Tieshan Temple

Tieshan Temple

Tieshan temple is Tieshan Temple National Forest Park

Tieshan Temple national AAAA scenic spot, located at the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui, was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, covering an area of 70.58 square kilometers, including 23.73 square kilometers of secondary forest sea and 9 square kilometers of pure Tianquan lake surrounded by mountains. It is 38 kilometers away from Xuyi county. It is the best preserved and largest wildlife kingdom in Jiangsu Province. The mountains, forests, springs, lakes, rocks and caves in the region are naturally made with beautiful scenery. The annual average temperature is 14.9 ℃ and the annual rainfall is more than 1000 mm. The famous scenic spots include Tianquan lake, astronomy science park, Jurassic paradise, peacock International Club, student quality education base, etc.

Historical evolution

Tieshan temple, named after the mountain, was built in 117 BC in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In the sixth year of the reign of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, linhuai county was set up, and Xuyi was the capital of linhuai county. According to the records in chusanzang Ji Ji Ji, Yan Fodiao is linhuai County, which is Xuyi. During the reign of emperor Huan (Liu Zhi) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang had become the center for translating Buddhist scriptures in Chinese and established the first temple in Chinese history, Baima temple. As an intellectual at that time, Yan Fodiao was deeply distressed that he had talent but no way to serve his country. He went to Luoyang from linhuai county and got to know an Shigao in Hongru temple. In 182 ad, Yan Fodiao returned to his hometown linhuai county and presided over the construction of several temples with Tieshan temple as the main temple, which opened a mountain for him. He hoped that his mountain opening Taoist temple would continue to be as strong as the incense, so he named it "Tieshan Temple". He has studied Buddhism for decades, and his first Buddhist work, the ten wise verses of the Shami, was written by him. According to the records of chusanzang Ji Ji Ji, he translated Fajing Jing Jing, etc. Tieshan temple has been expanded for generations. By the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the temple reached its peak, forming a community of 14 temples centered on Tieshan temple, including Wanggu temple, Qingliang temple and Longshan temple. It is known as the "little Jiuhua" in Northern Jiangsu and eastern Anhui, with thousands of monks and nuns. At the end of Qing Dynasty, Tieshan temple was occupied by bandits and finally destroyed by war. In order to meet the needs of local Buddhist culture, Tieshan Temple held the foundation laying ceremony of Daxiong hall on October 3, 2001. The construction of Daxiong hall and Shanmen hall has been completed. The project under construction is Tianwang hall. The main hall is 24.8 meters high and covers an area of 880 square meters, which is bigger than the Pingshan hall in Yangzhou. It is the largest hall in Northern Jiangsu.

Main landscape

Forest Park

Tieshan Temple scenic spot is located at the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui. It is the best preserved and largest wild animal and plant kingdom in Jiangsu Province. Among them, 61.58 square kilometers of secondary forest sea and 9 square kilometers of incomparably pure Tianquan lake surrounded by mountains constitute an extremely unique microclimate environment. There are more than 40 kinds of wild animals, 170 kinds of birds, 280 kinds of higher plants and 800 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, most of which are marginal species in the north and South regions. They are natural animal and plant gene banks.

The mountains, forests, springs, lakes, stones and caves in the area are naturally made and the scenery is natural. Tieshansi Forest Resort integrates leisure, entertainment and health care. Tieshan temple, which was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and destroyed by war, is being restored. The observation base of Zijinshan Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences has been settled in the park. The astronomy science park, Jurassic paradise, peacock International Club and student quality education base are ideal places to carry out science popularization theme tourism and practical teaching.

It is surrounded by mountains with little human influence, so a special microclimate is formed, that is, the annual average temperature is 14.9 ℃, and the annual rainfall is more than 1000mm. Therefore, the bottom of any hill and gully here is clear and gurgling, and the stream flows continuously all the year round. The scenery is different all the year round. It is hot in spring, with Rhododendron in Danshan mountain; in summer, it has blue clouds and a hundred birds flying in the spring; in autumn, it has white clouds and red leaves, with frost stained layer forest; in winter, it has cedars in the north, with long mountains winding. Thus, ten sceneries of Tieshan temple were born: Wusuo Tieshan, Tianquan sunset, long cable bridge, Jiuqu Pai, Zhuhai dawn, a hundred birds Zhaofeng, Science Park Zhaoxia, shuishanlin Qiuyun, observatory bird's-eye view, Xueji Tieshan temple.

observatory

At the top of Paoma mountain in Tieshan Temple Park stands a group of unique buildings, which are Xuyi observation base of Zijinshan Observatory and Xuyi Tieshan Temple astronomical observatory

Science Park. The scale of astronomical observation base is very large, ranking first in Asia and second in the world. Because the top of Mount Paoma is flat, with nearly 1000 mu of platform land, wide field of vision, surrounded by forest coverage, no smoke pollution, no pollution source within 50 km, excellent ecological environment, good night and sky conditions, and ideal visibility. After testing, the nighttime sky brightness in Tieshansi area is 3.1 magnitude darker than that in Zitai area, so more and darker asteroids can be observed here.

