As one of the cores of the Buddha's Peak Sanctuary, the Buddha's Peak Palace is located in the west peak of Niushou Mountain, built on a mine left over from history, with a total construction area of about 1.36 million square meters. Together with the Buddha Tower, it has become a new landscape of the west peak of Niutou, echoing the east peak of Niutou, and reappearing the magnificent scenery of "two peaks and two columns" of Niutou. The whole Buddha's dome palace is dedicated to the relic of the Buddha's parietal bone, and the outside is divided into two parts: the big dome and the small dome, which means external support and internal support. The large vault is shaped like a Buddhist cassock covering the small vault, symbolizing the infinite blessing of the Buddha; The lower part of the dome looks like a lotus throne, and the upper part looks like a manizhu. The upper and lower parts combine to form the sacred image of "lotus holding treasure" [h/] The interior of the dome palace of the Buddhist temple consists of the Zen landscape on the ground and the underground palace, in which the underground palace is divided into two spaces: the relic hall and the relic Tibetan palace. The whole Buddhist temple is not only the main place to collect relics, but also the place to display relics culture and world Buddhist and Zen culture in various artistic ways, bringing together first-class experts from religious, artistic and architectural circles all over the country, aiming at realizing the grand goal of "a new look of world Buddhist cultural heritage and a new landscape of contemporary architectural art".
2. Zen Grand View
The Zen Grand View is112m long from north to south, 62m wide from east to west, with an internal clear height of about 41.2m and three floors above ground. The whole space covers an area of more than 6,000 _, and it is oval, with yellow, white and gray as the keynote, and the human landscape is arranged, which makes people meditate while walking. It consists of three parts: the Zen Garden where the Buddha was born and became Taoism, and the An Ruli Theatre where the life of the Buddha is displayed in the middle.
At the top of the Zen Grand View is the Miluo Dome, which was designed from the Miluo tree when the Buddha was in nirvana. The dome is completely covered with transparent film and lights, which can create the first ray of sunshine in the morning, warm sunshine at noon, rosy clouds in the evening and moonlight at night. In the middle of the reclining Buddha is a bronze statue of Sakyamuni, with a total length of 7.5 meters. The surface is made of white marble, which can rotate 360 degrees slowly, showing the peaceful nirvana of the Buddha. On the north and south sides of the theater are two Zen gardens. To the south is the Zen Garden, which symbolizes the birth of the Buddha. The overall shape is like a lotus, with an endless worry-free tree in the middle. To the north is the Zen Temple, which embodies the Buddha's consciousness. In the middle is an immortal bodhi tree. Black and white sandstone is used on the ground to describe the chaos of the world and the purity of Buddha's light.
3. Foding Temple
There is a temple in Niushou Mountain, Foding Temple, which was built in the early years of Southern Dynasties. During the Zhenguan period in the Tang Dynasty, the temple was large-scale and named Fodong Temple, which was the birthplace of "Niutou Zen" before Zen. Hongjue Temple was renamed after the Northern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by war and the Ming Dynasty was revived. By 1856, the temple was destroyed by Hongyang uprising, and the incense was interrupted for a hundred years. In order to inherit the traditional culture, Jiangning District will rebuild the cultural resort. Construction started on 20 12 and was fully completed on 20 15. At the suggestion of cultural celebrities and Buddhist monks, Foding Temple was named after the top Buddhist relics enshrined in the underground palace of Niushou Mountain. Foding Temple is one of the main buildings in Niushou Mountain, covering an area of 68 mu, with a construction area of nearly 40 mu, imitating Tang style and traditional central axis pattern. There are seven halls, surrounded by buildings such as monks and zhaitang.
4. Buddha Tower
The Buddha Top Pagoda is one of the landmark buildings of the Buddha Top Holy Land, with a height of about 88 meters.
