Qingshuyuan
There are displays dedicated to the 88 Buddhist temples in Shikoku Henji
All Medicine Buddhas!
Now that the epidemic situation in Taiwan is relatively stable, please visit the Qingxiu Temple in Hualien when you have time!
With the current situation of not being able to go abroad, it feels like being in Japan.
Hualien Keishuyuan and Taipei Tianhou Temple are currently the only two places in Taiwan that have a close connection with Japan’s Shikoku Zenji!
In 1917, the Yoshino immigrant village raised funds to build Keishuyuan, using the power of religious stability to soothe the immigrants’ homesickness…
The old name of Ji’an is Cikasuan (meaning: a place with a lot of firewood in Amis language), which is translated as “Zhikaxuan” or “Qijiaochuan” by the Chinese.
After the “Nanakkagawa Incident” (Meiji 41, 1908 AD), the Japanese opened an immigrant village here. Most of the immigrants came from Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, so the place was renamed “Yoshino” .
As the Japanese moved in, Japanese Buddhism was introduced. In the sixth year of the Taisho period (the sixth year of the Republic of China, 1917 AD), Mitsuru Kawabata raised funds to build the “Yoshino Mission School” of the Kono Sect of Shingon Buddhism here, using the power of religious stability to soothe the homesickness of immigrants.
The traditional Japanese architecture known in Japanese as “Takashata-zukuri” exudes a strong Edo style.
Eighty-eight stone Buddhas are arranged in order in the temple. It is said that Kawabata Mitsuji once followed the legacy of Master Kukai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, and visited 88 temples on Shikoku Island, Japan, and invited back 88 stone Buddhas so that believers could visit them nearby and avoid the pain of traveling.
Keishuin was formerly known as the “Yoshino Missionary School of the Koyasan School of Shingon Buddhism” in the Japanese era. The architecture of the missionary school follows the traditional Japanese structural form. The roof is made of Japan’s “Takashata” (four notes with sharp points), and it is a rare case that the roof is paved with metal corrugated sheets.
Qingxiuyuan has the functions of lecture hall and worship, and is a solemn place. The surrounding environment is quiet. The front of the temple has a pavilion-style entrance with “Xiangbai” eaves. There are corridors on three sides with wooden railings. The layout is three rooms wide and four rooms deep, and is slightly square. The middle bay extends backward to serve as a preaching altar. Go deep into four rooms.
The wooden frame’s headband, brackets (three buckets and six hanging branches), wooden nose and other components exude the typical Edo style. The traditional Japanese architecture combined with the local climate also adds to the unique style of Keishuin.
In addition to the main hall, the interior of Keishuyuan includes:
Fudo Myooh
Ado Myoyo is like the Great Sun Tathagata of Tantric Buddhism, both of them are centered and correspond to the Buddhas of the five directions!
“Fudo Ming King” is also called “Fudo Messenger” or “Fudo Lord”. Among the five great Ming Kings guarding the east, west, south, north and middle directions of Tantric Buddhism, he is the first to guard the central direction. The mighty one is the angry body of the Great Sun Tathagata.
“Lighting Mantra Millions of Times” Stone Tablet
In the past, when people got sick, they would come here to worship and circumambulate this stone monument of “Light Mantra Millions of Times” and pray to the gods to get rid of their illness.
Put your hands together, follow the abbot or teacher holding the rosary, and recite the “Lighting Mantra Millions of Times” stone tablet.
Eighty-eight stone Buddhas
It’s very special, it really reminds people of the Guanyin Shrine in Kyoto!
Kukai, the great master of Buddhism, once relieved people of their misfortunes, traveled throughout the four countries to preach, and created eighty-eight spiritual sites. His journey of preaching was also followed by later generations, and gradually formed the so-called “travel to the four countries”.
Master Kukai’s path of spiritual practice was compiled into eighty-eight spiritual sites. It is said that this is a path opened by Kukai for Buddhist monks who want to strengthen their faith, so that monks can walk and experience the “mandala” that symbolizes the Buddha’s enlightened state and world view. The eighty-eight spiritual sites are located in Tokushima Prefecture (23 temples, dojos for enlightenment), Kochi Prefecture (16 temples, dojos for spiritual practice), Ehime Prefecture (26 temples, dojos for bodhicitta), and Kagawa Prefecture (23 temples, Nirvana Ashram), the journey is about 1,200 kilometers and takes about 45 days.
It is said that Kawabata Mitsuru visited eighty-eight temples in Shikoku that were related to Kobo Daishi (Japanese name: “Shikoku Eighty-eight Temples”), and asked for the eighty-eight stone Buddhas to be returned so that believers could visit them nearby. , eliminating the pain of running around.
Take photos of all the Medicine Master Glazed Light Tathagata in 88 Spiritual Site
The Medicine Master Glazed Light Tathagata
The Medicine Master’s Original Wish Let all sentient beings have their wishes come true!
The third wish. May I achieve Bodhi in my next life. With immeasurable and boundless wisdom and expedients, all sentient beings can receive endless benefits.
Sincerely offer the lanterns The 88 stone Buddhas are available at the sales department next to them
The Medicine Master Glazed Light Tathagata and the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Light the lamp for others
Light a lamp for yourself
Pray that the epidemic in Taiwan will subside and business will prosper!
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