Wuxi is a typical Jiangnan style temple with a long history and strong religious beliefs among the surrounding people.

Everyone can worship Buddha and pray for blessings here.

The temple environment is elegant, and the surrounding environment of the temple is also quiet and moving.

Let’s introduce it in detail below.

Friends who have been to Wuxi should be familiar with Nanchan Temple.

There are snack streets and flower and bird markets around Nanzenji Temple, and there are also many antique sellers.

Just look at antiques and don’t take them seriously.

Nanchan Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty and is the oldest ancient building among existing temples in China.

It is located near Lijiazhuang, Baiyang Township, 22km southwest of Wutai County, Nanchan Temple, and 7 kilometers away from Dongye Town.

Passing through Lijiazhuang and climbing up an earth cliff along a loess slope road, you can see Minami Sokichi who lives here.

Nanzen Temple is elegant in appearance, simple, steady and solemn.

You can tell at a glance that the millennium charm still exists here.

The exact construction age of Nanzenji Temple cannot be verified.

According to relevant historical records, this temple was rebuilt in the third year of Emperor Dezong's founding in the Tang Dynasty (AD 782), 75 years earlier than the east hall of Beigao Temple in Mount Wutai, and has a history of more than 1,200 years.

Miaoguang Pagoda was built during the Yong Dynasty (984-987) of the Northern Song Dynasty and was donated by Zhu Chengfu, a native of the city.

In the third year of Chongning, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (1104), the tower was named Miaoguang.

There were great ups and downs in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

After reconstruction in 1449, it became the current tower.

After repair.

During the Xianfeng and Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, there was a fire, leaving only the bare tower without a roof.

In 1926, Wuxi industrialists Rong, Rong Desheng and Tang Shenbo funded the reconstruction, and the tower eaves, platform and guardrails were changed to reinforced concrete structures.

It is known as "rumors that the golden bell rings for a long time, and the jade dragon flies and falls for a long time".

It is a Xumi sculpture carved from blue stone at the base of the pagoda. The waist is engraved with the Ming Dynasty "top rosette belt" pattern.

At the foot of Mount Xumi is the "Guijiao" popular in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a layer of carved "Lianyun" at the foot of Mount Xumi.

The monument "Rebuilding the Miaoguang Pagoda of Nanzenji Temple" was smashed into two pieces during the "arduous exploration".

Today, Nanzen Temple has the Mahatma Hall, the Thousand Buddha Hall, the Jade Buddha Hall, three temples, the Wei Tuo Hall, the Maitreya Hall and the Ksitigarbha Hall.

Covering an area of ??4131.8 square meters, it is the oldest Han Buddhist temple in Qinghai Province.

In May 1986, it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by Qinghai Province.

The main building in Wuxi, Nanchan Temple, has obvious architectural characteristics of Buddhist temples in the Jiangnan area of ??Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The beam frame of the temple building is highly simplified, and the beams and columns are directly connected with mortise and tenon joints, without relying on pavement.

The height of the brackets on the columns accounts for a small proportion of the total facade, but their number is dense.

The eaves are very short, and the curvature of the cornices is beautiful, delicate and agile.

The roof is steep and the tiles are rich in details, which is an obvious architectural style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Nanchan Temple Library Luohan Well Legend has it that monk Jigong once came to Wuxi, traveled around Wuxi and then came to Nanchan Temple.

He fetched water from a well outside the temple, put the water and meat in a sand pot, and put it into a hot incense burner.

After a night, the aroma is overflowing and delicious.

Later, surrounding villagers followed suit, and the meat market prospered.

South Street is an old street in Wuxi, located in the center of Nanchang District, Wuxi City.

South Street Qingming Bridge Historical and Cultural District is a typical Jiangnan water town beside the Grand Canal. It is known as "Jiangnan Water Town, the place where the canal is out of print".

It is composed of areas with profound historical and cultural heritage such as Nanchang Street, Wuxi Section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Nanxiatang, Dubo Port, and Dayao Road.

With the ancient canal in the block as the axis, covering an area of ??18.78 hectares, and featuring temples, pagodas, rivers, streets, bridges, brick kilns, squares and other landscapes, a unique Jiangnan Water Lane has been constructed.

The "Qingming Bridge" built in the Ming Dynasty and located on both sides of the Feijia Canal is the symbol of this neighborhood.

There are all kinds of delicious food near South Street, sweet in the south, salty in the north, spicy and sour in the east.

I may be exaggerating when I say this, but there are undoubtedly many.

My friend, Wuxi once had four ancient city gates: the north gate controls Jiangmen, the east gate Jinghaimen, the south gate Wanghumen, and the west gate Shichunmen, which represent the geographical pattern of the city connected to the canal, the Yangtze River, the East China Sea, Taihu Lake, and water veins.

Wanghumen is located on Jiefang Road to the west of Nanchang Bridge, close to the ancient canal, and only across the road from Nanchan Temple. It is the south gate of the ancient city of Wuxi.

The city gate was built during the Qianxing period of the Northern Song Dynasty.

It was originally named Yangchunmen.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Chaojing Gate because it faced the capital Lin'an.

After the Yuan Dynasty, the original name was restored.

In the 33rd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1554), in order to resist Japanese invaders, the original earthen walls were changed to bricks, and the rebuilt city gate was also renamed to its current name.

The double eaves Xieshan Tower above is called Fu Xun Tower, which means caressing the southeast wind.

Miaoguang Street in Nanchan Temple Cultural Street was named Wuxi Tourism Street by the Wuxi Municipal Government and is a 4A-level tourist attraction.

To the north of the mall are imitations of Ming and Qing dynasty buildings, and to the south are imitations of ancient Song Dynasty buildings.