Nanputuo Mountain is located in Xiamen, which is a famous ancient temple in Xiamen. There are four heavenly kings in the temple. It is also a place to visit Xiamen. You can climb to the top of the mountain and look at the whole Xiamen University and feel the peak. Today Xiaobian will introduce this holy place to you.

Nanputuo Temple is located at the foot of Wulong Peak in the southeast of Xiamen, Fujian Province, adjacent to Xiamen University

, facing Bichenghai Port. Because it is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, it is similar to Guanyin Dojo in Putuo Mountain, Zhejiang Province, and is named "Nanputuo Temple" in the south of Putuo Mountain, which is one of the Buddhist resorts in southern Fujian.

Nanputuo Temple, built in the Tang Dynasty, is a Buddhist shrine in southern Fujian and even Southeast Asia

. It has great religious and cultural value. On weekdays, many devout pilgrims and tourists come here to pray and visit. Unexpectedly, in the early summer, the downstairs of Nanputuo Temple's gate card is already full of tourists who take pictures as a souvenir. Walking through the archway, you can smell the fragrance of lotus flowers. In midsummer, the pond is full of lotus flowers. There is a releasing pond in front of the temple. There are many turtles in the pond, which also attracts many children's onlookers. The little turtles in the pond are playing and pecking in groups. In our country, turtles, like dragons, are auspicious animals, which have the symbol of avoiding evil spirits and eliminating disasters. There is also a special warning against the release of turtles beside the release pool, because there will be some vendors selling the turtles that have been salvaged around to let tourists release them. There are also carp of various colors in the health pool, grabbing the food that tourists throw at them in places where there are many tourists.

There are two white gratitude pagodas in front of Nanputuo Temple. You can see flocks of pigeons hovering in the pagodas while flying around the pagodas. There are also many phoenix flowers planted in front of Nanputuo Temple. These animals and flowers also make the whole temple more like a fairyland on earth.

When you come to the temple, many people will light a stick of incense and make a wish under the Bodhisattva

. Everyone who comes here, regardless of sex, age and age, is devout. It is said that the incense in Nanputuo Temple is very effective. If it catches up with the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, or the ninth day of September, people who come here to burn incense and make a wish will stay up all night and even surround the whole temple.

Nanputuo Temple is also one of the eight famous scenic spots in Xiamen. The main building

Tianwang Temple

Tianwang Temple was rebuilt in the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925) when Master Huiquan lived in Nanputuo Abbot. It stood at the forefront of the central axis of the temple, resting on a mountain with double eaves and flying ridges. It is a single-story masonry and wooden building with double eaves and sharp corners at the top of the mountain. It is five rooms wide, with a red painted gate in front and no wall at the back. The Heavenly King Hall is dedicated to Maitreya Bodhisattva, Wei Tuo and the four heavenly kings. Two mighty big stone lions stand on the east and west sides of the porch and enter the hall through the door. The four heavenly kings on both sides glare around. In the middle of Maitreya's belly and chest, Wei Tuo's Bodhisattva stood behind the temple with her palms pressed on the pestle, which was terrible and unusual.

Hall of Great Compassion

The Hall of Great Compassion was built in the Ming Dynasty, which was originally a wooden structure. In the 19th year of the Republic of China (193), it was rebuilt by Master Taixu, and it was an octagonal pavilion with three cornices and a single floor. In 1962, the main body was changed to reinforced concrete, and the wooden bucket arch was kept for decoration. The temple is 2 meters high, standing on a stone abutment with octagonal three-story cornices. Guanyin Bodhisattva is worshipped in the temple, with two-handed Guanyin on the front and 48-armed Guanyin on the other three sides. The dome-shaped caissons in the temple are all made of wood, without a nail, which is unique and beautiful, and is the essence of similar buildings in China.

sutra collection pavilion

the sutra collection pavilion was built in the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), and it is a small building with two floors, the Dharma Hall downstairs and the Jade Buddha Hall upstairs. The Sutra Pavilion is located at the highest level of the main building of the central axis, and it is a double-decker pavilion with double eaves. Upper Tibetan scriptures, lower dharma hall. The upper and lower floors of the attic are protected by verandahs on three sides and surrounded by white stone columns. There are a large number of Buddhist classics and cultural relics calligraphy and painting in the pavilion, such as the Ming version of the Tripitaka Sutra, the photocopy of the Song Dynasty's Shazang Sutra, the Miao Fa Lian Hua Sutra written in blood during the Ming Chongzhen period (1628 ~ 1644), the manuscript of Master Hongyi, and the Ruyi Guanyin and Guanyin's nectar made by the bronze Buddha in the Tang Dynasty, the bronze bell in the Song Dynasty and the famous craftsman Shi Sou in the Ming Dynasty. Attraction food

Xiamen Nanputuo vegetarian cake won the Jinding Award of "China Famous Point" and is a famous specialty in Xiamen. There are sweet and salty fillings. Su Zhai in Nanputuo Temple is unique. Su Zhai is famous for Nanputuo Temple, which attracts more believers and tourists. Su Zhai has become a treasure of Nanputuo Temple.

The vegetarian dishes in Nanputuo Temple are famous at home and abroad for their pure and elegant unique flavor. The chef's cooking strictly abides by the process of vegetarian dishes, and gets rid of the tradition of imitating the appearance of meat and fishy. He is unique with the name of vegetarian dishes, paying attention to color, fragrance and taste, as well as shape, spirit and utensils. Each dish has an elegant name, elegant charm and poetic meaning. The vegetarian dishes in Nanputuo include colored flowers to welcome guests, golden lotus in the South China Sea, rain and clouds, fragrant mud and treasures, five old people's wishes, snow reflecting silver waves, the Jade Palace, white jade and green clouds, and gingko fragrant brine. Among them, the dish "Half Moon Sinking into the River" is particularly interesting.