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| | Shangchan Hall [edit this] | | Shangchan Hall, it locates below the The Incarnation Hall. It was once called Jingde Hall, during Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty, Prime Minister Yulin's discipel Zongyan expanded the hall, renamed it Shangchan Hall. The gate is not very big, but the hall is pleasantly big. This temple enjoys the most pilgrimage, presents the best scenery, and most beautiful halls. The legend of Jinsha Spring, ink-washing Pool and Money Tree, which is one of three precious in mountain Jiuhua is always connected with the great poet Libai. | Edit by: ch | |
| Huacheng Temple [edit this] | | Huacheng Temple, a key temple in China, locates on Huacheng Hill at the center of Jiuhua Street basin. It is surrounded by hills as if by city walls. Because there is a legend in buddhist sutra saying: “An area pointed changed into a city”, it was named Huacheng Temple built in Mountain Jiuhua and is the best one in China. In 401, a monk named Huaidu from India built a nunnery here. A hermit, Fei Guanqing in Tang Dynasty kept this in his book Huacheng Temple Records. In 756, Zhu Gejie donated money for the construction of the temple, and asked Jin Qiaojue to live there. In 794, Jin died at the age of 99, he was considered Dizang Bodhisttva thus the temple became the palace to hold rites for him. Now it becomes history museum, keeping Blood Sutra, imperial edict, Dazang Sutra, Petta Sutra and other precious historic documents. The temple occupieds 3,500 square meters, constructed to terrain of the landscape. All together it has four palace halls which are built in the traditional style of Anhui. In front of temple is a big square which is used for holding huge ceremonies. At one corner of the square there is the base of queen's tower. Between the square and the gate is the Fangsheng Pool. | Edit by: ch | |
| Huiju Temple [edit this] | | A key temple in China, first named Huiqin Nunnery. It locates in the west of Mountain Tiantai, to the east of Minyuan Park. First constructed at the the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, expanded at the end of Abbot Jingming, the temple gradually became a monastery, and was renamed Huiju Temple. In 1982, it was rebuilt. In 1984, all the figures were painted and gilded. The temple backs on a high hill, faces a bamboo forest. The environment there is calm and beautiful. The surface area is 541 square meters the figures of 18 arhats and boddhas are true to life. | Edit by: ch | |
| Ganlu Temple [edit this] | | Ganlu Temple (Sweet Dew Temple) is located in the north of the mountain, and originally named “Ganlu An”(The Nunnery of Nectar), and “Ganlu Buddhist Temple”. In 1667, the sixth year of the Kangxi Period in the Qing Dynasty, when the Prime Minister Yulin paid his homage in Mountain Jiuhua and passed here, he said in his praise: “What a beautiful place it is with mountains and rivers! Generations of dignitaries will be born here if a temple is built up.” Monk Dong'an, who lived in fuhu (taming the tiger) Cave, heard this and went out, prepared to build a temple with the help from Wu Erjun and his fellows in Laotian Village, Qingyang. In the eve of the beginning day of this project, pine needles all over the mountain were hung with nectars, which people called a wonder, and henceforward the temple was named as “Ganlusi (nectar)”. After preaching for twice in the temple, Dong'an resumed his life in fuhu (taming the tiger) Cave. In the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty, Abbot Youtan openned the altar again and began to preach, for which the temple became one for Buddhism. With a construction space of 3,500 square meters, the temple has now been left with the cultural relics such as the Precious Hall of The Great Hero, the Side Hall, the Small House, the Bell and Drum, the Stele Inscription, etc.. It is now one of the key national temples. In 1990, Jiuhua Buddhist College was established. Courses included Buddhist theology, sutra, history of buddhism, medicine, philosophy, old Chinese, calligraphy, foreign languages and computer were opened. The college has developped lots of excellent monks, and it is praised as a cradle for masters in buddhism. | Edit by: ch | |
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