According to legend, the Tathagata once said to Nano, "You should build a temple in a place with beautiful scenery, where the village name is flowers and the mountain name is birds."
Later, Nano traveled around the world with 300 disciples, and found many places but failed to find this place. One day, he came to the foot of Yandang Mountain, and he was secretly happy to see the beautiful scenery and flowers. He asked a local old man the name of this place and this mountain.
The old man replied that this place is called furong village and the mountain is called Yandang Mountain. Noto was very happy to hear that. Knowing that he finally found the place where the Tathagata predicted, he led his disciples into the mountains and began to build temples. Since then, Buddhism has flourished, and Noto has been sitting in the waterfall of Dalong Waterfall. Therefore, people respectfully call him the founder of Yandang. After Nano, many monks began to practice in Yandang Mountain.
There is a finger-sized stone statue resembling Guanyin Bodhisattva between the cracks on the left side of the huge wall of Hezhang Peak in Yandang Mountain. People call it "One Finger Guanyin". According to folklore, one day, when Guanyin Bodhisattva floated across Yandang Mountain, she saw fireworks set off in the mountain and turned into an old woman to see what had happened.
It turned out that people carved bodhisattva statues with sandalwood in Guanyin Cave. It takes 990 Jin of silver to complete this Buddha statue. So the bodhisattva who turned into an old woman went to the abbot and advised him not to do so, because it was a waste of people and money.
The abbot didn't listen, but said, "A man of practice just wants to be beyond the mortal world. Why do you care about money? " And accused the old woman of "burning incense and worshipping Buddha for the first time." Unexpectedly, before the abbot finished speaking, there was a strong wind blowing between the palm peaks, and the uncut sandalwood Guanyin statue was blown away without a trace, and strings of pearls fell from the Guanyin cave. When people went to pick it up, the pearls turned into water drops and ran away. At this time, a voice came from the air: "Honesty is not sincere, look at honesty, set up a colossus, and kill people!" " And the statue of sandalwood without carving is getting smaller and smaller, and finally it is only nine inches, nine minutes and nine minutes long, and it is stuck in the gap. And the abbot on the ground, also motionless. Yandang Mountain is known as "the first mountain in the southeast" for its beautiful scenery. Gu Kuang, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, called Yandang Mountain in the Peach Blossom Garden a fairyland on earth. There are a pair of big stone pillars in the back hall, engraved with the couplets of Zhao Shungeng, a famous Confucian in the township:
Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have the same purpose; The origin of two vertical distributions of eastern and western sacrifices.
The Cumulus Taoist Temple in Yandang Mountain was also built in the Tang Dynasty. Jiyun Taoist Academy was founded in 889, and was awarded the title of "Jinghui Academy" in10/3. It was later renamed as "Jiyun Academy" and later merged into Baihe Temple in the Ming Dynasty. According to Shi, who was born in the Qing Dynasty, it is recorded in Bai Shi Shan Zhi:
In its heyday, there were dozens of monks living here, which was called jungle all day long.
Later, the source of Jiyun Road collapsed due to the hurricane, and the rest was later rebuilt. Daoyuan is located at the southern foot of Hengshan Mountain, covering an area of 2,064 square meters and divided into two parts. A pair of neutral big stone columns stand in the back hall, engraved with a pair of couplets, saying:
Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have the same purpose; The origin of two vertical distributions of eastern and western sacrifices.
The Guanyin Cave in Hezhangfeng, Yandang Mountain is also the earliest residence of eminent monks in the Tang Dynasty. Guanyin cave is like a huge stone room, naturally generated. There is a stone pillar hanging from the ground in the cave, and Guanyin statue is carved on and around the cave. Guanyin cave is 100 meters high, 40 meters wide and 40 meters deep. The Buddha building in the cave is built against the rock, reaching 9 floors. The entrance to the cave is Tianwang Temple, and there are four donkey kong in it. There is a 377-step stone platform behind the temple, which leads directly to the top house. The top room is Guanyin Hall, and the rest are monasteries.
Looking into the cave from the left wall on the eighth floor, you can see a slightly larger Guanyin Buddha sitting on the lotus platform, which is called "One Finger Guanyin". Looking out from the ceiling, there is only one line in the sky, which is called the "first line sky". There is a heart-washing Yuquan in the cave, and there is a heart-washing pool next to the top hall. The water quality is clear and sweet.
There is a buddhist nun next to Guanyin Cave, which was built in the Ming Dynasty. Behind Guanyin Cave, trees are shaded, boulders are stacked, and the book "Da Shi reappears" is written. There is also a legendary story in Guanyin Cave in Yandang Mountain!
