China News Service, December 1st (Reporter Chen Jing) The 19-meter-long national treasure "Zhaocheng Golden Treasure", an isolated giant-Miaofa Lianhua Sutra, was unveiled in Shanghai on the 1st and attracted many audiences.

　　The newly discovered scriptures of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" and a special exhibition of important Buddhist texts in the Tang and Song dynasties opened on the same day.

Volume 8 of the Lotus Scriptures of the Wonderful Method is connected to Volume 2 and Volume 5 of the Treasure of the National Library of the National Library "Zhaocheng Jinzang", which echoes with the 12-volume "Zhaocheng Gold Collection" of the Shanghai Library. Important documents of "Zhaocheng Jinzang".

Li Jining, a research librarian at the National Library of China, has researched "Zhaocheng Jinzang" for more than 30 years. After his authoritative appraisal, the eighth volume of the newly released Lotus Sutra is indeed the original "Zhaocheng Jinzang".

The latest discovery of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" and a special exhibition of important Buddhist texts in the Tang and Song dynasties attracted many audiences.

Chen Jing

　　"Zhaocheng Jinzang" is China's first woodcut version of the Tripitaka "Kaibaozang" in the Song Dynasty. It has a total of 6,980 volumes. There are more than 4,000 volumes in existence. This is the only one in the world. It is known as "the unique secret book between heaven and earth." .

It is named after its engraved plate was first discovered in Guangsheng Temple in Zhaocheng, Shanxi in 1933.

In 1942, under the rescue and protection of the Chinese Communist Party, "Zhaocheng Jinzang" survived.

Duan Xiangling, the daughter of Duan Longzhang, the captain of the Hongdong County guerrilla brigade at the time, made a speech as a representative of the descendants of the Eighth Route Army who rescued the scriptures.

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　　Li Linhao, a new generation auction expert and head of the Beijing Rongbao Auction Classics Department, pointed out: ""Zhaocheng Jinzang" has been called by many scholars as'the only secret book between the heavens and the earth'. After being introduced to China, it has had a profound impact. "Zhaocheng Jinzang" is a treasure of Buddhism handed down."

The newly discovered scriptures of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" and a special exhibition of important Buddhist texts in the Tang and Song dynasties have attracted the attention of experts and scholars.

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　　At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Zhou Deming, deputy director of the Shanghai Library, told reporters that "The Golden Collection of Zhaocheng", "Yongle Dadian", "Siku Quanshu" and "Dunhuang Posthumous Manuscripts" are also regarded as the treasures of the four major town halls of the National Library.

Tang Zhongmao, director and deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Society of Religious Studies, professor of the School of Social Development of East China Normal University, and deputy director of the Center for Religious and Social Studies of East China Normal University, believes that "Zhaocheng Jinzang" is not just a Buddhist classic, but has extremely diverse cultural values.

　　Tang Zhongmao said: "When "Zhaocheng Jinzang" was inscribed in the Song and Jin Dynasties, the overprinted version "Kaibaozang" was China's first official woodcut Tripitaka. The discovery history of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" also has a strange relationship with Shanghai. In 1933, With the support of Shanghai philanthropist Zhu Qinglan and Buddhist layman Ouyang Jian, a well-known scholar and layman Jiang Weixin in modern times went to Guangsheng Temple in Shanxi and found more than 5000 volumes of "Zhaocheng Jinzang". This time he appeared in Shanghai as "Zhaocheng Jinzang" and Shanghai Again later."

　　Zhou Deming said that this time the eighth volume of the Lotus Sutra Scriptures of the Wonderful Dharma will be exhibited, and the public can get close to the national treasures and appreciate its cultural, documentary and historical value.

Xie Xiaodong is the main curator of the special tour exhibition of "Zhao Cheng Jin Zang".

He told reporters: ""Zhaocheng Jinzang" is a treasure of Buddhism, a treasure from the past. This time the 19-meter new scriptures are exhibited, hoping to create opportunities for communication with academia and the public."

　　It is understood that the "Zhao Cheng Jin Zang" Miao Dharma Lotus Scriptures Volume Eight came to Shanghai and attracted great attention from the Shanghai Branch of the Eighth Route Army Research Association.

In February 1942, the Japanese attempted to snatch the scriptures in Zhaocheng, Shanxi. Duan Longzhang, then captain of the Hongdong County guerrilla squadron, was a key figure in protecting the scriptures. He received the task of the Yan'an Central Committee and the Taiyue District Committee and led the team to cover overnight. Grab the war.

Li Zhizhong, former president of the National Library Development Research Institute and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, believes that in the war years, the protection policy of the "Zhaocheng Golden Collection" also made it carry a "red gene", which is incomparable to other cultural relics.

"If the Communist Party of China had not focused on protecting cultural relics during the war years, there would have been no legendary life of "Zhaocheng Jinzang"."

　　At the opening ceremony, as a descendant of the Eighth Route Army who rescued the scriptures, Duan Longzhang's daughter, Duan Xiangling, said: "My father never mentioned this past. A few years ago, I visited Hongdong County, Shanxi where he worked, and found out. , This time the verses from the Lotus Sutra of Wonderful Dharma appeared, I know more.

　　The newly discovered scriptures of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" and a special exhibition of important Buddhist texts in the Tang and Song dynasties attracted the attention of experts and scholars.

At the academic salon held that day, Liu Yuanchun, secretary-general and associate researcher of the Buddhism Research Center of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, believed that the version of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" was extremely valuable: ""Zhaocheng Jinzang" is very valuable for collation research today." Chinese society Zhang Xinying, former deputy director of the Institute of World Religions of the Academy of Sciences and deputy editor-in-chief of "The Chinese Tripitaka (Chinese Part) Sequel", emphasized that the historical and cultural value of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" is reflected in its significance for national cultural exchanges.

During the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, a printed copy of "Golden Tibetan" of the same version as "Zhaocheng Jinzang" was taken to the Sakya Monastery in Tibet for preservation, and Kublai Khan gave it to the "Western Regions Naturalized States". The fragment was in Xinjiang in the last century. Found in different locations.

These facts further illustrate the position of the Chinese Buddhist classics represented by "Zhaocheng Jinzang" in the religious territory of a unified multi-ethnic nation at that time.

　　Wang Qiyuan, an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Ancient Books Preservation of Fudan University, believes that the construction of the discipline of Chinese ancient books preservation is closely related to "Zhaocheng Jinzang".

This expert said that after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, "Zhaocheng Jinzang" became a large-scale ancient book restoration project. The country used a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to preside over the restoration of "Zhaocheng Jinzang", which lasted nearly 17 years. The restoration was completed in 1965.

No matter from the perspective of cultural relics, literature or culture, "Zhaocheng Jinzang" still has very heavy value today.

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　　It is understood that the newly discovered scriptures of "Zhaocheng Jinzang" and a special exhibition of important Tang and Song Buddhist texts will be exhibited in Shanghai until December 3, and will then be exhibited in Hangzhou, Shanxi and Qinhuangdao.

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