Shengshui temple in Lianhua Mountain

Shengshui temple in Lianhua Mountain

Shengshui temple in Lianhua Mountain is an ancient temple located in the southwest of Zhangqiu District, Jinan City, Shandong Province.

Introduction to scenic spots

Lianhua Mountain is located 40 km southwest of Zhangqiu District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, and 4 km south of duozhuang Town, on the north side of huangshapu village. It is connected with the peaks at the northern foot of Mount Tai, with a radius of more than 20 Li. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on one side, it looks like lotus blossoms, rising in layers, so it is called Lianhua Mountain. "Zhangqiu county annals · landscape research" says that "Lianhua Mountain is 80 miles south of the county, and Zhishan mountain looks around like a hundred thousand Hibiscus in the poor sky." the main peak mill is 763 meters above sea level and covers an area of 1 square kilometers. It is named after the two mills above and below the mountain. This peak, also known as lingjiuding, is famous for its ancient temple, Dharma Dachang and Qilu.

Its lower peaks are like the stars holding the moon, and its left and right arches are as bright as the green screen. The Shuangxi river is flowing, and the clear spring is sweet and clear. There are transverse waves at the foot of the foot of the foot of the mountain and the clear water of the Haishan reservoir. Looking far away from the water, the clouds and smoke of DaiBei peaks are dim. The mountains are crisscross with ravines, luxuriant trees, steles and towering pavilions. It has always been a holy land of Buddhism and Taoism and a fairyland in the world. Shengshui temple is located on the Chu valley of Lianhua Mountain. The Red Cliff is shining, the pines and cypresses block out the sun, the pagoda stands in the sky, and the cave is deep.

According to the county annals, Chuyu recorded that "Chuyu is in the South Valley of Lianhua Mountain, and there is Shengquan temple in Li Kaixian's inscription of Zen master Haoxian". According to Ji Chu, Shengquan is Chu, which is also called Chuyu temple. According to legend, the temple was first built in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. First it was Shengshui nunnery, living in bhiksuni. In the Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Shengquan temple. In the Qing Dynasty, monks and Taoists took turns to live in it, and incense kept burning. Since ancient times, the temple has been a place of great interest in Qilu, where eminent monks and great virtues live in seclusion. Scholars come to chant and browse, leaving many cultural relics and anecdotes.

The most famous one is Haoxian Zen master TA Ming, which was left over from Yongle decade of Ming Dynasty. The author of the inscription is Cheng Nanyun, the Minister of Taichang Qing, a Zhongshun doctor, who was also the Minister of Jingyan in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. He was the teacher of emperor Xuande and wrote about Emperor Yongle's Changling stele. Huang YangZheng, a commoner son of Zuo Chunfang, a political doctor, and a scholar in the Imperial Academy, also wrote the tablet of the most holy emperor of Dacheng. Taming is a collection of the achievements of two Ming Dynasty artists. It is very precious and can be called the treasure of zhensi.

geographical position

The north side of huangshabucun, 4km south of duozhuang town

Address: duozhuang Town, Zhangqiu City, Jinan City

Longitude: 117.42896270752

Latitude: 36.493816375732