Tianning Temple has a historical tradition of vegetarian food. Pilgrims from all over the world come here to pay their respects and pay their respects. They often like to have meals here. Firstly, it is a way to entertain relatives and friends and taste Buddhist delicacies while doing Buddhist services.

It is a feeling of joy and sincerity; secondly, it is a popular fashion to change the taste, or have a family meal, or get together with relatives and friends.

Especially in the hot summer days, people are tired of being fishy and greasy, so most of the vegetarian dishes are soy products, fresh vegetables, fruits and mushrooms, fungus, nostoc and other mountain delicacies and seaweed, cooked with sesame oil, which is light in the mouth and delicious in fragrance, plus Buddha

The grounds are clean and solemn, and the environment is elegant. It is indeed a pleasure to visit several times a year to spice up your life and satisfy your curiosity.

In order to comply with economic development, improve the consumption pattern, promote tourism, enrich food culture, and enhance the temple's ability to generate income and support itself, Tianning Temple resumed and opened the "Ruyi Vegetarian Museum" in 1988. The museum is located on the east side of the mountain gate.

The temple architecture is simple and solemn, but also has the style of the modern decoration. A couplet holding pillars in the temple depicts it fascinatingly: "Golden and green Yaolin Palace, practicing quiet and fasting, you will be happy when you enter; you will be in a blessed place with leisure and longevity, come here to have a meal."

"The couplet is titled by Qian Xiaoshan, a famous calligrapher and poet in the city. The scenes blend together and the contrasts are neat. It is highly appreciated by both monks and laymen. It is refreshing and refreshing to read.

The dining room in the hotel can be divided or divided, and can accommodate more than a hundred people dining at the same time.

Vegetarian food can be divided into Gongsu, Minsu and Buddha. Gongsu is the vegetarian meal served by ancient emperors and generals when they gathered for banquets. Many varieties of modern Minsu and Buddha have become famous dishes. Most of the chefs here are from Shanghai Jade.

Trained at the Buddhist Temple and Zhenjiang Jinshan Temple Vegetarian Restaurant, he can cook more than 40 kinds of traditional Buddhist vegetarian dishes and Changzhou local flavor delicacies.

The vegetarian meal here has a Buddhist color, such as "Buddha's light shines everywhere". It is mainly made of golden chestnuts, symbolizing the Buddha's light. It is surrounded by green and tender cabbage, ocher mushrooms, and yellow almonds. It is colorful and soft and delicious in the mouth.

The fragrance is fragrant; there are also various dishes that wish good luck and happiness such as "prolonging life", "attracting wealth", "congratulations on getting rich", "abundant grains" and so on; carefully made ingots, bergamots and longevity peaches, all of which are beautiful in color, fragrance and shape.

, regarded as exquisite "handicrafts" and deeply loved by Chinese and foreign guests.

Here I would like to especially mention Changzhou’s traditional product - Wuta vegetables.

Because its leaves are shaped like money and the plant is green and full of vitality, it is customary to call it "money vegetable" to bring good luck and good fortune throughout the seasons.

At that time, the head of the vegetarian dining hall of Tianning Temple responded to people's psychological needs and allowed guests to eat this "money dish" even in the hot summer season, and it became a specialty dish.

They had a "gentleman's agreement" with the vegetable farmers in Taoyuan Village (today's Taoyuan New Village) across the river that did not require signing a contract - every year in the cold winter, they would provide several kilograms of Wuta vegetables to the temple, which would be washed by the cooks.

After it is dried, it is stored in a large container filled with more than half of the "Seven Stone Jars" of soybean oil to prevent the Wutaicai from "breathing". It will be taken out on the Dog Day of the second year for pilgrims and donors to come to the temple to perform Buddhist rituals or to entertain guests.

When eating vegetarian food, it is a rare and famous dish.

Just imagine, in the scorching heat of the "Fu Que" season, there are not many leafy vegetables, but you can eat "money vegetables". It is refreshing and refreshing, and it naturally reminds people of the snowy winter scene. It feels cool and the taste is doubled.

, can it not make people laugh?

It can be seen from this that Tianning Temple’s vegetarian diet back then was very particular and meticulous, and its painstaking design and management methods of serving guests were thoughtful and attentive.