On November 24, 2001, the base officially started construction. The Xuyi observation base project of Zijinshan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will be carried out in three phases. Now the second phase of construction has been completed. It will become the main observation base of celestial mechanics in China, and also the cradle of cultivating astronomical talents in China.

Tourism information

Transportation guide

Tieshansi Forest Park Address: Xuyi county, Huai'an, Jiangsu Province

Xuyi county is located in the hinterland of Jiangsu Province, with convenient transportation. There are Nanjing Lianyungang, Nanjing Suxu, first-class highway, Nanjing Lukou, Xuzhou Guanyin and other airports, Lianyungang Nantong, Nanjing xinshengwei and other international ports. The distance to Xuyi is less than 1 hour. The park is less than 150 kilometers away from Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Bengbu and Huai'an, and is less than 150 kilometers away from Shanghai, Wuxi, Changzhou and Hefei About 400 km.

Starting from Shanghai, you enter the Shanghai Nanjing Expressway. Along the way, you pass Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and Nanjing, and then you arrive at the Second Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing. There are signs of "going to Nanjing Lianyungang Expressway and Nanjing Luoyang expressway" ahead. Go to Huai'an, enter Nanjing Lianyungang expressway, go to jiupukou, look at the signs, and go to JIUPU. Along the road, you go west to Tieshansi National Forest Park.

Self driving: from Shanghai Nanjing Hanjian Anhui Banta Xuyi ancient city Tieshan Temple

Changzhou to Tieshan Temple: from Changzhou to Nanjing on Huning Expressway (or 312 National Highway), Then go on Ning Lian highway (Nanjing Lianyungang) and take the first right exit (Chuzhou, Chajian exit) of Tianchang toll station in Anhui Province. Turn left to Chuzhou in Anhui Province and go to Banta town intersection (it's a station). Turn right along the road and go straight to Wangdian T-shaped intersection, then turn left and go straight to the ancient city (where Tieshan temple is), and then go straight along the ancient city street Turn (don't go around the turntable) to the right, then go straight along the road to Tieshan temple!

Or you can start from Changzhou - Shanghai Nanjing Expressway (or national highway 312) to Nanjing Yangtze River Second Bridge expressway, then go to the newly built Nanjing Huaian Expressway (Nanjing Huaian) - JIUPU exit - and then go all the way to Wangdian - the ancient city - Tieshan temple

Yangzhou to Tieshan Temple: Yangzhou -- Chajian (Tianchang toll station) -- Banta town (Laian county) turn right -- Xuyi county Wangdian (Jiangsu Province) turn left -- Tieshan Temple National Forest Park

Ticket information

1. Opening hours: 8:00-18:00

2. Free visit

other

Shigudui

In the forest and bamboo forest of Tieshan temple, there are many stone drum mounds. These stone mounds are usually built on the side with big stones and small stones in the middle. The diameter of the stone mound is equal to the length of a spear. Tieshan temple has a large number of stone heaps, most of which are distributed on hillsides and mountain tops. What we see now is only a part of the many stone piles. There is a legend that the former name of Tieshan temple is Jiaogang. Jiaozan, a general of the Northern Song Dynasty, once camped here and stationed 100000 troops. He had a battle with Xie Jingwu, the son-in-law of the prime minister at that time. Xie was killed by Jiao. These stone mounds are ancient battlefields left over from that year. What's the connection with the stone mounds? In ancient times, there was a kind of military art called rolling wood and rolling stone. These stone mounds were distributed on hillsides and mountaintops, which were easy to roll and hide, and were used for fighting.

specialty

Guanzhong

Guanzhong, also known as Fengwei fern, is a good traditional Chinese medicine, mainly for clearing away heat and detoxification, which has certain curative effect on nephritis.

Biting tree

Lacquer tree is a kind of tree that people love and fear. What I love is that the black SAP it secretes is an ideal material for high-grade furniture. Because the furniture that it paints is used more long more soakage elegant, color is more gorgeous. What I am afraid of is that if the skin is allergic or too drunk to pass by or encounter the lacquer tree, the smell it emits will infect the skin to a certain extent, and the incubation period is 20 days. The main symptoms are itching all over the body, redness and swelling of the face, lips, fingers, arms and neck, and some are like eczema, which is the so-called macular rash. Therefore, lacquer tree is also called "biting tree" by local people.

Address: near Xuyi county, Xuyi county, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 118.53172859968

Latitude: 32.965650293864

Tel: 0517-88762808; 0517-8

Traffic information: there is a special line from Xuyi to Tieshan temple in the passenger transport center.

Ticket information

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