White horse temple in luoyang in henan province 12 km east of the old city, create the monastery yongping eleven years (AD 68), is China's first ancient temple, the world famous kuan ti, is the first temple built after the Buddhism was introduced into China, has the Chinese Buddhism "cradle" and "interpretation of the source," said, it has a history of more than 1900 years. The existing site sites for during the yuan, Ming and qing. Temple save a large amount of yuan dynasty clip Zhu dry paint Buddha statues such as iii, two days will be, and 18 arhats, precious.
In 1961, the white horse temple published by the state council of the People's Republic of China for the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1983, by the state council determine of national temple of Chinese Buddhism. In January 20xx, the white horse temple was named the national tourism administration led by batch AAAA level scenic area.
Yongping seven years (AD 64) of the eastern han dynasty, han emperor liuzhuang (Liu Xiuzhi) night, dream a tall, the head of light gold man from the west, in the court to fly around the house. The next morning, han Ming emperor will tell the dream to ministers, Dr Fu Yi speak said "western god, known as the Buddha, like your dream". Han Ming emperor listen to exultation, sent secretary Cai Yin, Qin Jing, such as more than 10 people to the western regions, worship the promise, the dharma.
Yongping eight years (AD 65), CAI qin, qin people say goodbye to the imperial city, such as on thousands of miles journey to "the west". In big moon people (now the Afghan border to central Asia area), met Indian monk teng, zhu flange, saw the white felt like buddhist scriptures and shakyamuni Buddha, pleaded with two monks in east China's buddhist teaching.
Yongping ten years (AD 67), two Indian monk was invited along with the angel of the eastern han dynasty, with the white horse bearing load buddhist scriptures, the Buddha with returned to luoyang. Han Ming emperor see sutras, the Buddha, very happy, to the two monks is extremely heavy, personally to reception, in charge of foreign affairs at the time and arrange their partners stay "crack hon temple".
Yongping eleven years (AD 68), han Ming emperor decree in luoyang west harmony three mile okimichi north monastery built outside the door. In honor of a white horse, carry the name "the white horse temple". "Temple" the word that comes from "hong crack temple," the "temple", then "temple" the word became a general Chinese temple. Taken the teng and zhu flange in the translation of "medallion 42", as China's first Chinese sutra existing.
After taken "teng and zhu flange, and a number of western monk came to the white horse temple by the translation, in the year 68 after one hundred and fifty years, one hundred and ninety-two, total three hundred and ninety-five rolls of sutras translation out here, white horse temple worthy of the first Chinese translation of the dojo.
Cao Wei Jiaping two years (AD 250), the Indian monk haze ke and came to the white horse temple. The street folk Buddhism also come into the palace. Then caleb haze ke luo in the white horse temple translation out of the first Chinese buddhist precepts "monk only guard". Rest at the same time, the monk haze truths, but also in the white horse temple monk of youth translation out of the specification of the haze karma without virtue ". At this point, the laws and the articles of association of the monk delegations have ready, maintain the practice of a middle is predestined friends the human tonsured paved roads, for the beginning of middle-earth in discipline.
Dew cao wei five years (AD 260), a bar mitzvah held in white horse temple, this is a doomed to imprinted doctrines on events in China. On this day, zhu zixing boarded the precept platform, in accordance with the act of karma to kneel in front of the Buddha, is China's first official of han been bhikshu precepts of the family. Since then, the Confucian "body hair skin, by the parents, afraid to damage" of the ancient tradition was broken.
Buddhism takes root in China, the original in two hundred, the entire process is closely related to the white horse temple. Here is the product of China's first western religion, was among the first to come to China missionary of buddhist monk's residence; Here was born the first Chinese buddhist precepts and Chinese, produced the first Chinese monks of han... Is the white horse temple, in short, China's Buddhism so many "first" closely linked together, which makes it become the cradle of Chinese Buddhism and the interpretation of the source.
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