What ancient towns can be visited around Yiwu?

Interpretation of Yiwu Tourism Resources: "Ancient Town Tour"

Author: Gong Xianming Article Source: Yiwu News Network Number of Clicks: 1609 Update Time: 2007-9-14

< p>The Yinan Cultural and Religious Tourism Zone in our city is composed of four major sections: religious culture, ancient town commercial culture, traditional Chinese medicine and health care culture, and Wuzhishan ecological leisure. There are three key areas: the first is Fotang Ancient Street, the second is Shuanglin Scenic Area, and the third is Beilei Ancient Houses and Tangxiayang Ancient Houses. The most common feature of the three areas is an ancient character, which is either an ancient commercial port, an ancient temple, or an ancient residence.

The "ancient" reputation of the Buddhist temple is well-deserved. In May 1931, it was recorded in the "Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Chinese Place Names" compiled by Zang Lihe and others, published by the Commercial Press: "Fotang Town: on the east bank of the Dongyang River, 31 miles southwest of Yiwu County, Zhejiang. All cities and towns within the county "It is the most prosperous." As early as 1920, a post office was established in Fotang Town. People from other provinces could write letters to Zhejiang Fotang and receive them. On the map of China before liberation, Buddhist temples were also marked on provincial maps. In the second year of Xuantong in the late Qing Dynasty (1910), the county's earliest industrial and commercial federation (referred to as the Chamber of Commerce) was first established in the Buddhist hall. The earliest electric lighting company in the county (founded in 1914) first emitted light in the Buddhist temple. The existing (Jiaqing) "Yiwu County Chronicle" was reprinted in the early years of the Republic of China, with a total of 22 volumes and 496,000 words. It was founded by Zhu Guancong, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty and a native of the Buddhist Hall. It was printed in the Guan Cong Library in the new building of the Buddhist Hall. Factory reprint. Before the Northern Expedition, Fotang Salt Store was responsible for wholesale and retail business in several counties.

In order to protect the ancient town of Fotang, the local area invited Luo Zhewen, a famous domestic expert on ancient architecture, to inspect the town, and he spoke highly of the architectural groups of the ancient town of Fotang. In May this year, the "Buddhist Temple Historical and Cultural Villages and Towns Protection Plan" was compiled and passed the review. Shuanglin Scenic Area has prepared a master plan, detailed planning, individual building design, etc. have been designed and are now under construction. The Beilei Ancient Village Tourist Area currently has no overall plan, and most of the ancient residential buildings are in urgent need of repair and protection.

Since August, the municipal government has re-established the Fotang Ancient Town and Shuanglin Construction Headquarters, once again putting the development and construction of the ancient town and Shuanglin on the agenda. Recently, the headquarters has held a series of meetings, which also marks that the development and construction of Guzhen and Shuanglin have entered a substantial stage.

Listen to the sound of Sanskrit in a thousand-year-old temple

There is a reservoir called Shuanglin 6 kilometers south of Yiwu City. Walking under the embankment of Shuanglin Reservoir, you can see broken bricks and tiles everywhere. Most of them are relics from before the Ming Dynasty, many of which are from the Tang and Song dynasties. Remnants of tiles from the Six Dynasties are also easy to find. From the ruins buried under the water, we can find out how noisy and prosperous this place was in ancient times, especially before the Song Dynasty. This is the ancient city that once led the way and was "the most solemn in the Kingdom of Sinian". Shuanglin Temple.

The past prosperity has long since sunk to the bottom of the water; the sun and the moon flew by, and in the 1980s, the country opened wide and exchanges between the East and the West were frequent. Before they even looked at it differently, some guests from the East and the West came here intent on looking for it. As a result, Shuanglin Temple and the name of its founder Fu Xi were mentioned again and again. After years of development and construction, the "Baolin Sanskrit" scenic spot, which is the core and soul of the entire scenic spot, has now appeared in front of people's eyes.

Compared with the beautiful but not amazing natural landscape resources, the historical and cultural resources of Shuanglin Scenic Area are extremely honest and powerful. The historical Shuanglin Temple was built in the era of "Four Hundred and Eighty Temples in the Southern Dynasties". The matter can be traced back to Songtuo Bodhidharma. According to the research of Mr. Feng Zhilai of Yiwu, this Bodhidharma is the Indian monk Bodhidharma who was the first ancestor of Chinese Zen and the twenty-eighth ancestor of Western Heaven who spent nine years facing the wall in Songshan Mountain. Bodhidharma met Fu Xi, then 24 years old, at the foot of Jiting Pond in the first year of Liang Pongtong (AD 520). Twenty years later, Fu Xi has become a famous monk admired by all parties, and formed a Buddhist relationship with Emperor Wu of Liang. In 550 AD, Emperor Wu of Liang ordered the construction of Shuanglin Temple.

