Buddhist temple town scenic spot

For thousands of years, with the rise and fall of Shuanglin Temple and the development of shipping in Yiwu River, the commerce, handicraft industry, shipping industry and agricultural and sideline products of Fotang ancient town have developed and become a famous commercial port in Zhejiang Province for hundreds of years. Old street is the commercial center and main commercial street of ancient Buddhist temples, also known as straight street. From south to north, it is divided into three sections: Shang Jie, Zhongjie and Xiajie, which form a reverse name with the flow direction of Yiwu River from north to south. The upper reaches of the river are the lower streets, and the lower reaches of the river are the upper streets, which implies the meaning of "making money into treasure, and fat water does not flow to outsiders". The name of the street layout is: "The straight street in the town is north-south, and it is divided into three sections, one for East Street and one for West Street; New pier, Yantou, pontoon bridge, Shijikou, Linjiang Fourth Street; The new city base and the old city base are at both ends. " Whether it is the main street, the side street, the cross street, or the houses facing the street on the edge of the city, they are all two-story wooden structures, and they are all ancient buildings in the early Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. There are many wood carving galleries on both sides of the street, and the alleys are narrow and curved, and the overall style of the ancient street is still preserved. According to historical records, before liberation, there were more than 400 Yin merchants operating teahouses, restaurants, money houses and farmland department stores in Fotang Town. The specific statistics are: 14 cotton shops (excluding cloth stalls above 10), 6 cloth factories, 8 socks factories, 18 franchised or concurrently operated farmland department stores and Shannan. There are 13 tree shop, 10 ham shop, 10 oil mill, 35 meat shops selling fresh meat (excluding beef and mutton stalls), more than 20 copper and iron hardware stores, 3 gold and silver jewelry shops, 1 salt shop, 1 pawnshop and 3 money houses. Cooking pots, plowshares and rake teeth in all parts of the county are also cast by three pot and iron shops in Fotang Town. The name of the store in front of the store is also quite cultural, and auspicious words are used, such as abundant, prosperous, prosperous, abundant, prosperous, macro, big, eternal, long-lasting, smooth, ascending, beneficial, rich, righteous and benevolent, hoping that industry and agriculture will be developed and profitable; However, the name of pharmacy is unique, and patients are greeted by auspicious store names such as Taihe, Sheikh, Tiande, Cunde, Rejuvenation, Rejuvenation, Xianzhi, Li Sheng, Regeneration and Haosheng. Stationery stores use auspicious words such as Sanyuan, Buao and Wenguang to attract customers. A shed was set up in front of the store, stalls were set up under the shed, baskets were placed in front of the stalls, and sports cars were in front of the baskets, which was a bustling scene of traffic. In the 20th year of the Republic of China (193 1), it was published by the Commercial Press, and the Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Place Names in China compiled by Zang et al. also affirmed on page 365: "Fotang Town is located on the east bank of Dongyang River, thirty-one miles southwest of Yiwu County, Zhejiang Province. Every town in the county is the most prosperous. " As early as 1920, a post office has been established in Fotang Town, and mainlanders can write letters and write about Zhejiang Buddhist temples. On the map of China before liberation, Buddhist temples were also marked on the provincial map. In the second year of Xuantong in the late Qing Dynasty (19 10), the earliest Federation of Industry and Commerce (referred to as Chamber of Commerce) in the county was first established in the Buddhist temple. It has been 87 years since the earliest electric light company in the county (founded in 19 14) first shone in the Buddhist temple. The existing Records of Yiwu County (Jiaqing) was reprinted in the early years of the Republic of China, with a total of 22 volumes and 496,000 words. It was reprinted by the printing house affiliated to the library founded by Zhu, a scholar and Buddhist monk in the late Qing Dynasty. Before the Northern Expedition, the Buddhist temple salt shop undertook the wholesale and retail business in several counties. Now there is a place near Zhenjiang called Yantou. At that time, after the salt was shipped out, it was through this dock that it moved into the salt storage warehouse. Before liberation, the shipping of Buddhist temples was extremely developed. Since there were no cars and trains at that time, the goods and goods coming and going from Jinhua, Lanxi, Yanzhou, Quzhou, Hangzhou and beyond were settled by sea using ships. Company ships and dock ships not only greet guests, but also carry goods. During the flood season, a boat was like an arrow, and it took more than two days to reach Hangzhou. Before the war of liberation, according to Yiwu Geography, more than 500 ships were often moored on the river (excluding bamboo rafts). More than a mile upstream and downstream of the original pontoon bridge, the bank water surface is often crowded with ships, with smoke curling up and masts standing everywhere. Thousands of sailors brought all kinds of commodity economic information from other places, which greatly promoted the prosperity and competitiveness of Buddhist temples. At the same time, it also promoted the business of teahouses and hotels. According to insiders, there were as many as 23 teahouses and more than 40 restaurants in Fotang Town in the 1920s and 1930s. At that time, many foreigners had their own specialized institutions to run business in Buddhist temples. For example, Shaoxing people have Shaoxing Guild Hall and Anhui people have Xin 'an Guild Hall. In short, all walks of life have everything, and the streets are full of shops and workshops. Before liberation, Buddhist temples were distribution centers for agricultural and sideline products and local products in surrounding counties and towns. Brown sugar, ham, jujube and old wine are all collected here and transported to other places. Before liberation, the industry and commerce of Fotang Town surpassed that of ordinary county towns. Its annual tax revenue accounts for half of the tax revenue of various market towns in Yiwu County. Buddhist temple is an immigrant town, a commercial ancient town where hundreds of surnames live together. The ancestral home in the hukou covers more than 20 surrounding counties and cities, as well as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Fujian and other provinces and cities. There is a dragon lantern in Fotang Town, and the name of the lantern is "Hundred Family Names". On the first day of the first lunar month and the first day of the New Year's Eve, the dragon lanterns of "Hundred Family Names" went out to meet the straight streets and alleys in the town, and the old and new bases were very lively. All these can reflect the characteristics of the Buddhist temple, a century-old commercial port town. The Millennium ancient town is full of outstanding people and talented people. Handed down from generation to generation, skilled craftsmen and shrewd businessmen created the prosperous Buddhist temple town.