The Foding Pagoda covers an area of 5,065 square meters, with nine floors and four sides, echoing the Hongjue Temple Pagoda in the Ming Dynasty, and recreating the grand pattern of the "Twin Towers" in Niushou Mountain in history. The tower is dedicated to a sitting Buddha Piluzena, an imitation Tang bronze diamond clock, and various scriptures and exhibits. The whole stupa is magnificent, showing the ancient charm of tang style. When you climb the tower, you can see the beautiful scenery of Niushou Mountain in four seasons.
5. Ganlong Lake
Qianlong Lake was originally named Bamutang. In the folk, Qianlong Lake is also a natural weatherman. It is said that whenever there is fog on the lake, it indicates that it will rain. A road has been built around Qianlong Lake, and tourists can take this road around the lake. Ryegrass and guolingcao are planted around the square, which grow alternately and are evergreen all the year round.
6. Chanlin Road Scenic Area
Zen forest road, with a total length of 3.7 kilometers, is an eco-tourism line covering many ecological scenic spots. Chanlin Road Scenic Area is a natural oxygen bar for tourists to experience nature, breathe fresh air and relax.
7. Ngau Tau Chan Cultural Park
Niutou Zen Cultural Park was built on the site of Hongjue Temple. Hongjue Temple is the birthplace of Niutou School. It was founded in the second year of Tian Jian in the Southern Dynasty (503), located in Liang Wudi. Formerly known as Fodong Temple, also known as Hongjue Temple. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Hongjue Temple to avoid the name of Emperor Li Hongzhang. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Hongjue Temple was burned by the Japanese army.
Hongjue Temple Tower, the core attraction of Niutouchan Cultural Park, is 45 meters high, with seven floors and eight sides. It is the oldest existing brick tower in Nanjing. 1956 The gilded Lama Pagoda unearthed in the underground palace of the pagoda of Hongjue Temple is one of the treasures of Nanjing Museum. The pagoda is 0.35m high, and the Sumi Mountain Tower is 0.16m high. At the bottom of the tower, there are inscriptions such as "Hongjue Temple in Niushou Mountain, offering sacrifices to Yong Man in Jinling" and "Simon Simon Simon Li Fook sean, a Buddhist eunuch". At the same time, jade bottles, golden reclining Buddha, celadon jars and other cultural relics have been unearthed, which are now collected in Nanjing Museum. Then, the Nanjing Cultural Relics Protection Committee sent people to investigate the inscriptions on the walls of brick towers and found more than 70 inscriptions for tourists in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 1957, Hongjue Temple Tower was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.
8. Hongjue Temple
Hongjue Temple was originally named Fodong Temple. Xudu was built in Liang two years ago.
Hongjue Temple (503), located at the southern foot of Niushou Mountain, was later renamed Pujue Temple. Later, Xiao Yan of Liang Wudi built the Xianku Temple under the Buddha Cave Temple. Therefore, Niu Shoushan, also known as "Xiandong Hill", was created by Fa Rong, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, and once became famous by giving lectures here. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Pilu Temple, Pishi Temple Pagoda, Tennoja and Baiyun Ladder were expanded on the basis of Pujue Temple. The scale is magnificent and the incense is very strong. In the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, the temple was renovated on a large scale, and later renamed as Foku Temple and Hongjue Temple. Carve Buddha statues and figures on the rock wall to form cliff stone carvings. However, after hundreds of years of erosion and weathering, only ruins remain in the temple, and the handwriting on the cliff stone carvings is vague and illegible.
