Fuyan Temple

Fuyan Temple is located at the foot of mountain, which is in the east of Zhibo Peak; it is one of the ten jungles of Buddhism. It is very famous in the Chinese Buddhism history, which is the famous doctrine spreading scenic spot of the south part of zen, at present, it is the important cultural relic preservation organization of Hu'nan Province.
 
The temple was set up with along the mountain, occupying a land area of approximately four Chinese acres. The whole construction is the brick and wooden structure. As for the courtyard of hall, there are the Gate of Mountain, Zhike Hall, Mountain God Temple, the Great Buddha's Hall, the Ancestors Hall and so on in turn. On the gate of mountain engraves: “The world court”, and there are couplets on the both sides: “The ancient temple of six dynasties; the Buddhist temple of seven ancestors.”
 
Outside the right side gate of the temple, there is an old gingko tree, which is with one thousand, four hundred history. According to the legend, it once was initiated into monkhood by Buddhist Huisi, then it was proclaimed in the gate of Buddhism, at the entrance of mountain, there are three old gingko trees with over millennium age, which are expelled outside the temple for offending the monastic rules of Buddhism.

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