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Hello everyone, my name is Xiaoyan
Looking behind Xiaoyan are many, many towers
Under each tower is a dead monk
This is the tomb of the eminent monk after his death
So since there are so many towers
As can be imagined
This place used to be a monk and a master
And there are many monks who are married
Then Xiao Yan's position
It is now at the top of a mountain in the Taihang Mountains
There are many hidden secrets in the Taihang Mountains
it's here
There is a monastery on top of a mountain
It's very dangerous
Then when the ancient workers built it
also sacrificed a lot of life
Only in exchange for such a temple
It was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty
from now we have
nearly 1500 years of history
So what kind of story is there?
here side
There are also many, many unknown treasures
So what can we find today
Let's take advantage of the good weather
Come and explore this mysterious place in the Taihang Mountains
This place is so close to the sky
It's as if you can reach out and pick up the clouds
rolling hills on all sides
hillside tree sparse grass
in this mountain
There are 3 seasons of the year when it is cloudy
Today is fortunate to be
I can't see the clouds, I can see the scenery of the mountains
The monastery here is built on a huge cliff
Underneath the temple is the abyss
But whenever I go to a place where the mountains are tall and majestic
There is always joy in my heart
Standing on the opposite side of this mountain is Henan
And the place where I am is the territory of Shanxi
This place is the border between Shanxi and Henan.
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Here is the Golden Lamp Temple with a history of more than 1,500 years.
Because it is on the top of the Taihang Mountains
and sparsely populated
the nearest village
The straight-line distance is 4 kilometers away
And the mountain road is difficult to walk
Drive to the nearest village
about an hour
So before it became a scenic spot
no one came here
But because the cultural relic value here is very high
Plus there are many treasures here
So there are always people guarding the temple
The guardian here before
An uncle who never married
70-year-old died of sudden cerebral infarction
And now an old man is guarding here
But he never dared to take his wife
come here for the night
30 years as a day
He is silently guarding here
So what is the reason
He dared not spend the night here with his wife
And why did he guard here for more than 30 years
Let's first understand the legend of the Golden Lamp Temple
and history
There is such a Tallinn on the slope of the Golden Lamp Temple
This is after the eminent monks of all dynasties passed away here
built for them
So it can be seen that
There are many eminent monks who have stayed here
The tallest tower is called the Thousand Pagodas
This is
The burial place of Master Mi Chan, the founder of the Golden Lamp Temple
The glyphs from the pagoda and the Buddha statues above
and these scales
just know
The identity and status of this person is extremely high
This Master Michan is from Henan
I have practiced for half my life
After traveling here, I found that the scenery here is unique
overjoyed
So settled here
He built this one-of-a-kind Golden Lamp Temple
Later generations to commemorate his merits
He built such a tall stone tower for him
But unfortunately, in the long river of history
His tomb tower has been robbed and excavated
It's already empty inside
down Tallinn
Came to the entrance of the mountain gate of the temple
Because of the unique mountain
Therefore, the buildings here are built according to the mountains.
everyone see
This mountain gate is half hidden in the mountain
half exposed
The Golden Lamp Temple was not originally called this name.
It's called Baoyan Temple
He was dug on the top of the mountain
A naturally formed depression in a stone
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were traces of monks here.
But it was the Ming Dynasty when it was officially excavated.
The seventeenth year of Hongzhi (1501)
So the treasures and buildings left here
Most of them are from the Ming Dynasty.
After we enter the mountain gate, we can see
There are many stone houses
It was excavated in this huge mountain
A stone house carved out of the mountain of the monastery
called grotto
The most famous grottoes in China
Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang
And Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi
are similar buildings
Grottoes arose during the Northern Wei Dynasty
stop in the Ming Dynasty
And the grottoes we see today
Some of the last grottoes of the Ming Dynasty
So it is also known as
The final chapter of Chinese grotto art
chiseled in the mountain
Large and small grottoes carved
14 in total
The shape of each grotto here
are relatively similar
All have doors and windows
This is a structure of a stone imitation of a wooden door
everyone see
We can also see the stone wooden bucket arch above
There are even eaves on top of this grotto
When the Golden Lamp Temple was in the Northern Qi Dynasty
I mentioned to you that it is called Baoyan Temple
It was later renamed the Golden Lamp Temple
because of the master here
Every night, you will see two golden lanterns flying into the temple
The temple is filled with golden light
Therefore, the name of the temple was changed to Golden Lamp Temple.
Some people say that in the Golden Lamp Temple
The most valuable treasure is that
Two golden lamps that never go out
But so far
No one could find the two golden lamps either.
legend to legend
But in the Golden Lamp Temple
It is said that the moon appears every night
even without the moon
Everything within a few meters can be seen
reading and writing
You can't go wrong with threading a needle
so
This can be called a spectacle of the Golden Lamp Temple
And on the top of this mountain, the Golden Lamp Temple
most worth seeing
This is the grotto in front of us
There are more than 500 statues in the grottoes here
And each is a rare treasure
And it is because of these treasures
guardian here
I dare not take my wife here for the night
So what's the reason
Let's first understand the secrets of this grotto
We are looking at the outer wall of this grotto
there are many statues
at the Golden Lamp Temple
There are more than 80,000 statues large and small
It can also be seen from this
The ancients built here
It took a lot of thought into it
But these are not the most valuable
The most valuable is in the inside of this grotto
I'm just walking down the steps
Inside the grotto
look at this
The space inside the grotto is so big
And I have a surprising discovery
The cave on the top of the mountain is more than 1800 meters above sea level.
