The temple where Tang Priest became a monk is now planting flowers and vegetables and opening a teahouse?

Many friends know that Shaoyao recently went to Chengdu to play. Paeonia's first stop in Chengdu was not to eat hot pot or go to the florist, but to go straight to the temple as soon as he got off the plane.

Speaking of monasteries, apart from the smoky incense and babbling scriptures, you must still remember the silent nunnery introduced to you by Paeonia lactiflora (review | nunnery with no incense and only flowers, which makes people want to become a monk at a glance! )

Everyone really loves Jingzhao Temple, and what Shaoyao is going to talk about today is a garden temple. Yes, Shaoyao is a little liar, and today he wants to trick you into becoming a monk.

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Garden temple

On Chunxi Road in Chengdu, you can find the harmonious coexistence of fast-paced and slow life.

The sound of mahjong and the roar of cars were lively one after another; neither the businessman in the coffee shop nor the men and women sitting in the teahouse looked down on each other and ate strings together in the fly house at dinnertime.

Next to the bustling streets of Swire Lane is not office buildings and high-end houses, but a monastery.

This thousand-year-old temple is not hidden in the mountains.

It proudly "sits with the prosperity of the city".

This is the Dazi Temple, also known as the Ancient Great Saints Temple.

Just hearing the name means "my Buddha is merciful".

The thin bamboo grew sparsely outside the fence, and the trees in the courtyard protruded from the high wall, guarding the seclusion of the busy city. Shaoyao is more Buddhist (lazy) and doesn't know which door he is going through. As soon as he enters the door, he is attracted by the Mandala flowers in the courtyard.

"is this a seed flower?"

"Laba Flowers on the long Tree ~"

The mandala flower is like a trumpet hanging from a tree

But many people don't know it and mistook it for a trumpet flower.

As a result, there is a Sichuan-flavored conversation above.

The pink mandala is more popular.

The yellow one is more common.

Like pumpkin flowers upside down.

Mandala is originally a transliteration of Sanskrit. There are clouds in the Fahua Sutra. "when the Buddha speaks the Dharma, it rains mandala flowers." In the Buddhist sutra, the mandala flower means comfort, that is, people who see it will feel happy.

Turn around, it is a pool of lotus leaves.

Ma Lan poured out of the basin

It was pink and purple all over the place.

There is no strong aroma here, stepping into the yard is full of flowers and small vegetable gardens, but seems to be mistakenly into a private courtyard.

The Daci Temple, which first cleared after the rain

Everything becomes fresh and bright.

The small mushrooms at the bottom of the leaves are a gift from the Buddha.

The green tomatoes are covered with water droplets

In this season's Daci Temple, the lotus sings the protagonist, and there is a pool of lotus in front of almost every temple. The lotus in Daci Temple is tall and needs to stand on tiptoe. Only dragonflies can stand gracefully on the pointed petals.

Some are not yet fully open.

Some have already grown lotus pods.

Foxtail algae and lotus grow together in the pond.

The silky green needles make people feel cool.

Look at the combination of red oysters and green water

As I walked in, I smelled the faint scent of lotus.

Devout believers, silent monks, statues of Buddha

Under the reflection of the pool of blue leaves, the meaning of Zen is far away.

When appreciating the lotus in front of the court, it is next to the gate of the temple.

Listened to the scripture blankly.

I only feel the Sanskrit sound around the beam, and I only feel the stillness of my ears.

The crape myrtle tree grows close to the wall

The purple flowers all the way up to the eaves

Keep company with stone Buddha statues.

Outside the red wall is a lively and colorful world.

The crape myrtle blossoms quietly in the red wall.

If it had come two months earlier

You can also see hydrangeas all over the yard.

Daci Temple calls hydrangea "Zen embroidery".

The blue-purple hydrangea is in the ancient temple

Exudes a quiet and indifferent temperament.

A temple that has been silent for a thousand years

Because hydrangea coruscates new vitality.

