Xuedoushan Scenic Area is a full of humanistic temperament of the characteristics of the famous mountain, but also an important Buddhist shrine, is said to be the Maitreya Buddha's dojo, has an extremely long history, every year attracts a large number of incense and tourists sightseeing, the following to you sub-detailed introduction.

China is an important inheritor and disseminator of Buddhism, but also the most important Buddhist cultural development and innovation, and now all over the country are dotted with a variety of temples and Buddhist mountains, historical and cultural heritage of a long time, incense, attracting a large number of good men and women and tourists to go to the Buddha to pray for blessings, so China's five Buddhist mountains are what it is.

Xuedoushan is located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, Fenghua District, northwest of the town of Xikou, for the highest peak of the Siaming Mountain branch, 800 meters above sea level, "sea Penglai, land on the Tiantai" reputation.

Xuedu Zen Temple, known as Xuedu Zisheng Zen Temple, was built in the "nine peaks surrounded by two streams of the effect of the strange" Xuedu Mountain heart.

The temple was founded in the Jin Dynasty, the rise of the Tang Dynasty, and flourished in the Song Dynasty, and has been in existence for more than 1,700 years, occupying an important position in the history of Buddhism. The Southern Song Dynasty was designated as one of the "five mountains and ten temples", and the Ming Dynasty was included in the "world Zen ten temples and five hospitals. After the Republic of China, the incense declined, and the building was dismantled in 1968. The current building was newly built in the 1980s.

Song Renzong Zhao Zhen had dreamed of traveling to this mountain, Song Lizong Zhao Yun memorial "should dream of famous mountains. According to the temple records: in the Tang and Song dynasties, Xuedu Temple has been the emperor's 41 imperial edicts, so far, the temple still exists in the "imperial Dragon Tibetan" of the scriptures 5760, the jade seal, the dragon robe, the dragon mantle, the Jade Buddha and so on.

Sanxue Bridge, Sanxue that symbolizes Buddhism's precepts, determination, wisdom, cultivate the three studies, and conversion to the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha three treasures. The bridge is a vehicle for crossing the river, a symbol of liberation from all suffering, and a request that we act according to the teachings, stop the evil and promote the good, while leaving suffering and obtaining happiness.

Xuedu Temple is grand in scale and deep in the Brahma Palace, covering an area of 85,847.4 square meters, with an existing floor area of 19,873.4 square meters. According to the central axis from the outside and into, in turn, the mountain gate, release pool, the wall, the heavenly kings hall, Maitreya Hall, Daxiongbao Hall, Milk Peak Spring, Dharma Hall, built according to the mountain, layer by layer.

Located in the center of the central axis, a statue of Maitreya is placed with kind eyebrows and smiling face.

The gate is in the shape of the Chinese character for "mountain" and consists of the Mountain Gate Hall, the Bell and Drum Towers, and the five gates, symbolizing the five precepts of Buddhism, i.e., not killing, not stealing, not committing adultery, not speaking delusively, and not drinking alcohol. Hanging on the mountain gate hall, the "Southeastern Sugar" plaque is inscribed by Shen Peng, a famous Chinese calligrapher. The phrase "Southeast of China" is a tribute to the fascinating natural scenery and the long history of Buddhist culture of Mount Erimoong.

Inside hangs a wooden plaque inscribed "

Royal Edict of Wanshou Xuedu Royal Script Yingmeng Mingshan Zisheng Zen Temple". In the middle of the hall is enshrined an auspicious cloud Maitreya designed by Mr. Huang Quanfu, a master of Chinese art crafts. The Buddha statue is 1.56 meters high. Feet on the rolling clouds, back against the auspicious clouds, a hand holding Ruyi, a handbag, smiling.

The temple enshrines the bronze statue of the Heavenly Crown Maitreya Bodhisattva, 4 meters high, wearing a robe, holding a long-handled lotus lamp. The four heavenly kings on both sides, each 8 meters high, clay and colorful gold, foot on eight ghosts, powerful and robust.

