Chongsheng Temple has a bell tower, a Buddhist temple, historic sites and a sutra depository. Outside the temple, there are towering old trees and flowers everywhere, which is a holy place to visit. In the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), Chongsheng Temple became a high-standard temple and one of the oldest temples in the county.
Chongsheng Temple, also known as Kannonji, was originally built in Yaqian Port. In the tenth year of Ming Chenghua (1474), Zhang Ruhua, a magistrate of a county, moved it to the city as a place for Yi Xi to pray. A monk named Huiwangbian laid the foundation stone and built the Daxiong Hall, the mountain gate and the Dharma Hall. In the twenty-first year of Jiajing (1542), Yu Xianke, a magistrate of a county, built the King Kong Hall. In the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554), Wang Yu, a magistrate of a county, was dissatisfied with the building of Fatang and ordered it to be demolished. Six years later, Chai Qiao, the magistrate of a county, thought the Dharma Hall was indispensable and renovated it. During the Qin Long period (1567- 1572), Zhang Bingduo, a magistrate of a county, built a bell tower outside the temple, further expanding the scope of Chongsheng Temple. In the sixth year of Wanli (1578), monks will reappear. In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606), Zhu Xun, a magistrate of a county, opened up a site behind the temple and built the Sutra Pavilion. For this reason, he wrote an inscription and recorded the reason and process of building the pavilion. This stone tablet is still in Jingjiang People's Park.
In the 42nd year of Wanli (16 14), after Zhao Yingbo, the magistrate of a county, took office, Chongsheng Temple was expanded again. This year, Zhao Yingxian inspected Chongsheng Temple and thought it necessary to build a memorial arch in front of the temple to make the structure of Chongsheng Temple more complete and imposing, so he built "Wanshou Square" near the street. This memorial archway is exquisite in structure, beautiful in shape, exquisite in craftsmanship and very distinctive. The inscription of "Wanshoufang" was written by Zhao Yingbo. Zhao Yingbo was a famous calligrapher at that time, and his calligraphy was bold and unrestrained, which was a perfect match with the architecture of Wanshoufang. Unfortunately, Wanshoufang was demolished by the rebels during the Cultural Revolution!
In the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), Chen, the magistrate of a county, decided to invest heavily to make Chongsheng Temple more perfect. The monk in the temple called Fan, according to his intention, through fundraising, reshaped the Buddha statue, built the Ursa Mahayana Hall, King Kong Hall, Shanmen and Wanshou Square, dug four wells, bought 20 mu of fragrant fields, and the rest. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, local Qu Zhe and his son Qu Kun successively paid for repairs. At this point, Jingjiang Chongsheng Temple has become a high-standard temple.
In the 18th year of Qing Daoguang (1838), the abbot Xu Chun raised funds to repair the Sutra Pavilion, Mahayana Hall, King Kong Hall, Huma Hall and the East and West halls in front of the Sutra Pavilion, and built a garden in the west of the temple, which included a release pond, a plum blossom pavilion, a Yuhua Hall, a curved bridge and a rockery. Some of the above scenic spots are still preserved, but they have nothing to do with Chongsheng Temple and are part of Jingjiang People's Park.
In the 28th year of Daoguang (1848), due to lack of water, donations were stopped, and the bell tower and Wanshoufang were stopped. Yuhua Room and Wanshou Room are the property of monks themselves, and they are not included in the donation. Mawang Temple on the right side of the corridor was built by the county garrison in the second year of Qianlong (1737).
Before the Cultural Revolution, the main buildings in the temple still existed and were used as folk education halls, cultural centers and exhibition halls. During the "Cultural Revolution", it was constantly destroyed. After the "Cultural Revolution", the temple disappeared, but the bell tower and the four-eye well were well preserved and became a scene of independence.
Jingjiang Bell Tower, an ancient Ming Dynasty building with the Yangtze River in the south and the isolated mountain in the north, has stood tall for nearly 500 years in the baptism of war and vicissitudes. Near the bell tower, the four-eye well built later has long been famous for its grotesque shape. Ancient rhyme, Jingjiang County was founded in Chenghua seven years ago (147 1). In this sense, the existing bell tower and four wells record the vicissitudes of Jingjiang.
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According to the Records of Jingjiang County, Jingjiang Bell Tower was built in the third year of Qin Long in Ming Dynasty (1569), rebuilt in the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), and rebuilt in the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty. In the late 1950s, the people's government renovated the bell tower. 1986, funds for further repair; 1993, the Bell Tower was announced by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.
Bell Tower is a common building in ancient China. Jingjiang Bell Tower is a square, granite strip foundation, very strong. This building has two floors and is exquisitely structured. Surrounded by a long Chinese fir fence, cloister, apricot wall with golden wall, carved forehead and three auxiliary arches, they are layered and criss-crossed to support the cornice roof. The top of the ridge is towering, shaped like Youlong; The horn back hangs high, like a flying phoenix; The eaves are upside down, with the same wings. The west entrance is engraved with the word "Amitabha", written by the famous Liu Tanwu. There is a stone tablet in the middle of the door, carved stone, feet bent, head held high, if the load is light. The front of the stone tablet is engraved with Guanyin statue, holding willow branches in hand, stepping on the blue waves of the South China Sea, and the white clothes are elegant. A boy behind him, carrying a gourd, is very childish. A few lines, that is, outline a lifelike Buddha statue, which is really beyond the reach of all masters! The back of the stone tablet is engraved with the "Chongsheng Temple Bell Tower" inscribed by Zhang Bingduo, a magistrate of Qin Long in Ming Dynasty. The construction process and completion date of the bell tower are described. The inscription was written by Zhou, a famous painter and calligrapher in Ming Dynasty. Regular script seal cutting, round to beautiful. Judging from the peeling handwriting on the inscription, the Guanyin statue on the front should also be written by Zhou. Guanyin tablet was also announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit by Jiangsu Provincial People's Government in 1993.