Yongqing Temple was built during the Liang Wudi period in the Southern Dynasties, with a history of 1500 years. It is one of the "480 temples in the Southern Dynasties". Yongqing Temple was once as famous as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang. Over the past 1000 years, it has experienced many ups and downs and been repaired many times.
According to legend, Shi Naian, a writer at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, lived in seclusion in Wenchang Pavilion of Yongqing Temple and wrote the 28th to 32nd chapters of Water Margin. In 1930s, Phoenix people had already seen Shi Naian's clothes tomb, and people still went to Phoenix Mountain to explore the remains of Shi Naian. Yongqing Temple and Daxiong Hall were inscribed by Zhao Puchu, a calligrapher and former president of the late Chinese Buddhist Association. The word "Buddha" in stone carving was written by the famous calligrapher Mr. Wu Zhongqi; Cool is written by Master Hongyi, a modern monk. The "solemn method" is the handwriting of the master of painting and calligraphy; "Tiaofu" is the handwriting of Shen Peng, and these precious handwriting all show the elegance of Yongqing Temple.
Yongqing Temple has "three wonders", namely, the Millennium Cooper, the flesh bodhisattva and the natural stone well.
Yongqing Temple is full of rich Buddhist culture. The four Bodhisattvas and Guanyin on three sides are vividly shaped. Jiu Feng Bi and Kangxi's handwriting is "the best in the world". The quotations from Life 108, a famous Buddhist figure and abbot of Taiwan Province dharma drum mountain Feast, give people profound enlightenment.
Source: Tourism Bureau.