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Huishan Temple is located 6 km north of Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province Songshan Mountain The southern foot accumulated under the Cuifeng, was built in 北魏孝文帝 Period (471 ~ 499 years), is the ancient Songshan area monks of the center of ordination, and Shaolin Temple , Temple of Dharma-king , Songyue Temple And called Songshan four temples. [1-2]
Huishan Temple is located in the north facing the south, the existing two into two houses, 11 buildings in the west, 7 buildings in the east, of which the Daxiong Treasure Hall was founded in the Yuan Dynasty, after many times rebuilt, its building out of the eaves far-reaching, Dougong large, is the only remaining wood structure of the Yuan Dynasty in Songshan area. In addition to the main hall, the other buildings are hard mountain type gray tile roof. Huishan Temple contains the existing Eastern Wei Dynasty" Zhongyue Songyang Temple stele ", the Northern Qi "Huishan Temple Stele" and other tombstones engraved more than 30, Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty more than 120 ancient trees, Ming Dynasty cast a large iron bell, the temple has Tang Dynasty Jingzang Buddhist Pagoda There are 5 brick towers in the Qing Dynasty in the southwest and southeast. [2-3]
On June 25, 2001, Huishan Temple was declared by The State Council of the People's Republic of China as The fifth batch of key national cultural relics under protection [4] . On August 1, 2010, including the Hoi Sun Temple Dengfeng "heaven and earth" historical buildings It is listed as a World Cultural Heritage site. [5]
Chinese name
Hoi Seon Temple
Foreign name
Huishan Temple
Geographical position
Songshan southern foot, Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan province
age
Yuan Zhiqing
Protection level
The fifth batch of key national cultural relics under protection
Approving unit
State Council, People's Republic of China
numbering
IV-354
Class number
IV-160

Historical evolution

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会善寺前身为魏孝文帝 metamacro In the first year of Zhengguang (520), the Sinju Temple was rebuilt, and after the collapse of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it became a place for Buddhist activities.
Sui Kai Emperor five years (585), renamed Songyue Temple, after Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty Give the name Hui Shan Temple.
The tang dynasty Empress Wu Zetian Visit this temple, worship Dao An Zen master for the national master, give the name of the Anguo Temple, and set the town of gold steel Buddha in the temple. The Tang Dynasty added temples, altars and towers, which were on a grand scale.
Five dynasties in Songshan glass altar Na Fa, also known as "Feng Zen Temple". The back beam is obsolete.
Song Taizu Kaibao five years (972), gave the name "Songyue glass altar" and "General Assembly good Temple".
From the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty (1264-1295), it was named "Wanshou Zen Temple". [2-3]
Hoi Seon Temple

Architectural feature

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Huishan Temple Nobita hall for Timber construction It skillfully applied the principles of mathematics, mechanics and architecture. The typical practices of single eaves, long eaves, huge dougong and simple shape, such as dougong, corner beam, milk, 剳, Ding, orange head and Dinghua plaster chin arch, all reflect the important characteristics of the building technology of the Yuan Dynasty. [1] [6]
Huishan Temple Jingzang Buddhist tower for octagonal brick tower, fine technology, unique shape, brick instead of wood, realistic performance of the Tang Dynasty octagonal pavilion wood structure pillars, square, dougong, doors and Windows and other practices, it is valuable, reflecting the Tang Dynasty architectural technology and characteristics of The Times. [7]

