The Manjusri courtyard located at Chengdu north end of town Manjusri courtyard street, is the Western Sichuan famous Buddha teaches the temple. Its predecessor is Tang Dynasty's wonderful round yard around a pagoda, when Song renames the letter temple. According to "Chengdu County annals" records, the Ming Dynasty last years, the letter temple destroys in the warfare, only some 10 protect strongly abstains the idol and two millennium ancient cedars, the experience plunders remains. The Qing Dynasty Kangxi 20 years (in 1681), the kind sincere Zen master arrived at the ancient temple which went out of cultivation, tied Mao Weilu between two cedars, the ascetic practices repairs holds. When the fable kind sincere Zen master died the cremation, the red flame in airborne congealed the Manjusri Bodhisattva elephant, did not disperse for a very long time. The people thought that kind sincere is the Manjusri Bodhisattva's incarnation, henceforth is converted the temple for the Manjusri courtyard. The Kangxi 36 years to the Kangxi 45 years (A.D. 1697-1706 years), the officials and gentry soldiers and civilians contribute money to repair the temple. Jiaqing, the Daoguang Dynasty, Manjusri courtyard abbot this round master managed 82 stone columns, the reconstruction, expanded the main palace, has formed nowadays's scale.
The Manjusri courtyard is facing south, palace five heavy, walked into the mountain the gate to walk toward in is in turn the Son of Heaven palace, three Indian opium palaces, the Sakyamuni valuable palace, says the court of law, the Buddhist scriptures building. The east and west wings are the clock drum relative, monastery and reception room symmetric arrangement. Between various palaces has the corridor dense column to link. The entire courtyard altogether has houses 190, the floor space 20,000 square meters. The houses are the black and white work, the column plinth ponder over fine; On the column the dougong decorative carving is exquisite; Various palaces hollow out the flowered window model to be many, the design is fine, studies our country historic building decorative carving art rare sample in kind. The Buddhist scriptures building collection has each kind of Buddhist literature over ten thousand volume, including Emperor Kangxi gift of the emperor "Pharmacist", "Vajracchedika-sutra" and so on, the very precious five heavy main halls together with the around wall screening a gate, distribute in the length 200 meters axles, various palaces pavilion plain vast, the upturned eave rake, is the typical Qing Dynasty constructs. Between palace, primary and secondary distinct, scattered and organized, the density is appropriate, the size quite, in the courtyard has the garden, in the garden has the courtyard, in the courtyard has the scenery, the environment extremely is quiet quiet and tasteful.
The Manjusri courtyard cultural relic gathers together, the treasure is numerous. In the temple consecrates the size 300 image of Buddha, has the steel and iron casting, has escapes the gauze, the woodcarving, has the carved stone, the clay sculpture, is very rich. From the age theory, has unearthed Liang Dai the carved stone, has between Tang Songnian the strong abstention god, has the Qing Dynasty bronze statue, but also has the Burmese jade Buddha, these statues have the very high cultural relic value and the artistic value, was we studies ancient times crafts and so on sculpture, casting to provide the precious material. In since the temple has also collected the Ming and Qing Dynasties the calligraphy and painting valuable thing, what is most famous is Emperor Kangxi in 1702 gift of the emperor the Manjusri courtyard ˇ°the spatial forestˇ± the ink marks, as well as Kangxi near Song Dynasty calligrapher Mi Fu "Placenta placenta" scroll. In addition, but also has the Indian pattra-leaf scriptures, Tang Dynasty Master Xuan Zang the skull, Tang Dynasty Japan fine gold scriptures stored in a gold box Jan, thousand Buddha cassocks, to send embroiders the Goddess of Mercy, to select gauze Manjusri and the tongue blood contains Buddhism cultural relics and so on treasure.
The Manjusri courtyard existing strong, the brass casting, the carved stone, the jade carving, escape exquisite workmanship and so on gauze, painted sculpture image of Buddha 200. On the wall screening a gate the evening meal engraves ˇ°the Manjusri courtyardˇ± three Jin Zi is the Kangxi Dynasty this temple kind sincere placenta placenta Zen master writing, in courtyard Manjusri the Bodhisattva represents god of the wisdom, attracts the pilgrims to come to burn incense to pray.