Qingyun Temple

Qingyun Temple

Qingyun temple is located in the Tianxi valley of Dinghu Mountain, Dinghu District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. It was built in 1636 and 1893 of the Ming Dynasty. It is surrounded by peaks and hills, like petals of lotus. It is known as "Lotus bandit".

Qingyun temple is one of the four famous temples in the south of the five ridges. It is known as "Zen, Jing and Lu are all good". The incense in the temple has a long history.

Brief introduction to temples

Qingyun temple, located in the Tianxi valley of Dinghu Mountain, 18 kilometers northeast of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, was built in 1636 (the ninth year of chongjia in the Ming Dynasty) and 1893 (the 19th year of Guangxu in the Ming Dynasty). On the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi, the plaque of "Wanshou Qingyun Temple" and "longcangjing" were granted and the temple was repaired. Qingyun temple is one of the four famous temples in Guangdong.

Qingyun temple was built on the basis of Lianhua nunnery. In the sixth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty (1633), monk Yu came to Lianhua peak and regarded it as Buddha's land, so he built grass for the nunnery and named it Lianhua nunnery. Two years later, master qigou was invited to live in Lianhua nunnery, and then he built a large-scale building. He cut the gentle slope into seven levels and built a five storey temple with more than 100 halls and a building area of 12000 square meters.

Layout structure

Qingyun temple is symmetrically arranged along the central axis from bottom to top: Weituo hall on the first floor, with Zhike hall and Yunfang in it, guest hall and Drum Tower in the south, Zhaitang and bell tower in the north, Daxiong hall on the second floor, with Dongtu zushi hall and Jialan hall in it, which are integrated into one, central main hall on the third floor, Pilu hall on the fourth floor, sutra building and seven Buddha building in the south, Sleeping Buddha building and Buddha mother building in the north, and fifth floor The pagoda hall is the original lotus nunnery. After the completion of the temple, master Qihe saw the mist curling around him. In addition, there was a lake on the top of the mountain, "the sky will rain, and the lake will come out of the cloud first." so he changed the name of Lianhua nunnery to Qingyun temple.

Qingyun ancient temple, simple and generous, solemn and elegant, majestic and solemn, is famous for its unique Oriental architectural style at home and abroad. There are many cultural relics and historic sites in the temple, such as relic, thousand people wok, big bronze bell, white tea flower tree, Pingnan King Dafa seat, Qisha Scripture, Baimei poem stele, Meihua picture stele, Empress Dowager Cixi's plaque of "giving Wanshou Qingyun Temple" and so on. The environment of Qingyun temple is elegant. In front of the temple, the first level is a broad platform, with auspicious jars and tower censers; below the second level, there is a large garden with flowers competing for beauty, including osmanthus fairs, Bodhi Huayu, orchid garden and Fangchi Yinyue. Behind the temple, Sanbao peak is just like a natural barrier, and its remaining veins are winding and undulating, just like a walking dragon, which makes Qingyun Temple more solemn, elegant, majestic and solemn.

tourist guide

1. Ticket price: 78 yuan (Dinghushan ticket)

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

3. Transportation Guide: take bus No.3, 15, 24, 201, 202, 204, 205, K01, K02 in Zhaoqing City to Dinghushan crater, walk 800 meters to the entrance of the scenic spot, and take bus No.21 directly to the ticket office of the scenic spot. The above bus is 2 yuan / person. You can also take a taxi for about 18 kilometers (starting from the urban archway, the starting price is 6.5 yuan per kilometer, 2.4 yuan per kilometer, and some taxis don't bargain 50-100 yuan). After arriving at Dinghu Mountain, walk through feishuitan, or take a battery car to Qingyun temple through the hillside baodingyuan. (20 yuan / person / 4-way ticket)

Local cuisine

Dinghu shangsu is a famous dish unique to Qingyun temple in Dinghu Mountain of Zhaoqing. It is full of color, fragrance, taste and shape. It was founded in the early Yongli year of Ming Dynasty (1647-1650). The first step to make Dinghu shangsu is to select the best mushroom, straw mushroom, mushroom (the above are three mushrooms), snow fungus, fungus, elm ear, cloud ear, sand ear, sweet scented osmanthus ear (the above are six ears), and Nostoc flagelliforme, dried bamboo shoots, dried shrimps, Yuba, vermicelli, daylily, etc., then soak them with water, wash them, simmer them one by one, and then add the ingredients, simmer them together with a fierce fire. When making it, keep the edge A large amount of fresh water is added to the stewed edge, and the water of Dinghu Mountain is pure spring water, which is sweet and crisp. Therefore, Dinghu shangsu of Qingyun temple is incomparable with other temples. The characteristics of Dinghu shangsu are: bright color, fragrant, sweet, crisp, smooth, fresh and sweet.

Scenery in the temple

The grass grows and the warbler flies in February, and the willows brush the dyke and drink the spring smoke. In the misty rain of February, I came to Qingyun Temple of Dinghu Mountain in Zhaoqing. Qingyun temple is one of the four famous temples in Guangdong. It is located on the hillside of Lianhua peak in Dinghu Mountain, with the left and right mountains as the barrier, and the valley facing the sun in the middle. It is built in the West and East according to the situation, clear and bright.

The origin of temple construction

The origin of Qingyun temple is said to be in the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. The early monk took the tiger nest of Lianhua peak as an nunnery. The next year, we invited the eminent monk qigou monk to be the abbot of Dinghushan, and then built a five story temple. After the completion of the temple, the eminent monk qigou master saw the mist curling around the place, and there was a lake on the top of the mountain, "the sky will rain, the lake will cloud first", so he changed the name of Lianhua nunnery to today's "Qingyun Temple".

Prosperous period

The temple is known as "Zen, Jing and Lu are all good". Together with Dinghu Mountain in Zhaoqing, it is called "the first mountain of Wuling Luzong". The scenery in the temple is quiet and the flowing water is murmuring. Green plants and vines can be seen everywhere. It is said that most of them are old vines more than 100 years old. The overlapping branches witness the vicissitudes of Qingyun temple in the past few hundred years.

The temple is quiet and peaceful, with ancient trees, old vines, halls, and Buddhist temples. Everything seems so peaceful and serene as a cloud.

There are many couplets in the temple. For example, in front of the temple, "Lianhua is the first place of incense, and Yunye is the first spring to ring ten thousand peaks". It must be said that Qingyun temple is in the middle of thousands of peaks and springs! There are also antithetical couplets containing philosophy, such as: do not make trouble, such as in the world, there is a world other than the world, horizontal Criticism: recognize the way to come. It is meaningful and thought-provoking. Another example is the couplet: there is no dust at this point, and there is more biqianxun. All of them are permeated with purity and broad mindedness, which cleanses the hearts of tourists and makes people feel like entering a spotless fairyland.

Outside the temple, there is another wonder: the marriage tree. This is a tall kapok tree, which stands opposite to the dense longan tree, but its branches and leaves are intertwined with each other. It's like a marriage in the world. All the men and women who want to have a good marriage here sincerely wish that they will get married with their lovers!

We went up the mountain along the waterway. The scenery on both sides of the mountain road was pleasant and the air was especially fresh. Dinghu Mountain has beautiful scenery, quiet and clear, green trees, people linger. Qingyun temple is silent in the drizzle, just like the elderly with a lot of money to greet the tourists.

Ancient and modern humanities

Address: 6907 Longdong Avenue (dongchuangong intersection)

Longitude: 121.71571

Latitude: 31.24233

Tel: 021-58976069

Chinese PinYin : Qing Yun Si