Not only growing flowers, but also growing a lot of vegetables in the Daci Temple, which gives the seemingly independent monastery a strong smell of fireworks.

Plants with small white flowers outside the fence

It's a chili pepper loved by people in Chengdu.

There are several different kinds of vegetables and corn in the fence

Purple flowers grow eggplant.

These vegetables have different owners and are planted by volunteers recruited by Daci Temple. In this way, Daci Temple wants to make people living in the city experience the hard work of farming and cherish food.

At the beginning of this year, the master of Dazhao Temple also went to the Jingzhao nunnery to study and exchange. Compared with the garden-style monastery of the Anzhao nunnery, Daci Temple is more like a garden with profound heritage.

The garden, which has a history of more than 1600 years, was built between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD and is known as "the first jungle of the Sinian".

In 618 AD, Xuan Zang traveled from Chang'an to Chengdu to study Buddhist scriptures at Daci Temple. Four years later, he received precepts and sat down on the Xia Dharma (monks can not live in peace during the three months of summer, meditation is called sitting summer). But Daci Temple is ill-fated and has been destroyed by war and fire many times. Now what we see when we go to Daci Temple is the palace rebuilt by the Qing Dynasty.

For thousands of years, the rise and fall of the morning bell and twilight have not shaken the foundation of the Daci Temple, nor has it faded out of people's horizon. on the contrary, because of the flowers and young people in the courtyard, it has attracted more young people to listen to the Sanskrit.

There are many young people who are tired of strolling in Swire.

Will choose to visit Daci Temple.

As soon as I entered the door, the bustling world was stopped outside.

The whole world slows down, only the wind blowing and flowers moving.

A lot of people come in grinning and fighting.

In a few minutes, you will be attracted by the flowers and plants.

Smell the flowers quietly.

A naive little monk

It is the mascot of Daci Temple.

It sat upright on the ground, tilting its head in a simple manner.

I seem to be thinking about the scriptures that master has just taught.

It also has more than a dozen lovely little brothers.

Some are in a daze, some are cute, and some are giggling.

Many monasteries use incense and money to support beliefs, while Daci Temple uses flowers, vegetables and mascots to make people meditate. When I am here, I have never had peace of mind.

The Bath Buddha Dharma meeting organized by Daci Temple

There is no smoke-filled incense

Fruits and flowers are the protagonists of the Dharma.

A flower-watching tea party for volunteers

Flower arrangement, tea, dessert

Return to peace of mind in the easiest way.

If you are tired of shopping, there is also an old Chengdu teahouse in Daci Temple, sitting on a bamboo chair to rest your feet and drink a bowl of tea. The teahouse is full of people, and everyone looks leisurely and complacent, which is quite different from the style of the teahouse with grand decoration by the West Lake.

Sit in a teahouse, 20 yuan for tea, two plates of refreshments, you can stroll around in peace of mind all afternoon. There are both outsiders and locals who drink tea here.

The old local tea customers are calm and at ease.

Or tilt your body and close your eyes to refresh yourself.

Or gather around a table and play cards.

Ps: no photos inside the teahouse, secretly outside the door

Young people from other places like to sit in open-air teahouses.

Read books, chat, and enjoy floating life for half a day.

Paeonia lactiflora is a vulgar who is tied down by the world of mortals, busy with his work and annoyed by his feelings, but after a whole afternoon stroll in Daci Temple, his thoughts on vulgar people are slowly pulled back.

Drink a bowl of tea in the teahouse, any time inch by inch flow, every plant, silent, trance will have the feeling of "the sun and the moon grow in the mountains".

When I got up and left, the tea was cold, but I had tasted the tenderness of life.

It is not necessary to eat fasts and recite sutras to study Buddhism.

Peace of mind without disturbance is the pure land.

Be grateful and enjoy the present

Is the meaning of the temple to the world of mortals.

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Some of the pictures in the article are from Weibo @ Chengdu Daci Temple, and the copyright belongs to the other party.