Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple

Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou was first built in the second year of Emperor Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, Huang Shougong, a wealthy man in Quanzhou, dreamed of a lotus growing in mulberry trees, so he built a temple in the mulberry garden, so he was originally named "Lotus Temple". In the 26th year of Kaiyuan, he was renamed Kaiyuan Temple.

Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou is famous for its "Ten Weirds", namely "Mulberry Trees and Lotus", "Purple Clouds Cover the Earth", "Nan Dew Altar", "All Grasses Will Not Grow", "Eastern and East Stone Tower", "Stealing Body with Your Arms", "Arrogant Monk", "Architectural Monk", "Ancient Longyan Well", and "Manjushri's Ink Trace".

During the Song Dynasty, the construction of temples and temples on Fujian Road was at its peak. Although the imperial court was currently promoting Buddhism, because the mountains of Fujian Road were high and the emperor was far away, many more than a thousand temples and temples were built one after another, including ten temples and fifteen temples in Quanzhou.

Among them, Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, Chongfu Temple and Chengtian Temple are known as the "three major jungles".

The Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou is constructed with a towering pavilion, magnificent and magnificent door, with four doors and lattices, and the windows are surrounded by lattices. The name of the building is covered with a dome, and the elixir is bright and radiant. Among them, the statue of the Buddha Mother of Cunti is painted with gold lacquer, which is polite and beautiful, with a golden face full of moon, and a lotus robe.

In addition, a Buddhist temple was built in front of the pavilion, with two corridors on its wings, which were prepared in the East and West Zen Hall, Galan, the ancestors, the living room, the dormitory, and the sakura.

The Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou faces north and south, with Ziyun Ping, Tianwang Hall, worship pavilion, worship court, east and west corridors, the Great Hall, Ganlu Spray Altar, Sutra Pavilion and Wuguan Hall; the guest wing Qingtan Yuehua, the Qiongtang, the Qiong Tower Courtyard and the Dizang Pavilion, the West wing has Meritor Hall, Zunmei Courtyard, Yonglu Temple and Qilin Wall.

Because Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou is the largest Buddha temple on Fujian Road and the Buddhist temple is built tall and majestic, there are endless pilgrims coming to Kaiyuan Temple to make wishes, fulfill vows, burn incense, give alms, and worship Buddha.

At the same time, Kaiyuan Temple and its surroundings were extremely lively, and various vendors gathered here, selling various merchants, including Han merchants, foreign merchants and Hu merchants.

Early this morning, countless vendors in Kaiyuan Temple got up early, emitting various commercial goods early, and sold commercial goods to the pilgrims who came to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha.

Just as Si Shi was approaching, people who came to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha or travel were already bustling with people.

At this time, five sedan chairs and dozens of people riding horses came to the mountain gate of Kaiyuan Temple.

"Mom, please wait!" Li Sanjian, the parent official of Quanzhou and the governor of Quanzhou, was wearing a regular official uniform. After arriving at Kaiyuan Temple, he quickly turned over and got off the horse, walked quickly to a sedan chair, lifted the curtain, and helped his mother Fu Erniang out.

Since Li Sanjian took office in Quanzhou, he has been busy with state affairs all day and has hardly traveled around. This day is the day when the official is closed. Today, Fu Erniang went to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense again. Therefore, Fu Erniang ordered Li Sanjian to come to Kaiyuan Temple with him to burn incense and make wishes for Li Sanjian. Those who followed Fu Erniang and his son were of course Li Sanjian's three wives and concubines who were as beautiful as flowers and jade and Li Nan, the aunt of the prefect of the prefect, and were also the followers of Quanzhou Prefect Li Sanjian, who were guarding the personal soldiers, such as Shitou and Gun'er. At this time, Shankui and Xu Biao were all generals in the army and needed to lead troops in the military camp. Therefore, it was impossible to protect Li Sanjian at all times. Therefore, the personal soldiers of the prefect of the prefect were personally selected by Li Sanjian for Li Sanjian.

Li Sanjian has never had any children for a long time and has always been a heart-wrenching problem of Fu Erniang, and he is worried. Therefore, everything is ready today, just waiting to burn incense and worship Buddha for Li Sanjian, petition, etc.

Later, when I got home, my daughter-in-law became pregnant...

"Bang!" Fu Erniang slapped Li Sanjian's hand and said angrily: "Where, I'm not old enough to walk."

At this time, Li Sanjian's wife, concubine, aunt and others had already got out of the sedan chair and gathered beside Fu Erniang.

In fact, the prefect's mansion is not far from Kaiyuan Temple. Fu Erniang and others originally planned not to reach this point, but the situation in Quanzhou is currently tense, and the people in the city are mixed. In order to ensure the safety of their mother and others, Li Sanjian used the prefect's ceremonial guards and personal guards.

"Mom, my mother, even so, even though you are young and beautiful, you can't be so fast, right?" Li Sanjian saw his mother walking towards Kaiyuan Temple quickly, so he hurriedly chased after him.

Li Sanjian's three wives, concubines, aunts, and sisters also followed them into the temple with laughter.

The prefect brought his mother, wives and concubines to Kaiyuan Temple in person to burn incense and worship Buddha, and of course the people gave up a way.

The people dodged a path, and looked at Li Sanjian and his family with great curiosity, and whispered.

