When is the best time to visit Huayan Temple in Zhitishan, a Millennium ancient temple?

The best time for Huayan Temple, the Millennium Temple in Zhiti Mountain: Ningde has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, with a warm and humid climate, with an annual average temperature of 14℃-20℃, a maximum temperature of 28℃-29℃ in July and a minimum temperature of 1 month of around 8℃. The landforms of Ningde are complex and diverse, including mountains, hills, basins, plains and other landforms, and the microclimates in different regions are quite different.

Although there is a certain temperature difference between coastal and inland areas, in general, Ningde has a warm climate and abundant precipitation, and can travel all year round. March-June is the rainy season in Ningde every year, with continuous rainy weather, and July-September is the season with frequent typhoons and heavy rains. When traveling to Ningde at this time, you need to pay attention to the weather forecast and prepare rain gear and other related items.

Ningde Huotong Zhiti Mountain is located more than 40 kilometers northwest of Ningde City. According to the Buddhism "Hua Yan Jing Bodhisattva Residence", "There is a saying that there is a mountain in the southeast called Zhiti, and there is a Buddha who crowns the sky, all living with their families." "Zhiti" is a Buddhist term. "It is said that all merits and demerits are gathered in it, so the world seeks happiness and everyone knows its respect" ("Da Sun Jing"). Therefore, Zhiti Mountain is regarded by Buddhists as the Dojo of the Buddha's lecture, and there is a saying that "if you don't reach Zhiti, you will be a monk". Zhiti Mountain is more than 700 meters above sea level. Fiona Fang stretches for one hundred miles, with countless peaks and mountains, and vertical streams. Where Huayan Temple is located, the surrounding peaks are arched like lotus flowers in Chiba, and the temple is just in the flower center, which is a magnificent scene. Many mountain caves are called by Buddhist terms, such as Puxian Peak, Vimal Peak, Bodhisattva Peak, Tianguanlin, Dishi Peak, Bobo Peak, Xianyan, Xianglu Peak, Relic Cave and Ganlu Spring. There are many temples on the mountain, including Xiao Zhi Ti Temple, Xianfeng Temple, Xianyan Temple, Kanluo Temple and Nryana Cave Temple.

Huazang Temple, as the Buddhist center of Zhiti Mountain, has been in it for more than one thousand years. Huayan Temple, also known as Huazang Temple, is one of the national key Buddhist temples in Han nationality areas. It was built in the fourth year of Song Kaibao (97 1 year), because the North Korean monk stone paid tribute to Huayan Sutra here in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial court successively conferred titles such as "Huayan Temple" and "Yongxi Temple". In the Ming Dynasty, it was given the names of "Huazang Temple" and "manjuji". Huayan Temple has experienced many vicissitudes, and all the eminent monks in the past dynasties devoted themselves to the glory of the ancient temple. According to temple records, there are as many as twenty or thirty people, such as Yuan Biao and Ben Jing in the Tang Dynasty, Bai Yuan, Wu Li and Long Bian in the Song Dynasty, Ping Chu and Cheng Jian in the Yuan Dynasty, Wu Tong, Daqian, Tianen and Qiao Yun in the Ming Dynasty, and Yuan Men, Yongxin and Wuru in the Qing Dynasty.

There is still a pagoda monument in the east of the temple, which says, "Ming gives purple to move the pagoda." The Great Migration Master, whose real name is Yang, was born in Yan Dou (now Beijing). He is the son of Yang Bangqing, a bodyguard of Ming Zuo, and became a monk at the age of 65,438+09. In the first year of Wanli, he was called into the deep mountains to revive the Buddha, which lasted for 9 years. After that, he died and everyone built a tower to commemorate him. The gate of Zhiti Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, and the title of "the first mountain in the world" was given by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. At present, the "Huazang Temple" plaque in front of the temple is inscribed by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. The Buddha statues enshrined in the Hall of the Great Hero are quite distinctive, among which Sakyamuni Buddha, with a golden body of six feet, is a solemn Buddha statue. On the right is the six-toothed white elephant of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra holding purple riding; On the left is a manjusri bodhisattva with a wishful treasure and riding a green lion. The center of the temple is dedicated to the Buddha statue of Pilu Jinna. This Buddha statue is the treasure of the court in the twenty-five years of Wanli of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1597). It weighs about 1000 kilograms and is a double-layer hollow round body. The Buddha sat on the lotus seat, wearing a golden crown and a hand seal. His face was serene and radiant.

There is an iron-cast Buddha statue of Tianguan in the Ming Dynasty (commonly known as the Thousand Saints Tianguan Bodhisattva) in the temple, which was given by Empress Renxiao, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty during Yongle period. The original total was 1000, and now there are 947 statues. 20 kg in each aspect and about 33 cm in height. Their shapes, such as sitting cross-legged, or samadhi prints, are similar in hearing and speaking, with different expressions and vivid shapes. They are all lifelike and are precious cultural relics in the temple. Up to now, there is a well-preserved Buddhist scripture "Yongle Beizang" in Ming Dynasty, with 678 letters and 6780 volumes, which was given by Ming Shenzong in the 27th year of Wanli (A.D. 1599) and became the treasure of the town hall. This Buddhist classic is now rare in China. At the same time, there is also a gold embroidered five-claw dragon purple dress given to Beijing satin by the emperor in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. The original gold hook Yuhuan has been lost for a long time.

Purple clothes have been passed down to this day, and the exquisite craftsmanship is amazing. During the Second Revolutionary Civil War, Huayan Temple became a revolutionary base in eastern Fujian. 1934 In September, the Mindong Independent Division of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants led by Comrade Ye Fei was proclaimed in Zhiti Temple and began a difficult revolutionary course. Tianfengge under the platform of Zhiti Mountain was the rear hospital of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants at that time, and the rocks beside Bizhi Cliff were the martyrdom of the Red Army 18 warriors. On July 1984 and 1, Ningde prefectural committee set up a monument in Huazang Temple to commemorate the establishment of Mindong Independent Division of Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants. Today, Huazang Temple, which is based on the Millennium Temple in eastern Fujian, is bathed in the sunshine of reform and opening up.

Under the leadership of the Party and the government, monks conscientiously implemented the policy of religious belief, carried forward the fine tradition of Buddhism "paying equal attention to agriculture and Zen, and assiduously practicing internal strength", and comprehensively repaired the temple. The temple gate, Ursa Mahayana Hall, Galapagos Hall, Ancestral Hall, Tibetan Classics Building, etc. have all been repaired, and a new Buddhist chanting hall and release pool have been built, making this ancient temple in the deep mountains "full of clouds and mountains, and the Rizhao Imperial Palace full of sunshine".