Introduction to Xiamen Meishan Temple

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Meishan Temple was built in the Sui Dynasty, together with Lingxia Huangfo Temple and Lunshan Brahma Temple The temple is one of the three ancient temples in Tong'an during the Sui Dynasty. The temple is built against the mountain. On the rock wall at the southern foot of the temple, there is a cliff stone carving with the words "Tongshan" written in cinnabar by Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty. The handwriting is vigorous and elegant. Inside the temple are the largest cliff carvings in the province and the Brahmin pagoda that guarded Xi'an Bridge in the Song Dynasty.

The largest white jade Buddha statue in the country, weighing 65 tons, the Sakyamuni Buddha statue is enshrined in the Main Hall of Meishan Temple in Tong'an.

The Sakyamuni Jade Buddha is 9 meters high and consists of three parts: a lotus seat, a statue and a backlight. The Dharma statue is made of Burmese white jade, 5.65 meters high, 4 meters wide, 3 meters thick, weighing 65 tons and costing more than 4.7 million yuan. According to Master Ciming, the current abbot of Meishan Temple, the Buddha statue is several times larger than the Jade Buddha in the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai, making it the largest Burmese white jade Buddha statue in the country.

Myanmar white jade is an invisible crystal with a warm, delicate texture and crystal clear texture. It has the value of being handed down from generation to generation due to its scarcity of resources. In order to carefully select the perfect Burmese white jade, Master Ciming spent more than two years starting in 2004, using more than 300 tons of raw materials, and finally found a rare raw material. It took another two years of meticulous carving to complete the entire carving work.

Meishan Temple is said to have been founded during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The specific date has not been verified. It turns out that the abbot is Master Ciming and there are 11 monks. Due to the passage of time, the temple has been destroyed many times and the scale of the system is unknown.

The ancient name of Meishan Mountain is "Tongshan". The mountain is not high but steep, which serves as a barrier for Tongyi. It is also the basis for the naming of "Datongchang" in the late Tang Dynasty and "Tong'an County" in the Western Jin Dynasty. Due to the passage of time, the temple has been destroyed many times and the scale of the system is unknown. By the Song Dynasty, it was said that there were still two halls, carved with gongdan and carved walls. When Zhu Xi was the county administrator, he often gave lectures on the left side of the temple and inscribed the word "Tongshan" in regular script on the rock wall behind the temple, which still exists today.

Meishan Mountain has beautiful scenery, dense woods, steep rock walls, and auspicious plum blossoms. You can climb high and look into the distance, with a broad field of vision. You can have a panoramic view of Yincheng, Xunhai, and Meiren Mountain. On the rock wall at the southern foot of the temple, there is a cliff stone carving with the word "Tongshan" written by Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty. The handwriting is vigorous and elegant, and the Meishan Grottoes are lifelike. There is a "Plum Pavilion" and a "Plum Garden" on the top of the mountain. The macaques listen to the Sutra Stone with lifelike expressions. The scenery of the Tingtao Pines in the northeast is very fascinating.

Meishan Temple began in the Sui Dynasty. Together with Lingxia Huangfo Temple and Lunshan Xingjiao Temple (later Brahma Temple), they were the three ancient temples in Tongyi during the Sui Dynasty. Meishan Temple was built along the mountain and has the Main Hall. , the Erlang Temple, Zhu Gongwen Temple, Gongde Hall, Lingying Ancestral Temple Pavilion in Zhenshui, as well as the newly-expanded large-scale "Buddha" cliff stone carvings on the rock walls, grottoes, the Brahmin pagoda at Xi'an Bridge in the Song Dynasty, and the The life-release pond and the stone pagodas on both sides, the stone archway gate 100 meters south of the temple, the new cement driveway that curves directly to the square, the ancient stone steps and the deep road leading to the ancient temple, the entire temple area is well-proportioned, sheltered by green trees, solemn and quiet, and the temple is famous for its small size .