Buddhist culture has been circulating in our country for thousands of years. During this period, our country also built many famous Buddhist temples and attractions for visiting. The Great Buddha Temple in Xinchang is a historic site that has been passed down for thousands of years. The famous poet Li Bai left his legacy here.

After reading "Sleepwalking Tianmu chants and leaving farewell", let's learn about the Great Buddha Temple together.

Introduction to the Great Buddha Temple The Great Buddha Temple is located in Shicheng Mountain in Xinchang County, where "thousands of walls stand tall, craggy and strange rocks surround the city."

The Great Buddha Temple, formerly known as Shicheng Temple, was founded in the early Yonghe year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (345). With the efforts of three generations of monks, it took 30 years to build a stone Maitreya Buddha statue on the cliff inside the temple.

This place is surrounded by mountains, strange rocks, ancient trees and pavilions, so it is known as the "Stone City Ancient Temple".

Liu Xie, a writer in the Southern Dynasty, praised it as "an unparalleled treasure, an unparalleled achievement, and a masterpiece of an unprecedented generation", and later generations called it "the largest Buddha in the south of the Yangtze River".

The construction age and scale of the Giant Buddha Temple are similar to those in Yungang, Shanxi and Longmen, Henan, and are more than 200 years earlier than the Giant Buddha in Leshan, Sichuan.

Xinchang was called Yanzhong in ancient times and was an important node on the road to poetry in the ancient Tang Dynasty. Ancient literati and poets often stopped here to meditate and worship Buddha, lingering among the beautiful mountains and rivers. Tianmu Mountain, where the poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty dreamed of, is located in Xinchang.

He left behind the eternal masterpiece "Dream and Farewell to Tianmu Mountain".

Modern Xinchang people made full use of the unique natural resources and excavated Shuanglin Grottoes and Prajna Valley Grottoes to create a group of stone Buddha statues that integrate ancient and modern times, which can be called a grand sight of Buddha statues.

Going up from here, you will arrive at the Reclining Buddha Hall. It is very spectacular from the top down, with trails leading to secluded areas, pavilions and pavilions, and layers of forests.

The incense in front of the Reclining Buddha Hall is also very strong, and many people come to worship.

Tour guide address: No. 117, Renmin West Road, Xinchang County, Shaoxing City Opening hours: May 1st - September 30th (summer) 05:30-17:30; October 1st - April 30th of the following year (winter)

06:00-17:00.

Tickets: 72 yuan for Shediao Condor Village. The three words "Shediao Condor Village" are the handwriting of Mr. Jin Yong.

After walking through a section of stone road, you will reach "Niujia Village". The bronze statue of the archery hero at the entrance of the village was designed by the China Academy of Art. It weighs 3 tons and has a granite base. This statue does not refer to anyone in particular. It is a statue from the drama "Shooting".

The hero Guo Jing in the story? Is he Genghis Khan, who only knows how to bend a bow and shoot eagles? Or is he the hero beside us? The pavilion made of earthen walls in front is a watchtower.

At that time, the villagers boarded the pavilion and saw it from a distance and called the police.

Walking on the streets of Niujia Village, there is Qu San Hotel on the left and street shops on the right. Two characters from Niujia Village, Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin, often go to this hotel to drink. The owner of the hotel, Qu San, is a lame man and a disciple of Medicine Master Dongxie Huang.

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Across the small stone bridge is a large water wheel with a diameter of six meters. It is driven by the water flow to rotate. Inside the house is the disappeared Shui Lei Mill in Jiangnan, where rice cakes are processed. If you are interested, you can do it now

Mix a pack of halva and other stuffing into it as filling, and slowly taste this folk delicacy - cake flower.

In the open space in front there are often folk acrobatic performances such as sedan chairs, blockbusters, and cockfights.

Further ahead is the home of Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin. The blue-tiled house is the main house, and there is a connecting door in the wall.

Luohan Cave The three words "Luohan Cave" were inscribed by Mr. Jin Yong.

This cave used to be called Panhu Cave. You can see that its shape looks like a lying tiger.

The word Arhat is a transliteration of Sanskrit, originally called Arhat. Buddhist believers have different cultivation skills, so their achievements can be divided into high and low levels. Each kind of achievement is called an achievement status.

In Mahayana Buddhism, the supreme one is Buddha, then Bodhisattva, and then Arhat; in Hinayana Buddhism, Arhat is the highest attainment and has the highest achievement.

After reaching this state, all worries can be extinguished, all merits and virtues can be perfected, it should be supported by the world, and it can also be a field of blessing for all living beings.

Prajna Valley Prajna Valley was built using a quarry in a valley in Shicheng Mountain. The designer took advantage of the topography of the site to cleverly arrange a display of the history of the development of Buddhism.

The flowing waterfall form is used to increase the dynamics within the Great Buddha Temple, and the Buddhist world is used to emphasize the atmosphere of Buddhist culture in the Great Buddha Temple.

In a valley near the petrified wood garden is the Five Hundred Arhat Hall recently added to the Great Buddha Temple. Arhats are sitting or standing in a cave on the mountainside.

Opposite the cave is a pot-bellied Arhat that looks like the entire top of the mountain. It is lifelike in appearance and vivid in expression. It is also one of the places that tourists must visit.

The Big Buddha Temple is already a large temple, but it is scattered and scattered in a small valley in a very orderly manner. Without the rendering of the Big Buddha City at the entrance of the scenic spot, and the Big Buddha Temple next to the bustling city, people would hardly feel its presence.

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Prosperity and tranquility, hugeness and smallness are all cleverly unified in the valley of Shicheng Mountain. History, culture and natural scenery are both harmonious. This may be the secret of the Great Buddha Temple always maintaining a strong incense.