It’s okay if Li Taishou is young, this is something that many people know, but his mother looks so young and beautiful, she looks less than forty years old, and her wives and concubines are all beautiful, like gods in the sky, which is really envious!

So everyone envies, jealous, and angry, but there is nothing to hate... When it comes to seeing handsome men and beautiful women, who will hate them? Unless they are dark in their hearts.

It is common for the Song Dynasty’s top scholar to have a few beautiful wives and concubines...

"I have met Donor Fu and Master Li!"

The prefect of Quanzhou, Li Sanjian, came to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, and had already alarmed the Kaiyuan Temple monks, who reported to the abbot Master Huijing, so Master Huijing personally led people to welcome him before the mountain gate.

During the Song Dynasty, you were not able to become a monk if you wanted to be a monk, or you could not do it if you wanted to be a monk if you wanted to be a monk if you wanted to be a monk. All this requires permission from the government.

The government gave monks, nuns, Taoists, and crowns legal certificates of becoming a monk, is called "District of Destiny". Only after having a District of Destiny can one become a monk.

The court or government strictly controls the number of monks, nuns, Taoists and crowns, because monks can be exempted from many taxes and labor service.

When the imperial court or government finances are in a tight situation, even the tuition certificates are sold to increase income, which is called "selling certificates".

The court or government even has the right to order monks to return to secular life and to cancel all the privileges they enjoy.

Therefore, facing Li Sanjian, the prefect of Quanzhou who controlled their fate, the monks at Kaiyuan Temple did not dare to neglect them, while the abbot Master Huijing respectfully welcomed him outside the mountain gate.

"Master, I have brought you all the people. Let me show you why my son has never had a queen? My son...will he be the queen?" Fu Erniang often comes here to burn incense and worship Buddha, so he is more familiar with Master Huijing, so Fu Erniang asked Master Huijing straight to the point.

Fu Erniang's anxiety was beyond words.

After hearing this, Master Huijing looked at Li Sanjian and his wife and concubines carefully, and said with a smile: "The people of Li Zhizhou are deep and wide, with a round chin. This is a sign of many children and blessings. What is the ultimate queen? The same is true for the daughter-in-law. Don't worry, don't worry."

"Buddha bless me, bless me

My son will continue the Li family as soon as possible. If he fulfills his wish, he will definitely reshape his golden body..." Fu Erniang was overjoyed when she heard this. She first bowed to the Main Hall, and then asked Master Xiang Huijing, "My son has been married for nearly four years, why is he still...?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, go to the Zen room first to rest. Later, I personally arrange for Li Zhizhou to ask for a visa and ask for divination?" Master Huijing smiled when he heard this.

"Thank you, Master!" Fu Erniang said happily when she heard this.

"Mom...you...why are you? I'll see the scenic spots, how about going back?" Li Sanjian hurriedly advised.

Li Sanjian didn't believe in the statement of face or asking for a fortune-telling.

If you have been married for several years without children, it is mostly related to your health or that matter, so Li Sanjian is extremely reluctant to ask for a fortune-telling.

"Stop talking, don't be able to blaspheme the Bodhisattva. Today you must listen to me." Fu Erniang glared at Li Sanjian and interrupted Li Sanjian's words.

"What I listen to my mother," Li Sanjian, who was extremely filial, had no choice but to nod and respond.

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Asking for a fortune teller is to pray for the gods and seek divination.

Before asking for a visa, worship Buddha first, that is, bow to Buddha Bodhisattva.

Because he was seeking a child, Fu Erniang ordered Li Sanjian to bow and worship the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

So Li Sanjian knelt on the cushion, put his forehead on the ground, and kowtowed several times to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

After the ceremony, Li Sanjian could not get up and remained kneeling. After a monk from Kaiyuan Temple handed the sign to Li Sanjian, Li Sanjian held the sign in both hands and shook it gently, and he was muttering...

Li Sanjian had to do this, but my mother Fu Erniang was staring at her...

In a moment, Li Sanjian shook out a sign and landed it on the ground.

The monk picked up the spiritual sign and handed it to Master Huijing on the side.

The types of spiritual signs are divided into nine types: upper, upper, upper, lower, upper; middle, middle, lower; upper, lower, upper, lower, lower, lower, and lower. In addition, there are other spiritual signs.

Drawing a lottery for the top is basically what you want.

But the spiritual sign that Li Sanjian drew was extremely strange. It was so strange that Master Huijing trembled slightly after seeing it. Cold sweat had already flowed down, and the monk's robe was wet on the vest.

No one has ever drawn this kind of spiritual sign since Kaiyuan Temple opened.

"Master, are you..." Li Sanjian, who had been waiting for Master Huijing to explain the signature, asked in extraordinary confusion when he saw this.

At worst, he got the lottery, so why did he look like this? Li Sanjian was secretly puzzled.

After drawing the lottery, he immediately slapped his butt and left. Can't he give birth to a child if he signs? Li Sanjian said in his heart.

Fu Erniang and others who had been waiting anxiously were also looking at Master Huijing in surprise.

"Fu... donor... Li Zhizhou... Please forgive me for my presumptuousness and ask the old lady and her wife to ask for a fortune teller." After a while, Master Huijing said to Fu Erniang, Li Sanjian and others.

Fu Erniang, Li Sanjian and others were even more puzzled when they heard this.
Chapter completed!