lingyan temple
Lingyan Temple is located in Wande Street, Changqing District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, northwest of Mount Tai, and is now an important part of Mount Tai's world natural and cultural heritage. Lingyan Temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Xiao Ming in the Northern Wei Dynasty was rebuilt in the first year of Zhengxing, and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. There are pagodas and thousands of Buddhist temples.
Lingyan Temple is rich in Buddhism. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been known as the "Four Famous Temples" in the world together with qixia temple in Nanjing, Congress Temple in Tiantai, Zhejiang, and dangyang yuquan temple, Hubei. Tang Xuanzang once lived in a temple to translate scriptures. Since Tang Gaozong, emperors of all dynasties have visited Mount Tai for meditation, and many of them have also visited this temple.
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Lingyan Temple is located on the south slope of Lingyan Mountain, 3 1.5km southeast of Changqing District, Jinan City. According to the five years of Ming Chang in Jin Dynasty (1 194), the tablet of the pastoral poetry of Lingyan Temple in Shifang and the Record of Lingyan, the Lingyan Temple area starts from Qiziling in the east, reaches Jiming Mountain in the west, reaches Zimingkong Mountain in the south and reaches the ruins of Shenbao Temple in the north.
It is about 10 km long from east to west and about 5 km wide from north to south. There are 36 temples and 18 pavilions arranged from temples to the top of the mountain. Because emperors used Buddhism to serve their rule, they gave temples protection and taxes, such as the "duty-free food" in the Song Dynasty.
Jin, Yuan and Ming dynasties were duty-free, grain-free, rice-free and corvee-free. In the Ming Dynasty, it was clearly stipulated that "all the seeds produced in the temple were used for offering incense sticks, and the government decided to support 35 hectares of temple land". Lingyan Shengjing Square, which stands at the western end of the temple area, is a stone square. Built in the 26th year of Qing Qianlong (176 1), the word "Lingyan Scenic Area" was inscribed by Emperor Qianlong.
King Kong Hall, also known as the mountain gate. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a plaque on the left and right outside the door, and the four characters "Thousand Cliffs and Thousand Gulls" were written by Zhang Qin in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. There are two monuments behind the door, written by Qin Long Li Fuchu in Ming Dynasty.
King Kong, the two gods guarding Buddhism, is placed around the mountain gate. The left is called "Miji King Kong" and the right is called "Na Luo Yan King Kong". There are three stone bridges in the mountain gate, with Jushan Bridge in the middle, Huxi Bridge in the east and temporary bridge in the west. It was founded in Song Dynasty and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty.