Osaka, Amano Temple and Amano Temple are worth visiting?

Osaka Four Tennoja in Japan is known as the oldest temple in Japan, and it is also the original temple established after China Buddhist culture was introduced into Japan. Buddhism here is prosperous, attracting a large number of tourists from all over the world to worship Buddha every day. Here, I will give you a detailed introduction.

Amano Temple in Osaka (してんのぅじ), referred to as Amano Temple, is Chunxiang's first stop from Kansai Airport to Kyoto. When I went to Kyoto before, I was familiar with the name of this station, but I knew the background of Amano. After I went to Horyuji the year before last, I realized that they were all temples built by Shoto Kutaishi, and they were one of the earliest Buddhist temples in Japan.

We got out of the Tennoja subway station, and the door we navigated into was the south gate. In front of the door 1400 Shoto Kutaishi has taboos, let's talk about Shoto Kutaishi first.

Shoto Kutaishi (572-62 1) can be said to be a very important and key figure in Japanese history. Before the 1980s, his head was used on ten thousand yen notes. He established the Japanese official title system by imitating the Sui Dynasty in China, and sent envoys to study in China. In addition, he also vigorously promoted Buddhism and built temples extensively in Japan. The earliest Japanese temples, such as Terada Temple and Horyuji, were built during the Shoto Kutaishi period.

At that time, Shoto Kutaishi was the first Japanese female emperor, the regent of Tuiku, and Tuiku was his aunt. In fact, he and Tuguhun are both "puppets" supported by consorts and courtiers Su, but they are unwilling to be puppets. They were founded in the famous Japanese Asuka period. In fact, Ma Zi Mito is also an important figure in Japanese history. This Tugu Queen is also his niece. She promoted the rise of Buddhism in Japan, and he built the oldest temple in Japanese history, Bird Temple.

After the construction of four Tannoja monasteries, Shoto Kutaishi built several other monasteries, the most famous of which was Horyuji (AD 607). I have been to Horyuji, because it still maintains the layout of temples and several primitive wooden buildings 1400 years ago. Known as the earliest wooden building in the world, it is also the first batch of Japanese historical sites (Horyuji and Himeji City together).

See: Horyuji (I), the oldest existing wooden building in the world, Himeji City, the first Japanese world heritage site.

There is a stone tablet in front of the south gate, which reads "The First Four Tennoja of Japanese Buddhism", indicating that it is the earliest Buddhist temple in Japan. Although Amano was several years earlier than Horyuji, due to various man-made and natural disasters in history (earthquakes, lightning strikes, fires, wars, including the bombing of World War II, etc. ), Tennoja's early buildings were almost completely destroyed, and what we see now is mostly the reconstruction of the 20th century.

At that time, both Japanese architectural techniques and Buddhist theories came from Baekje (the craftsmen were mainly Baekje, but there may be a few craftsmen from China), so the architectural style was not exactly the same as that in the Sui and Tang Dynasties in China. About a hundred years later, in the Nara era, architectural techniques and Buddhist laws were introduced directly from China (Master Jian Zhen went to Japan and sent a large number of envoys to the Tang Dynasty).

Today, the part of Sita-machi maintains the layout of 65,438+0,400 years ago, but the area is definitely reduced because it is located in Osaka metropolitan area. Horyuji occupies a large area because it is located in the suburbs.

The introduction of Buddhism into Japan probably began in the 6th century, but it was only popular among the nobles, not among the people. At that time, Japanese nobles were also divided into two factions: those who supported Buddhism and those who opposed Buddhism. The Su family, headed by Miss Su, advocates Buddhism, while the Wu family, headed by Butler Wu, advocates traditional Japanese Shintoism and opposes the introduction of Buddhism. And it is a pro-Buddha faction, temporarily standing in a camp with Sue.

When the differences between the two sides are irreconcilable, they need to be resolved by force. Shoto Kutaishi once prayed to the four kings of Buddhism to bless them to defeat the Wubu family, and vowed to build a Galand for them if they won.

In 587 AD, the Ministry of Sports committed suicide in defeat, and Sue won. His girlfriend arranged for his niece to be the emperor, the first female emperor in Japanese history, and the emperor who retired from the valley. Shoto Kutaishi, the nephew of Emperor Tuigu, is the regent of the emperor.

In the first year of Tuigu (AD 593), Shoto Kutaishi built four celestial prisons to fulfill his promise. Empress and Prince also sent envoys to Emperor Yang Di to promote Buddhism, so Shoto Kutaishi was the founder of Japanese Buddhism, also known as the "father of Buddhism" in Japan.

This is the middle gate after entering the south gate, also called Wang Ren Gate. This gate belongs to the central part of Galand. You need to pay a separate fee to enter, and the outside is free to visit.

This Wulian Tower, built in 1957, is probably the seventh generation tower.

This is the layout of the Temple (Galand). South Gate, Pentecostal Pagoda, Golden Hall (dedicated to Guanyin) and lecture hall are all in the central corridor of Galand. You need to buy a ticket to get in. Because they were all newly built, I didn't go in to see them.

