Cifeng Zen Temple
Cifeng Temple is located in Youxian County, Hunan, was built in the Qing Dynasty and is a Guanyin dojo with a history of more than 1,400 years. It was once prosperous because of its great effect, but it was completely dilapidated during the Cultural Revolution due to the continuous wars in modern times.
Master Huiding
Venerable Hui Ding was born into an ordinary family in Hunan Province. Venerable Huiding's mother was a devout Buddha**. The young Venerable Hui Ding watched her mother participate in the Dharma and although she did not understand it, she planted a seed in her heart to worship the Buddha. At the age of 17, under the teachings of the Venerable Master, the young Huiding began to hear about Buddhism. At the age of 20, Master Huiding officially lost his hair.
Before the reconstruction, the roof of the temple was open and ruined
After Venerable Huiding entered the Dharma, he was determined to practice Buddhism. By chance, she came to Youxian County, Hunan. I saw the ruined walls, the decayed and broken Buddha statues, and the desolate Cifeng Zen Temple. Master Huiding looked at the Rulai family business like ruins, and his heart was full of grief. She came up with the idea of restoring the monastery.
With the approval of the local ** and the invitation of all the believers, Master Huiding officially served as the abbot of Cifeng Monastery and began her road of restoration.
Although the restoration work was very difficult, in the absence of materials, manpower, and lack of favor, Venerable Hui Ding overcame many difficulties alone, and even made a grand wish - if the temple was not built, she would never leave this place!
The statues of Fuxian and Manjushri who are still waiting to be welcomed back in the factory
After years of hard work by Master Huiding and all the good believers, the construction of Cifeng Temple has made initial progress, and now the restoration of the foundation hall of the temple has begun to take shape. The current problem for the monastery is how to bring back the broken Buddha statues. Because the temple is located in the south, the air is humid and rainy, resulting in many Buddha statues being corroded, especially the two Buddha statues of Manjushri and Fuxian are the most seriously corroded, and it is difficult to repair, so they can only welcome new Buddha statues into the temple. However, the construction of the temple has just started, Master Huiding has been exhausted, and the funds from all parties are already stretched thin for the construction of the temple hall, not to mention that now they have to welcome the holy icon, and many expenses are overwhelming, and they are anxious for several days for this matter, and they can't swallow.
Now that the New Year is approaching, ** I want to welcome the two statues back to the temple before the year, so that the very good believers can worship the Buddha. A total of 60,000 were needed to welcome the icon, and fortunately, there are about 15,000 to be completed with the support of all the good believers. Cheng Xi is very kind to the people to show great compassion and love, to help ** to welcome the icon back to the temple as soon as possible, so that the temple and ** spend a successful New Year!
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