The founder of Shuanglin Temple, Master Fu (AD 497-569), was a native of Jiting, Yiwu Buddhist Hall. His name was Xi and his courtesy name was Xuanfeng. He was also known as Master Shanhui. Among the more than 2,000 eminent monks who can be traced in the history of Chinese Buddhism, he is one of the few people who can be called a "great scholar". He is also regarded as the counterpart of Maitreya, and was the first person to advocate the unity of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. His thoughts of "natural wisdom and deep understanding of Mahayana" were one of the theoretical sources of later sects such as Zen Buddhism.

In the first year of Chen Taijian (569), Master Fu passed away and asked his disciples to divide his relics into two parts, one on the tomb and one on the top of Yunhuang Mountain, and build pagodas at the two places. In the fourth year of Taijian, Emperor Chen Xuan ordered Xu Ling of Donghai to write an inscription for the great scholar. In the fifth year, Emperor Xuan agreed to be the protector of Shuanglin Temple. By the time of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, in the 16th year of the founding of the Emperor (595), Emperor Wen once sent greetings to Master Huize, a disciple of the great scholar, and later wrote to Shuanglin Temple three times. During the reign of Emperor Yangdi, Shuanglin Temple still exchanged letters with the imperial court. This was probably the heyday of Shuanglin Temple, under the management of Master Fu and his disciples of all generations, when "from the emperor to the common people, they all responded to the opportunity", "helped countless people", and "the palace of preaching" (the postscript was re-engraved by Master Fu).

In the Five Dynasties, King Qian of Wuyue respected the Buddha and welcomed the relics of great masters to be offered in Qiantang. In the third year of Emperor Yingzong's rule in the Song Dynasty (1066), the emperor bestowed upon him the "Baolin Temple" and the monk's residence at that time. There are still 1,200 couplets left.

In the second year of Emperor Huizong's reign in the Song Dynasty, the emperor granted 10 hectares of land. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Shuanglin Temple was listed as the eighth temple among the Five Mountains and Ten Temples. By the Yuan Dynasty, Shuanglin Temple had hosted dozens of Japanese monks. This is probably the period of the Mid-Resurgence of Shuanglin Temple. Together with its early prosperity, people call it "Shuanglin Temple is the largest temple in eastern Zhejiang." It is called solemn first." In the Qing Dynasty, the Shuanglin Iron Pagoda was rebuilt and was still called "Shuanglin Temple. It was known as the third in the world and the first in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

The current planning of Shuanglin Scenic Area has set up eight scenic spots: Baolin Fansheng, Yunhuangshaying, Tuashi Chongguang, Bamboo Forest Chaifei, Shuangzhou Kongse, Canghai Baihui, Jintai Sword Test, Huilan Tingtao, etc. is a "scenic tourist area featuring famous Buddhist temples and focusing on cultural recreation." Among them, Baolin Fansheng is the core and soul of the entire scenic spot, including the remains of the iron tower recast by the Five Dynasties of Shuanglin Temple for more than a thousand years.

When we came to the newly built Shuanglin Temple (Baolin Fansheng), we saw a large architectural group imitating the architecture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It consists of the archway, the mountain gate, the Tianwang Hall, the Main Hall, the Master Fu Hall, the Buddhist Scripture Tower, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the poems and books of famous people in the past dynasties, and the emperor's imperial edicts and stele carving corridors.

Out of Shuanglin Temple, in the small pavilion beside Shuanglin Reservoir, stands the oldest existing iron tower in my country - Shuanglin Iron Tower. It is also the treasure of Shuanglin Ancient Temple. It was cast in the second year of Zhou Guangshun (952) after the Five Dynasties. The shape of the tower is an octagonal pavilion. Today, there are only two floors of the tower body, three floors of the tower eaves, one floor of the top, one tower base and one hook rail. The remaining height is 2.15 meters. Among them, the base of the tower is a three-story stepped structure, with the surface cast in the shape of waves and sea animals, shrinking layer by layer from bottom to top, similar to the stupa of the Five Dynasties period in Qixia Mountain, Nanjing. There are 128 Buddha statues cast on the pagoda. There are forehead beams and brackets on each side of the pagoda. There is a Buddha statue between the brackets. There are two coiled dragons cast on the pillars at each corner. At the same time, there are also patterns of nine mountains and eight seas cast on the body of the tower, including dragons spraying water, soaring auspicious clouds, horned beasts galloping, etc. It is vivid and vivid after viewing, and its exquisite craftsmanship is unparalleled.