Guanyin nunnery

Guanyin nunnery

Guanyin nunnery is located at the intersection of Bixiao peak and Ziqi peak. Because the back wall of the nunnery is the cliff of Bixiao peak, and the shrine of Guanyin Bodhisattva is carved from the stone wall.

position

Wuhua mountain Yinjing Zen forest scenic spot is 52 kilometers away from the center of Wuhu City.

brief introduction

According to the research, this cliff carving may be the only stone carving Buddha statue of the Northern Song Dynasty in southern Anhui, except for the cliff carving of Jiuhua Mountain. The stone carving is about three meters from the ground. The sculpture is 1.7 meters high and 1.5 meters wide. Width, 0.83 M. The top and bottom are peach shaped, with a Buddha statue carved inside. The Buddha statue is 38 cm high. There are two waiters on each side. Next to the Buddha statue are Zuo Jintong and you Yunv. The first one on the right is Jingang Weituo, and on the left is weilingjialan. The four waiters are about 30 cm high. Sitting on the lotus platform, the Buddha statue is dignified, kind and elegant. It is half dressed in Jiashang, with its right hand upward and its left hand on its leg. The stone carvings are more abundant than the common Buddha statues. There is a polished 33 × 30 cm cliff stone under the lotus platform, on which is engraved a passage. The full text is as follows: on August 24, the second year of Yuanfeng, the same Buddhist monk zhanliyan Jinshi Wang ("Jing"? Chizhou Jiande gate, xuanlang (unclear). There is also a 40 × 30 cm polished stone carving on the left side of the Buddha statue. The full text is as follows: "this rock has not been seen in detail since the seventh year of Yuanfeng, the year of yanweng. The monk saw that the wind and rain were unbearable, so he built this house for that. Monk Zhao Zhen Zi Jian ("Hui"? I don't know. It's been 13 years. " It can be seen that the stone statue in Guanyin nunnery of Wuhua mountain was carved by Wang in Chizhou in 1079. Guanyin nunnery was built by Seng Zhaozhen in 1084, which has a history of nearly a thousand years.

Address: Ouhai District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

Longitude: 120.712416

Latitude: 27.876905

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