The places mentioned in ancient poems can actually be verified. The temple mentioned in the poems of the famous poet Zhang Ji is exactly this temple in Suzhou. A temple built in the Southern Dynasties, with a history of more than a thousand years, Hanshan Temple is already very old and famous! Restore information
The "Suzhou Hanshan Temple" WeChat public account released "Suzhou" on June 1 Announcement of Hanshan Temple on the Resumption of Opening":
Suzhou Hanshan Temple will resume operations from June 2, 2020 (Tuesday) on the premise of strictly implementing epidemic prevention and control measures in accordance with the unified deployment of the superior authorities. open.
Reservation method:
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2020 Discount information:
In order to pay tribute to the medical workers who are fighting on the front line of the epidemic, a year-round free ticket policy (with valid ID) will be implemented for medical workers from the reopening of the park, valid from April 2020 to 2021 April of the year. Introduction to Hanshan Temple
Hanshan Temple is located in the western suburbs of Suzhou and has a history of more than 1,400 years. It is famous all over the world for the phrase "Mountain Temple, the bell rings at midnight to the passenger ship". Hanshan Temple is a famous place for praying. There is an endless stream of believers who come to the temple every day to ring bells, offer incense and pray for peace.
Hanshan Temple is mainly composed of the Main Hall, Bell Tower, Stele Corridor, Sutra Library and other buildings. In the main hall, the tall sumitomo is carved from white marble and enshrines a golden statue of Buddha Shakyamuni. On both sides of the hall are eighteen gilded Arhats made during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. They were moved here by Mount Wutai, a Buddhist holy place.
In the stone chamber there are fragments of the inscriptions by Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin among the "Four Talents in the South of the Yangtze River", as well as poetry steles by celebrities such as Yue Fei and Kang Youwei. Yu Yue, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, inscribed "Night Mooring at Maple Bridge". The poem monument is even more unique in Hanshan Temple.
The bell tower in the temple is the source of the "midnight bell". The loud and melodious bell is the symbol of Hanshan Temple.
Every year on December 31, Hanshan Temple holds a New Year's bell ringing ceremony, which means that next year's worries will disappear. Today's big bell is not the bell in Tang poetry, but a monument to the late Qing Dynasty, but a rare big bell that only three people can hold.