Introduction of the Great Buddha Temple
The Great Buddha Temple is located in Shicheng Mountain, Xinchang County, with thousands of towering walls and rugged rocks, which are like one around the city. Formerly known as Shicheng Temple, the Great Buddha Temple was built in the early years of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (345). Through the efforts of three generations of monks, the Maitreya Buddha statue has been built in the temple for 30 years. Surrounded by mountains, grotesque rocks, towering ancient trees and pavilions, it is called "Shicheng Ancient Temple". Liu Xie, a writer in the Southern Dynasties, praised it as "a treasure on earth and a great cause of the times" and later called it "the first Buddha in the south of the Yangtze River". The excavation age and scale of the Great Buddha Temple are similar to those of Yungang in Shanxi and Longmen in Henan, and more than 200 years earlier than that of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan.
Xinchang, known as Zhongshan in ancient times, is an important node of the ancient Tang poetry road. The ancient literati often stopped here, attended Zen and worshipped Buddha, and wandered among the beautiful mountains and rivers. Tianmu Mountain, where Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, sleepwalked, is located in Xinchang, leaving a dream and a farewell to Tianmu Mountain forever.
Modern people in Xinchang made full use of the unique natural resources, excavated the statues of Sala Grottoes and Prajna Valley Grottoes, and formed a number of stone Buddha statues that integrated ancient and modern times, which can be called a grand view of Buddha statues. Going up from here, you will arrive at the Sleeping Buddha Hall, which is spectacular from top to bottom, with winding paths leading to secluded places, pavilions and staggered forests. The incense in front of the Buddhist temple is also very prosperous, and many people come to worship.
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Address:No. 1 17 Renmin West Road, Xinchang County, Shaoxing
Opening hours: May 1 to September 30th (summer) 05: 30-17: 30; 65438+1October 1- 06:00- 17:00 on April 30th of the following year (winter).
Admission: 72 yuan.
Tuying village
The Condor Heroes was written by Mr. Jin Yong. Walking through a stone road is "Niujia Village". The bronze statue of the shooting hero at the entrance of the village was designed by China Academy of Fine Arts. It weighs 3 tons and its base is granite. There is no one's name on this statue. Guo Jing, the hero in the shooting. Genghis Khan who only knows how to shoot an eagle with a bow? Or the hero around you? The pavilion in front of it is made of earth wall, which is a watchtower. At the end of the Song Dynasty, people were in poverty. When nomads and officers and men came to harass, villagers boarded the pavilion, but they could see it from a distance and called the police. Walking in the street of Niujia Village, Qusan Hotel is on the left, and street shops are on the right. Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin, big shots in Niujia Village, often come to this hotel for drinks. Qu San, the owner of the hotel, is a cripple and Huang's apprentice. Walking through the small stone bridge is a big waterwheel with a diameter of six meters, which is driven by the current to rotate. Inside the house is the disappearing Jiangnan Waterfront Mill, where rice cakes are processed. If you are interested, you can mix a packet of shortbread and other fillings and slowly taste this folk gourmet cake flower. There are often folk acrobatic performances in front of the open space, such as sedan chairs, blockbusters and cockfights. Further on is the home of Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin. Cheongwadae is the main residence with doors on the walls.
Luohandong
The word "Luohan Cave" was inscribed by Teacher Jin Yong. This cave used to be called Pan Hu Cave. You can see that it is shaped like a crouching tiger. Arhat, Sanskrit transliteration, formerly known as Arhat. Buddhist practice has different achievements, so there are also high and low achievements, and each achievement is called a fruit position. In Mahayana Buddhism, Buddha is supreme, then bodhisattva, then arhat. In Hinayana Buddhism, Lohan is the highest fruit and achievement. After reaching this state, you can get rid of all your troubles, complete all your merits and get the support of the world.
Prajna valley
Prajna Valley was built by using a quarry in a valley in Shicheng Mountain. The designer skillfully arranged the exhibition of the development history of Buddhism by using the terrain of the site. Using flowing waterfalls to increase the sense of movement of the Great Buddha Temple, the Buddhist community emphasizes the Buddhist cultural atmosphere of the Great Buddha Temple. In a valley near the Wood Fossil Garden, 500 arhats joined the Buddhist temple. All arhats sit or stand in a cave on the mountainside. There is a big-bellied arhat opposite the cave, and the whole mountain is like a statue. It is lifelike, lifelike, and it is also one of the must-see places for tourists. The Great Buddha Temple is already a large-scale temple, but it is scattered in a small valley in an orderly way. Without the rendering of the Giant Buddha City at the entrance of the scenic spot, people can hardly feel its existence near the busy Buddhist temple. Prosperity and tranquility, the big and the small are skillfully unified in the valley of Shicheng Mountain, and the history, culture and natural scenery are all successful, which may be the secret of the Buddhist temple's immortal incense.