The full name of Xuedou Temple is Xuedou Zisheng Zen Temple. It is located on Xuedou Mountain, the highest peak of "Siming Mountain" 15 miles west of Xikou Town, Fenghua City, Zhejiang Province. Xuedou Temple was built in the Jin Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. During this period, eminent monks emerged in large numbers and incense was popular. It was one of the ten temples of Zen in the world. It was also the "Dojo of the Great Merciful Maitreya Bodhisattva". Together with the four great monasteries of Putuo Guanyin, Wutai Manjusri, Emei Samantabhadra and Jiuhua Ksitigarbha, it was also known as the "Five Famous Mountains of Buddhism". . ID: 023-2522 The Maitreya Hall of Xuedou Temple in Xuedou Mountain, Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang Picture source: CCN Media Picture Network ID: 023-2520 The Tianwang Hall of Xuedou Temple in Xuedou Mountain, Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang Picture source: CCN Media Picture Network

In Xuedou Temple, there are wooden statues of the three ancestors Baizhang, Huangbo and Linji. The lower part of the hexagonal stone building still exists in the temple courtyard. Outside the mountain gate, there is the Zhongxian Zen Master Pagoda in the pine forest under Qianzhang Rock. Xuedou Mountain is known as "the best tourist attraction in Eastern Zhejiang". The temple is located in a small plain, facing south, surrounded by mountains and with nine jagged peaks. The water from the east and west streams meet at the "Pearl Forest" in front of the temple, and then twist and turn to In the recess of Qianzhang Rock, there is a spray of water that looks like flying snow, hence the name "Snow Dou". Over the past thousand years, Xuedou Temple has been destroyed five times, rebuilt several times, and undergone several changes. ID: 023-2512 Photo source of Xuedou Temple, Xuedou Mountain, Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang: CCN Media Photo Network ID: 023-2527 Photo library of Xuedou Temple, Xuedou Mountain, Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang Photo source: CCN Media Photo Network According to historical records, Shanxi At that time, there was the top of Nijielu Mountain. Because the mountain was dominated by waterfalls, it was called "Waterfall Courtyard", which was the beginning of the creation of the Buddhist temple. In the first year of Huichang (841) of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, it was moved to the foot of the mountain. Since then, the temple site has been continued through the generations and has not been moved. In the late Dazhong year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (859), the temple was destroyed by war for the first time. In the eighth year of Xiantong (867), believer Zhang Yu restored it and named it "Waterfall Guanyin Yuan". During the Jingde period of the Tang Dynasty (892-893), the fifth generation Zen Master Changtong of Nanyue served as the abbot of Xuedou Temple, repaired the temple, and obtained 1,300 acres of farmland from the governor to support the monks. This was the time of its rise. Changtong, the later Buddha, was the first founder of Xuedou Zen Monastery. Since then, Xuedou Temple has become a Zen jungle, and the temple was renamed Shifang Zen Temple. ID: 023-2509 Xuedou Temple in Xuedou Mountain, Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang. Picture source: CCN Media Photo Network

The newly built Maitreya Hall in Xuedou Temple is located between the main hall and the mountain gate. It adopts the traditional architectural format of the temple with brick and wood structure. The roof of the hall is covered with glazed tiles. In the center of the hall is a statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva with an ever-smiling face. Surrounded by thousands of camphor wood Buddhas, it means "one Buddha is born and thousands of Buddhas protect him". This is what makes Xuedou Temple unique as a Maitreya dojo. main symbol.

ID: 023-2523 Xuedou Temple in Xuedou Mountain, Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang Province Picture source: CCN Media Picture Network (CCN Media Picture Network Shi Hongwei) (Article source: CCN Media Picture Network)