You can see a large number of temples in Guangdong, but each has its own characteristics. According to the temple architecture, we can also see that some temples, including ancient temples, have a long life, a large number of buildings and relatively high landscape value with their own development. This temple in Guangdong Province, in particular, not only has a long history, but also is one of the representative ancient temples in Guangdong Province and the most attractive one.
This temple is the Nanhua Temple with a low sense of existence. Although it is located in the prosperous Guangdong, not every temple is well known to tourists, but according to its value created in tourism, it can attract local attention and even protect ancient buildings reasonably. Nanhua Temple is the largest temple in Guangdong Province. It has been renamed many times and has now become a national key temple with a relatively high social status.
Nanhua Temple, located in Shaoguan, Guangdong, enjoys a high reputation in the province. Nanhua Temple was founded in 502 AD with a history of 1500 years. Nanhua Temple took three years to build, formerly known as "Baolin Temple". Later, it was renamed Zhongxing Temple and Fashen Temple in more than 400 years. It was not until 968 AD that it was officially named Nanhua Temple, which has been passed down to this day. Later, the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism taught here, also known as the six ancestors Dojo.
Now Nanhua Temple has been listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province. There are as many as 690 small Buddha statues in the temple, and you can also see ancient buildings such as the Heavenly King Hall, the Great Hall of Heroes and the Release Pond. In Nanhua Temple, you can also see Feixi Bridge and Hufu Pavilion, which gives visitors the overall feeling of being super-large temples.
Nanhua Temple is the largest temple in Guangdong Province, with a building area of12,000 square meters, equivalent to 18 mu. It is worth mentioning that the reconstruction also took ten years. That's why a large-scale ancient temple was formed. Nanhua Temple is also one of the earliest national key Buddhist temples in Han areas identified by the State Council.
At present, it is also the most famous Buddhist temple in China. A large number of ancient buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties are preserved in the temple, which can prove that the temple has high tourism and ornamental value. Because of this, it will attract a large number of tourists. According to the introduction of this temple, we can see that it is a unique temple. The buildings in the temple are historical sites, which are the most precious wealth of the whole temple and have great potential to be tapped in the future.
Nanhua Temple has so many commemorative meanings, do you know a thing or two? Welcome to discuss messages.
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Address: the bank of Caoxi, 7 kilometers southeast of Maba Town, qujiang district, Shaoguan, Guangdong.
Admission: 20 yuan, opening hours: 08:00~ 17:00.
Transportation: Take Shaoguan-Maba bus in Shaoguan city and get off at Maba Zhonghua Garden Station, then change to No.3 and get off at Nanhua Temple.
The "lowest-key" temple in Guangdong: it was renamed three times in 400 years and is now a national key temple.