The four famous temples are Lingyan Temple in Jinan, Shandong, Tiantai National Assembly Temple in Zhejiang, dangyang yuquan temple in Hubei and qixia temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu.
Lingyan Temple 1
Lingyan Temple, located in Wande Town, Changqing District, Jinan City, is the first of the four famous temples. Founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the first year of Xiaoming Zhengxing in the Northern Wei Dynasty and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty.
Lingyan Temple has beautiful scenery. Wang Shizhen, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, said, "You can't swim unless you climb Mount Tai". There are 40 Lohan clay sculptures in the Thousand Buddha Hall in the temple, including 32 in the Song Dynasty and 8 in the Ming Dynasty. The statues are lifelike and have different shapes, which is called "the first sculpture in the world" by Liang Qichao. Bizhita was built in Song Chunhua in the fifth year (994) and completed in the second year of Jiayou (1057). Located in the northwest of the Thousand Buddha Hall, it is an octagonal nine-story pavilion-style brick tower with a height of 55. 7 meters. Tomb tower forest is the place where the abbot of Lingyan Temple has been buried since the Tang Dynasty. There are 167 tomb towers, 8 1 epitaphs and stone tablets in Tallinn. The status of Lingyan Temple is respected, and Xuanzang once lived in the temple to translate scriptures. Since Tang Gaozong, emperors of all dynasties have visited Mount Tai for meditation and temples.
2. qixia temple
Qixia temple is located at the foot of Qixia Mountain in Qixia District, Nanjing, the birthplace of "Three Theories" in the south of the Yangtze River.
Qixia temple was built in the seventh year of Qi Yongming in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It was originally the private residence of Shao, a hermit in the Southern Qi Dynasty, and the back room was presided over by Zen master. Liang Heshang Lang is known as the ancestor of the three schools of thought in Jiangnan. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty built a stupa in eighty-three states, and its stupa was built by qixia temple in Jiangzhou. Qixia temple changed its name several times in history. Formerly known as Qixia Jingshe. In the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Gongde Temple and Yin Jun qixia temple. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was rebuilt in qixia temple and renamed Miao Yin Temple. In the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Puyun Temple and qixia temple, and Yan Yinchong reported to the Buddhist Temple, Jingdezhen qixia temple and Tiger Cave Temple (also known as Tiger Cave Mountain because of Qixia Mountain). Ming Hongwu changed his name to qixia temple in five years. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fought against the Qing soldiers, and qixia temple was destroyed by the war. The existing temples were rebuilt by 19 19.
3. Xiaoguo Temple
The Imperial Palace is located at the foot of Tiantai Mountain in the north of Tiantai County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. Founded in the 18th year of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, it has a history of 1400 years. It is the ancestral home of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism in China and Taimi Sect of Buddhism in Japan.
Zhiyi, a monk of the Sui Dynasty, founded Tiantai Sect here. Its influence is far from home and abroad. When Jian Zhen crossed to the East, he made a pilgrimage to the Parliament Temple. Japanese monks studying abroad went to Tiantai Mountain to learn Buddhist scriptures and learn Buddhism from Taoism. After returning to China, they built Liyan Temple in Hiei Mountain, Japan, founded Tiantai Sect in Japan, and later respected Guosi as the ancestral home.
4. yuquan temple
Yuquan temple, located in Yuquan Mountain in Dangyang, Hubei Province, is one of the ancestral halls of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism in China.
During the Jian 'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Putin became a temple here. In 528, the Northern and Southern Dynasties Tongzhi two years, Liang Wudi built Fushan Temple. In the thirteenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty, Zhiyi was ordered to build a temple. Seeing the Pearl Spring at the foot of the mountain as clear as jade, it was renamed Yuquan, and the King of Jin gave it the name "yuquan temple". Tang Yifeng's three-year magic show promoted Zen here, and yuquan temple became famous all over the world. In the fifth year of Song Zhenzong Tianxi, yuquan temple was built by Queen Ming Taizu, and repaired by Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.