Longhua Town

 

Longhua Town

Xujiahui about one kilometer away from the town of Longhua Longhua Pagoda and Longhua Temple by name, the old town of Shanghai, Xuhui District in the south today. Tang Dynasty, it is a small village market in Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, before the formation of a concentrated population of the town of shops and commercial boom. Qianlong's "Shenjiang Zhuzhici" wrote: "March 15 Spring is good, Tours and more collection of ancient Buddhist customs; wave reactor was set to go the bell, the ship had Longhua eighth Bay." Visible at the time, Longhua Town, event. Late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, held annually in early spring grand temple, the Bank said, "Longhua Temple Fair", is said so far, enduring.

Longhua Temple Longhua town, Shanghai is a long history, large-scale temple, "Longhua Evening Bell" has been listed as one of the famous city of Shanghai. Whenever the occasion of twilight, came from the Longhua Temple in the waves sounding the bell, really fascinating. Longhua Temple and Longhua Pagoda is the illuminated area only pagoda, Shanghai, reportedly built in three years, Wu Chi Wu, Song Taiping and rejuvenating the North Tower is now two years (977 years), the construction of the original. Late spring in March, southern grass length, is the peach blossom season Longhua. Half a century ago, here is the Shanghai home of peaches, "ten peach, like Hongxia ten thousand, lined with newly sprung in Willow", the "willow around the Village, Pink miles," the attraction. Unfortunately, marshes, a large number of Taoyuan is now no longer exist.

Longhua Temple Longhua Temple can also see the town held a "festival month" ritual. Reportedly began offering sacrifices to the Tang Dynasty, popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties, people used to express the good wish and the mind sees a way. Located in the Main Hall on the evening before the festival, ingot-shaped candlestick, point on the five giant candles, altar cloth with a red blanket, the offerings have moon cake, fruit, taro, water chestnut, but also spend a good fight in Hong barricaded "Moon Palace . " When the round moon in the sky, three drum sounds, the festival on the start. Master and Buddhist disciples wearing a robe, holding high the banner Buddha Buddha buildings, Buddhist music played, marched around the Temple week, and then gathered at the festival site like singing the sacred atmosphere. Changba, home into the head monk incense, the climax is the singing, "like the moon", to the effect that good fortune, peace and prosperity and so on, throughout the festival on the ceremony is over.

According to verify, the original ancient Longhua Temple gate (now Shuangshi ying the door), built the temple in the whole axis of the east, the ancient tower east of the existing entrance to the original place Longhua Temple, which was built during the Ching Tak for eleven years.