What is the origin of Qixia Mountain in Nanjing?

Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the south six times and stationed in Qixia Mountain in Nanjing five times, praising this mountain as the first Ming Xiushan in Jinling. Qixia Mountain is one of the famous ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River. Qixia, formerly known as Shao, was a famous hermit in the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties. Because he saw through the intrigue of officialdom and was determined to cut off the secular world and be honest, he published a book in this mountain and lived in seclusion for more than 20 years. During this period, the six emperors asked him to be an official, but he refused. Shao, a monk in Ming Dynasty, was praised by people at that time and respected as a gentleman. In 489, Ming monks donated their houses to the temple, which was called Qixia Jingshe, and later changed to qixia temple. This is the origin of qixia temple. The Temple Monument to Zheng Mingjun in qixia temple, Sheshan, written by Li Zhi, records the experiences of monks who have retired to Lin Quan and believed in Buddhism. It was written by Gao, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, and it is one of the earliest existing calligraphy works in China. Its style is round, vigorous and unique. What makes Qixia Mountain famous is not only its origin and tradition, but also the thousand Buddha rocks with a long history. In 484 AD, the son of Shao, a monk of the Ming Dynasty, inherited his father's footsteps and followed the Zen master in carving Buddha statues. Infinite Hall Infinite Life Buddha is 9 meters high and 12 meters high. Guanyin Bodhisattva and Shi Zhi Bodhisattva serve both sides, which are collectively called the Three Sages of the West. After the excavation of the Infinite Cave, the nobles of Qi and Liang followed suit and came here to dig caves to pray for Buddha, which actually formed the scale of 294 niches, 565,438+05 Buddha statues. Coupled with the excavation of later generations, * * * has more than 700 Buddha statues, known as the Thousand Buddha Rocks. Every value in late autumn, Qixia Mountain is full of maple leaves, which can be said to be a layer of forest dyed and become another big landscape.