Daiyun Mountain, the origin of the nine sects, welcomes guests and welcomes guests. The scenery around Daiyun Temple is beautiful. Ming Dynasty people summarized its scenery as: "Autumn Scenery of Daiyun", "Welcoming the Spring Tide of Snow", "One Pillar Supporting the Sky", "Seven Miles of Pangu", "Real Monk of the Six Dynasties", " "Stone Hat Crown", "Wind Bun Tongxuan", "Quartz Bell Boat by the Stream", "Tianchi Sprinkling Snow", "Hanging Pines on the Stone Wall", "Yunzhong Stone Factory", "Tianwaixian Spring", "Shanxi Three Drums", Sixteen scenic spots including "Yandong Stone Bell". Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhang Ruitu, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, visited Daiyun and both left calligraphy treasures.
On August 9, 2005, Daiyun Mountain was approved by the State Council as a national nature reserve.
Daiyun Mountain is a natural green treasure house. There are 580 species of vascular plants in 393 genera and 145 families. In some places, patches of semi-primitive forests are still preserved, including tulipwood, rosewood, Chinese cypress, Fujian cypress, Jianning linden, red bean tree, Oriental coca and other national rare forest trees, as well as camphor, nan, oak, Huangshan pine and other precious native tree species in Fujian. There are also various flowers such as camellias, orchids, rhododendrons, lilies, roll lilies, wild peonies, etc. In addition, there are more than 60 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials such as Shigu, Shisui, Daphne, Coptidis, Corianthrum, Tremella, Anomatis, Silver anemone and Noctiluca, as well as Drosera, Drosera rotunda, Utricularia japonica, Interesting carnivorous plants such as earweed. During the sightseeing and browsing process, tourists can experience the magnificent and beautiful natural scenery and feel the joy of returning to nature. At the same time, it further stimulates their love for forests and the beautiful feelings of protecting nature. Here you can also discover rich forest culture, flowers and flowers. culture, bamboo culture, tea culture and other cultural connotations.
Daiyun Mountain belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an obvious vertical mountain climate and some characteristics of the northern subtropical and southern temperate zones. The summers are cool, the winters are not cold, the weather is humid and rainy, there are many foggy days, there is sufficient sunlight, the mountainous climate landscape is outstanding, and there is little human destruction. It is a rare original ecological natural environment in the city. The climate in this area has an average annual temperature of 17.8℃, and an annual accumulated temperature of 10℃ or above is 3200-5200℃. The annual precipitation is 1603 mm, the number of sunshine days is 195-240 days, there are 300 foggy days throughout the year, and the relative humidity is 87. Daiyun Mountain, which is famous for its clouds and mist, is always surrounded by seas of clouds, which change with the climate.
Daiyun Temple is located in Daiyun Village, Chishui, Dehua County. According to historical records, monks came here to build temples as far back as the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, a monk named Zhiliang (named Zhiliang) from Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou admired the beautiful Daiyun Mountain and often said to himself: "I am in Ziyun, but I am in Daiyun." After his death in the twelfth year of Dazhong (858), The apprentice transported his body to Daiyunshan Temple and worshiped him in statue. Later, his master Cigan was also enthroned here. The two monks are both worshiped as the founders of Daiyun Temple. The temple was first built in the second year of Kaiping (908) in the Later Liang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, and was rebuilt by monk Huai Zheng in the second year of Duangong (989) in the Song Dynasty. There is still a stone bridge built in the fourth year of Chunhu (1244) in Nanlai near the temple. In the middle of the main hall, there is a standing stone for the altar built in February of the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. The stele records the partial repairs by Gengchen (1760) and Qianlong Jichou (1769). The temple is a wooden hilltop building with a simple beam structure. The appearance of the present temple is basically intact and large in scale. It is currently the largest preserved temple in Dehua. There are still some incomplete plaques of "Haoyu Jingshe" inscribed by Rui Zhangtu, a Jinshi scholar and calligrapher in the 32nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and some incomplete woodcut couplets in the temple.