Yanfu Temple

Located in Fuping mountain, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, the wooden building built in Yuan Dynasty is the third oldest building in Zhejiang Province.

Yanfu temple is arranged along the central axis as the mountain gate, Tianwang hall, main hall, back hall and wing rooms on both sides.

This building is very important and represents a certain level of architecture. Liang Sicheng also visited here.

Yanfu Temple

Yanfu temple is located in Fuping mountain, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province. It was built in the second year of Tianfu in the later Jin Dynasty (937). It was originally named Futian temple. It was given the name of Yanfu temple in the reign of Shaoxi in the Song Dynasty. The existing buildings are arranged along the central axis as the mountain gate, Tianwang hall, main hall, back hall and wing rooms on both sides.

Historical evolution

There is a longevity pool between the halls and a stone stream well behind the hall. There are stone lion arches in front of the mountain gate and Guanyin hall. The main hall was rebuilt in 1317, the fourth year of Yanyou reign of the Yuan Dynasty. It is the most ancient treasure of Yuan Dynasty architecture in Jiangnan. The hall is square, divided into five rooms, with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain.

The inner pillars are big in the middle and small at both ends. The side feet have the function of earthquake resistance, which can resist small earthquakes and typhoons. The first is a basin column base decorated with precious flowers, with a stone mound on it; the second is a mound shaped column, with a Ru Shu column between the front eaves column and the gold column, and the lower end is carved like an eagle's beak. The arched moon beam is added between the flat beam and the golden pillar to play the role of pulling. This method is the first of the arched beams in the south of the Yangtze River.

The paintings of landscape murals and cursive script on the surrounding walls are mostly excellent works of the Ming Dynasty. Shanmen, Tianwang hall and Guanyin hall were built in Qing Dynasty, with magnificent decoration. Dongxiangfang was built in Ming Dynasty. In the hall, there is a large iron bell cast in the second year of song Baoyou (1254); in front of the back hall, there is a pair of stone lions of the Yuan Dynasty; in the hall, there is a stone tablet of "rebuilding Yanfu Temple" written by Liu Yan in the first year of yuantaiding (1324) and a stone tablet of "rebuilding Yanfu Temple" written by Tao mengduan in the seventh year of tomorrow Shun (1463). Now it is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.

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Yanfu temple is one of the three major temples in Alashan and one of the eight temples. It was built in the ninth year of Yongzheng (1731) and expanded on the basis of the "Sixteen Arhats hall". In that year, the Qing government officially presented Dingyuan camp to a Bao, the son of Huo Rulai, the king of Alxa, as a "royal residence", so it was called "royal residence Temple", also known as "Wangye Temple". Successive Alashan princes have made great efforts to the construction and development of the temple.

Yanfu temple is located in Fuping mountain, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County. Yanfu temple was built in 927, the second year of Tiancheng in the late Tang Dynasty. It was originally named Futian temple. It was named Yanfu temple in 1190-1194 of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is a famous wooden building of Yuan Dynasty in the South of the Yangtze River. According to the central axis, the existing buildings are arranged as mountain gate, Tianwang hall, main hall, back hall and wing rooms on both sides. There is a longevity pool between the halls and a stone stream well behind the hall. There are stone lion arches in front of the mountain gate and Guanyin hall. The cypresses on both sides are towering, old and vigorous. They are all ancient trees left in the song and Yuan Dynasties.

Cultural relics protection

The main hall was rebuilt in 1317, the fourth year of Yanyou reign of the Yuan Dynasty. It is the most ancient treasure of Yuan Dynasty architecture found in Jiangnan. The hall is square, divided into five rooms, with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain. The inner pillars of the hall are prismatic, and the side feet have the function of shockproof. The first one is a basin column base decorated with precious flowers, with stone mounds on it; the second one is a mound shaped column, with a Ru Shu column between the front eaves column and the gold column, and the lower end is carved like an eagle's beak, which is an earlier example of the existing ancient architecture in China. The arched moon beam is added between the flat beam and the golden pillar to play the role of pulling. This method is the first of the arched beams in the south of the Yangtze River. The paintings of landscape murals and cursive script on the surrounding walls are mostly excellent works of the Ming Dynasty. Shanmen, Tianwang hall and Guanyin hall were built in Qing Dynasty, with magnificent decoration. Dongxiangfang was built in Ming Dynasty. Yanfu Temple spiders do not net, birds do not nest, spotless, for the wonders of the world. In the hall, there is a large iron bell cast in the second year of song Baoyou (1254); in front of the back hall, there is a pair of stone lions of the Yuan Dynasty; in the hall, there is a stone tablet of "rebuilding Yanfu Temple" written by Liu Yan in the first year of yuantaiding (1324) and a stone tablet of "rebuilding Yanfu Temple" written by Tao mengduan in the seventh year of tomorrow Shun (1463). Now it is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.

