Historical records of drying stones

According to the Records of Bazhou Prefecture, the Wooden Gate Temple was built in Nanliang, destroyed by the Sui Dynasty and rebuilt during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong. In 680 AD, Prince Li Xian of Zhang Huai was banished to Shu Ren by his mother Wu Zetian. In 682 AD, Li Xian was demoted to Bazhou, passing through Mumen Town, wangcang county, and stayed in Mumen Temple for several days. Together with the abbot of the Wooden Gate Temple, they read the scriptures on a stone surface on the temple side and wrote down the poem "Mingyun (the name of the Prince) was demoted to Bazhou, took a big cloud with him, basked in the ancient temple and sighed that Long Yun had not met". In 684 AD, the talented woman and crown princess Shangguan Waner of the Tang Dynasty visited Li Xian in Bazhou. When she came here, she heard that the prince was killed. She built a pavilion on the "Sun Stone" beside the Wooden Door Temple, where Li Xian had been drying sutras, and wrote "From Banan to Jingzhou (the wooden door was called Jingzhou at that time)": "The rice warehouse is green, and the sunset is weeping. Guateng flower cotton melon ebbs and flows, unlike when in the square lane. " Poetry on the Pavilion, Miss Zhang Huai, Prince Li Xian. According to the expert research of Guangyuan Folk Literature and Art Association, this stone has always been used by temples to turn over scriptures, and the stone steps built on this stone are used by Wooden Door Temple to bask in scriptures. There is no doubt that Li Xian used to dry the scriptures on this stone. According to experts, the Buddha statue carved on the boulder is round, and the discovery of this stone provides valuable information for studying the history, Buddhist culture and carving art of the Tang Dynasty, which is of great value.