Long-distance station: You also need to walk after getting off at Cross Street Station.
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Nantong Tianning Temple, founded in the Tang Dynasty, is a large-scale and long-term well-preserved Buddhist temple in the urban area. It is one of the three existing Tang temples in Jianghai area of Nantong (Langshan Guangjiao Temple, Rugao Dinghui Temple and Nantong Tianning Temple). It is recorded in Wanli annals of Ming Dynasty and Kangxi annals of Qing Dynasty: "Monks in Tang Xiantong made Tang Huan. In the first year of Xiaoguang Tianshun, the old name was changed to the present name. " Gan Longzhi made such a supplement. There are five small light pagodas in the temple, followed by Piluge. Song Xian Zhunzhong (about 990- 1003) was in charge of a construction project, and Fa En and the monk raised money. "It is wrong to record here that" Tianshun changed the name of Fine in the first year "and it should be good wisdom. Guanmou' is difficult to evaluate. Monks once called it "Guan Gong and Guan Po" and enshrined it in the King Kong Hall. During the reign of Xianchun, Song Duzong Ministry of War Shangshu and county people (referring to Shi Min) printed Lei Ying's house and entered the temple (the record of guarding the house and entering the temple). Tianning Temple was originally a holy temple, and lived in Xizhenghejian (11-1165438). Later, it moved to Tianning Temple, and was merged into repaying gratitude and Xiaoguang, which was later called Tianning Temple.
There is a lot of confusion about the age of Tang Temple. Some people say that "Ming Xuande asked for reconstruction." It is said that it was "founded in the Northern Song Dynasty". Historical inscriptions all record the reign of Tang Xiantong or Zhenguan. It is natural to observe this historical period, which is the peak of economic and cultural development in the Tang Dynasty. Although the scale of the temple is far from what it looked like later, it should also be admitted that this is the initial history of temple construction. In the long historical period, Tianning Temple had two records of prosperity: one was the political period of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was merged. At that time, Song Huizong Evonne wrote "The Hall of the Great Heroes" with the imperial brush, which added fuel to the flames. But in the early years of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, Tianning Temple was already: "Only the main hall and the mountain gate are left, and the wind and rain are exhausted, which seems to be peeling off." "After Xuande, Daoism, Ancient Heaven, Wanli and Apocalypse, there were building activities, and Tianning Temple ushered in the second revival period. Chen Qian, the guardian of Tongzhou, was the first person to revive the city. He donated money and invited Jackson jing yuan of Hangzhou to take charge of the construction. Four years ago, he restored the small light tower and the mountain gate, and he also presided over the construction of Tongyuan Hall, Lunzang Hall and Alcohol Zero Building. His disciples were well-intentioned. In Ji Zheng for fourteen years and Tianshun for two years, they began to repair the old and fill the gaps twice and cast bronze statues. And give the name of the temple. Become a place to exercise etiquette. " The Wanli Tongzhou Chronicle also mentioned that there are buildings such as the Temple of Fire, the Temple of the Temple Mount, and the Piluge. In addition, Hui Ru and other monks also rebuilt the Zen Hall, the Dizang King Hall and the Maitreya Hall. At that time, Tongzhou celebrities Shen, Lu, Wu Yi and Tang Youguang all wrote beautiful sentences such as "I lean on Lugu Pavilion with my wings and overlook the big glass", praising the temporary grand occasion of Tianning Temple. The modern branch school in the east of Tianning Temple was converted into a school building, and the Mars Temple, Water Temple (Wang Yu Temple), Ancestor Hall and Premier Hall in the west were built in the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China.
Tianning Temple is worthy of the reputation of a great country. As far as its scale is concerned, it ranks first among the four major temples in Zhoucheng, namely Tianning Temple, East Temple, West Temple and Ganfo Temple. After vicissitudes of life, we can still see its overall layout today: the whole temple seat faces south, with the mountain gate, King Kong Hall, Daxiong Hall and Pharmacist Hall as the central axis structure. In addition, there are the founders and prime ministers' halls of the "three evils" such as Wu Lan, God of War and Water God. There is a small light tower in the northwest, a wall in front of the mountain, and a pair of stone lions in front of the door for protection. Daxiong Hall is the main building of Tianning Temple, which was identified by experts as an ancient wooden structure left over from the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The temple is nearly 40 meters high, three rooms wide and four rooms deep. It has six columns in the opening direction and is a twelve-petal prism made by "mosaic method". There is a compound basin stone strip with peony patterns engraved on it. There are few cultural relics in this ancient temple. Chambu Ren is one of the eight historic sites in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a well-preserved gate, but its handwriting is illegible.
Inscriptions have high cultural value, anecdotes and rumors, rich and colorful, for textual research on the history of Tianning Temple and Nantong. Two generations of emperors wrote books. Apart from Song Huizong's topic: Outdoor, in the next seven years, monk Shanhui of Tianning Temple played Save Tianning Temple with the permission of Yin Yingzong and Zhu Qizhen. Forgetting the original name of "Gratitude for Filial Piety", the emperor made a royal decree in the book, and won the victory of "Gold calligraphy is clearly posted, iron paintings spread, Dragon Zhang Wenfeng shines back into the universe, and Lan Ruo has changed for it" (see "Giving Tianning Temple Monument"). After that, the Wanshou Palace was built in the east of Tianning Temple for the emperor to sign in, so that the civilian who came to Tianning Temple got off the sedan chair and the military attache dismounted to worship. This is "hard to honor" in other temples. Tianning Temple, * * * has three main halls: the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall and the Tibetan Scripture Building. There is a delicate and beautiful pagoda in the northwest corner of the Tibetan Scripture Building-the Small Light Pagoda.
Today, these magnificent temples and buildings retain the heritage of the Song Dynasty. When you stop at this ancient Buddhist temple, the first thing you see is the four glittering characters of Tianning Temple inscribed by Zhao Puchu, a famous calligrapher and scholar in China. Fan Ceng, a famous modern painter and calligrapher in Nantong, who is known as a "genius", inscribed the couplet "Mountains and rivers in the sky, dharma bodies on earth". The reform and opening up has rejuvenated the ancient Tianning Temple, which is communicating the friendship between the people of the world and overseas Chinese with the charm of oriental traditional culture, and plays its due role in promoting Buddhism, promoting the reunification of the motherland, social stability and economic prosperity.