Da Ci Mani Hall, heavy eaves hipped roof, Song style, nine room five into the all-wood structure, using traditional mortise and tenon structure construction, construction area of 1,500 square meters, "the first hall of Jiangnan," said.

The hall is set up three Sumeru platform, for the "Toutiao three saints", in the center of a Maitreya said phase, sitting cross-legged, sitting on the lotus throne. Dharma Sound Forest Bodhisattva is on the left, with the subtle crown on the top of his head, holding the purple lotus flower with his left hand and the lotus handle with his right hand. The Great Myriad Sangha Bodhisattva is on the right, wearing a crown of seven babies on his head, topping the Dainichi Rudraksha, holding the purple lotus flower with his left hand and the lotus handle with his right hand, and the supporting bodhisattvas are kneeling on either side of him.

The two sides of the hall are decorated with traditional Chinese cloisonné mural paintings of the sutra changes, respectively, "Shakyamuni", "Toutiao", "remembering _ when to come".

Weisangge, Weisang Bodhisattva is the left protector.

Garland Pavilion, Garland Bodhisattva is the right protector.

Peace Palace, a wrought copper structure, was built in 2013, standing 7.5 meters tall and costing 12 tons of copper. It is sponsored by Ping An Insurance Group of China and the Mingyuan Foundation.

In the center of the hall stands a "five lamps" copper lamp, five lotus lamps were taken from Wutai Mountain Manjushri's lamp of great wisdom, Emei Mountain Puxian's lamp of great deeds, Putuo Mountain Guanyin's lamp of great compassion, Jiuhua Mountain Jizang's lamp of great wishes, and Xuedoushan Maitreya's lamp of great mercy.

The Xuedu Temple is in full view from the heights.

Outside the temple is the Zen charm of one flower, one leaf and one Bodhi.

Inside the temple is the ancient meaning of apricot blossoms blooming all over the branches.

Snow Dog Mountain is also the Maitreya Buddha Dojo, with the Snow Dog Mountain Maitreya Buddha inside.

Fenghua is the place where the legendary Monk Budai, the incarnation of Maitreya, grew up, became a monk and passed away.

Historical records show that Monk Budai, known as Chee this, called himself Changtingzi, was a monk from Fenghua at the end of the Tang Dynasty and in the fifth generation. He was fat, frowning big belly, living in a constant, silent, can show people good and bad luck, and can know the weather, rain and shine. Because he often to battle with a bag, so people called the bag monk. After the death of the monk, people thought he was the reincarnation of Maitreya, was worshipped as Maitreya Buddha.

The year the Buddhist great Xuedoushan Taixu masters proposed Xuedoushan become the fifth most famous mountain based on; according to our Chinese five elements, the south is Guanyin, the west has Puxian, north of the Earth Tibetan, the middle of the Manjushri, Xuedoushan Maitreya Buddha is just in the east.

In 1987, during the renovation of Xuedu Temple, then President of the China Buddhist Association, Zhao Puchu visited the inspection, agreed with this statement, and suggested that the reconstruction of the Xuedu Temple to add a other temple does not have a "Maitreya Temple" to highlight the characteristics of the five mountains, Maitreya Road.

In 2004, the Buddhist culture seminar of Fanjing Mountain was held in Maitreya Buddha's dojo, the vice president and secretary-general of the China Buddhist Association, Venerable Xuecheng personally, and delivered a speech, "Fanjing Mountain, the nationally renowned Maitreya Buddha's dojo, is the same as Wutai Mountain in Shanxi, Mount Manjushri Bodhisattva's dojo, Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Mount Emei, the dojo of the Earth's Tibetans in Anhui, the Dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva in Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang, the dojo of the Buddha's body in the world. It is one of the most famous Buddhist mountains in China, along with Wutai Mountain in Shanxi, Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Jiuzang Mountain in Anhui, and Guanyin Mountain in Zhejiang.

To date, the name of the fifth most famous Buddhist mountain in China, Maitreya, Xuedoushan and Fanjing Mountain is still controversial.