Shaolong Temple is located at the foot of Wufeng Mountain in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. It was first built in the Baoli Period of the Tang Dynasty (825-826) and rebuilt in the 14th year of Wanli (1586). It is called "Lianjue Temple". In the 23rd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1684), Emperor Kangxi came to Lianjue Temple for the first time on his first tour to the south. Seeing that the place was surrounded by mountains on three sides and was majestic, like a fairyland, he gave Lianjue Temple the name "Lingjue Bao Temple". In the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi (1689), Emperor Kangxi once again visited Lingjuebao Temple on his southern tour. When he was offering incense and worshiping Buddha, he suddenly discovered a piece of dragon land, and the entire temple looked like dragon veins. "No one except an eminent monk or a virtuous person can live here." Therefore, he gave Lingjuebao Temple to Jinshan as his lower courtyard, and wrote a plaque "Lingjuebao Temple" and a pillar-wrapped plaque in his own handwriting: There are strange peaks on the top, and the true dragon veins on the bottom. In Shaolong Zen Temple, the legend of "living place" has always been circulated. The "living place" is located in the confession hall (the original sutra collection building) in the northernmost building of the temple. It is 2. 5 meters long, 1.8 meters wide and 9. 6 centimeters high. It is paved with Luo floor tiles. This area of ??nearly 5 square meters is rising slightly every year. Due to the natural rise of the ground, the floor tiles at the four corners have been cracked and separated. Now the "living land" has protruded 30 centimeters above the ground. The temple has towering ancient cypresses, rows of camphor trees, and whirling purple bamboos. The scenery is pleasant. Master Fahua, the supervisor of the temple, has been in the temple for nearly 20 years. Regarding the "living land", he said this The story.
The "living place" is on the central axis of the whole temple. People here used to call it "Dragon Place". Back then, an eminent monk wandered to the foot of Wufeng Mountain in the wilderness. During the trip, he suddenly discovered this "living land" and thought it was a "dragon's tongue", a geomantic treasure, so he decided to build the temple on top of the dragon's head. Later, the temple was rebuilt during the Tang and Song Dynasties. "The living land" has been growing taller for hundreds of years. If you lift the bricks, you can see that the soil underneath looks just like ordinary soil. So, why does the "living place" grow? In fact, people have been debating the mystery of the length of the "living land" for many years, but there is no conclusion yet. Of course, this strange news has also attracted many tourists to come here for sightseeing. The growth rate of "Living Land" has been accelerating in recent years. In 2011 alone, it grew 8 centimeters (measurement data in September 2011). According to the monks in the temple, the "living land" rises slightly at an average rate of 1 to 3 centimeters per year, causing the floor tiles on it to rise naturally, causing inconvenience to them when they are doing Buddhist rituals and walking. Generally, they have to shovel the soil every 10 years or so. However, after a few years of being leveled, the area will stand out again.