A pair of giant bluestone lions stand on both sides in front of the door, carved in the Qing Dynasty. The male and female face each other, and the male looks to the south, guarding the famous temple through the ages. The male lion presses a hydrangea with its front hooves, and the female lion protects a small lion with its front hooves, which is lifelike and adds a solemn and quiet atmosphere to the temple. There are two symmetrical stone squares on the east and west sides of the eight-character wall outside the mountain gate. The outer banner of the east stone square is: the four characters of Zuyuandiben, and the inner banner is created by Batuo; the inner banner of the west stone square is: Mahayana Resort, and the outer banner is: : Song Shao Zen Forest. Above the majestic mountain gate with painted brackets, red doors and carved pillars, there hangs a rectangular black-backed gold plaque inscribed by Kangxi's imperial pen. In the middle of the plaque are written the three shining golden characters of Shaolin Temple, and in the upper center of the plaque are engraved the six characters "Treasure of Kangxi's Imperial Pen". Seal. The imperial title was awarded in the 43rd year of Kangxi (AD 1704), and it has a history of more than 300 years. The renovated Shaolin Mountain Gate is majestic and matched with ancient cypresses, making the mountain gate extremely spectacular. For this reason, Emperor Kangxi wrote a letter to Shaolin Temple, and there is also a story full of mystery. It is said that during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, after the construction of the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple was completed, only the plaque on the gate remained empty. The abbot of Shaolin Temple, the great monk Jingzhai, once mobilized troops and people to have the court inscribe an inscription on this plaque, but the effect was not good. One day in the 43rd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1687), an imperial decree came from Kyoto, saying that Emperor Kangxi was going to visit Zhongyue. When he heard that the emperor was coming to Shaolin, the abbot Jingzhai, the great monk, thought it was a double happiness; it would add splendor to the Shaolin Temple. Secondly, I took the opportunity to ask the emperor to write a plaque for the Shaolin Temple. But how can we get the emperor to inscribe this plaque? To this end, he sat in meditation for nine days to gain wisdom from concentration and make plans in his mind. When Emperor Kangxi, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials and imperial guards, arrived at the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple, the great monk Jingzhai led the monks in the temple to greet him in front of the mountain gate. Emperor Kangxi saw the majestic Shaolin Temple gate with cascading arches and solemnity, and nodded in praise. However, when I saw that the plaque hanging high on the mountain gate was just blank, I couldn't help but shake my head and asked curiously: Great monk, the mountain gate is newly built and majestic, why is there an empty plaque hanging there? Seeing the emperor's question, the great monk Jingzhai was delighted. He clasped his hands forward and said to Kangxi: In order to welcome the arrival of Long Live, all the monks pulled down a plaque with the original inscription. Now there is a plaque written by an old and a young monk in the temple. , Long live the instructions." As he spoke, he waved the monks to disperse quickly. From the crowd, two monks, an old and a young, appeared on the ground in front of the mountain gate. They spread paper with the words Shaolin Temple, this old and young monk, and one One held a thick pen like a small broom, and the other held a brush for writing small characters. They were sweating profusely as they wrote. The three characters of Shaolin Temple were written crookedly, with big characters like buckets and small characters like ants, on a piece of paper. Emperor Kangxi stepped forward and couldn't help but laughed and said: There is no writing here! Seeing that the opportunity had come, the great monk Jingzhai led the monks in shouting in unison: "Long live the gift!" Emperor Kangxi heard the unanimous request from the monks and saw that he could not refuse. He calmly picked up the pen and wrote the three characters of Shaolin Temple in front of the mountain gate. So far, these three words hang high on the mountain gate to this day. There is a smiling Maitreya Buddha statue in the mountain gate, also called the Future Buddha. He raises his eyebrows, bares his chest and belly, and welcomes people with a smile. Behind the statue of Wei Tuo, the guardian of the law, stands tall and mighty, wearing armor and holding a pestle. It is a precious heritage in our country's sculpture art.