Lingyan temple in Yuzhou

Lingyan temple is located in Gulou West Street of Yuxian city. It is one of the famous temples in Yuxian. It was built in Jin Dynasty, destroyed in war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and rebuilt later. Now it is a Ming Dynasty building. Lingyan Temple faces south. From south to north, there are Mountain Gate, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, sutra Pavilion and Zen house, covering an area of 6682 square meters. There are four ancient buildings in the temple of heavenly king, the main hall and the East and West Hall. According to textual research, Lingyan temple was built by Wang Zhen (from Yuzhou), the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, who invited the emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty to build the temple. The architecture and color paintings of the temple are of great research value. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit in China, and also the location of the "Wugu Culture Museum".

Yuxian is the place where the most grains are preserved in China and even in the world. The Wugu culture museum is composed of seven parts: the origin of Wugu, Wugu art, Wugu folk custom, Wugu production, Wugu farm tools, Wugu nutrition and Wugu achievements. It reflects the development process of Chinese Wugu culture from different aspects and angles.

Lingyan temple in Yuzhou

Lingyan temple is located in Yuzhou City. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit and an ancient temple building of Ming Dynasty. Located in Yuxian County, Hebei Province, it is one of the famous ancient temples in Yuzhou. The temple covers an area of 6682 square meters. There are dozens of existing temple buildings, including Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, dongxipeidian hall and Buddhist monk's house.

brief introduction

Lingyan temple in Yuzhou, a key cultural relic protection unit in China, is an ancient temple building in Ming Dynasty. Located in Yuxian County, Hebei Province, it is one of the famous ancient temples in Yuzhou. The temple covers an area of 6682 square meters. There are dozens of existing temple buildings, including Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, dongxipeidian hall and Buddhist monk's house.

pattern

Lingyan temple is located in the West Gulou Street of Yuxian City, facing south in the north, covering an area of 6682 square meters. The original Temple layout from south to north is: archway, Mountain Gate, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and Sutra Pavilion, which are distributed on an axis. The East and West are bell, Drum Tower, side hall, Zen room, etc. The existing buildings are Tianwang hall and Daxiong hall. There are dozens of East and west side halls and Buddhist houses. It is of great scale and momentum.

The Tianwang hall is a square one, with three sides and three sides. There are no gold pillars in the hall. There are seven purlins and six frames in the hall. The hurdles and the Pu Bai Fang are in the shape of "Ding". The Dougong is chongang Wutai Dougong, and the corner is yuanyangjiao Shougong. There is no grasshopper head on the Dougong, so they all fight together. The beams are painted with "Yawu ink" and the walls of the eyes are painted with water ink dragons. The main hall is a single eaves veranda with a tile roof. It has five sides and four sides. The front and back of the five beams all come out of the front porch. Under the eaves, there are five Dougong. Hall built-in exquisite ceiling and Douba, Dousi caisson. The ceiling is painted with "eight treasures of Buddhism", "flying crane" and "flowers". There are three caisson with painted dragons on the top. Inside the hall, there are water ink dragons painted on the walls of the eyes of the arches, which are of various shapes and vivid. Under the front eaves, there are five floor fans, which are three cross six bowls of rhombic flowers. The auxiliary hall is located between the heavenly king hall and the main hall, with a single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain cloth tile, three in three and five beams. There are more than ten Zen rooms.

Historical records

According to the records of Datong Prefecture, "Lingyan temple in Yuzhou was destroyed at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the sixth year of the reign of the state.". According to the research of relevant experts, the existing Tianwang hall in Lingyan temple was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. The main hall is a veranda roof, a beam structure and a painted caisson, which is typical of the official style of Ming Dynasty. It should be rebuilt by Emperor Yingzong in the sixth year of Ming Dynasty. It was also built by Emperor Yingzong in the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the caisson is gorgeous, the painting is fine, the palace is magnificent, and the momentum is magnificent. It is worthy of being one of the famous temples in Yuzhou.

Address: Gulou West Street, Yuxian County

Longitude: 114.5688521862

Latitude: 39.844065344606

Tel: 0531-87468097

Tour time: 3-5 hours

Traffic information: within walking distance of Yuzhou ancient city

Ticket information: 60.00 yuan

Opening hours: 08:00 ~ 17:00