Every New Year’s Day, Huishan Temple will launch the New Year’s bell ringing activity. It’s not New Year’s Day soon, but the temple will still have the bell ringing and praying activity as usual. Ringing the bell is a Chinese custom to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. In the New Year, people pray for health and longevity in the coming year. Huishan Temple is the oldest temple in Wuxi. Ringing the bell in the oldest temple will make your wishes come true! 2020 Huishan Temple Ringing the Bell to Pray for Blessings

Event Time:

December 2019 On the evening of March 31st (the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month)

Event location: Huishan Temple

Prayer time

Enter the park through the ancient Huashan Gate at 20:58;< /p>

21:00—22:20 Free prayer;

22:20—22:55 New Year blessing ceremony;

23:00 Yuping, the abbot of Huishan Temple The Master and leaders *** together rang the first bell ring to pray for blessings in 2020;

From 23:00, the participants who participated in the 108-ring bell ringing were led by the host of Huishan Temple and the monks to start ringing the bell; 00:00 When you get up, you ring the bell and pray in the temple.

Recommended process for free prayer: Prayer Wall - Signature - Hang a wishing belt - Mahavira Hall - Burn incense - Worship Buddha - Library - Wash hands - Copy scriptures - Sutra collection building - Burning incense - praying - lighting lotus lanterns

Visitors who participate in praying during the event can enter the park through Qinyuan Street and Xiuzhang Street from the ancient Huashan Gate to Huishan Temple. Introduction to Huishan Temple

In Wuxi on the shore of Taihu Lake, in addition to the nationally famous Lingshan Buddha, there are also many scenic spots with small temples. For example, there is Huishan Temple in the Xihui Scenic Area. Huishan Temple was also built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It was formerly known as the "Lishan Thatched Cottage" of Shi Zhanting, the chief minister of the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasty. During the Jingping reign of Liu Song Dynasty, the thatched cottage was converted into a monk's residence and was called "Huashan Jingshe". In the third year of Liang Datong, Huashan Jingshe was changed into Huishan Temple. Emperor Kangxi visited Huishan Temple during his southern tour and tasted the spring in Yilan Hall. During his tour to the south, Emperor Qianlong rested in Qin Garden (i.e. Jichang Garden) and Zhulu Mountain House. He wrote many poems and plaques, and specially inscribed "Huishan Temple". In the second year of Tongzhi, Li Hongzhang's army and the Taiping Army fought fiercely in Huishan. Huishan Temple was destroyed, with only the plaque on the temple gate remaining, and the temple was changed to Zhaozhong Temple. The current Huishan Temple is still very popular, and it is located in the Xihui Scenic Area, so there are still quite a lot of tourists on weekdays. The historical sites and buildings preserved in Huishan Temple include the Ancient Huashan Gate, the King Kong Hall, the Golden Lotus Pond, and the Golden Lotus Bridge. , Imperial Stele Pavilion, Tingsong Stone Bed, Ancient Ginkgo Tree, Yunqi Tower and other scenic spots. Activity introduction:

Buddha worship at Huishan Temple began in the Southern Dynasties more than 1,500 years ago and is the oldest existing Buddhist temple in Wuxi. Huishan Ancient Town Scenic Area will hold the "Huiquan Blessed Land" New Year's Day bell ringing and lantern praying event on the evening of December 31, 2019 (the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month).

Activity details

Prayer Wall - Wishing Ribbon

Sign in front of the prayer wall, hang the prayer ribbon by hand, and write down the best wishes for the New Year.

The Main Hall - Burn incense and worship the Buddha

Please offer incense in front of the Main Hall, face the Buddha statue, hold up the incense and visualize worshiping the Buddha.

Library - copying sutras and forming a bond with Buddha

Wash your hands with pure water to show your inner piety and tranquility. Copy Buddhist scriptures and experience the profoundness of Buddhist culture in silence.

Pray for blessings and offer lanterns to welcome the New Year

Lamps are a symbol of wisdom and light. By offering lanterns, you light up your heart and illuminate the kindness and compassion in people's hearts.

It is auspicious to ring the bell, burn incense and pray for blessings

The bronze bell in the bell pavilion is simple and elegant. resounded throughout the ancient town of Huishan. Hearing the bells makes people feel peaceful, gets rid of worries and increases wisdom.

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