Chudian ancient temple

Chudian, also known as Chudian ancient temple, is located in luotuoling, under jiulinggang, Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province. It is about 1740 meters above sea level. It is said that it was a pugongshe house in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and its founding date is unknown.

According to historical records: in the 6th year of Yongping reign of Ming emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 63), Pu Gong, a mysterious hermit of Mount Emei, collected medicine and went up the mountain. At this place, he saw the trace of deer, which was like a lotus flower. So he went to the peak of Mount Emei and suddenly saw the auspicious light. Pugong didn't understand. He went to ask Baozhang monk of the western regions. Baozhang said, "it's the sign of Bodhisattva." Later generations set up this hall. Another saying is that Pu Gong changed his house to a temple after he returned. It was called Chu hall in Song Dynasty, because it was one of the earliest temple sites in the whole mountain, so it was called Chu hall, but its scale was very small.

Fan Chengda, a famous poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, called this "cluster shop" in his "Emei Mountain Travel Notes": "if you talk about a shop, there will be a plank house, and there will be climbers, then the monks will send someone to cook soup in the shop in advance to wait for steaming.". Its meaning is that "cluster shop" is only equivalent to a tea station, which can be used for tourists to stay and eat.

In the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1597 AD), Zen master xuen rebuilt the Chudian temple into a temple. In Chongzhen period, there were more than 30 bronze and iron Buddha statues. During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Zen master Hongchuan lived here, and the biqiu forest in the South of the Yangtze River was built again. During the reign of Qianlong, the temple was destroyed by fire, and the Zen master Nandan rebuilt it.

The existing building was built in the period of the Republic of China. It was originally a quadrangle courtyard. Later, it collapsed due to dilapidation. Now, only the main hall is left, and the beams are inscribed. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, large-scale maintenance was carried out in 1953.

There are five existing wooden structures in the hall, most of which are relics of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. Only eight stone foundations are relics of the Ming Dynasty. In the hall are statues of Sakyamuni Buddha, Manjusri and Puxian Bodhisattva, and in the back of the hall are statues of Guanyin and dizang Bodhisattva. In the center of the hall are stone foundations with round sculptures of lions carved by herdsmen. The architectural style is elegant and simple, which contains the ingenuity of religious jungle.

There is a wonderful natural landscape around Chudian: every day white clouds rise from here, fly to camel ridge, and then slowly fall down, so it is called "cloud nest".

In winter, it's snowy all around. Only the cloud nest is green. Rabbits, squirrels and birds all come here to look for food. This strange landscape is called "cloud nest without snow".

Address: Emeishan, Leshan, Sichuan

Longitude: 103.319153

Latitude: 29.550761

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