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Legend of Guangsheng Temple -- the origin of the temple fair on March 18
Time of issue:
2022-05-20
Every year on March 18 of the lunar calendar, Guangsheng Temple meets a temple fair. On this day, the mountain was densely covered with tents, and vendors of all sizes were set up. Business in Shaanxi and merchants in Henan A famous doctor in Sichuan Acrobatic Circus in Shandong. They all go up and down outside the temple The sea pool was crowded for a week. This day is the day when the number of pilgrims to the mountains reaches the peak. Men, women, old and young in all directions A flood of clouds came. At noon, the mountain scenery is particularly spectacular. The newly sprouted Shanhu pear thorns and the towering green cypresses dress up several square kilometers of mountains as demons. Spring, like a shy girl, ascended Guangsheng earth with light steps The warm sunshine bathed everyone facing the mountain. From the lower temple to the upper temple, people moved like ants on the winding stone paths in the gangpo mountains, a distance of one mile. One by one, they moved the thorns along the path Tread on the boulders and rocks, climb to the mountain crowd and gather in front of the gate of Shangsi mountain. At this time, the people who poured into the temple jostled with each other, and the flow was endless. This has been the case every year for thousands of years. According to legend, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, a disciple of King Asoka passed by the south foot of Mount Huo and went to Mount Wutai to spread Buddhism. That day, exhausted, he came to the foot of Mount Huo for a rest. When he saw the emerald cypresses on the mountain and the gurgling springs at the foot of the mountain, he became interested. One by one, "all the famous mountains and Buddhas in the world are occupied!" This is a scenic spot with beautiful mountains and rivers, which makes him eliminate the fatigue of travel in an instant. therefore. Sitting at the source of Huo spring, he folded his hands and recited the "mantra". In about half an hour, a rainbow came from the southwest. It was colorful and radiant, reflecting the world red. At first, it was like a color bridge in the air. Later, it became a color bridge. It grows longer and longer, becoming a huge color ring. The circle rolls in the sky, rising and falling from time to time, as if looking for its destination on the earth - it spins countless circles in the sky with the Lord top, the main peak of Mount Huotai as its axis... Gradually, the color ring becomes brighter and smaller It turned into a white gourd and fell into the green cypress in Huoquan mountain. The next day, a large floating picture appeared in the cypress forest on the top of the mountain. It was tall and tall, similar to the current tower (because at that time, there was no tower in China, and even the tower word had not been built yet). Local people rushed up the mountain from all directions to see this wonder.
An elderly man with gray hair said that this is the Buddha bone flying from the bodhi tree of the Buddha kingdom. It is called sarizi in Buddhism. Later a temple was built here It was named Asoka tower yard. This day is the 18th day of March in the lunar calendar. After that, every March 18, people would come to the southern end of Huoshan mountain to see this wonder. But since then, we have never seen the falling elephant of the golden gourd. But people didn't give up. They still came to see the wonderful news every year, which formed the annual unprecedented temple fair of Guangsheng temple.
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