There are many priceless treasures in this temple. Look at one of them first, and then introduce the temple. This is the treasure: Yu Shuhua.
This tree-shaped jade looks like an ordinary wood, but it is a wood fossil that has been buried underground in the virgin forest for hundreds of millions of years, impregnated with mineral elements in rock layers and weathered by geological processes. Tree-shaped jade has high ornamental value and humanistic value. Yu Muyi's players like to collect, because it contains the spirit of being aloof and indifferent to fame and fortune, and also represents the right of people. Longevity Yearning for.
In 2007, this tree-shaped jade was excavated in Xinjiang and then sold at a large auction for 45 million RMB. Later, the wealthy Wenzhou businessmen who photographed the baby transported this seemingly insignificant wood fossil from Xinjiang to Wencheng, their hometown. Unfortunately, this treasure, which is 18 meters long and weighs more than 20 tons, is extremely difficult to transport, so we have to split it into several sections and put it together to become a complete wood after it is brought back. So now it seems that there are still cutting marks on this piece of wood. Now it is 20 19, and its value must be more than 45 million RMB.
This treasure reminds me of hundreds of tree fossils I saw in Chaoyang Fossil Park in Liaoning Province last year. In order to preserve their appearance, people in the museum made them? Packaging? Processing, so that they look crystal clear, colorful, moist as jade.
This piece of wood in Anfu Temple has not been processed. When you look closely, the lines and textures are clear and accessible, which is an eye-opener. Wenzhou rich businessman who photographed this tree-shaped jade is a devout Buddhist, and then he presented this priceless treasure to Anfu Temple. In order to thank him, the temple erected a monument beside it and engraved his name. After knowing this, the rich businessman insisted on erasing his name, and said that this is a Buddhist holy land, and you can't leave a name for doing good.
At first, I filmed this story and posted it on the Internet. There are different opinions on this matter. Some people say that it is better to use this money to build Hope Primary School. Others say that donating something that is not worth that much money is not a good deed?
Of course, everyone's understanding of one thing is different. My choice is that I only saw a superficial phenomenon and heard a legendary story. So I only made a travel record, just to describe it for everyone, not to comment.
Perhaps this wealthy Wenzhou businessman is a kind person himself and has done many other good things in other places. Why not leave his name? Perhaps 45 million RMB is an astronomical figure for the general public, but it is only nine Niu Yi cents for the wealthy businessmen in Wenzhou. After all, we haven't seen his name and don't know who he is, so we won't judge.
But the significance of donating this piece of wood to Anfu Temple is to promote positive energy: the universe is vast, the jade is beautiful, it is immortal and the spirit is natural. Moreover, wealthy businessmen in Wenzhou can donate such treasures to temples, which shows the importance of Anfu Temple in Buddhism. This Anfu Temple is indeed a temple to be reckoned with. Although it was built on an unknown mountain in an unknown small county, from 808 to now, this temple with a history of 1200 years has a Buddhist position that cannot be ignored. Anfu Temple is the temple with the largest building area in Zhejiang Province, ranking the top five in the comprehensive index among the temples with pharmacist Buddha in China.
Because the pharmacist Buddha enshrined in Anfu Temple is a glazed Buddha that can eliminate disasters and prolong life, many people who are seriously ill at home will come here to pray and fulfill their wishes. Just like Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, every Chinese New Year holiday is packed with people. Legend has it that Anfu Temple was originally a small temple, with only one super-product guarding the Buddha, and day after day the super-product became the old abbot. One day, a terminally ill young man came to the town. He came to help the abbot because he had no money to treat the disease. The old abbot couldn't bear to see him die in vain, so he made medicine and cared for him. Unexpectedly, this time, the right time, the right place and the right people cured the incurable disease of this young man. Young people are reborn after their illness and go abroad for further study. By the time they came back, they were over 70 years old, full of children and grandchildren, and already the president of the Overseas Chinese Federation. Seeing the dilapidated life-saving place, he donated money with overseas Chinese. From 2008 to 20 14, it took six years to build a new temple and cost hundreds of millions of yuan.
After the completion of Anfu Temple, the famous local mage Master Zhao Da was invited. This mage is also a doctor at the Buddhist College. Master Dazhao asked monks to dedicate themselves to the Buddha, but they would also take care of the needs of tourists. Anfu Temple can literally open up a small area to visit, but:
First, Anfu Temple is not a scenic spot and can't accept tickets.
Second, don't burn high incense in Anfu Temple. Everyone who comes to burn incense will give out three wick incense for free.
Third, Anfu Temple should not be hyped, but only accept sincere good men and women.
So when I came to Anfu Temple, the first feeling was that the temperament of this temple was different from other temples. It is not so smoky and fragrant, but a quiet and clean place, like a college.
At the beginning of the article, we said that there are many priceless treasures in this temple, most of which are hidden in the sutra depository and the library behind it. We can only feel the difference of these treasures through the gold-plated lamps hanging on the roof of Lingshan Hall, which can accommodate thousands of people at the same time in Anfu Temple. Each lamp weighs 1000 pound and is plated with pure gold. It is said that it will cost a lot of money.
The couplets and plaques hung here are all from the hands of celebrities in past dynasties, and the literati and emperors also left many traces of Mo Bao here. If you travel here, remember that Anfu Temple has two important attractions.
1. Solar platform and moon pool. In the huge square at the entrance of Anfu Temple, there is a curved moon-shaped pool, and the surrounding platform is like a huge sun. Their combination represents: where the circle is missing, the sun and the moon shine together This is the highest level of longevity.
2. Heart washing pool and hand washing pool. These are two stones at the entrance of Anfu Temple, one on the left and the other on the right. It is said that they were dug out of the ground when the temple was rebuilt. One looks like a heart, and the other looks like a liver, with water oozing out. Left heart and right liver means that people should get rid of all evil and evil, resentment and hate before entering the temple. Wash your hands and your heart. Anfu Temple was the most brilliant in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and many celebrities liked to gather here to argue and write poems.
Perhaps many people don't understand why a temple should be built so magnificently. In fact, to be honest, as the author of this travel note, I don't quite understand it. However, I still choose to look at the world with a tolerant eye. Everyone's beliefs are different. Everyone likes to spend time, money and energy on their own beliefs. So, just as we don't know how much gold there is in the Potala Palace, I will treat what we can't understand and the beliefs that others insist on. I also insist on not doing moral kidnapping, only showing respect and understanding, and not making judgments.
Anfu Temple, as the only place for Wenzhou Wencheng tourism, has an excellent geographical position. In its east, there is the highest waterfall in China, which is 100 feet wide; To the west, there are hundreds of millions of years of virgin forests, national forest parks and Tongling Mountain. In its north, it is the former residence of Taishi Gong Liu Bowen, who helped Zhu Yuanzhang level the world; In the south, there is Feiyun Lake, the largest freshwater lake in southern Zhejiang. Everyone who travels to Wencheng will take time to go to this temple to cool off the heat, meditate, drink a bowl of free tea, read a few books with a pure heart, and visit the daily life of Buddhism that we can't touch on weekdays.