Gufo Hall has a long history, and Yiwu River runs through it. As early as the Neolithic Age, our ancestors lived here. This Buddhist temple is famous for its Buddhist origins. In the first year of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a couplet of "Buddha's light was passed down from generation to generation, and the church candle shone everywhere". The earliest town name of Buddhist temple can be traced back to the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. "Yiwu County Records (Jiaqing)" Volume III records: "Buddhist Temple Town is in the south of Wanshanqiao County". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yiwu, Dongyang, Wuyi and Yongkang were the main trading ports, the distribution centers of agricultural and sideline products in surrounding counties and cities, and the distribution centers of daily necessities in Jinhua, Lanxi, Hangzhou and Shanghai. Yang Yuganlong, a magistrate of a county, wrote in the twenty-eighth year: "There is a Buddhist town three miles west of the county seat, which is surrounded by cars and cars, and the traffic is adjacent to the city." It occupies the convenient advantage of waterway transportation and is famous in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui. During the Republic of China, the commercial economy of Fotang Town was prosperous, and it was called one of the "four major towns in eastern Zhejiang". The developed commercial port economy has created an ancient Buddhist temple with profound commercial, cultural and historical connotations.

There are many places of interest in Buddhist temples. Shuanglin Temple and Peide Hall are municipal cultural relics protection units. 1994, Yiwu Sara Scenic Tourism Development Office was established. According to historical records, Shuanglin Temple is "the second in the world, the highest in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the first in the kingdom of Sinian." Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty rated Zen as the best in the world and listed Shuanglin Temple as one of the "Ten Temples". This temple is famous not only in Kyushu, but also in Japan, and it was later burned down. 1May, 1996, the foundation stone was laid for Sara Scenic Tourism Development Zone. The first phase of the Ursa Major Hall has been completed, and the opening ceremony was held in May 1997. The second phase of the project is currently under construction. Tian Xin Peide Hall is a plaque given by Suzhou Governor Lin Zexu to Wang Hengsan, a ham merchant in Buddhist temple, during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Since then, the saying that Jinhua ham comes from Yiwu and Yiwu fine products are widely circulated in Buddhist temples. In addition, Gong Hu Hall is said to be the place where Dharma takes water, and the well water taken is high-quality mineral water. Hushan Temple is said to be the place where Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, took refuge and pursued troops, and was later named "Jiangchao House" (now rebuilt). Daoyuanshan Park has been planned and constructed in the old site of Laoshan Mountain, and it is currently being implemented. Binjiang Park on the Jiangxi side of Dongyang City has also been included in the construction plan. In the past, the natural landscape included the old pine trees in the ancient Nanshan, the "chain sluice" in Wanshan Bridge, the painting of the river, the bamboo repair, the Panlong ancient temple and weeping willows. Although there are only written records now, the scenery in Jiangnan can still be referenced one by one. On the 10th day of the 10th lunar month, a material exchange meeting will be held in the small town of Foguo for three days from1October 9th to1October1day. According to legend, the day when the founder of Dharma crossed the sea was the tenth day of the tenth lunar month. On this day every year, a temple fair will be held to commemorate the founder. Over time, it has become a tradition. After liberation, the people's government used the "October 10th" temple fair to exchange materials and develop production until today.

Jiting village Jiting Village is located on the hillside at the northern foot of Huang Yun, only 1 km away from Shuanglin Temple, a famous Buddhist resort. This village has a long history and rich culture. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, it became a village with ten miles and one pavilion, named after the blue waves of Jiting Pool next to the village. Ding Cun, a scholar in Yiwu in Yuan Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising: Spring breeze brings science and technology to the pavilion, and the sun and medicine are in harmony. A hundred hectares of waves fall, and a line of geese flows green. Birds know each other on the eaves, and mountains and rivers are precious. I can't help but sigh that the old documents have fallen, and there are more than a few tears in the breeze. For thousands of years, Jiting people have been famous for making koji (red rice). The monascus produced in this village is used to brew yellow rice wine, which is rich in fruit aroma, positive in color and good in nutrition. The village has become a well-known production base of monascus rice.

Yiwu River passes through Fotang Town, and it takes a long time from liberation to early liberation. In the dry season, you can see the distance from the river to the field is several miles. Every once in a while, there is a "waterwheel" pedaling to fight drought, which is called "driving a high car". Expulsion of rich peasants, expulsion of poor peasants, spontaneous formation. The hilly area draws water from the river for irrigation. The "waterwheel" has at most 9 steps, that is, 9 people step on it, and at least 3 steps. "Driving a high car" often requires several to a dozen combinations, depending on the length of the waterway. There is also a "car song" when pedaling, shouting labor songs and counting the number of labor substitutions. With the government's attention to agriculture, the continuous construction of water conservancy and the development of agricultural mechanization, the custom of "driving high trucks" to fight drought has disappeared, and "waterwheels" have become a rare thing.