Guanghua Temple is located at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain (also known as Nanshan), about 2 kilometers southwest of the city. It is a famous ancient temple in central Fujian and one of the Buddhist jungles in Fujian. Recently, it was rated as one of the "Top Ten" scenic spots in Fujian.
The temple was first built in the second year of Chen Yongding in the Southern Dynasty (AD 558) and was named Jinxian Temple. Later, it was expanded into a temple. In the second year of Tang Jingyun (A.D. 7 1 1), Emperor Zong Rui gave it the name "Lingyan Temple", which was inscribed by the famous calligrapher Liu Gongquan. In the first year of Xingguo in Song Taiping (AD 976), Emperor Song Taizong renamed it "Guanghua Temple".
The Song Dynasty was the heyday of Guanghua Temple. At that time, there were 10 courtyards, 120 temples and more than a thousand monks. "The eaves of the eaves rub against each other, and the splendor comes one after another." Mountain gates are like cities, and pilgrims are like clouds. The existing buildings were rebuilt in the early years of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. In recent years, under the enthusiastic sponsorship of overseas Chinese, Guanghua Temple has been completely renovated and expanded. The total area is more than 32,000 square meters, and the construction area has reached16,000 square meters. The whole layout takes Zhaobi, Paifang, Shanmen, Fangshengchi, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Fatang Hall (the upper part is the Sutra Pavilion) and Zutang Hall (the upper part is the reclining Buddha Pavilion) as the central axis, facing south, with a total length of 385 meters, which is magnificent. Spacious colonnades are built on both sides to closely connect the whole building complex. On the left side is the Gongde Hall, Xisheng Pavilion, Zunke Hall, Jialan Temple, Wuguantang (the upper part is the warehouse, the latter is the fragrant kitchen) to the bell tower; On the right are Prajna Hall, Kanshan Building, Abbot, Xia Yandong, Jingxing Hall, Ancestral Hall, Xue Jietang and Drum Tower. A magnificent Guanyin Pavilion has been newly built on the upper left, which contains a Guanyin statue eight meters high. On the upper right, the new Xiaonanshan Dizang King Hall is built. On the left and right sides of the release pool. Four or five hundred arhats have been built. The overall structure of the temple is rigorous and the layout is symmetrical, which shows the traditional architectural style of the ancient temple in southern Fujian.
The main hall, Daxiong Hall, is built on a pedestal with a height of 2.7 meters, which is a beam-lifting hall structure. This temple is 22 meters high and covers an area of 837 square meters.
In front of the Tianwang Temple, there are two stone-path buildings built in the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1065), which are about 3 meters high. One of them is engraved with "The Buddha Peak is the curse of Dalagni", which is a valuable material for studying the relationship between Sanskrit translation and local dialects.
In front of Pumen Temple on the left in front of the temple, there is also a wooden pavilion-style Sakyamuni Buddha Tower, which was built before the first year of the Song main road (1 165), with a five-level octagon and a height of 30 meters. The tower room is hollow, and the inner wall is embedded with stone steps for people to climb to the outside of the tower doors on each floor. There are relief patterns such as Buddha statues, two-headed feathered people, flying musicians and flowers and birds in the outer walls and folds, which are exquisite and beautiful. The eaves of the tower are carved like bricks and tiles, which has the tendency of Feng Ling floating. Its architectural art is rare in Bamin, and it is listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit.
There are eight Chinese characters inscribed by Zhao Puchu in the temple, which are "Wande Solemn" and "Solemn Land, Happiness and Affection".
Guanghua Temple is a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. The temple is filled with incense and pilgrims. There is a highway directly to the mountain gate in the urban area.
Nangshan temple
Nangshan Temple is located in Nangshan, west of Shi Ting, Jiangkou Town. Founded in the first year of Emperor Taizong (88 1), it was named Yanfuyuan. In the second year of Tang Guangqi (886), the king of Fujian renamed it "Cishou Temple Tower", commonly known as Nangshan Temple. Inside the temple, there are Daxiong Hall, Tianwang Hall, Dharma Hall, Zen Hall, Sutra Pavilion, Bell and Drum Tower and so on. In the eighth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (1433), 300 lent houses were built. During the Jiajing period, the temple was burned by the enemy. Existing buildings were built in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Guangxu and the Republic of China.
Capsule Mountain Temple used to be an ancient post station. Zhu lived in this temple when he took office in Tongan. Zhu Youshi: "Xiao Fa was born in Langshan Temple. The sea of clouds is almost boundless, and the mountains are green. Tired from work, have a chat and have a rest. What will happen in the future if you don't learn from the fairy in the tower? "
Langshan Mountain is 639 meters above sea level, mostly exposed granite, named after the peak looks like the "hidden capsule" of the ancients sitting on the mattress. The peaks and peaks overlap, and the columns are like lotus petals, so it is known as the "Ancient Capsule Mountain Column Mountain Festival" and is one of the "Twenty-four Scenes of Putian". The rocks on the mountain are grotesque, and one of them is a huge stone, which looks like a horseshoe crab in the sea, so it is called "horseshoe crab". It can change color with climate change, turn white in sunny days and gray in rainy days, and can be seen dozens of miles below the mountain. It is regarded as a natural "barometer". There is also a Tianyuan rock, the hall above is high and open, overlooking by the railing. As you can see, Xinghua Bay is vast in smoke and waves, with islands scattered all over it, just like Qian Fan, which is spectacular.
