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Chapter 2825 Lingyin Temple

Hangzhou Lingyin Temple was first built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 326), and has a history of about 700 years. It is the earliest famous temple in Hangzhou and one of the top ten ancient temples of Zen Buddhism in China.It is located at the foot of Lingyin Mountain in the west of West Lake in Hangzhou, backed by the North Peak and facing Feilai Peak.

The founder of the mountain was Monk Huili from West India. At the beginning of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he traveled from the Central Plains to Zhejiang and arrived at Wulin (now Hangzhou). When did the Buddha come here? While the Buddha was alive, he was mostly hidden by the spirits.” So a temple was built in front of the peak, called Lingyin.

When Lingyin Temple was in its heyday, there were nine floors, eighteen pavilions, 72 halls, [-] monk rooms, and more than [-] monks.Hangzhou was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong were often fortunate enough to drive in Lingyin, preside over temple affairs, and write calligraphy.During the Jiading period of Song Ningzong, it was known as one of the "Five Mountains" of Zen in the south of the Yangtze River.

Such a large-scale temple is really not comparable to the hundreds of monks like Dakong Temple. Lingyin Temple's status above the rivers and lakes is also quite prominent. After all, it is a thousand-year-old ancient temple. , will be able to win the respect of people in the rivers and lakes.

According to legend, the well-known monk Jigong became a monk in this Lingyin Temple. After Jigong became a Buddha, his title was 28 characters long: "Great Mercy, Great Compassion, Great Benevolence, Great Wisdom, Zijin Arhat, Venerable Master, Guangji, Master, Sanyuan Zanhua Tianzun", collected The combination of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism can be called the extreme of deification.Lingyin Temple has the Hall of Zen Master Daoji, which is full of incense.

In Lingyin Temple, there are thousands of monks, and there are many eminent monks. There are not a few eminent monks like Huikong and Huicong. The cultivation of Master Fawu is also quite high. The old thief Wufengzi asked their brothers The two killed Master Fawu, not to mention the degree of difficulty, once they succeeded, it would not be easy to get out of Lingyin Temple.

Along the way, the two brothers and sisters were full of confidence, and they also discussed that when they exchanged the dummy's head for work tomorrow, they would let Lingyin Temple produce some masters to wipe out the power of Ma Shaoxuan, the helm of Eastern Zhejiang.

Since they came out a bit late this time, when the two arrived at Lingyin Temple, it was already slightly dark.

When they came out this time, the two brothers and sisters came to discuss matters with Master Fa Wu, and they didn't intend to do anything with others, so the little ghost baby was handed over to Master Fan for safekeeping.

However, this time, he still brought a yellow-haired monkey and a large black cloth package, which contained a dummy head of Master Fawu. There was going to be a chase, so the two brothers and sisters were fully prepared this time.

Seeing that the temple gate of Lingyin Temple was in front of them, the two brothers and sisters got off their horses ahead of time and walked slowly towards the gate of the temple, holding the reins of the horses.

Just in time, there were two young monks guarding the gate of the temple. As soon as they saw Wu Feng and Zhou Ming's attire, they knew that they were not ordinary pilgrims, so they walked towards them together. One of the young monks was very polite. After performing a Buddhist ceremony, he said, "Amitabha... I don't know what the two benefactors are doing in Lingyin Temple?"

Wu Feng didn't talk too much, he quickly returned a salute, and said seriously: "Young master, please go and report, and say that it is Maoshan disciple Wu Feng and my elder brother Zhou Ming who have come to visit Master Fawu and have something important to do. talk over……"

(End of this chapter)