Wuta rock

Wuta rock

Wuta rock, formerly known as Lingshui rock, also known as Lingshui temple, is located in the north foot of Zimao mountain, one of the four famous mountains in Quanzhou. It belongs to Zhukou village, Guanqiao Town, Nan'an. It was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because five stone pagodas were built in front of the Temple in the Southern Song Dynasty, it is called Wuta rock. It belongs to the national key cultural relics protection unit

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Architectural features

The five stone pagodas in front of the five pagoda rock temple are of the Song Dynasty's doupo style. The tower is about 5 meters high and has a square base. The body of the tower is made of three layers. The first layer is hexagonal and engraved with characters. The second and third layers are drum shaped. The third layer is embossed with Buddha statues. The Tasha is made of gourd shaped. The five pagodas are in groups, arranged in a row. The distance between the pagodas is meters. They are listed in the front half of the temple. The terrain is dangerous and important. They stand high and look up from below, which is quite magnificent.

famous scenery

The five pagoda rock temple is built according to the situation of the mountain. It uses the two natural caves to build the dragon water Zen building and dingguang Taoist temple. It is like a castle in the air with unique scenery. A pair of couplets are engraved on the rocks, which record that the rock temples were built in two different historical periods. The rock temple was built in the Song Dynasty and the dingguang Daochang was built in the Yuan Dynasty.

Wuta rock also has the top three stone Lieqi, which is called Sangong stone. In the west is dingguang rock, in the middle is Zhongzhou rock, just like natural stone Buddha, in the East is Lingshui rock. There is a small well under the rock, named "tide well", which does not dry up in four seasons. It is said that in the Song Dynasty, Yang Wenguang led his troops to Fujian. He once stationed in the Guandao village near the camp. Thousands of soldiers drank this spring. They drank it endlessly. There are three words "Zheng Gongquan" engraved on the edge of the well. It is said that Zheng Chenggong stationed here and drank from the spring.

There are many grotesque rocks and caves in the five pagodas. According to the annals of Nan'an County, there are many caves in Lingshui There are five existing stone caves, the tiger cave is the largest, which can accommodate many people, and others can also accommodate dozens of people. Around the cave, there are stone man, stone horse, stone tortoise, stone ox, stone crane, stone Buddha, stone incense stove, stone bell, stone drum, Lei split stone, Stone Lane, stone table, stone chair and many other scenery different from stone. There are many inscriptions on the cliff, such as "the first mountain", "Lingshui ancient Zen", "Buddha", "Pangu cave" and so on. The scenery of the five pagodas is precious in nature. It is known as "no stone in the mountain is not a scenery, no stone in the mountain is not a treasure" and "a good place in the world". Now the five pagodas are the key cultural relics protection units and famous places of interest in the Province.

Address: Northwest of Zhukou village, Nan'an City, Quanzhou City

Longitude: 118.46822357178

Latitude: 24.900569915771

Ticket information: market price: 5.0 yuan