Dongyueguan
Dongyue Temple is located in the center of Xinjie Street in Jiangkou Town. The whole building is magnificent and neatly arranged. The front hall, the middle hall and the back hall are connected by cloisters, and the stone pillars are connected together, which looks simple and elegant.
The front hall is the main building, built with a single eaves and leaning against the mountain, with five rooms wide, and the top of the hall is decorated with colored glass, which is magnificent. The buildings such as the Middle Temple, the Back Temple, the Ten Kings Temple, the Baiting Pavilion, the Gonggong Temple and the Wei Liang Temple have all maintained the characteristics of the Qing Dynasty. There are also huge plaques inscribed by Shang Shu in the Ming Dynasty, couplets inscribed by Guo Shangxian, a calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, "I am tired of the world" inscribed by the producer in the Qing Dynasty, and "Five Mountains are the only ones" inscribed by Lin Sen and other cultural relics.
Dongyue Temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty (1336). Originally named "You Guan Sheng", it was rebuilt in the 11th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (14 13). In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1609), Putian County ordered He Nanjin to rebuild and renamed it "Dongyue Temple". Later, it was rebuilt many times in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. In recent years, overseas people have donated money for comprehensive renovation, and the ancient view has taken on a new look.
Sanhui temple
Sanhui Temple is located in Sanhui Village, Daji Town, west of Xianyou County 13km. Tang Jingyun was founded in (7 10-7 1 1), and Tang Huichang was abandoned by fire in (84 1-846). It was rebuilt in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (847-859), restoring the grand appearance of Fan Yugong Qiong. Since then, Sanhui Temple has become increasingly prosperous. By the 24th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 139 1), Sanhui Temple had become one of the four jungles in Xianyou. Soon, it was burned by a military disaster. From the seventh year of Zheng Tong in Ming Dynasty to Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, the monks Yunya and Zhihui raised money everywhere, rebuilt the temple on the original site three times, expanded the temple and reshaped the Buddha statue, and Sanhui Temple recovered its former prosperity. In the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), Sanhui Temple began to expand on a large scale, and it was not completed until the sixth year of Yongzheng (1723). Although the temple was damaged several times during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it basically maintained the scale and style of ancient buildings. After 1980s, overseas Chinese monk Ruxian raised funds overseas for reconstruction. Today, Sanhui Temple covers an area of 14720 square meters, which is more magnificent than any dynasty.
There are many existing cultural relics in Sanhui Temple, including a stone basin 1 pair in the third year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty (1 04) and a big clock1pair in the ninth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty (1305). There are also poems in the temple, such as The Collection of Shadow Moon by Qiu Zhe, a monk in Ming Dynasty (numbered Chao Guo) and The Collection of Lindong by Yi Si, a monk in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. There is also an inscription on the rebuilding of Sanhui Temple written by Huang Qiyou, a bachelor of Hanlin in the twelfth year of Qing Emperor Kangxi.
Guishan ancient temple
Guishan Ancient Temple is located in Huating Town, 0/5 km west of the city. It was named after the temple was built on the top of a mountain shaped like a turtle's back. It is also called "Sea of Turtles" because there is a 2-mile-long ocean on the top of Fiona Fang.
In the second year of Tang Changqing (AD 822), a famous monk came here to start a mountain. Without a Zen master, he opened the 18 tea garden. In the 11th year of Xian Tong (AD 870), nine temples were built, with more than a thousand monks. In the first year of Zhenguan in Houliang (9 15-920), King Min named this temple "Guishan Fuqing Temple". It was expanded into a temple in the Ming Dynasty. The existing buildings were rebuilt in the 30th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty (1904), including the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the Fatang Hall, the Dizang Hall, the Zen Room and the Abbot Room. Is there a Zen master's tomb tower in the west of the temple? The stone carvings are beautifully decorated and quaint, with artistic characteristics. There are many stone troughs in this temple's den, the largest of which can store 10 thousand Jin of water, and the words "November of the fourth year of Yuan Dynasty" are engraved. In the heyday of Guishan Temple, there were many subordinate lower houses (affiliated temples). With the spread of disciple almsgiving, even overseas (Malacca) have their homes.
The peaks and peaks of Guishan Mountain overlap, and it is cloudy, quiet and cool. Since ancient times, it has been known as "turtle and ocean accumulate fog", and the mountain is rich in famous tea. Chen Jingbang, the minister of rites in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a couplet about the temple: "There are monks in the clouds in the middle of the temple." . According to legend, the famous tea "fragrance in the moon" produced here in the Ming Dynasty was once selected as a tribute.