Xiyin Temple
Xiyin temple, located in Tianxia Yuyuan theme park, Dayin Town, Yuyao City, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the northwest and Southeast, with its back against Longfeng Mountain, facing Jiulong Mountain, green dragon on the left side and white tiger on the right. It is the place where Phoenix dances and Jiaoteng dances, and the place where dragon and tiger live. In 2003, it was rated as the largest official Temple of Ming and Qing Dynasties - "Xiyin Temple" by the headquarters of Shanghai Great World Guinness.
brief introduction
Xiyin temple covers an area of 54 Mu and is rectangular. It adopts the northern architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is mainly composed of Jiulongbi, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, qifuding hall, Manjusri Pavilion, Jinxian Pavilion, dizang hall, Dabei hall, bell tower, Drum Tower, sutra tower, abbot building, mage building, East and West guest hall, Squatter room and other architectural groups. The color paintings are dragon and phoenix of the highest level in classical architecture The seal is painted, and the big and small twists point gold. Its main building, the Mahavira hall, is 30.1 meters high. It adopts the double eaves Qingding building, which is the highest system in ancient architecture. It has huge materials, magnificent volume and gorgeous decoration. Its Dougong, cuiti and beams and columns are the best in the world. In front of the hall, there are six totem pillars carved with white marble. Each totem pillar is carved with a lifelike jade dragon. The totem pillar is 7 meters high and 1 meter in diameter. Below it is the King Kong seat of Yunlong. The guardrails on both sides are made of white marble. The carving, modeling and volume can be called the best in the world.
There are more than 20 Buddha statues in Xiyin temple, all of which are carved from jade of Xiuyan flower. The jade statues have a unique conception, beautiful design, exquisite carving skills, ingenuity, magnificent momentum, lifelike, and rich scenery, fully showing the unique national style. All the jade carvings are national treasures handed down from generation to generation. They are the best in the world.
historical origin
People choose to build a new temple here, which has a historical origin. It is said that Jin Wushu invaded the Song Dynasty, Bianliang fell, and the two emperors of Huiqin were captured. The second time he plundered the Song Dynasty, his nephew Zhao Gou, King Kang of the Song Dynasty, was determined to flee to the south. This is the historical legend: "mud horse to King Kang." King Kang crossed the Yellow River and made landfall in Zhejiang. It is said that he lived in seclusion for a few days at the foot of Qingyong mountain. So later, local people commemorated this period of history and built a small Xiyin nunnery. Up to now, Xiyin nunnery still exists. It's just dilapidated after many vicissitudes. King Kang of the Southern Song Dynasty established his capital in Hangzhou, with a history of 150 years. Until the Mongolian Genghis Khan went south. In the end, it will perish. This spirit of resisting external attacks is worthy of affirmation. This is how people praise people and things of historical value. Build temples and nunneries. To commemorate. Xiyin temple is based on this historical legend. It was built on the basis of the old nunnery.
Characteristics of Chan Temple
Beautiful scenery
Time, place, people and harmony. Fengshui is related to the favorable weather and location. The natural scenery of building temples is good, beautiful and beautiful. Xiyin temple is built beside the highway from Sheyao to Ningbo, with convenient transportation. In the west, North and East, there is Qinglong mountain. The mountain is not high. It is green and green. It is evergreen all the year round. A grand Xiyin temple has been built in the valley. It's like sitting in a sofa seat with a very lucky person. Taking the temple as the center, a lake is built in front of it, with rippling green water. The scenery is infinite. To the south is the parking lot. A plain, wide field of vision. The essence of mountains, water, plains and nature is concentrated here.
The world of jade
Xiyin temple is built on the mountain, one floor higher than the other. At a glance, we can take the whole picture. The first dangerous screen, the nine dragon wall, is carved with a huge Jasper on both sides. The first gate is the heavenly king hall. Maitreya Buddha carved in jade. Behind is the jade Bodhisattva Wei Tuo, flanked by the four heavenly kings. Although Bodhisattva statues are not as tall as ordinary temples, they can be called the first Jade Buddha Temple in the world because they are solid Jade Buddha and weigh more than ten tons. The second building is the main hall, which is tall and broad. The statue of Sakyamuni is worshipped in the middle. The courtyard in front of the hall is full of incense. The twelve white jade pillars in front of the hall are arranged in an orderly and magnificent manner, which are not found in ordinary temples and courtyards. The third building is the Sutra library. I can see the panorama from the height. The statue of Buddha is exquisitely carved and solemn. Here is the world of both Buddha and jade.
Landscape introduction
Xiyin temple is surrounded by Jiulong Mountain and Mingzhu mountain. The left Green Dragon and the right white tiger are auspicious. It is said that more than one thousand years ago, Mr. Mu Youliang, a master of geomantic omen divination, passed by here and saw nine dragon veins on the south mountain, just like the Dragon taking off. On the other hand, the shujia'ao mountain on the opposite side has the same shape of a bead, so he called this place Jiulong Baozhu, which is a rare geomantic treasure. Xiyin Buddhist temple has a Buddhist culture origin of nearly a thousand years. It is said that in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, king of Kang, was chased by Jin soldiers to the foot of Jiulong Mountain in Dayin and fled to a nunnery. A nun hid King Kang in a Chaifang and was protected by the Buddha. After the restoration of King Kang, in order to thank the nuns for saving their lives, he expanded the small nunnery, and since then there has been constant incense. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, Xiyin temple was renamed as Xiyin temple. For hundreds of years, the Jade Buddha Temple in Xiyin has gone through vicissitudes, ups and downs several times, and disappeared in the "Cultural Revolution".
In September 2002, a temple covering an area of 200 mu was rebuilt. It has a large scale. The Tianwang hall is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha. The Daxiong hall is more than 30 meters high, with double eaves and veranda. In front of the hall, there are six totems, 9 meters high and 1 meter in diameter, carved with white marble. At the bottom, there is Yunlong King Kong. The statue of Sakyamuni is more than 3 meters high and weighs more than 30 tons. The eastern and Western Jade Buddha weigh 21 tons, 27.7 tons and 46.6 tons respectively. Bodhisattva dizang and Bodhisattva yuguanyin are worshipped in bade lotus pond, sutra Pavilion, dizang hall and Dabei hall respectively. There are Siyuan Pavilion and Xianpu Pavilion on both sides of the library. Each tree in the pavilion has a 5-ton Gongde jade tablet. It is the largest integrated Buddhist temple in the world.
On the hill on the left side of Xiyin temple stands the Jade Pagoda, which is very distinctive. Its architectural style follows the most popular octagonal Pagoda in the Five Dynasties, Liao and Song dynasties. The body of the pagoda is yellowish brown. It is built in imitation of the red pagoda of Yunnan. It stands on the top of Mingzhu mountain. The pagoda has seven floors (seven levels of Fu TU) and is 48 meters high. Each floor is decorated with jade Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. The bottom floor is the main body, and the other floors are the incarnations. The treasure of zhenta is the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva carved from river polished jade. Climbing on the top of the tower, you can have a panoramic view of the whole scenic spot. It is the best scenic spot for Tianxia Yuyuan to have a panoramic view.
Address: Tianxia Yuyuan, 85 Shanwang North Road, Dayin Town, Yuyao City, Ningbo City
Longitude: 121.37164237608
Latitude: 29.939808743202
Ticket information: no ticket required. The temple doesn't need a ticket. Tianxia Yuyuan needs a ticket of 60 yuan.
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