relics

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Huishan Temple sits north to south, of which the axis of the preservation of the wall, the gate, the main hall, on both sides of the east and west rooms and other 8 historical buildings. The mountain facade is 5 wide, 3 deep, the hard mountain small gray tile top, the middle 3 voucher door, the Ming room door coupon is embedded in the rectangular horizontal plaque "Huishan Temple" 3 words, the white jade Amitabha Buddha 1, the Ming Zhou King gift. [1]
Huishan Temple on the east and west sides of the mountain gate to build a single hard mountain to make ye door, after the Daxiong hall, the platform has Ming Chenghua seven years (1471) iron bell 1, more than 1 meters high, weight 650 kilograms.
On the west slope of Huishan Temple, the glass altar created by Tang Dynasty famous monk Nhat Hanh was destroyed in the five dynasties. There are still two stone pillars of Tang Dynasty, the pillars are carved with the image of the heavenly king and the pillars are carved with ghosts and gods. There are Tang Jingzang Buddhist Pagoda in the west of the temple, and 5 brick pagodas in the Qing Dynasty in the southwest and southeast.
The main existing inscriptions in Huishan Temple include the Stele of Song Yang Temple in the Middle of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Stele of Huishan Temple in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Stele of Dao An Zen Master in the Tang Dynasty, and the Record of Huishan Temple. [2]
  • Grand Hall of the Yuan Dynasty
Huishan Temple Daxiong Hall face five wide, deep three, the single eaves of the mountain gray drum tile green glazed tile cut edge top, the eaves of the hall with a huge dougong, the temple for reducing columns. The front open room of the hall is a partition door, the remaining four are a partition sill window, and the back open room is a panel door. The hall was built in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt many times, and the wooden frame and dougong under the eaves are relics of the Yuan Dynasty. [2]
  • Jingzang Buddhist Pagoda
Jingzang Buddhist Pagoda
Jingzang Buddhist Monk Pagoda is located in the west of Huishan Temple, single-storey single-eaves octagonal brick, built in the fifth year of Tang Tianbao (746). The plane is equilateral octagonal, and the tower is 10.3 meters high. The lower part of the base is 2.6 meters high, and the upper part of the base is built with a simple beard seat, and three horizontal pot doors are built on each side of the waist part. On top of the tower is an octagonal tower modeled after the wooden pavilion of the Tang Dynasty, with leaning columns at each corner. There is a single ticket door in the south, which can enter the tower room, and the interior plane is octagonal and the vault top. The east and west sides of the tower are carved into the imitation forest structure gate, and the herringbone brackets are carved on the diaphragm forehead. The north side of the pagoda is inlaid with 1 square stone inscription, which describes the life story of Jingzang Zen master. The other four sides are carved with broken mullion Windows, and each corner column has brackets. Above the tower is a stacked eaves, on which there is a layer of Xumui style and decorative carved bricks such as mountain flowers and banana leaves, and on the top is a stone carved rosette and a flame jewel shaped pagoda. [7]
  • Zhongyue Songyang Temple stele
The remains of the "Hoi Sun Temple" Zhongyue Songyang Temple stele "For the Eastern Wei Xiaojing Emperor Tianping two years (535) engraved. The head of the monument is carved with six coiling dragons and Buddha statues, and the claws are twisted into an arch Tong niche, and the niche is a Buddha in relief. The statue on the south face of the monument has 12 layers, the upper 11 layers each have 8 Buddhas, and the bottom layer has 6 Buddhas, a total of 94 Buddhas. In the middle of the upper half of the shrine on the north side of the monument, there is a large Buddha, surrounded by several small Buddhas, flying around the forehead, the skin is plump, flying posture is calm. The relief pattern on the side of the monument, regulating Qi raghu. The fine carving of the whole monument, the beauty of the lines and the symmetry of the layout structure are rare in Songshan ancient stone carvings. [8]
Zhongyue Songyang Temple stele