But on top of this mountain
There is water here
Now this stone road that Xiao Yan is walking on
right above the pool
This road is like a bridge
It can also be seen from this
This stone bridge doesn't exist now
But when building this eye stone library
it has been laid
So the water here is as early as 1000 years ago
it's already formed
Let's take a look at the inside of the grotto
will be more amazed
we look at these
There are reliefs on these cliffs on the walls.
these statues
ancient craftsman
not only on the mountain
Cut out such a big space
It has to be carefully crafted in the space
complete such a figurine
really difficult
On the lower walls on both sides of the grotto
18 Arhats are carved separately
On the wall below the 18 Arhats
We see that there are reliefs for each grid and each grid.
ancient craftsman
made these reliefs look like murals
These murals depict
Buddha's disciples listening to Buddha's sermon
relief like this
Rarely seen in domestic monasteries
And each group of reliefs has a different story
and different meanings
There are 79 of these reliefs
These reliefs are combined
Like a beautiful three-dimensional comic strip
It's really rare
And this grotto
Also has a very nice name
It's called the Water and Land Palace
Because there is both water and land here
This one grotto covers an area of ​​about 120 square meters
With the human and material resources at that time
It will take three years for this grotto to be carved.
to see the model for the first time
And in this grotto
also on the wall
Leaving so many exquisite frescoes and grottoes
This is the more difficult operation
It is said that from construction to completion
This grotto has been used for a total of 17 years
The strangest thing is
When this grotto was completed
People suddenly discovered that there was a spring in the ground
poured out
So man-made inside this stone vault
Added this stone bridge
This can be called the Golden Lamp Temple
One of the strangest landscapes
Because the craftsmen of the time
In order to leave enough space for the Buddha statues here
So everyone sees that the stone bridge route here is very narrow.
A person can only pass from this side against the wall
Two people can't get through
After watching the spectacle here
Let's answer the previous topic
It's the guardian here
Why doesn't he dare to take his wife
stay overnight here
Xiaoyan just mentioned to everyone that this place is remote
the nearest village
It takes about an hour to drive
So sparsely populated
But because there are so many treasures in the caves
This also attracts a lot of thieves to visit
It is also because there are thieves all year round
That's why there are batch after batch of guardians here.
The guardian here is now named Feng Kaiping
Feng Lao has been guarding here for more than 30 years
In the past 30 years, he has encountered many thieves
In the past 30 years
by two thefts
Feng Lao's life has been threatened
in 1996
Golden Lamp Temple welcomes two female pilgrims
The two women arrived at the Golden Lamp Temple in the middle of the night
at dinner that night
These two women took advantage of the fact that Mr. Feng was not paying attention.
He put medicine in his porridge
By the middle of the night
Feng Lao because of physical discomfort
vomited several times
Didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night
When you wake up the next morning
Feng Lao went to open the doors of each hall as usual
to watch the situation
When he pushed open the door of a temple
He was instantly stunned
Because he found a row of reliefs in the temple
only two holes left
those reliefs have been dug up
Later he reacted
It's the two women who stayed last night
Put medicine in his meal
leading to the loss of cultural relics
because many years ago
There is no electricity or internet here
he doesn't have a phone
So this kind of robbery incident happened
It's hard for him to find timely rescue
Once again the theft is even more bizarre
He even nearly lost his life
it was a day
4 young people came to the monastery
these 4 young people
It must be a premeditated gang of thieves.
After these 4 people come in
Bind Feng Lao's hands and feet
And locked Mr. Feng in a room
and took out a dagger and stabbed him in the waist
After Feng Lao tried his best to break the rope
It's quiet outside
He hurried out to check regardless of his injury.
The gangster is gone now
And the gangsters didn't take the statues and reliefs
This is because these gangsters do not have some technical content
They rudely smashed part of the relief
And this time Feng Lao almost lost his life
because over the years
There is only Feng Lao alone guarding
And it's remote
That's why these gangsters dare to be so rampant
It is for these reasons
The two villagers invited by Mr. Feng were also scared away.
After changing people several times
No one in the village anymore
Come to help Feng Lao to protect the temple
So he usually
can only be alone
Stay on top of this mountain
And in the deepest part of the night
Feng Lao facing the Golden Lamp Temple
The biggest feeling is that the night is quiet and scary
The former Golden Lamp Temple
He hasn't seen anyone for dozens of days.
He couldn't take it anymore and probably bought a radio.
It doesn't matter what you hear
Hearing people's voices is a comfort to him
There is no running water on this mountain
his drinking water and domestic water
It's all from the spring in this mountain
Because the next time takes a long time
And he was worried that others would come and steal
So food is the problem here
For decades he can only be
Get by on the potatoes you grow here
Feng Lao also has a family
But he knew the Golden Lamp Temple
Significance of Shanxi Cultural Inheritance
Also know the significance for the inheritance of the entire national culture
He is not reconciled to such a precious cultural relic being damaged
stolen
So he put down the ties of family and came here
A guardian is half a lifetime
Feng Lao's wife is willing to come here with him to protect
But Mr. Feng
After these two dangerous events
He worries that his wife is also threatened
So he never dared to take his wife here for the night
These decades are like a day
Feng Lao is here to guard silently
Silently guarding in such a dangerous place
After the Golden Lamp Temple was developed as a scenic spot
Only then did people know about Mr. Feng's deeds
So in 2017
Feng Lao was also arrested by China Internet
Named the Network Touching Person of the Year
It is because of this generation after generation
ordinary guardian
We can see this complete
The shocking Jindeng Temple Grottoes
on the cliffs of this mountain
30 years of loneliness
Not many people can stand it
30 years of heavy loneliness
It also contains a heavy life value
So from here we can see
An extremely ordinary person with his simplicity
tenacity and conscientiousness
also be praised by the society
also make your life
emit the brightest light
This is the story of the Golden Lamp Temple and the story of Feng Lao
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