The origin of the temple?

"Temple", in fact, temple and temple are two concepts; Moreover, "temples" and "temples" were not religious buildings at first.

Temple, the original meaning is official position. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "The temple, the court, and the judges." Temple is an official position in the ancient imperial court, directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, which is equivalent to the first-class unit we are talking about today. The head of the temple is Qing. The temple is permanently established and cannot be changed (the first-level unit below the prime minister is called the Ministry, which can sometimes be changed).

Since the Qin Dynasty, officials have been appointed as foreign ministers. The official residences, commonly known as temples, such as Dali Temple and Taichang Temple, belong to the central institutions and are in charge of prisons and monasteries in the suburbs of rites and music. In the Han dynasty, the county government was also called the temple. Later, when Buddhism was introduced into China, the functions of temples also changed. According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Hanming, a Tianzhu monk rode a white horse to China to carry Buddhist scriptures. At first, he lived in the Cracked Han Temple, so the Cracked Han Temple became a place where monks offered Buddha. From then on, temples also refer to Buddhist temples, such as Baima Temple, Suoguo Temple and Jionji. Temples have two important tasks, one is education; The second is the translation of Buddhist scriptures. After the Jin Dynasty, Buddhism prevailed, and there were many monks in Daxing Temple, the "480 Temple in the Southern Dynasties" (Du Mu's Poems of Jiangnan Spring).

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Maitreya Bodhisattva is called "Aiduo", a disciple of Sakyamuni and a native of Southern Tianzhu. Later, he was born in the world and educated the inner court bodhisattva. Others call the cloth bag monk Maitreya Buddha. It originated in Fenghua, Zhejiang. In the Five Dynasties, a monk often carried a cloth bag to educate the masses, which was quite popular among the masses. When he died, he said a poem: "Maitreya Buddha is really Maitreya Buddha, worth hundreds of billions." It is always shown to people, and the world doesn't know it. "

So people think that Maitreya is the embodiment of Maitreya Bodhisattva. Wei Tuotian-According to legend, Tang Daoxuan's lawyer once met with Heaven and Man, saying that Wei, a general under the Southern King, often went to the southeast and west states (when there were no monks) to protect and help monks. After the Song Dynasty, there was a statue of Wei Tian in the temple, which was mixed with Wei Tuotian mentioned in Buddhist scriptures and was generally called Wei Tuo Bodhisattva.

Ursa major-Ursa major is the main hall, or the main hall. Daxiong means to praise the nobility of Sakyamuni Buddha Wade.

The founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha, 2500 years ago, a prince of the Sakyamuni Buddha family in India became a monk and established Buddhism, which was named Sakyamuni Buddha. Generally, there are two statues of monks standing beside Siddhartha Gautama, among which the old man is named "Ye Jia Zun" and later called him the ancestor of the Buddha after nirvana; This young man was named "Ananda Venerable", and Ye Jia Venerable was called the second ancestor after Nirvana.

It is wrong to call Sakyamuni Buddha Tathagata, because Tathagata and Buddha are the general name of all buddhas, not one Buddha. Just like a gentleman can't say someone.

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