According to legend, 1000 years ago, there were many rocks and thorns in Guanyin Cave, and foxes, centipedes and wolves lived there. They are all fierce.
One day, an old monk came to Guanyin Cave. By that time, he was exhausted. He saw Guanyin Cave and wanted to go there to study Hokkekyo. At this time, he forgot his thirst and hunger and hurried to read the scriptures. Thorns cut the old monk's face, but he didn't feel any pain and just moved on.
The old monk finally came. He was chanting in Guanyin Cave, and the water drops on the rock dripped down bit by bit. The old monk called it "clear spring". The old monk studied for a day and a night. The fox, centipede and wolf who lived in this Guanyin cave teased the old monk, but the old monk just recited the scriptures himself and ignored them.
The water sprayed by the old monk was called "washing the heart" by him, and the fox gang wanted the old monk to die. Let the centipede drop the venom on the "clear spring" for the old monk to drink, and the old monk will be safe after drinking the water from the "heart-washing spring".
The fox played tricks on the old monk for several days, and they were all tired. Sitting next to the old monk and listening to the old monk chanting day and night, he was finally influenced.
The fox wanted to turn over a new leaf, so he asked the wild fox to remove the stones from the cave. The centipede essence also wants to change, so let the poisonous centipede bite off the thorns and vines in the hole. The old wolf asked the wolves to push the stones in the cave down the mountain. The old monk finally turned into a stone statue and remained in the cave.
In the Song Dynasty, Yandang Mountain entered its heyday, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the small imperial court moved its capital to Lin 'an, Wenzhou's economy entered a period of great development, and the post road also passed through the western valley of Yandang Mountain, so many new temples and ancient temples were built on Yandang Mountain at this time, which was very popular.
There is an ancient temple on the sunny side of Lingyan Mountain, named Lingyan Temple because of Lingyan Mountain. This temple was built in 979 and is famous for its beautiful scenery. In 999, Song Taizong gave it 52 volumes of royal books and scriptures, and awarded it "Lingyan Temple".
Lingyan Temple is surrounded by rugged peaks and towering ancient trees, and is one of the eighteen ancient temples in Yandang. There are more than 100 temples and meditation rooms in the temple, which is known as the "first temple in southeast China", surrounded by peaks, magnificent, towering ancient trees and quiet environment.
Shortly after the completion of Lingyan Temple, Nengren Temple, the largest of the eighteen ancient temples in Yandang Mountain, was also built. Nengren Temple, first built in 999, is located on the bank of Jinxi Rock, Dalong Waterfall, Yandang Mountain, with Flame Mountain and Daichen Peak in the southeast, Swallowtail Waterfall in the north and Guanyin Peak in the distance.
After the Southern Song Dynasty, Nengren Temple became more and more influential. At the peak, there are 300 monks and 1000 pilgrims every day, making it one of the famous temples in China. There is a large iron pot in the temple, which is 1 m high and about 2.5 m in diameter. The weight of the wok is1.85kg, and it was cast in 1092. So Nengren Temple is also called Dameng Temple. There is a bamboo behind Lingyan Temple, which was transplanted from Nengren Temple earlier.
In ancient times, the places around Nengren were deep mountains and dense forests, and wild animals often haunted and harmed the people. Therefore, at that time, neither family dared to settle here. Later, everyone ganged up and became a village in Nengren area. However, the houses built in the village are often burned down, and the people suspect that the flame peak opposite Nengren Temple is at work.
1092, people cast a large iron pot weighing 37,000 Jin under the flame peak, filled it with water, and took down the flame peak. Since then, the feng shui here has improved, the weather has been good every year, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the incense in the temple is very prosperous.
One day, two brothers and sisters came to Nengren Temple from Kuokangshan. My brother is a man who knows Feng Shui. Seeing the good feng shui here, he buried a copper coin near Nengren Temple as a souvenir, saying that the rest of his life would be very prosperous.
Later, my sister also took a hairpin from her head and inserted it here as a souvenir. As luck would have it, this hairpin is impartial and just inserted in the copper coin buried by my brother. Later, this hairpin grew up day by day and became a square bamboo. A few years later, Chimonobambusa bambusa has grown into a large piece.
One day there was a drought, and it didn't rain for several months. Most of the bamboo in Nengren Temple died. The kind round master of Lingyan Temple transplanted all the live bamboos to Lingyan Temple, watered them every day and preserved them. This square bamboo has been handed down from generation to generation. Up to now, there is still a lush bamboo behind Lingyan Temple.