Lingshan Scenic Area is located on the south bank of Luohe River, 7 kilometers west of Yiyang County and 40 kilometers away from the ancient capital Luoyang, covering an area of 2 square kilometers. The scenic spot is located on the tourist trunk line of Juan Road, 33 kilometers east of Longmen Grottoes, a world cultural heritage, and 43 kilometers west of Huaguoshan National Forest Park, a cultural holy place on the westward journey. The scenic spot is surrounded by mountains and waters, integrating mountains, forests, water, temples and springs, with convenient transportation and obvious advantages.
Lingshan Temple, located in the scenic spot, is a famous temple in western Henan. It is the sister temple of Baima Temple, the ancestral temple of Teachers College. It has a long history and rich cultural accumulation. It is the main place for religious activities in western Henan and the key cultural relics protection unit in Henan Province. The temple covers an area of 18667.6 square meters (28 mu), with a building area of 2.9 mu. There are more than1/kloc-0. The whole temple faces south, with three courtyards side by side. There are temples, halls, buildings, pavilions and other buildings. There are four great kings, the Jade Buddha of Heng III, the Bodhisattva and other cultural relics, as well as famous poems and poems chanting the scenery of Lingshan, and calligraphy such as Zhen, Cao, Li and Zhuan. The halls are neatly and symmetrically arranged, antique, quiet and fragrant. The ginkgo tree in the temple is a famous "living fossil" for thousands of years, and its leaves and fruits are good medicinal materials for fitness. There is a phoenix spring in the temple, which is clear and sweet, sparkling and sparkling, adding vitality and vitality to the temple. There are seven four-sided stone pagodas in front of Daxiong Hall, which were built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. There are more than 30 statues of bodhisattvas and arhats, and the stone carving technology is similar to that of Longmen in Luoyang.
Lingshan Temple was built early and had a long influence. According to the available data, it was rebuilt in Jin Dading for three years. Xu Hun, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem entitled "A Strong Teacher in Lingshan Temple": "Xiyan can't get past firewood all the way, and eighty people can't feel far on crutches. Dragons sniff the night rain in Shitan, while geese move sand bamboos to watch the autumn tide. The letter revealed how dark the wet text was, and the incense seal blew away the words. If you want to laugh east to south, there is no way to cross the mountain. " However, the buildings in the early Tang Dynasty are the latest.
North of the temple is Phoenix Mountain (also known as Lingshan) with beautiful scenery. It is said that because Zhou Lingwang is buried here, and because this mountain looks like the vulture mountain where Sakyamuni became a Buddha in ancient India, it is called Lingshan. The whole mountain looks like a phoenix spreading its wings, paying attention to the northern mountain and preparing to surrender the dragon, so it is also called Phoenix Mountain. On the Lingshan Mountain, the cypress is green, especially like the feathers of a phoenix. They look like birds, and there are bird patterns on the trees. They are known as "a strange tree through the ages, and a rare tree in a thousand years."
Lingshan Temple has a profound Buddhist culture and many frequent visitors. Liang Qing (later abbot of Famen Temple) and Shao Fan (later abbot of Baima Temple) became monks here, and their Buddhist culture is deeply rooted. Every year around the eighth day of the second lunar month, the traditional Lingshan Temple Fair is held, and tourists and pilgrims come in an endless stream.