Xinchang Buddha Temple is located in the southwest of Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province, in the valley between Nanming Mountain and Shicheng Mountain. There is a stone statue of the Great Maitreya Buddha in the temple, and there are hidden crane caves, sawn rocks, pavilions, handsome stones, Shiqiping, release ponds and some cliff carvings outside the temple. Temple was founded in Yonghe period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (345-35), with a history of more than 1,6 years, and it is one of the national key temples.

Overview

The Great Buddha Temple

The temple is built on the hill, with a five-story facade. The temple is tall and majestic, and the huge stone statue of Maitreya sits in the center of the hall. This huge stone statue, carved in the precipice, took about 3 years to be completely carved, which is a masterpiece of early grottoes in the south of the Yangtze River. The Buddha statue is tall and majestic. According to the measurement, the stone Buddha seat is 2.4 meters high, and the front seated statue is 13.2 meters high and 15.9 meters wide. The knees are 1.6 meters apart and the ears are 2.7 meters long. The palms can hold more than 1 people. About 3 meters northwest of the Great Buddha Temple, there is also a small temple named "Thousand-Buddha Monastery". There are thousands of buddhas in the courtyard, each of which is about 7 inches long and nearly 5 inches wide. They are neatly arranged, and all of them are radiant, which fully reflects the infinite wisdom and high artistic level of ancient craftsmen in China.

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The Great Buddha Temple is located in Shicheng Mountain, Xinchang, which stands on a towering wall and is surrounded by craggy rocks. The Great Buddha Temple has a long history of building temples and enjoys a high status in the Buddhist community. It was once one of the centers of Buddhist research and dissemination in China. Xinchang Buddha Temple was founded in the early years of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,6 years. According to Biography of Monks, in 345 A.D., the monk Tan Guang came to Shicheng Mountain to appreciate the strange mountains and strange waters in eastern Zhejiang, especially influenced by Zhu Daoqian, an outstanding monk at that time, and Zhi Dun, who retired to eastern Zhejiang. Tan Guang lived in a stone room and built a "Hidden Yue Temple", which was the beginning of Xinchang Buddha Temple.

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The Great Buddha Temple is famous as a grotto art statue, but its historical contribution to the study and dissemination of Buddhism has not been paid attention to for a long time. Nowadays, when people re-recognize the status of Xinchang and Xinchang Buddha Temple in the religious circles, we can't help but mention the eminent monk Zhu Daoqian and Zhi Dun again. Zhu and Zhi were very famous in the Buddhist circles at that time. After they settled in Xinchang, East Zhejiang, Yu Falan, Yu Fakai and Yu Daojia, among the eighteen eminent monks in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, arrived one after another, which attracted a large number of celebrities at that time to discuss Buddhism here. Yu Falan also built the Yuanhua Temple, the predecessor of Thousand-Buddha Monastery, outside the mountain gate of the Great Buddha Temple. According to historical records and the results of scholars' discussion, when Tan Guang arrived in Shicheng, Xinchang, Buddhism was introduced to China only 15 years ago. Because many eminent monks studied and spread Buddhism here, Xinchang Giant Buddha Temple at that time became a national Buddhist research base, and thus "six families and seven cases" appeared in the history of Buddhism in China. The activities of many eminent monks and celebrities in Xinchang pushed the research on Buddhist teaching in China to a climax, and gradually spread and infiltrated into the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin on the basis of the research results, which naturally became the most important reason for the Buddhist community to regard Xinchang Buddha Temple as a Buddhist holy place.

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The glorious history of the Great Buddha Temple and its position in the development of Buddhism can be known to tourists through special books and oral instructions of tour guides, while the statue art of the Great Buddha Temple and the harmony between architecture and environment can hardly be fully expressed in any words and languages. Only when you are there, can you understand the mystery. The Buddha statue is located in a cave in Xianjiyan, Shicheng Mountain, and there is a magnificent Hall of Great Heroes outside the cave. The flowing water outside the temple and the fragrant fog inside the temple are the core areas of the Great Buddha Temple. No matter what purpose you visit the Golden Buddha, no matter whether you are fully prepared, everyone will feel an invisible shock as soon as you enter the gate of the main hall. The treasure statue is solemn, kind-hearted, and even smiles and stares at every "man and woman in the Great Buddha Temple", but no one can avoid this feeling. The statue of the giant Buddha is 2 meters high, 13.74 meters tall, 4.8 meters high in the head, 2.8 meters long in the ears and 1.48 meters long in the nose. The proportion of the whole statue is coordinated, and the perspective of people's viewing is fully considered. It is called "the first Buddha in the south of the Yangtze River" by academic circles. Speaking of the origin of the giant Buddha, we have to explain how the Buddha statue was built. According to records, in the fourth year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty (486), a monk named Monk Hu came to Shicheng Mountain. According to legend, Buddha's light appeared on the cliff of the common Xianji Rock, so he vowed to carve a giant statue of Maitreya Buddha on this rock wall. But in his lifetime, he only became a statue, and before he died, he vowed to "create this Buddha again in the afterlife." Later, monk Shu continued to chisel, but it did not succeed. Until the sixth year of Liang Tian's prison (57), Liang Jian 'an and Wang Suwei sent the most famous monk at that time to continue to chisel the project. Under the calculation and command of Monk You, it was finally accomplished in the fifteenth year of Tianjian Prison (516) and became famous all over the world, from which the history of the real Big Buddha Temple began. Because of the legendary story of carving the giant Buddha, people also call it the "three-life miracle". The excavation age and scale of the Great Buddha Temple are similar to those of Yungang in Shanxi and Longmen in Henan, which is more than 2 years earlier than that of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan.

