Buddhism in the county flourished in the Liang Dynasty, and became particularly popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

In the first year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (405), the traveling monk Tan You crossed the sea and came eastward and founded Baishui Temple (later renamed Shouning Temple) at the head of Shuiche Port.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, six temples including Miaoxiang, Chongjiao, Dazhi, Jixiang, Fahai and Yongle were successively built in the county. Among them, Miaoxiang Temple was large in scale and had many monks. It was the first temple in the county.

In the first year of Yongchang of Wu Zetian (689), the county government moved from the sea to this place, and the temple became the Buddhist center of the county.

From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, temple building was very popular.

There are 11 schools with written texts that were built in the Tang Dynasty (Jingtu, Chongfu, Ruixiang, Cisheng, Ming'en, Yuantong, Yanfa, Guangxiu, Fachang, Baoning and Ciyun), and 17 in the Song Dynasty.

Suo (Extension of longevity, Pufu, Xingfan, Fuxing, Fusheng, Fu'an, Dajue, Guangfu, Yongfu, Chengshen, Baoyan, Puzhao, Qingju, Qingxi, Fa'an, Lingquan, Dengtai).

Due to its proximity to Tiantai Mountain, Ninghai Buddhism has been dominated by the Tiantai Sect since its rise in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It has a long history.

Temple culture should be mentioned today.

As the name suggests, temple culture specifically refers to the culture that exists in a space like a temple.

The temple courtyard or main building, as well as various other religious buildings, religious settings, mountains, forests, cultivated land and open space attached to its exterior, all belong to the spatial scope of the temple.

Temple buildings and gardens, idols and other symbolic systems of objects of worship enshrined within the temple, collected scriptures, ritual instruments, sacred objects and other religious artworks, altars, decorations and clothing of religious clergy, etc.

It is visible and tangible.

Religious beliefs are reflected in these specific images, many of which are of high artistic quality.

Therefore, temple culture can easily meet the spiritual needs of believers of different ages and educational levels, and can also enable people who do not believe in the religion to enjoy art.

Therefore, temples are indispensable in general scenic spots.

Recently, I traveled east and west and visited Putuo, Tiantai Gaoming Temple, Jigongyuan, Fenghua Xuedou Temple, Yuelin Temple, Yuyao Xiyin Temple, etc. (I have pictures to prove it) Looking back at Ninghai, in addition to Guangde Temple, Ciyun Temple

Buddhist colleges, as well as buildings and gardens that are large-scale and cultural, even messed up their capital. Someone took out a little money and allowed it to be graffitied and altered. It is a sin!

Some temples and temples are not separated. It is said that if the temple is converted into a temple, it can be opened. If the boss is changed into a secretary, he can become a civil servant.

Alas, Amitayus Buddha is so good. The waters of Ninghai and the temples are like this. How can we talk about the great culture of tourism?

Shouning Temple, an ancient temple in the Jin Dynasty, is located in Gangtou Village, five kilometers east of Ninghai County. It is the first temple where Buddhism was founded in Tiantai Mountain and is one of the Sino-Japanese cultural tourism routes in our province.

In the first year of Jin Yixi (405), the monk Tanyou from Tianzhu (ancient India) crossed east from the sea on a maple tree (a raft made of maple trees) and landed at Baiqiao Port in Sanmen Bay. After landing, the maple tree floated on the other side.

It is still called Fengcha Mountain (opposite Gangtou Temple).

At that time, Tan You felt his mouth was dry and there was no water around him. Tan You poked the ground with his Zen staff, and white spring gushed out, so he built Baishui Temple.

There are still two ancient monuments in front of the temple: Tanyoushi and Baiquanjing.

Baiquan Well is about 1.5 meters above the ground, but it does not dry up all year round. Villagers also use this well as a food well.

Baiquan Well is also known as the Intestinal Washing Well. According to legend, Tan You's mother was pregnant and passed through the onion garden. The stench disturbed the fetal qi. Drinking the water from Baiquan Well could remove the filthy qi.

This is also the origin of the Buddhist precept against eating onions, garlic and other five pungent foods.

After that, Tan You entered the hinterland of Tiantai Mountain along the Baixi River in Ninghai, and successively established Buddhist temples such as Yongfu, Keshan, Shiliang, Chicheng, Wannian, Duobao, Guangrun, and Qingju.

He became the founder of Tiantai Buddhism and built the temple more than 100 years earlier than Tiantai Guoqing Temple (Tiantai Guoqing Temple was built in 598 AD).

Jianzhen of the Tang Dynasty stayed here during his fourth eastward journey.

The Japanese translation is Baiquan Temple.

The temple became a cultural exchange port between China and Japan due to the reception of masters and apprentices such as Zhi Ran and Jia Yin from 983 to 988. In the first year of Chunhua (990), the sergeant Wang Huaji requested that it be renamed Shouning Temple. In the first year of Dao (995), Song Taizong

He also sent his chamberlain Fei Yu to give 30 scrolls of royal books to Shouning Temple as a reward.

In the "Chicheng Ji" of the Song Dynasty, Shouning Temple was ranked second among Leninghai temples (only the Songjiao Temple, the Hongfa Taoist temple where Ciyun Temple repented in obedience style, was called a temple, and the other 44 were called courtyards).

Since then, it has gone through several ups and downs.

After being burned by fire in 1958, it was rebuilt in recent years by Master Juehui, president of the Taizhou Buddhist Association and abbot of Gaoming Temple. It was officially opened to the public on August 13, 1993.

In addition to the main buildings such as the Tianwang Hall and the Main Hall, the current temple also has the Dongdu Memorial Hall, which preserves the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha who made the eastward journey.

On June 9, 1999, representatives participating in the China-Japan International Buddhist Tourism Online Seminar visited here for inspection and unanimously confirmed that Shouning Temple is an important memorial site for the spread of Buddhism to the world and the friendship between China and Japan.