The age of three rare ancient ginkgo trees in the temple is 1500 years, which has been listed in China Classical Garden Landscape and is a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. Xiao Tong, the Prince of Liang Xiao Zhaoming in the Southern Dynasties, studied here and planted it by himself, which is called "thousand-year-old breast-dropping", "holding heaven over the earth" and "lightning recovery". Up to now, it is still flourishing, and as a result of pollination, Ginkgo biloba is painstakingly known as the "sacred fruit of Buddha's edge".
20 14, the reconstruction plan of Huiji Temple was launched. The main design body of this renovation project adopts Tang architectural style, and the area will be expanded from the current 30 mu to 150 mu. The whole reconstruction project will be completed in three stages. The first phase of the construction of Anyang Hospital, Zhaitang, Daxiong Hall, Pu Xian Hall and other main buildings; In the second phase, a meditation center, a clean house, an abbot and a bell and drum tower will be built; In the third stage, the Temple of the King, Wen Shu Hospital, Guest House and the Buddhist Scripture Building will be built. After the overall reconstruction of Huiji Temple is completed, from the perspective of Laoshan Mountain, in the future, you can see the cornices scattered, the outline is magnificent and changeable, and the ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River will reappear, and Huiji Temple will also become a rare ancient architectural complex in the Tang Dynasty in China.
Location of Huiji Temple:No. 1 Huiji North Road, Tangquan Street, Pukou District, Nanjing Coverage: 150 mu Opening hours: All-day scenic spots Level: Admission price of cultural relics protection units in Jiangsu Province: free historical evolution, ancient ginkgo trees, main scenic spots, current abbots, modes of transportation and historical evolution Huiji Temple, formerly known as Tangquan Temple and Southern Dynasties Liu. During the reign of Xiao Liang, Prince Xiao Tong of Zhaoming also studied here. There is a hot spring nearby, where Prince Zhaoming (later called Prince Tang) once bathed. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Tangquan Temple was renamed Huiji Garden. During the Ningnian period, passers-by in Zhaoqing came here to live in seclusion. Soon, his friends Sun Xinlao, Qin Shaoyou and Shi Canliao visited together, and Qin Shaoyou wrote "A Complete Record of Visiting the Hall", which has been circulated for a hundred years. At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, a monk loyal to the country converted Huijiyuan into Huiji Temple. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was very lucky in tangquan town during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Because he avoided the word "soup", he renamed tangquan town Xiangquan Town, and Huiji Temple was once renamed Xiangquan Temple. During Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, Maolin and Su Zhaokui, two city dwellers, founded Huaying Academy in Huiji Temple. Since then, with the bell of Huiji Temple ringing, in addition to the silent prayers of good men and women, there is another kind of cadence of Confucius' poems. It is rare for temples and academies to be so closely combined in the whole country. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, this thousand-year-old temple was destroyed by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom War. 20 14, the reconstruction plan of Huiji Temple was launched. The renovation project adopts the architectural style of Tang Dynasty in the design subject, and the area is expanded from 39 mu to 380 mu, and the scale is expanded by nearly 10 times. The whole reconstruction project will be completed in three stages. The first phase of the construction of Anyang Hospital, Zhaitang, Daxiong Hall, Pu Xian Hall and other main buildings; In the second phase, a meditation center, a clean house, an abbot and a bell and drum tower will be built; In the third stage, the Temple of the King, Wen Shu Hospital, Guest House and the Buddhist Scripture Building will be built. After the overall reconstruction of Huiji Temple is completed, from the perspective of Laoshan Mountain, in the future, you can see the cornices scattered, the outline is magnificent and changeable, and the ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River will reappear, and Huiji Temple will also become a rare ancient architectural complex in the Tang Dynasty in China. There are three thousand-year-old ginkgo trees in Huiji Temple, which have been listed in the "China Classical Garden Landscape" and are cultural relics protection units in Jiangsu Province. One is called "Millennium Milk Drop", with a height of more than 20 meters and a bust of more than 7 meters. It takes seven people to surround it. There are seven air roots, the largest is more than 2 meters long, the largest is 30 centimeters in diameter and 90 centimeters in circumference, just like * * * hanging in the air, which makes the viewer feel mysterious. The second name is "supporting the sky and covering the ground", which means that this tree is not only 24 meters high, but also has a huge crown, covering an area of more than half an acre, which can accommodate thousands of people to enjoy the cool in summer. The third name is "Lightning Recovery". This tree was burned by lightning during the Xianfeng period and miraculously recovered several years later, hence its name. The site of Huiji Temple, the main scenic spot, is now a Nanjing-level cultural relics protection unit, and there is a site park open to tourists. The main cultural relics in the park are cornerstones, inscriptions and ancient trees. There are two types of cornerstones. One is that the cover basin is engraved with decorative patterns such as peony, grapes and lotus flowers, which shows the meaning of wealth, prosperity and peace. From the shape of the column base and the method of carving flowers, it should be a relic of Tangquan Temple in the southern Tang