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Thousand-Buddha Temple

The Thousand-Buddha Temple is located about 3 meters northwest of the Great Buddha Temple, next to the outer gate of the Great Buddha Temple, which is another stone kiln statue besides the Giant Buddha. Because the total number of Buddha statues in the grottoes exceeds 1, it is named Thousand Buddha Temple, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Rock. There are indeed more than 1, Buddha statues in the Thousand-Buddha Rock. According to statistics, there are 1,75 Buddha statues in the Stone Kiln, with the largest being 1 meter and the smallest being only a few inches. The Qianfo Temple was formerly the Yuanhua Temple founded by Yu Falan, a high-ranking monk. It was built in 345-356 A.D., so it can be seen that the statues of Qianfo Rock predate the giant Buddha. During the Southern Dynasties, there were few stone kiln statues in the south, so the Thousand-Buddha Rock in Shicheng Mountain in Xinchang was extremely precious. The Thousand-Buddha Temple was damaged during the Cultural Revolution, but most of it was preserved. It is an ancient grotto sculpture art building with great research value.

release pond

the release pond is located in the outer gate of the Great Buddha Temple. The release pond of the Great Buddha Temple is not only an inherent building in general Buddhist temples, but also has a wonderful effect of adding scenery to the Great Buddha Temple in Xinchang. No matter pilgrims or tourists, as soon as they enter the Waishanmen, they will be attracted by two clear pools. The water surface reflects two green mountains and four green trees, and the feeling of Buddhism is born. The rock wall in the south of the release pool "There is no Amitabha in the south" was written by Master Hongyi, and the word "release pool" was written by Qian Silian. The memorial tower of the wise master was built on the hillside between the two release ponds to commemorate the wise master Zhi Yi. Zhi Yi was the founder of Tiantai Sect, a Buddhist master in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the seventeenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (597), he went to Yangzhou from Tiantai at the invitation of Yang Guang, king of Jin Dynasty, passing through Shicheng Temple. He died here on November 24 due to illness, and was later buried in Tatou Temple in Tiantai Mountain, where a mantle memorial tower was built. Because Tiantai Sect is widely spread in Japan, Xinchang Buddha Temple has become a place where Japanese tourists often visit and worship.

sawing rock

sawing rock, commonly known as sawing rock, is a boulder more than 4 meters high on the right side of the highway outside the mountain gate. You can see it with a little attention. There is a crack in the middle of this rock, like a knife. According to legend, two immortals sawed it with straw rope, in order to enlighten those who dug the giant Buddha to persevere. Visitors can see the wood fossils next to the release pond, which are displayed in the same place as the wood fossil garden in the scenic spot, namely Anxi Village in Jingling Town, Xinchang. Wood Fossil Garden is a convenient place for tourists to visit by the management department of Xinchang Tourism Buddha Temple

in recent years. It was moved from Anxi Village and has scientific value in studying geological changes. Wood fossils generated 15 million years ago, high or low, thick or thin, are arranged in the scenic area in an orderly way, adding a historical and scientific atmosphere to the Great Buddha Temple. Prajna Valley Prajna Valley was built by using a quarry in a valley in Shicheng Mountain. The designer skillfully arranged the exhibition of Buddhist development history by using the topography of the site. In the form of flowing waterfalls, the sense of movement in the Big Buddha Temple is increased, and the atmosphere of Buddhist culture in the Big Buddha Temple is emphasized by the world of Buddhism. In a valley near the Wood Fossil Garden, there is a newly added 5 arhats hall in the Great Buddhist Temple. All the arhats are sitting or standing in a cave on the mountainside. Opposite the cave, there is a pot-bellied arhat with the whole hill as a statue, which is vivid in image and expression, and is also one of the places that tourists must visit. The Great Buddha Temple is already a large-scale temple, but it is scattered in a small valley in a very orderly way. Without the rendering of the Great Buddha City at the entrance of the scenic spot, people can hardly feel its existence. Prosperity and tranquility, greatness and smallness are skillfully unified in the valley of Shicheng Mountain, and both historical culture and natural scenery win, which may be the secret of keeping the incense flourishing in the Big Buddha Temple. If you have enough time to visit the Big Buddha Temple, it is suggested to take a look around the top of the mountain around the Big Buddha Temple, which is a completely different feeling from shuttling between temples and immersing yourself in the Buddhist atmosphere. Not only can you see the cornice buildings with different colors, such as red, yellow, black, etc., but the tunnel walls are winding, and the pool water is like a mirror reflecting the green hills with rich layers, and your Shan Ye is full of ancient trees and wild flowers. Especially in autumn, maple leaves fly red, wild chrysanthemums spit yellow, and autumn is spring.

