What is the purpose of Jing’an Temple to suppress?

The legend is that it was to suppress the Huangquan Well under the temple.

Jing'an Temple is located in Jing'an District, Shanghai. Its history can be traced back to the 10th year of the Three Kingdoms period (247 AD). It is the oldest Buddhist temple in Shanghai. According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, an eminent monk named "Kang Senghui" came to Shanghai and built Chongxuan Temple on the basis of a small temple. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Chongxuan Temple was renamed Jing'an Temple.

In the ninth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty, Jing'an Temple moved to its current location. Between the main entrance and the main hall of the temple is an ancient well called "Yongquan". The water in the well has been churning and foaming. Like boiling water, some people said at that time that Jing'an Temple was sitting on a "yellow spring".

During the Qing government, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered China, Jing'an Temple happened to be included in the British concession area. In order to build a road, the British retracted the main entrance of Jing'an Temple by tens of meters, so the location of the ancient well became Exposed on the road outside the temple gate, it has become a tourist attraction.

Cultural Value

1. Han Chinese Tantric Buddhism

Jing'an Temple has shifted from Zen Buddhism to Tantric Buddhism in modern times. In 1947, it was changed from the Jungle of Descendants to the Jungle of Ten Directions Selection of Merit. That is to say, the abbot will no longer be succeeded by the monks and apprentices of the temple, but will be recruited from all over the country to select talented abbots. In 1953, the then abbot, Master Chisong, set up a mandala for Shingon Tantric Buddhism in the temple, reviving the Tantric Buddhism in Han China that had been lost since the Tang Dynasty. There is a secret altar on the upper floor of the temple with many mandala hangings.

2. Jing’an Temple Fair

Jing’an Temple Fair originated from the annual Buddha Bathing Festival. It reopened in 1881, the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, and finally in 1963. The Buddha Bathing Festival is celebrated every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month.