Restoration work

In 2014, Xia Baolong, Secretary of the provincial Party committee, made a special visit to Yanfu temple, gave important instructions on the restoration and protection, and demanded that Yanfu temple, a Chinese architectural treasure, be well protected and utilized. In order to implement the instructions of secretary Xia Baolong, Jinhua and Wuyi Party committees and governments attached great importance to the restoration of Yanfu temple, established a strong leading group, and officially launched the restoration project on December 29, 2014.

On December 30, 2016, the completion ceremony of the restoration project of Yanfu temple, a state key cultural protection unit, was held in Yanfu temple, Taoxi town.

Introduction to scenic spots

The existing building complex of Yanfu temple in Taocun, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province is arranged along the central axis as the mountain gate, Tianwang hall, main hall and Guanyin hall. On both sides of the Xiang Lou, there are changshengchi and guanjiantang in the hall, and shijianjing in the back. The main hall was rebuilt in 1317, the fourth year of Yanyou reign of the Yuan Dynasty. It is the earliest temple that has been found in the south of the Yangtze River.

The main hall is a wooden structure with double eaves and a top of the hill. The brackets are crisscrossed. There are no nails or tenons between the beams and columns. All the brackets are supported by the brackets on the top of the brackets. It is firm and solid, lasting for thousands of years without any damage. Hall Square, divided into five, double eaves rest peak. The inner pillars of the hall are prismatic, and the side feet have the function of shockproof. The first is a basin column base decorated with precious flowers, with a stone mound on it; the second is a mound shaped column, with a Ru Shu column between the front eaves column and the gold column, and the lower end is carved like an eagle's beak. The arched moon beam is added between the flat beam and the golden pillar to play the role of pulling. This method is the first of the arched beams in the south of the Yangtze River. The paintings of landscape murals and cursive script on the surrounding walls are mostly excellent works of the Ming Dynasty.

architectural art

The famous wooden architecture of Yuan Dynasty in Jiangnan. The existing gate, Tianwang hall, main hall, Guanyin hall, wing room and other buildings. The main hall was built in 1317, the fourth year of yuanyanyou. The surface is three rooms wide, the plane is square, and the single eaves rest on the top of the mountain. The lower eaves were added in the Ming Dynasty, forming the appearance of five bay double eaves. Under the eaves, the Dougong is made of single copy, double copy, and six pavilions. There are still bronze bells of the Song Dynasty and steles of the yuan and Ming Dynasties in the temple.

The architectural characteristics of Yanfu Temple attract the attention of experts and scholars at home and abroad. Before the founding of the people's Republic of China, Liang Sicheng, an ancient architect, visited Yanfu temple and wrote about its structural features. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Professor Chen Congzhou of Tongji University of Shanghai visited for three times. In 1980, Dr. Kuan Kouchi Xinye, an expert on ancient architecture of Yokohama University of Japan, made a special trip to visit for three days, with a monograph introduction. In 1987, Zhao Puchu, President of the Buddhist Association of China, wrote the plaque of "Yanfu Temple", which made the ancient temple more colorful.

Local water reception

On July 16, 2019, a rainstorm occurred in the southern mountainous area of Wuyi, Zhejiang Province, with a rainfall of 83.6 mm. Yanfu temple was also affected by sudden rainstorm and heavy rainfall, which led to serious local water supply, but the main hall of Yanfu temple was not affected. Wuyi County Culture, broadcasting, tourism and Sports Bureau, cultural security office rushed to the scene for the first time to check the danger. The accumulated water in Yanfu temple has been discharged and returned to normal.

Repair condition

At the end of 2014, Yanfu temple was fully renovated and completed at the end of 2016. The new temple is magnificent and has a large area.

Traffic information

Take bus from Jinhua south bus station to Wuyi passenger transport center, then take bus No.301 or No.2 to Wuyi West bus station, and take bus from Wuyi to Xuanping at West bus station to Tao village. It's better to talk about Yanfu temple with the conductor after getting on the bus, and let the conductor stop at the foot of Yanfu temple mountain, so that you don't have to get off at the entrance of Taocun village to ask the passers-by, and you don't have to walk too far.

Address: beside Fuping mountain in the east of Tao village, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 119.60666936462

Latitude: 28.708665855929

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: it is located in Fuping mountain, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County, and the arrival traffic is as follows

Take a bus from Jinhua south bus station to Wuyi passenger transport center, and then take bus No.301 or No.2 to Wuyi West bus station. Take the bus from Wuyi to Xuanping at the West bus station to Tao village. After arriving at Tao village, ask anyone where Yanfu temple is. It's better to talk about Yanfu temple with the conductor after getting on the bus, and let her call you to get off at the foot of Yanfu temple mountain, so that you don't have to ask people after getting off at the entrance of Tao village, and you don't have to walk too far.

Ticket information: 10 yuan

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00