History and culture

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  • Famous monks of the past dynasties
Tao An Zen master secular life 128 years old, after the Sui and Tang dynasties eight emperors, because than its teacher Five grandfathers, great patience He is 20 years older, so he has the good name of "Old Ann". Dao An Yun travel to Mount Song, see will good temple quiet and quiet, convenient way: "is my end of the place also." He settled there for 45 years. [9]
In the Tang Dynasty, Huishan Temple produced a large number of eminent monks, such as Yuan Tong, Jingzang and astronomers A row All are from the temple [7] . Monk line once in Huishan Temple "set five Buddhas are thinking of the altar", the specific presiding over the preaching, so that Huishan Temple became the Buddhist center of Songluo area at that time. [10]
  • Academic view
When Huishan Temple was built, there are two opinions in academic circles. One began in the Han Dynasty, one began in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Ming Dynasty "Song book", Qing Dynasty "said Song", "Song Mountain records", "Song Yue travels", "Dengfeng County records" in the "Hui Shan Temple" article, the text is much the same, for the construction of the temple, all said "the Northern Wei Xiaowen emperor from the palace also", which is widely circulated. [6]
antiquarian Liang Sicheng Mr. Zhang commented: "The Jingzang Buddhist Monk Tower is a very true reflection of the imitation wood structure of the Tang Dynasty." In the 1930s, Liang Sicheng, Liu Dunzhen Mr. Li has also pointed out: "Among the tomb towers of brick structure in the Tang Dynasty, the most wooden structure is used, only the Jingzang Zen Master Tower, and the style of wood structure in the prosperous Tang Dynasty can be inferred from this." But as far as the octagonal plane is concerned, there is no more important and older material that we know of now." [6]
  • Ancient poetry
Ming Wu Sanle has a poem entitled "Rain will good Temple view tea list stone carvings", which said: "Temple rain people are still over, floral wine so with. Look for the source of the water, the mist to see the mountain. The tree smell Qingxin, moss more than recognize the tablet. Hu Xi monk sees off guests, a smile has a friend." [6]
Jingzang Buddhist Pagoda

Value of cultural relics

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Huishan Temple is a representative figure of Buddhism's participation in astronomical activities and the study of the evolution history of ancient Chinese cosmology Monk procession The house of monastic practice is a testimony to the representative figures of Buddhism and the concept of "heaven and earth". [5]
Daxiong Hall of Huishan Temple is the only existing wooden structure of Yuan Dynasty in Songshan area, and its architectural form and technology are of great significance to the study of Chinese architectural history. [1]
Jingzang Buddhist monk Pagoda is studied Buddhist architecture After being introduced into China, the integration of traditional Chinese architecture provides precious physical materials, which has important value in the history of architecture. [7]
The inscriptions in Huishan Temple are of great calligraphic artistic value and historical document value. [2]
Daxiong Hall of Huishan Temple

Protective measure

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On June 25, 2001, Huishan Temple was announced by The State Council of the People's Republic of China as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. [4]
In March 2006, the renovation project of Huishan Temple, which lasted for 3 years and invested more than 4 million yuan, was completed [10] . In December of the same year, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced the adjusted "Preparatory List of World Cultural Heritage in China", and Dengfeng's "heaven and Earth" historical buildings were listed among them. During the application period, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage sent staff and experts to the site for many times to guide the implementation of various work. The Henan Provincial Government and the Zhengzhou Municipal Government earnestly implemented the opinions of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and successively completed the compilation of the documents of the relics, the protection and display of the heritage, environmental remediation, the construction of special regulations, the construction of management institutions, the construction of archival materials, the monitoring of the heritage, and social publicity. [5]
On August 1, 2010, Huishan Temple was listed as a World Cultural Heritage as part of Dengfeng's "Heaven and Earth" historical complex. [5]
Huishan Temple looks into the wall

Tourist information

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  • Geographical position
Huishan Temple is located at the southern foot of Mount Song, 6 kilometers north of Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, under the Jicui peak. [2]
Hoi Seon Temple
  • Traffic route
Self-drive route: From Zhengzhou, enter Zhengshao high-speed Navigation Road connection line 4.2 km, enter Zhenglu high-speed 61.6 km, enter Dengfeng Avenue 4.4 km, enter Xihai Line 7.5 km to Songshan Scenic spot.
Tour bus: Take the Airport Line 3 bus from Xinzheng International Airport to Zhengzhou Railway Station East Square, and then take the special bus from Zhengzhou Central Station opposite the East Square to Songshan Scenic Area. [11]