Puji Temple

Puji Temple

Puji temple, also known as Qiansi temple, is located in the south of Baihua Mountain and under lingjiu peak. It is the main temple dedicated to Guanyin. The temple covers an area of 37019 square meters, with a total construction area of 15289 square meters. There are 357 halls, halls, halls and pavilions in the temple. Dayuantong hall is the main hall of the temple, known as "living hall", which worships the 8.8-meter-high Pilu Guanyin. Puji Buddhist temple, Fayu Buddhist temple and Huiji Buddhist temple are called the three Buddhist temples of Putuo Mountain.

brief introduction

The predecessor of Puji Buddhist temple was not willing to go to Guanyin temple. It was founded in Xiantong period of Tang Dynasty. Later, Shenzong of Song Dynasty renamed it "Baotuo Guanyin Temple" in 1080, which was dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the incense began to flourish. During the Jiading period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the emperor granted a plaque of "Yuantong hall" and designated Mount Putuo as a Taoist temple for Guanyin. Later, in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang banned the destruction of the temple by sea, until the 33rd year of Wanli (1605) of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court appropriated funds for reconstruction, and granted the imperial edict to build "the Putuo temple to protect the country and live forever", making Puji Temple the largest temple in the south of the Yangtze River at that time. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the temple was trampled on by the Dutch colonial invaders and plundered. In 1689, after the Haijiang subsided, Kangxi ordered to renovate and expand the scale. By the ninth year of Yongzheng (1731), most of the buildings were completed during this period. After the Anti Japanese War, monasteries were in depression and fall; during the cultural revolution, the Buddha statues were destroyed and the monks were demobilized. In 1979, it began to restore the original appearance and rebuilt the statues and pavilions of Buddha such as the avalokitesvara of Pilu, forming today's scale.

visit

The visiting sequence of Puji Temple: haiyinchi (yubeiting, guanzizi Bodhisattva wall) - Shanmen - yubeidian - Zhonggulou - Tianwang Dian - dayuantong Dian (Pilu Guanyin statue, 32 Guanyin Yingshen statues) - Dharma Hall - Abbot Hall - Gongde Dian - Zhaitang, Sangha

Transportation: get off at Qiansi (baibusha) for line 1 and line 2.

Admission: 5 yuan

Tips: Puji temple, Fayu temple, Huiji temple and Mahayana nunnery. The 19th day of February, June and September of the lunar calendar is the three main incense periods. During this period, Zhoushan citizens (with ID card) are not allowed to open for free.

Address: Jinye Road, Shaxi Town, Taicang, Suzhou (south end of Puji street, Zhitang)

Longitude: 121.01588

Latitude: 31.542227

Tel: 0512-53251396