Introduction of Xiantong Temple

Xiantong Temple, also known as Daxiantong Temple, Dafu Lingjiu Temple, Garden Temple, Dahuayan Temple, Daxiang Xiantong Temple, Daguanguo Shengguang Yongming Temple and Yongming Temple, is located on the north side of Taihuai Town in the central area of Wutai Mountain in Shanxi. Xiantong Temple is the largest temple in Wutai Mountain (1). It was built in the Yongping period of Emperor Hanming, formerly known as Dafu Lingjiu Temple. In the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1687), it was renamed Daxintong Temple, which is one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China. 2 1 The existing buildings of Xiantong Temple are of Qing Dynasty scale. The temple covers an area of about 80,000 square meters and has more than 400 buildings of various types, most of which were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The hall and wings are arranged neatly, the central axis is clear, and the affiliated hall is symmetrical left and right. On the central axis, there are seven halls, including the Water and Land Hall, the Great Manjusri Hall, the Daxiong Hall, the Infinite Hall, the Thousand Bowls Manjusri Hall, the Bronze Hall and the Hougao Hall. The bronze hall was cast in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 16 10), and it was made of 65,438+ten thousand Jin of copper, making it one of the best-preserved bronze halls in China. 1982, the State Council listed Xiantong Temple as a national key cultural relics protection unit. 34