Both temples and shrines have different styles of hand-washing kiosks.

Looking at the central Galand and five towers from the southwest.

Many Japanese temples still maintain the pagoda-centered temple pattern in Sui and Tang Dynasties in China, which is scattered, asymmetrical and large in area. Most of the temples China saw were compact and symmetrical after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are a few exceptions.

This is the Amitabha Hall, dedicated to Amitabha.

Some temples in Japan have this kind of prayer wheel, which is somewhat similar to the prayer wheel in Tibet. It's just that this one is new, it seems to have bearings, and it rotates very fast and can't stop. The old one is hard to turn.

Stop and have a look. It turns out that it is engraved with the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, and the Guanyin Bodhisattva is also enshrined in the Jintang.

Many famous Japanese Buddhist masters have been to Tianzhu, and this is a portrait of one of them. The prayer wheel in front is in front of the statue of the Buddhist master. Many middle-aged women come to worship, turn around and donate some money.

Master of Buddhism, that is, the empty sea. In Japan, when it comes to masters, it means empty sea, just as when it comes to Taige, it means Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Konghai is famous not only in Japan, but also in China. He is a Japanese monk studying in China, and was awarded the title of the eighth generation descendant of China Tantric Sect (Tommy). His master is the seventh ancestor of Tantric Buddhism, Huiguo. After returning from the empty sea, Dongsi (Kyoto) was given as the basic Dojo by the Emperor, and Shinrikyo (commonly known as Tomi), the founder of Shinrikyo, was founded. Huiguo passed on all his knowledge to Konghai. After Konghai returned to Japan, Tommy had no descendants in China. The place where Konghai studied law in China is now the Qinglong Temple in Xi 'an, and it is also a shrine in Japanese hearts.

There is also a pro-Luan saint who has also been to Tianzhu, so there is also a statue of him here.

Pro-Luan Sage is the founder of Hongan Temple in Pure Land, Japan. Pure Land Sect is the most popular Sect in Japan. The ancestor of Pure Land Sect was Tan Luan, a mage of Northern Wei Dynasty in China. If you have been to Xihong 'an Temple in Kyoto, you should know something about it.

The West Gate, also known as the Blissful Gate, is the entrance to visit downtown Galand.

This is a bell tower, North Bell Tower (North nave).

This round pool is called Maruko Pool. I wonder if it is similar to the release pool in China Temple.

This single-eaved hilltop building in the east of Maruchi is called Liushi Hall. Built in the edo period 1623, it may be the earliest existing building in the temple. There are statues of the pharmacist Tathagata and the four heavenly kings, namely, the king of the East, the king of the South, the king of the West and the king of the North. The sword, pipa, umbrella and snake in their hands mean "wind, harmony, rain and smoothness". However, in the temples in China, the four heavenly kings are usually located in the Heavenly King Hall behind the mountain gate of the temple.

Many people lined up in front of the hall at six o'clock to pray for good luck in the 2020 New Year.

There is a turtle pond on each side of the stone platform.

There are many turtles on the platform in the middle of the turtle pond, which can be covered with them.

Japanese people seem to like to tie white notes with wishes on them to the railings of temples or shrines.

Unlike us, crows, turtles and owls are not unlucky animals in Japan.

This is the east gate of the temple.

This is seen from Dongzhongmen in the center of Galand, facing Xizhongmen, with Pentecostal tower on the left and Jintang on the right (equivalent to China's Daxiong Hall).

In the east of downtown Galand, there is a small courtyard called the Holy Spirit House, also known as the Prince's Palace.

Holy Spirit Hospital is also very beautiful. The building at the top of Xieshan Mountain in front is called Qian Dian, and the octagonal building at the back is called Aodian, both of which were built after the 20th century.

The back of the Austrian temple gave me the first impression that it was like a dream temple in Horyuji. Later, I checked the information, yes. Horyuji Dream Hall is named after Shoto Kutaishi's dream of Buddha's enlightenment. See: Japanese World Heritage, Horyuji (II)

Looking at Pentecostal Tower from Humen of Holy Spirit College, the octagonal building on the left is the South Bell Tower (South nave).

On the north side of the Holy Spirit College (Prince's Hall), there is a treasure house.

I don't have time to go to the Treasure Hall, which is a cultural relic exhibition related to temples.

There are still some places in the temple that are not open to the public. There are various special food stalls outside many temples or shrines in Japan.

Amano Temple is the main peak of Zonghe in Japan, which is a small branch of Tiantai Sect in Japan. This bulletin board announces some ritual activities of the temple.

After a turn, we came out of the West Gate and found that the West Gate may be the main entrance of the temple, because there is a torii here. Torii, the stone outside the West Gate, was left by the Kamakura shogunate 1294 more than 700 years ago.

Three kimono beauties came from outside Simon, and they also went to the house of heaven to pray.

This is the taxi they took, and there are drops on the door.