Jinxiashan Scenic Area longxing temple

There is a longxing temple in Guangongpo, Jinxia Mountain, which is the seat of the county Buddhist Association. Formerly known as Longxing 'an, the original site is east of Jinxiashan, and the construction year is to be determined. According to legend, it was a stone Zen master who asked Mao to build a buddhist nun. On the night of completion, Shi Zen Master dreamed that there were five dragons circling around buddhist nun, which was considered as a symbol of prosperity and good luck. So it was named after Longxing. Later, buddhist nun flourished and declined. On the eve of liberation of 1949, only "one load of firewood" buildings remained. 1994, with the attention and support of Xiangtan County People's Government, longxing temple was rebuilt on Guan Gongpo, Jinxiashan, presided over by the other side mage. In the reconstructed longxing temple, the first phase of the project-the Fatang Building (namely the Back Hall) and the dormitory buildings on both sides have been completed. This building has two floors, with yellow tiles on the walls and dragons and phoenixes carved on the beams. This building is simple and elegant. On the door plaque of the building, the word "longxing temple" is written, and the couplet is written for Xiangtan poet Zhou Jiagan: "Xia Guangwan tells longxing temple; Blue waves and rivers. " Both the upper and lower floors of the building are dharma halls, covering an area of more than 920 square meters. The Buddhist temple offers gold-plated statues of wood carvings such as Tathagata, Guanyin, Eighteen Arhats and Twenty-four Days. Tathagata, avalokitesvara, beautiful in form and spirit, beautifully carved. There is a pond in front of the building, and the whole temple can be reflected in the pond water. Every night, brightly lit, standing at the head of the pond and looking from afar, it is very spectacular. This pond is now a release pond. There is a Thousand-Buddha Pagoda in the center of the pool, with a height of 6 meters and a pedestal of 3 meters, which is made of iron. There are thousands of iron statues on the tower. The tea garden was built in 1996, covering an area of 1 mu, and has 160 ordinary ashes storage towers, which have been put into use. According to the master plan of longxing temple, it will cover an area of more than 8,000 square meters, including the mountain gate and the front, middle and back halls. The front hall is called the Heavenly King Hall, and there are bell and drum towers on both sides. The middle hall is called the Hall of Great Heroes. The middle and back halls are flanked by left and right wing rooms, including Zen Hall, Luohan Hall, Gongde Hall and Cultural Relics Building.

On March 30th, 1994, longxing temple officially opened. Chinese and foreign tourists, including compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, are in an endless stream. Xiangtan's poetry, calligraphy and painting, photography celebrities have all been here, or poetry, or calligraphy and painting, photography, leaving many excellent works. Sun Bingguang wrote a poem "Visiting longxing temple", saying: "Jin Xia is heavy and feels vicissitudes, and the ancient temple shines with Buddha's light. I also pay deep respect to fate, there is no red sheep in the world. " (Ye Zhou)