At the entrance of the mountain, I spent 3 yuan on incense and lit candles, and then I was half dead and sweaty. On the way, I met a Taoist who was setting up a stall to tell my fortune. When I finally arrived at the gate of the temple, my first impression when I saw the gate was simplicity. The gate of the temple is hidden under several big trees, which is a little small compared with the elegance of ordinary temples.
There are many legends about Zhao Pu Temple, and Zhao Pu Temple is the only temple in China that I don't know when it was built. It turned out to be an abandoned ancestral temple of the Yin family. People only know that it went through several dynasties and generations until Zhang burned it at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
It wasn't until the new lotus monk came here to sign the bill that Zhao Pu Temple ushered in many changes. Previously, Zhao Pu Temple was just an obscure small temple, covering an area of half an acre, with "no food to raise monks and no room to recuperate".
In fact, Zhao Pu Temple is not as small as its gate looks. Entering the temple, there are all kinds of buddhas, monks, temples and pagodas, and there is a feeling that Xuan Lang is like a door and a hole.
Almost all buddhas sit in golden temples. It is said that most Hong Kong artists have been here, such as Faye Wong, Nicholas Tse and so on.
According to "Inscription on Reconstruction of Zhaopu Temple after Earthquake", Zhaopu Temple was opened on the basis of Jiazi, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and it lasted for more than 300 years after six ancestors and two abbots.
In the history of temple construction and development, one clue has always been talked about by people, and that is a treasure.
The reason why the temple can be associated with Zhang is because it was originally a poor temple, but it was suddenly built in a certain year. 1776 or so, there is a big temple with 24 courtyards and 365 halls, covering an area of 400 mu, which has become one of the four jungles in western Sichuan. It is said that the expansion cost 2000 gold and silver, and there was no fund-raising.
This change seems to be that a poor family has become an upstart overnight, which naturally triggered a lot of speculation. There is always an obvious question in people's minds: where does the money come from?
People in Qing dynasty are easy to fool. The explanation given by Zhao Pu Temple at that time was: Sincerity is the best way out, and stone is the best way out. Maybe the people in the temple moved the Buddha and God, which made Zhao Pu Temple have so many houses out of thin air, and no one spent a penny.
However, if you have the heart, you can see through it at a glance. There may be hidden treasures in the temple.
Zhang and Li Zicheng were the leaders of peasant rebels in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. At first, they joined hands to resist Ming, and they did win many battles and won many hearts.
When Zhang arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan, he established a country in the western regions as an emperor, got a lot of gold and silver, and set up a mint bureau to make his own money.
Then, like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu conquering the world, they started a power struggle with Li Zicheng, which changed from being consistent with the outside world to killing each other. Finally, "mantis catches cicada, yellowbird comes last", mainly in Qing Dynasty.
After Zhang was killed by the Qing army, there was a folk song circulating in western Sichuan: a stone knife versus a stone axe, and a hundred thousand gold. Who can guess who bought it as capital? A stone gong versus a stone drum is worth thousands of dollars. If you can understand, buy a mansion in Chengdu. People believe that there is a treasure map in this ballad. If you find the treasure map, you will get a lot of gold and silver jewelry.
Until the Republic of China, some people who knew the inside story had been actively searching for treasures in Zhang, and even set up a treasure hunting company.
A lot of things have happened. In 20 16, people first excavated the Shen Yin site at Minjiang Estuary, Jiangkou Town, Pengshan District, Meishan, Sichuan, and found more than 30,000 cultural relics, including thousands related to Dax.
But then the troops were blocked and the river boat blocked the river, so most of the silver sank into the river. "After many times of analysis, it is basically determined that the Meishan Jiangkou site is the center of a treasure. Unfortunately, the site was finally submerged by the Minjiang River, which interrupted the subsequent secret unveiling.
The Minjiang section of Zhao Pu Temple outside Qingcheng Mountain is the upper reaches of the Minjiang section of Meishan. At that time, Zhang went south, and his sunken ship could not reach the upper reaches of Minjiang River. Where did the money come from to build the Zhao Pu Temple?
One of the most popular sayings is that the founder of the temple, monk Xinlian, is General Zhang. Bird is in the Daxing Palace in Chengdu, and monk Xin Lian is in Chengdu. Why did he stay in Chengdu and go to the ruined temple in Zhang Shao?
For a person like Zhang, it is impossible to put all the eggs in one basket. The most likely thing is to store them separately. It is speculated that the biggest possibility of Xinlian Heshanglai Temple is the hidden treasure, and there must be Zhang's treasure hidden near the temple.
However, when Xinlian, a Buddhist monk, was alive, Zhao Pu Temple was still a small temple. Although it was deliberately built, it was only slightly improved, which is far from the present scale. Why didn't monk xinlian reveal the whereabouts of the treasure before he died?
It is generally believed that he was deeply saddened by his death. He wanted to bear the humiliation and wait for Zhang's men to make a comeback, but there was no hope of restoration. I'm afraid few people know his identity.
Family always emphasizes the word "fate". If someone has a chance to get the treasure buried in Qingcheng Mountain in the future, it is also accidental.
Therefore, when Zhao Pu Temple suddenly became one of the four jungles in western Sichuan, people naturally wondered whether the monks in the temple had dug up Zhang's treasure.
Everything is a mystery, everything is speculation, and no one can know the truth.
I met another Taoist priest on the way down the mountain. He said, I'll give you a free six-pointed star: the patroness laughs and looks like a rich boy. This makes me very happy.