Shanwei Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area is built on the mountain, and the layout is a multi-unit building quadrangle. The layout of the central axis is symmetrical, and the building structure is rigorous, with overlapping arches, high-ridge cornices, carved beams and painted buildings, and traditional porcelain stickers. Among them, the most famous are the Eight Scenes of Xuanwu, namely: the ancient temple of Yuanshan, the inscription of Sanbao, the fish leaping over Longmen, the unicorn looking far away, the majestic stone tablet, the love of the four beauties, the soaring fishing songs and the view of the sea at Jieshi.
The Historical Evolution of Xuanwu Mountain
In the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 127), villagers in jieshi town, Lufeng City built a small temple on the northern suburb of Jieshi (called Guishan in ancient times) to worship the statue of "Arctic Xuanwu Yuan Sky God", and then moved the small temple to its present site (now Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area in Shanwei).
In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1394), when General Jieshiwei built Jieshiwei, he converted the small temple into a "Xuanwu Temple". In the fifth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1577), our ambassador Hou presided over the expansion of Xuanwu Temple, making it reach its existing scale. It was originally called "Xuanshan Temple", where monks worshipped Buddha and incense flourished.
With the expansion and prosperity of temples, the names of "Xuanshan Temple" and "Xuanwu" (another name of Yuan Sky God) began to spread, and people collectively referred to mountains and temples as "Xuanwu Mountain" and called them "Xuanshan Temple" and "Xuanwu Mountain Temple", which is also the origin of the name of Xuanwu Mountain tourist area in Shanwei.
In the forty-second year of Qing Qianlong (1777), the abbot Xi Shi presided over the construction of Yuanshan Temple. In the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), the abbot and monk Bietian presided over the construction of Yuanshan Temple.
In the sixth year of Guangxu (1880), the Yuanshan Temple was eroded by ants, and was later restored by Fang Yao, Governor of Guangdong Navy, Li, Deng and the abbot of jieshi town.
1980, with the approval of Lufeng Municipal People's Government, Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area in Shanwei was established, Yuanshan Temple was restored, and tourism was developed. 198 1 year, Fuxing tower was rebuilt in Xuanwu mountain tourist area of Shanwei. From 1983 to 1985, the renovation of Yuanshan Temple has been improved. 1986, Xuanwu Mountain Stage was rebuilt in Shanwei Xuanwu Mountain Tourist Area, and the restored Yuanshan Temple still retains the ancient architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties.