Lingyan Temple

The temple is named after Lingyan. It is one of the 18 ancient temples in Yandang. Surrounded by a group of peaks, majestic hunpang; towering ancient trees, the environment is absolutely quiet. The lower couplet of a couplet written by Yu Changlin in the Qing Dynasty vividly describes the scenery around it: "the left banner, the right Tianzhu, the back pingxia, thousands of Ren, the supernatural craftsmanship and the ghost axe, the unique scenery of Lingyan.

Lingyan Temple

Lingyan temple is located under the seven star rock of Lingyan mountain, Xingfu Town, 5 km north of Dujiangyan City. It is called "Lingyan holy lamp" and used to be one of the "ten sceneries of Guanxian". It is different from the Lingyan temple in Jinan, which is one of the four famous ancient temples in China (Lingyan temple in Jinan, Yuquan temple in Dangyang, Qixia Temple in Nanjing and Guoqing temple in Tiantai).

Brief introduction of ancient temple

Lingyan temple is located under the seven star rock of Lingyan mountain in Xingfu Town, 5 km north of Dujiangyan City. It is called "Lingyan holy lamp" and used to be one of the "ten sceneries of Guanxian". It is different from the Lingyan temple in Jinan, which is one of the four famous ancient temples in China (Lingyan temple in Jinan, Yuquan temple in Dangyang, Qixia Temple in Nanjing and Guoqing temple in Tiantai).

The beginning of the construction

Lingyan temple, a famous Buddhist temple in China, was built in 479 in the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Lingyan temple was rebuilt in the reign of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty (627-649) by huichong, an eminent monk.

After many vicissitudes

Lingyan temple has been abandoned for several times. Most of the existing temples are built after the Song Dynasty.

Address: Lingyan scenic spot, Yandang Mountain, Yueqing County, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 121.08778046558

Latitude: 28.3616402072

Chinese PinYin : Ling Yan Si