Baohua Pavilion is the main hall of Caoxi Temple. It has a flat roof, deep eaves, spacious corridors and colorful paintings, which is completely different from Buddhist temples in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.
Caoxi Temple, a mysterious ancient mountain temple in Yunnan, was built in the Daxiong Hall in Dali in the Song Dynasty.
There are forty-seven Buddha statues in Caoxi Temple, which are rare wood carvings in the Song Dynasty in China. The Buddha statue is similar in size to a real person, with a kind face and vivid image. In addition, it is exquisitely carved and skillfully used as a knife, which is a treasure among cultural relics.
The famous wonder "Tianshan Bao Yue" is here.
Wonders of Bao Yue ~ Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, the bright moon rises and the clear light enters from the round hole between the double eaves of the main hall. The light shines on the forehead of the Buddha statue in the main hall like a mirror, and then gradually moves down to the abdomen and disappears. People praised it as "Fo Yin Moon".
In addition to the "Moon-printed Buddha Statue", there are also "Japanese-printed Buddha Statues". Every year around the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox, about 30 to 50 minutes after sunrise. At this time, the sun shines directly on the Buddha's face through the round hole. When the golden Buddha is illuminated by the morning light, the golden light suddenly shines brightly, and the room is brightly lit, and the scenery is more spectacular than the "moon print". This is the unique spectacle of "Tianhan Bao Yue", which makes Caoxi Temple famous all over the world.
There are many cultural relics in the temple, among which the tablet "Song Feng Shui Yue" inscribed by Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, which is about four feet wide and more than four feet high, is highly respected by people.
There is also a "Rebuilding Caoxi Temple", which is known as the "Three Monuments" and has high ornamental value: one must be written by Yang Shen, the champion of the Ming Dynasty; The second is the beauty of literature, and the scenery described in American literature is also beautiful; These three unique styles were vividly copied by Li Yong, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
In America and China, there are Daxiong Hall, Houdian, Bell and Drum Tower, 700-year-old birthday girl, sandalwood tree and 6 cypress trees over 200 years old.
In front of the main hall, there are 1 1 strains of Gu Mei in China. The first strain is Zhong Mei, the birthday girl of 7 10 years old in Qili. The year of 7 10 should be Song Dynasty, compared with the year of 700. This flower is beautiful and peculiar, and it is recorded that "the flower is like a lotus, with twelve petals, and one more petal in the leap month, which is white and fragrant". Most sandalwood trees bloom epiphyllum in summer evening, which is "short-lived" and only lasts for about an hour, so it is very valuable.
Caoxi Temple has vegetarian meals, one person 15 yuan, six kinds of vegetarian dishes, as well as tofu pudding, millet porridge, fried buckwheat noodles and 5-6 kinds of pickles.
There is a bus at Xiaoximen Long-distance Bus Terminal in Kunming where you can sit under Longfeng Bridge. You can slowly climb to Pearl Spring and visit Caoxi Temple. This is just a vegetarian fast, and you can get some books about Buddhism.
It is more convenient to drive. If you don't want to eat vegetarian food, you can go to Hot Springs for dinner. There are many restaurants there. After dinner, you can drink the best soup in the world and soak in hot springs. There are many hot springs here, including Jinfang Forest Hot Springs.
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