Shediao Village

The word "Shediao Village" was written by Mr. Jin Yong. A stone road leads to Niujia Village. The bronze statue of the shooting hero at the entrance of the village was designed by China Academy of Fine Arts, weighing 3 tons, and its base is granite. The statue didn't specify anyone, but it was Guo Jing, the hero in Shooting? Genghis Khan, who only knows how to bow and shoot big eagles? Or the hero beside us? ..... The pavilion built by the earth wall in front of it is a watchtower. At the end of the Song Dynasty, the people were in a state of chaos, and when the nomads and officers and men came to harass, the villagers boarded the pavilion, but they could see it from a distance and call the police. Walking in the street of Niujia Village, Qusan Hotel is on the left, and street shops are on the right. Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin, two figures of Niujia Village, often go to this hotel to drink. Qusan, the owner of the hotel, is a cripple and a disciple of Dong Xie Huang Yaoshi. Walking past the small stone bridge is a big waterwheel with a diameter of six meters, which is driven by the current to make it rotate. Inside the house is the water mill that has disappeared in the south of the Yangtze River, where the rice cake is processed. If you are interested, you can now mix a packet of crisp sugar to make stuffing and slowly taste this folk food-cake flower. In front of the open space, there are often folk acrobatic performances such as sedan chairs, large-scale pulling and cockfighting. Further on is the home of Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin. Qingwa House is the main house, and there is a door in the wall. Now this is a farmhouse restaurant, where you can enjoy a farm meal with Xinchang flavor. After turning Niujia Village, the building presented in front of everyone belongs to Trang Van Bagua Bookstore. The owner is Lu Chengfeng, who was also a disciple of Huang Yaoshi. After being expelled from his master, he returned to his hometown of Taihu Lake, followed the essence of his master, and was built in Trang Van according to Fuxi's sixty-four hexagrams. The stills left by CCTV's Shooting in Xinchang in 21 were displayed inside. It was also chosen as the scene of "Eight Dragons" to shoot the life of Shaolin monks. Bypassing the Bagua Bookstore in Trang Van, we entered the territory of East Evil Huang Yaoshi. The double-eaved pavilion with octagonal cornices in front of us is called the East Evil Eight Diagrams Hall, which is built for Huang Yaoshi's living room with the modeling elements of the Yijing Eight Diagrams. It is airy on all sides, like a pavilion but not a hall, reflecting Huang Yaoshi's "evil". As a part of Shaolin Temple, the Bagua Pavilion and Tallinn on the right have had earth-shattering fighting scenes. On the left side of the pavilion is the Great Buddha Temple

which is the main house of Huang Rong Embroidery Building and Huang Yaoshi. Everyone has to go up through the Bagua Array arranged by Huang Yaoshi, and now the main house in Huang Yaoshi has been converted into the God of Wealth Pavilion. Up ahead is the Beggars' Guild Xuanyuan Terrace, which is a shrine for the Beggars' gathering on July 15th every year. The lake in front of Xuanyuantai is a half-yin-yang diagram, which forms a Tai Chi pattern with the half-yin-yang diagram of the mesa land. Next to Xuanyuantai, there are several self-funded entertainment activities, such as Xiao Li flying knives, bow archery and so on. Walking in front of Wenjun Wine Shop, you will arrive at Fenglin Inn. The pond opposite the inn happens to be the swamp needed for Shooting. The plum blossom piles on the ground are covered with organs, but it is the only passage to Yinggu Courtyard. The main house of Yinggu Courtyard is suspended and supported by wooden pillars. The round bamboo house is the place where Yinggu performs the five elements of the strange gate. A gossip-shaped stage is set up in the middle, which connects the main house and the bamboo house. Its shape is like the big dipper in the sky.

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Take bus No.2, No.6, No.7 and No.8 to the "Big Buddha City" station in the urban area, and after entering the gate of the Big Buddha Temple Scenic Area, the battery car fee will be 2 yuan per person.