Guanyin Temple Pagoda in Lu'an

Guanyin Temple Pagoda in Lu'an

Lu'an Guanyin temple tower is located in the Guanyin temple, huangdajie street, Lu'an City, Anhui Province, commonly known as the South Gate cone.

In the 16th year of Qianlong's Lu'an Prefecture annals, the Guanyin Temple Pagoda was built by Yuchi Gong of Tang Dynasty. There is a tablet engraved with the image of Guanyin. It was not the object of this temple to record the merits and virtues of the people in Tashan Temple of Yuan Dynasty. Both sides are carved in Yuan Dynasty. In the old days, it was said that the image was written by Wu Daozi. It is not extenical today. The seventh year of Tongzhi Lu'an annals volume: Guanyin temple, in the southwest corner of the city, was built by the Tang Monk and built the futu temple.

Historical changes

Guanyin temple was built by the monk yuan Tonghua yuan in the Wude period of Tang Dynasty (618-627), formerly known as futu temple.

So there was a temple first and then a pagoda. The temple and the pagoda were built for the Tang Monk yuan Tonghua. At that time, there were only Shanmen hall, Zhaodi hall and futu Temple Pagoda. Song monk Ruiyun rebuilt and renamed Guanyin temple. In the 22nd year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1543), a hall of worship was set up, in which there was an ancient bronze Buddha and a collar of cassock. In the eighth year of Jiaqing (1803) of Qing Dynasty, yunkuan and Hongyan were rebuilt. When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Lu'an, he wrote in his hand "to build guanyinlv Temple", "everyone is happy" and "Amitabha Buddha" in the South ", and carved three stone plaques, the first two of which are still in the temple.

building structure

At the top of the pagoda was a copper cast gourd shaped pagoda brake. During the period of the Republic of China, it fell on a windy night, and the Ninth level collapsed.

The body of the tower is nine steps and 27 meters high. It has a hexagonal pavilion shape. It is of brick and stone structure and solid. Each side of the base is 3.9 meters wide and 4.3 meters high. There is a copper tower brake on the top of the tower. It fell in the 1940s. The front of the tower is facing south. At the base of the tower, there is a circular arch tower gate with a height of 1.5 meters and a width of 0.85 meters. Brick carvings such as brackets, false doors and flower windows at all levels of the tower body are respectively inlaid with porcelain steles donated during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, and painted porcelain Buddha statues or patterns are inlaid above the third level.

The third level is from the south to the East, inlaid with six porcelain plaques. The second level is incomplete, and the fourth level exists. The word says: the only two purpose is to win the three realms, to show the four high platforms, and to show the five pure causes.

The fourth level is inlaid with three statues on each side, the fifth level is inlaid with two statues on each side, and the sixth level is inlaid with one statue on each side.

Seven or nine levels are painted porcelain plate patterns. Each level of Nanxiang had donated to repair inscriptions, which was the event of Bingyin in the 11th year of Jiaqing. To make his merits known to later generations.

This pagoda has survived the war for more than a thousand years. The painted porcelain plate of the former dynasty was originally a fragile object. But for two hundred years, the aura of the pagoda has not been damaged, and it has not fallen down. It is a great contribution to protect the Dharma in white.

Guanyin temple has three front halls and five main halls. It was designated as a key protected temple in Anhui Province in December 1984. At present, the Lu'an government has allocated funds to repair and consolidate the Guanyin Temple Pagoda, and built the South pagoda Park Based on the ancient pagoda.

Address: huangdajie street, Jin'an District, Lu'an City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 116.32344698351

Latitude: 31.492002067927

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