Guangji Temple, also known as Hongci Guangji Temple, is located in the West Temple at the gate of Fucheng, Beijing. It is one of the famous Buddhist temples, and the Chinese Buddhist Association is located here. 1983, Guangji Temple was identified by the State Council as the national key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area. Guangji Temple, formerly known as Xiliu Village Temple, was founded in the late Northern Song Dynasty. According to the inscription of Hongci Guangji Temple written by Wan 'an in the 20th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1484), there is an abandoned ancient temple in the north of Xidashi Street in Beijing, which is said to be Xiliu Village Temple. Do not investigate the reasons for its rise and fall. Yu Binshuo's Biography of Master Xi Yunhui in the early Qing Dynasty said that there were two Liu villages in the late Song Dynasty, and the one in the west was called Xiliu Village. Villager Liu. Claiming to be the grandson of Tiantai Liu Zhenren, he got the method of refining gas. One day, a monk's horn and residents passed it, watching the clouds meet them and demanding their explanation. Because this temple was built, it is called Liuxi Village Temple. This is a record of the origin of Guangji Temple in the history books. In the Yuan Dynasty, Xiliu Village Temple was renamed Thanksgiving Hongji Temple, which was destroyed by war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

It was not until the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty (1450- 1456) that villagers discovered ceramic Buddha statues, ritual vessels, stone turtles and stone pillars when they were cultivating land. In the early days of Tianshun (1457- 1464), Shanxi monks Pu Hui, Justin and other wizards traveled here to raise funds to rebuild temples on abandoned sites. With the support of Liao Ping, the clothing supervisor who was in charge of the emperor's crown at that time, it took only two years to build a solemn Buddhist temple. Liao Ping also told the story to Wen Xianzong and asked him to give the temple a name. In the second year of Chenghua (1466), Xianzong wrote a letter and named it Hongci Guangji Temple. After that, the monks of Guangji Temple continued their restoration work until the twentieth year of Chenghua (1484). The mountain gate, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Daxiong Hall, Ancestral Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, Zhaitang, Zen Hall, abbot's room, monk's house, etc. were all built next, magnificent. In the early Qing Dynasty, Master Heng Ming changed Guangji Temple into a Lvzong Dojo, where he set up an altar to give lectures. From the fifth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1648), Mr. Yu Guang was also invited to hold a ceremony in the temple, which lasted for thirteen years. In the 13th year of Shunzhi (1656), the Qing ancestors visited Guangji Temple. The Qing government attached great importance to Guangji Temple, and repaired and expanded it many times, but basically maintained the layout rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, monk Daojie was appointed as the abbot of Guangji Temple, and Hongci Buddhist College was established in the temple, where 100 monks studied. At that time, Guangji Temple also had several lower houses in Kyoto. There are Bailin Temple (now Beijing Library Branch) to the west of Beihai, Lianhua Temple in Deshengmen, Guanghua Temple in Houhai, Maitreya Temple in Xizhimen and Longquan Temple in Longxugou. , very popular.

193 1 year, Guangji Temple caught fire and the main hall was burned out. 1935, with the support of Wu and others, Master Xianming, the abbot, rebuilt according to the pattern of the Ming Dynasty, and the building scale was more spectacular than before. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, 1952 was completely restored at the expense of the people's government. 1959, the Chinese Buddhist Association was established in Beijing with its headquarters in Guangji Temple. 1972 and 1976, Guangji Temple was renovated twice. Today's Guangji Temple is far superior to the previous generation in terms of the peace of Buddha statues, the collection of classic cultural relics, the display of instruments, and the layout and management of temples. Make the ancient temple more colorful and charming.

Guangji Temple covers an area of 35 mu and faces south. On the central axis are Shanmen Hall, Maitreya Hall (Heavenly King Hall), Daxiong Hall, Tongyuan Hall (Guanyin Hall) and Duobao Hall in turn. In addition to the bell tower and drum tower, there are neat halls on the east and west sides. In the northwest corner of the temple, there is an altar hall and a white marble altar, which were built in the 17th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1678) and have been well preserved. This is the oldest preserved building in Guangji Temple, and now it is called Sanzitang. The quadrangle on the West Temple Road is the office of all departments of the Chinese Buddhist Association. After the third school is the editorial department of Fayin. The layout of the whole temple is rigorous, neat and symmetrical. There are courtyards in the temple, which are scattered and orderly, winding and secluded, solemn and solemn. Guangji Temple enshrines many Buddha statues in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there are many precious Buddhist scriptures, inscriptions and other cultural relics in the temple. There is a bronze tripod in the Hall of Ursa Major, which was cast in the 58th year of Qianlong (1793). It is more than 2 meters high and placed on a stone pedestal. The tripod body is cast with Buddhist patterns such as eight offerings (wheel, snail, umbrella, lid, flower, bottle, fish and knot). Simple and elegant in shape and exquisite in craftsmanship, it is a precious artistic treasure. On the back wall of the Hall of the Great Heroes is a picture of the Wonders of Victory Field, which was painted by the famous painter Wen Fu in the 9th year of Qing Qianlong (1744). It is 5m high and10m wide. In the picture, Sakyamuni sits on the lotus seat and speaks kindly to the believers. More than 100 disciples around him are all ears. Interestingly, the audience included China's historical figures Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Zhou Quan and the cloth bag monk.

Duobao Hall is a treasure house of Buddhist cultural relics and art. In the center of the hall are three bronze Buddha statues cast in Ming Dynasty. Tall and bright glass cabinets on both sides display precious gifts from Buddhist visitors from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, which are dazzling and beautiful. Guangji Temple has a large collection of Buddhist classics. There are more than 65,438+Buddhist classics and works in 23 languages in the library alone, and there are 12 versions of Tripitaka, which is an important historical material for studying the occurrence, development and evolution of Buddhism in China and an important part of traditional culture in China. There is also a Tripitaka 172l- 1753 printed by Zhuoni Temple in Lintan County, Gansu Province, and a pack of ***23 1 is a precious text in Buddhism.