Sairinji

Sairinji

Xilin temple, located at the northern foot of Lushan Mountain in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, was built in the second year of Taihe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (367 AD) and founded by Tao fan, the Minister of Taifu. It is the first temple in the northern mountain of Lushan Mountain.

In the temple of Xilin, there was a wall. When Su Shi came to visit, he saw that there were many poems written by predecessors in front of the wall, and immediately rose up. He wrote the famous poem titled Xilin wall, which was passed down as the best poem of all ages. The sentence "don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain" is very philosophical.

Brief introduction to temples

Xilin temple was originally built in the village of sanzhutan. Now it was built in a thatched cottage. After death, Huiyong inherited his profession. In the second year of the Jin Dynasty, Tao fan, the governor of Jiangzhou, established the temple and named it Xilin temple. From the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, it was at its peak. The Yuan Dynasty was burned by soldiers, and the Ming Dynasty was repaired and destroyed again.

Now the temple, the Buddha statue is tall, the scale is not inferior to the original, unique and solemn. In the temple, there was an original wall. When Su Shi came to visit, he saw that there were many poems written by his predecessors in front of the wall, and immediately rose up. He asked for a pen to write a poem about the wall of Xilin, which was passed down as a good poem for thousands of years. The sentence "don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain" is very philosophical.

Cultural relics protection

Huiyuan, an eminent monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, presided here for 30 years. Xilin temple was rebuilt by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty in 731. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit in Jiangxi Province.

The Xilin pagoda behind the Xilin temple, also known as the thousand Buddha pagoda, is a brick pagoda. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered the construction. Wang Mingyu of Ming Dynasty was rebuilt. During the reign of Daoguang (1821-1850) of the Qing Dynasty, the top of the pagoda cracked, and then healed by itself during the reign of Xianfeng (1851-1861). The tower is seven stories high, hexagonal, with niches on each side.

Layout structure

The first floor of Xilin temple is open from north to south, and the main gate is south. From the bottom to the seventh floor are the thousand Buddha pagoda, Yu Shi Cai, King Kong, Ling Jiu Lai, Wu Shang FA, Cong Yu Hua and Wu Ming Zang. The tower is a hollow tower, Cui Wei, towering, as the symbol of Xilin temple.

Reconstruction period

In 1989, master juehai from Taiwan returned to the mainland to visit his relatives. Regardless of her age, she went to Donglin temple to see Master Guoyi. She said that she couldn't bear to see Xilin Temple deserted and vowed to rebuild it. Master juehai's idea was immediately approved by all levels of government departments and Buddhist circles in Jiujiang City.

In September 1989, all reconstruction projects were started. The reconstruction project will be carried out in two phases. From September 1989 to September 1992 was the first phase of the project. During the period, 10 mu of land was purchased, the pagoda of dry Buddha was restored, the main hall, the left and right squatters, the reception room, the dining hall, the mountain gate, etc. were newly built, and a 3.5-meter-high stone brick wall of 900 meters was built.

From December 1992 to October 1996, the second phase of the project has completed the following construction projects: Tianwang hall, Amitabha hall, dizang hall, Guanyin hall, cangjing hall, Dake hall and Dazhai hall

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The scale

There are two Buddhist pools in Xilin temple. The reconstruction project of Xilin Temple costs a lot of money and has a large scale. It took more than seven years, with a total construction area of 9000 square meters.

Master juehai, the current abbot of Xilin temple, became a monk in Linji temple in Taiwan. He once raised funds to support the construction of the main hall of Donglin temple. Later, he decided to rebuild the Xilin Taoist temple and sell off his industry and savings in Taiwan. After seven years of building a new Xilin temple, he set the rules: no fate, no climbing, no asking for help, no repentance, no tickets.

During the reconstruction period, master juehai worked hard day and night, carefully planned, designed and constructed by himself, inspected the quality and purchased transportation materials at the construction site day and night. Now the Xilin temple stands towering on the Lushan Mountain, and its splendor is revived. Master juehai has finally fulfilled his wish.

Address: South Wutai scenic area, Wutai Township, Chang'an District, Xi'an City

Longitude: 108.97156246073

Latitude: 34.018391496253

Ticket information: no ticket required. It is included in the ticket of Nanwutai scenic spot. Tickets for NTV: 50 yuan in peak season (early March to end of November); 30 yuan in off season (early December to end of February).