Brief introduction of Guanyin rock in Zhuzhou

Guanyinyan, Zhuzhou, ascended the stairs from Nanshan Gate, and there is a memorial archway, which reads "Empty Soul Bank". After the archway, it is a stone plank road along the river, about 100 meters long, winding and straight to the temple. There is a cave behind the temple, which is14m deep, 2.7m high and 9m wide. This hole connects with the temple. The stone platform in the cave stands out, with a height of 0.5 meters. It looks like a bed, called the "immortal bed", in which the statue of Guanyin is enshrined. There is a clear spring behind the Buddha statue, which is sweet and delicious. People call it "fairy spring". There are 100 multi-stage stone steps and a huge stone hug at the lower left of the cave. There are dugong pavilions and plum blossom pavilions on the top, and chorus poems are carved on the rock wall. Xu Xiake, a geographer in the Ming Dynasty, visited this cave in the spring of the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637) and wrote a detailed Diary of Chu Travels, which was later compiled as Xu Xiake's Travels. ...

Kong Ling Temple enjoys a prosperous incense, a well-known reputation and a large number of pilgrims from far and near. Many dignitaries came here to improvise. Kong Ling Temple was destroyed many times in history, and was completely destroyed when the Cultural Revolution broke through four old buildings in 1966, leaving only a bare grotto. 1June, 1987, Mr. Tang Yingtao, a Taiwanese compatriot from Hunan, responded to the suggestion of the county Committee member Xiao and organized individual donations overseas to rebuild the temple. The county people's government was specifically responsible for organizing the repair. Mountain Gate, Plank Road, Three Temples, Tibetan Scripture Building, Ursa Major Hall, Tibetan Museum, Bell and Drum Hall, Monk House, etc. They are all built on rocks, with a building area of 960 square meters, red walls and golden tiles, which are very spectacular. Fang Yi, Vice Premier of the State Council, wrote the plaque of Empty Shore, Zhao Puchu, Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and President of Chinese Buddhist Association, wrote the plaque of Three Temples, Li Li, a stone calligrapher, wrote the plaque of Buddha's Light Shining, and Feng Li, a famous calligrapher in China, wrote the gold plaque of Daxiong Hall. From 65438 to 0990, we continued to repair the infrastructure such as houses and tourism, and expanded the scale to form an ideal place for people to visit and worship Buddha.