Dynasty or Huiji Temple in the early Song Dynasty, and it should be used by Huiji Temple later. The other is the basin cover element column foundation, which is a little later. It may be the relic of the Tibetan Wheel Temple built in Yuan You for three years in Huiji Temple (1088). There are many ancient stone tablets in Huiji Temple, the earliest and most famous of which is the Tang Quan Temple tablet established in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The monument is a bluestone with tortoise shells, a semicircular head and a dragon relief on it. The inscription is engraved with the words "Tangquan Temple Monument", which is magnificent and written by famous artists. The inscription was written by Han Xizai, a famous man in Wenyuan of Southern Tang Dynasty and a bachelor of Zheng Guangtang. This monument was blown into several sections during the Cultural Revolution, and now the cultural relics department has collected five of them. Although there are many words in the inscription, only the word 10 can be distinguished. As a rare inscription in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is precious after all. In addition, it also records the stone carvings of Yuan You in the Northern Song Dynasty for three years and Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty for sixteen years, and records the fact that Huiji Temple built a wheel to hide relics and offered silver to bury them. Apart from cultural relics, the most striking thing is three rare ancient ginkgo trees in the temple, all of which are 1400 years old. This is the earliest extant ancient ginkgo tree in Nanjing. It is said that it was planted by Prince Xiao Tong of Zhaoming during Liang Xiao's reign in the Southern Dynasties. The elder of the three ginkgo trees is called "Millennium Hanging Chest", which is 20.2 meters high and 7.45 meters in diameter. Only seven adults can hug each other. There are seven pendulous papillae on the branch. The largest mastoid is 2.18m in length, 30cm in root diameter and 90m in circumference. The second-class figure of Huiji Temple is called "Supporting the Heaven and Covering the Earth", with a height of 24.7 meters and a diameter of 7.4 meters. Named after the trunk supporting the sky and covering the ground. In summer, dense shade covers more than half an acre of ground, which can provide thousands of people with cool air. This tree was cut down for no reason during the Cultural Revolution, and now its scale is not as good as before. Uncle called it "lightning recovery", which is 23.9 meters high and 4.7 meters in diameter. The biggest difference between this tree and the first two trees is that its trunk is straight and towering, like a pillar of indomitable spirit, which looks proud and abrupt. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, a thunder destroyed half the trunk of this tree, and miraculously recovered slowly a few years later. Now the trunk is hollow. If you look up near the part struck by lightning in the past, you can still see the sight of "a line in the sky", which is amazing. Mr. Lin Sanzhi, the late famous calligrapher and contemporary sage of grass, couldn't put down the 3,000-year-old ginkgo tree in his hometown. He once praised them with a long poem of more than 500 words and carved a monument in the temple. These three ginkgo trees in Huiji Temple are still full of vitality after thousands of years of wind and rain, which should be related to the underground hot springs rich in sulfur and carbonic acid gas in tangquan town. Tangquan town is known as "the hometown of hot springs". There are as many as seven or eight hot springs in the town. In addition to the abandoned Taizitang in the early years, there are Liu Quan, Tang Chuan, Pearl Spring, Tanghu Weir and Lingjiaokeng. Their spring water can not only cure tinea, but also be used by local residents to irrigate crops. Huiji Temple is unique in Tangquan and can be visited and rewarded. Master Lang Ming, abbot of Nanjing Guhuiji Temple, 1974, is a native of Zhoushan, Zhejiang. When I was a child, I worshipped Buddha with my mother. When I was in junior high school, I began to contact Buddhist books and became a believer. I met Master Jing Min in high school and converted to his first step. He was the first group of young Buddhist disciples under Master and was influenced by him. After graduating from high school, he entered the Zizhu Zen Forest in Putuo Mountain to study, and 1994 became a monk. In the same year, I studied at Minnan Buddhist College in Xiamen, and advanced placement entered the undergraduate class with the first place. 1996 mid-term punishment, 1996 graduated from Buddhist College at the end of 1996. He was hired as a confidant by Shishi Buddhist College in Haicang District, Xiamen, and served as a supervisor in 2000. In 2002, invited by tangquan town of Pukou District, Nanjing, he became the abbot of Tangquan Huiji Temple and the executive vice president of Pukou Buddhist Association. In 2008, he served as Deputy Secretary-General of Nanjing Buddhist Association. In 2005, the first charity organization in Nanjing Buddhism, Huiji Charity and Merit Association, was established in Nanjing. At present, its membership exceeds 1 1,000. The mage is good at giving lectures and writing, learning from the rooftop and converting to the pure land. Invited to give lectures all over the country and participate in lectures and exchange meetings organized by the Chinese Buddhist Association, he is a recommended representative of Jiangsu Province. He was also invited to teach Buddhism in universities and large enterprises. He has published articles in various Buddhist publications in China, such as Fayin, Hanshan Temple Buddhism and Taizhou Buddhism. Hundreds of converted believers. Adhering to the concept of "promoting the positive pulse of Tiantai and creating a pure land on earth", we will popularize the law and benefit the world. Transportation: Take Nanjing Bus No.607 or Nanjing Bus No.608 and get off at Tangquan East Station or Yinquan Road Station.