9. Hongjue Temple Tower
Hongjue Temple Tower is a typical pavilion-style brick and wood tower in the south of the Yangtze River. In this ancient octagonal culture in Jiangsu, there is a tubular structure with hollow sides and staggered interlayers. The twin towers of Luohan Garden in Suzhou are seven-story octagonal buildings, which were first seen in the Song Dynasty. Yangzhou Wenfeng Tower, built in 1582, is also an octagonal seven-story building; The Longshan Pagoda in Jintan County and the Hongji Pagoda in Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, which were rebuilt in the 40th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (170 1), are of this structure. It overcomes the weakness of the early hollow tube structure that the outer wall is open and the interlayer is staggered, and avoids the longitudinal cracking damage from top to bottom outside the door (or window). Taki Underground Palace: In July 1956, tourists found an underground palace at the bottom of the tower of Hongjue Temple, which contained cultural relics below the upper circle. Excavated in Nanjing Museum, a 0.35-meter-high, 0. 16-meter-high gilded Lama Pagoda was cleaned up, with the words "Hongjue Temple in Niushou Mountain, Jinling, will always support it" written on it. Carved on the bottom of the pagoda. There are four doors in the tower, and there are Buddha statues of Sakyamuni and Wei Tuo in the shrine. Tower brake is equipped with thirteen-day phase wheel, treasure cover and gourd treasure top. At the same time, cultural relics such as Buddha statues and jade bottles were unearthed.
Inscriptions on tower bodies in past dynasties: Nanjing Cultural Relics Protection Committee investigated the inscriptions on the walls of brick towers and found more than 70 inscriptions on tourists in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In September, 199 1, the municipal cultural bureau conducted an investigation on the tower. These inscriptions are still well preserved. They were all carved on the lime plaster layer on the ticket cave wall from the fifth year of Ming Dynasty (150 1) to the thirty-second year of Qianlong (1767), and distributed on the third to seventh floors. At most, it was the Jiajing, Wanli and Kangxi years of the Qing Dynasty. It shows that temples are the most fragrant and have the most tourists in this period. At the same time, it also tells us that Hongjue Temple was rebuilt or rebuilt by Zheng De in Ming Dynasty five years ago (15 10), and was finally destroyed in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Judging from the damage of the wooden structure, it seems that the tower of Hongjue Temple was struck by lightning, and the fire burned from the top to the bottom of the tower. All floors on the ground floor, core wood, flat railings, waist eaves, internal and external bucket arches and attached ladders are gone. Its masonry structure is still intact
10. Zhenghe Cultural Park
Zheng He's tomb is located at the southern foot of Niushou Mountain in the southern Tang Dynasty and the west side of Erling. This is the tomb of Zheng He, a navigator of the Ming Dynasty. The Records of Shangjiang Counties records that the tomb was "buried at the foot of Yongle Mountain", surrounded by ancestral halls, tauren, Cuiping, Daishan and Wushan in the east, north and west. The mausoleum overlooks the Yangtze River flowing eastward. 1985, rebuilt by Jiangning County Bureau of Culture and Education to commemorate the 580th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West. Next to Zheng He's tomb, a showroom was built to display related cultural relics.
1 1. Yuefei Jin Kang Home
Yue Fei's anti-Jin family started from Hanfu Mountain on the Qinhuai River, 500 meters east of Tiexin Bridge, and ended at the main peak of Niushou Mountain, with an intermittent remnant of about 4,200 meters. Among them, it is more than 2000 meters long from the foot of Niushou Mountain to the ridge. The width of the stone base is 1.5 to 3 meters, and the height is about 1 meter. The old base is made of local reddish-brown stones, winding and undulating, and the height is scattered. There are obvious human traces in some areas; Some areas have been scattered and collapsed due to age and wind and rain, and it is difficult to find them. It has been more than 860 years since Yue Fei hit Niushou Mountain, so the base has been preserved to this day and has become a good material for patriotism education for young people. In spring, people can not only enjoy the beautiful mountains and rivers, but also appreciate the Buddhist cultural treasures such as Hongjue Temple, visit the ancient battlefield, pay tribute to Yue Fei's homeland against gold, cherish the memory of national heroes and receive patriotic education.
12. Taohuaxi
Taohuaxi is a new landscape created by Niushou Mountain Scenic Area. A stream winds down from Qianlong Lake, and peach blossoms bloom on both sides. In spring, the buds gradually open, and a sea of flowers is intoxicating. The whole Taohuaxi is located at the east entrance of Niushou, with a total area of 14.87 hectares, about 220 mu. Among peach varieties, 26 peach varieties suitable for Nanjing area were screened out.