Dingshan Temple

Dingshan Temple

Dingshan temple is located in Guta village, Caodian Town, Baoying County, Jiangsu Province. It was first built in 400 ad. it was founded by Emperor an of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as a scholar monk named Decong. It has been more than 1600 years since then,

Dingshan temple, Baoying County, Jiangsu Province

It is the earliest existing Buddhist temple in Central Jiangsu. There are three mountain gates in the Ding Shan Temple, the East is the hall of Wen Wu, the west is Town God's Temple, the middle of the Zen temple is the middle, the three are integrated, the houses are 99 and a half, the palace is lofty, the pavilions are scattered, and they are standing on the north shore of the ancient Jinghe River. There are many historical sites inside and outside the temple. There are two pagodas, one of which is Zhenhai pagoda. Behind the temple is an ancient gingko tree, with a circumference of 10 meters. It has luxuriant branches and dozens of breasts. Although it has been burned every year, it has not been damaged. It was sawed down more than 60 years ago. However, the sky does not destroy the tree. It shoots out from the stump roots on all sides. After ups and downs, it turns into six towering trees. It is close to the twin towers and surrounds the ancient temple, forming a lush and magnificent jungle spectacle.

In the 1960s, Dingshan Temple suffered disaster, monks were expelled, Buddha statues were burned, and temples and pagodas were demolished one after another. Reform and opening up, spring returns to the earth. Abbot Tianle returns to Guta village. With the support of the local government and the people, he successively built the back hall, the front hall, the Guanyin hall, the Chenghuang hall and the East and West Wing rooms, repaired an ancient well dug in the Tang Dynasty, built a free life pool, and built two towers. The old view of Dingshan Temple reappears, and the incense is flourishing day by day.

Address: County Road

Longitude: 119.3714397

Latitude: 33.3606401