Introduction to the scenic spots of Xiaoguo Temple:
Congress Temple was founded in the 18th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (598). Formerly known as Tiantai Temple. After the completion of the temple, the country was renamed the Imperial Palace in the Qing Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty was listed as one of the ten temples in the south of the Yangtze River, and the existing building was rebuilt in the 12th year of Yongzheng (1734). The total area of the whole temple is 73,000 square meters, which is divided into five longitudinal axes. From south to north, the main axis is Maitreya Hall, Yuhua Hall, Daxiong Hall, Pharmacist Hall and Guanyin Hall. There are also the release pool, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Juxian Hall, the abbot building, the three temples and the Miaofa Hall (the upper one is the Tibetan Scripture Building); The Galapagos Temple, Luohan Hall and Cultural Relics Room form an ancient architectural complex with more than 20,000 square meters and more than 8,000 houses. The temple building is built on the mountain and has a high floor, which not only has the characteristics of strict symmetry of Buddhist architecture, but also gives people a sense of agility.
Compared with other famous temples, the natural and cultural landscape of Xiaoguo Temple has more local characteristics.
From the natural landscape, most ancient temples in China are located in valleys surrounded by mountains on three sides (such as Tiantong Temple in Ningbo, Fayu Temple in Putuo, Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Shaolin Temple in Songshan, etc.). ), while kokuseiji is in a paradise-like geographical environment surrounded by five peaks and two streams. Three or five miles out of the city, I saw the Big Wild Goose Pagoda high and green, and the Sui Pagoda, which is as high as 59.3 meters, flickered. Only at the foot of Muyu Mountain in the south gate of Guoshou Temple did I see the panoramic view of the tower. However, Xiaoguo Temple is still bred in the inner room, and no one knows her. I walked around the cold picking pavilion and saw the ancient temple of Sui Dynasty shining on the wall. I don't know where the mountain gate of the ancient temple opened. After crossing the Fenggan Bridge, walk a few steps to the east and you will see the ancient temple gate. It turns out that the entrance to the Hougong Mountain is unconventional, facing east rather than south. Turning straight at the entrance to the mountain, the shade trees on both sides of the tunnel blocked the sun, and bamboo was cut halfway, which added a profound and mysterious atmosphere. Entering the Maitreya Buddha Hall, the wonders of the Qing Dynasty are like a painting screen. This is the origin, inheritance, transformation and combination of Obuchi Keizo's ingenious architectural layout.
In addition to the natural landscape, the Imperial Palace is also an ancient historical and cultural temple. Meng Haoran, Li Bai, Jia Dao, Pi Rixiu, Lu Guimeng, Du Xunhe, Shi Hong, Guo Moruo, Deng Tuo and Zhao Puchu all left immortal works. One Liang Meiwei was planted by Zhang An, the fifth ancestor of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism in China, and it is still lush. In memory of famous poets Hanshan, Shide and Fenggan in Tang Dynasty, there are bronze statues of Sakyamuni in Ming Dynasty weighing 13 tons, 18 nanmu arhats carved in Yuan Dynasty, and the cliff handwriting of Wang Xizhi, Liu Gongquan, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Zhu. There is a memorial hall outside the temple to commemorate the astronomer monk and his party in the Tang Dynasty who went to the National Assembly Temple to compile The Great Yan Li. More importantly, during the Chen and Sui Dynasties, the wise master (538-597) founded the first Tiantai Sect of China Buddhism in Tiantai Mountain. During the Tang Zhenyuan period, a Japanese monk went to the National Assembly Temple to seek dharma, and after returning to China, he founded the Tiantai Sect of Japan in Hiyama, Kyoto. In 1 1 century, Yitian, a Korean monk, went to the National Assembly Temple to seek dharma and introduced Tiantai Sect to the Korean peninsula. With the continuous development of tourism, the Imperial Palace has become a famous religious tourism destination at home and abroad.