks. The main building, the Main Hall, has 48 pillars, eaves and raised pavilions. It is magnificent and magnificent. There are also the Patriarch's Hall, the Jialan Hall, the Guanyin Hall, the Dongfang Zhang, the West Zhang, the Guest Hall, the Bell and Drum Tower, and other palaces and halls, which are well-proportioned with carved beams and paintings; gate towers, archways, screen walls, figurine walls, Buddha statues, sculptures, calligraphy and painting plaques and other exquisite masterpieces , majestic and majestic.

As a Buddhist holy place, Sun Temple has always been popular with incense. Pious men and women from hundreds of miles around come to burn incense, worship Buddha, and make wishes to gods. The temple fair on the third day of March every year is the peak season for tourists to Taiyang Temple. At that time, there are endless pilgrims and vendors; the temple bells are constantly ringing, cigarettes are lingering, and it is very lively.

Taiyo Temple is the birthplace of the "Soto" sect of Japanese Buddhism. Japan's Komazawa University "Buddhist Historical Relics Visiting Group" was headed by Shudo Ishii, a professor at the Faculty of Buddhism. Together with his wife Emi Ishii, a group of 12 people came to the Taiyoji site to "pilgrimage to the sacred sites" and inspect and take photos in September 1984. He was also given a book - "The Origin of Zen - Historical Traces of Chinese Buddhism" published by Omotoyama Sojiji Temple and supervised by Professor Hideo Sakurai of Komazawa University. The Japanese Buddha studied Buddhism and established his sect at the Taiyang Temple in China. There is a record of this: "Taiyang Mountain is located in the north of Jingshan. The Taiyang Temple was founded in the late Tang Dynasty. It was destroyed by war in the late Yuan Dynasty. It was rebuilt during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty..., 1. Late Tang Dynasty , Zen Master Xishun of the Mazu sect lived here; 2. Xingchong Zen Temple of the Deshan sect of the Five Dynasties built Taiyang Temple here; 3. During the Zhenzong period of the Song Dynasty, Zen Master Dayang Jingxuan carried forward the Caodong sect in Taiyang Temple; Furong of the Fazong sect Zen Master Daokai also lived here; 4. During the reigns of Renzong, Yingzong and Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Zen Master Touzi Yiqing revived the Caodong branch and became famous in the history of Zen Buddhism. "The Japanese visiting group came to the temple. As soon as he saw the ruins in front of the site, he prostrated on the ground and cried loudly. This scene shows how far-reaching the relationship between Taiyo Temple and Japanese Buddhist culture is.

The "Inscription on the Reconstruction of the Palace of the Sun Temple" written by the Qin Jia Dynasty in the Qin Dynasty records: The mountain is named after Beijing, the northern mountain is the first, the water is named after the rich, the rich are the first, the mountains and rivers are named after the sun, and the resort in the mountain is obtained. , the head of Changqing Zen Forest. There are four major imperial temples in central Hubei, namely Taiyang Temple, Duobao Temple, Bajiao Temple and Xingyang Temple, but Taiyang Temple is the largest and is called one of the largest imperial temples in Hubei. Ma Ying's "Stele Inscription" of the Ming Dynasty said: There are mountains all around Beijing, but this mountain is the highest. There are temples all over the mountains in Beijing, but this temple is the largest one and is a wonder in the world. In the blue sky, a Buddha statue squats, looking at it makes people take refuge. Therefore, incense has been flourishing for thousands of years, and pilgrims and tourists from hundreds of miles around have rushed to Sun Temple to burn incense, worship Buddha, and travel.

From the scale of Buddhist temple construction to the long-lasting influence of Buddhism, Taiyang Changqing Temple is not only a sacred place for Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, but also a grand sight of Chinese Buddhist temples. This world cultural heritage declined 19 years after the founding of New China and was in ruins for 40 years. This is a great pity. In 2002, the Sanyang Town People's Government organized a special team to conduct on-the-spot investigation and mapping of the Taiyang Temple site, and compiled a compilation of more than 80,000 words of information, which provided a reliable guarantee and laid a good foundation for the restoration of the Taiyang Changqing Temple.