Gantong Temple

Gantong Temple

Gantong temple is located at the south foot of Shengying peak in DIANCANG mountain, between Dali ancient city and Xiaguan, about 5 km away from Dali ancient city and 11 km away from Xiaguan. Gantong temple, also known as Dangshan temple, is backed by Cangshan Mountain, which is covered with snow all the year round, and facing Erhai Lake, which is full of smoke and white sails.

Historical records

Gantong Temple used to be called Dangshan temple. According to the records of Dangshan, Dangshan temple in Diancangshan was built in Han Dynasty and rebuilt in Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanyang, a scholar of the Bai nationality in the Ming Dynasty, wrote the story of rebuilding Gantong temple in the ninth year of Wanli (A.D. 1581), which says directly at the beginning: "there is a temple ten miles south of Dali city and into the valley in the west, which is called Gantong. It was built by Li Chengmei, a sage in the early Tang Dynasty." The interpretation of the meaning of "Gantong" is as follows: "in the case of things in the world, it is impossible without a city, and there is no such thing as Gantong No reason, no sense The feeling and then pass. During the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, the "thirty six courtyards" of Gaisi nunnery were built together. At the end of Ming Dynasty, temples and nunneries were destroyed. When the temple was rebuilt in the early Qing Dynasty, it was moved to the present site. There are now one temple and one nunnery (Dayun hall and Jizhao Hall). There are seven inscriptions in the temple, which record the rise and fall of the temple. Close to the Dayun hall, there is a pagoda shaped Tomb of Dang, 3.5 meters high. The inscription records Dang's life. On the west side of Jizhao temple is the Ming Dynasty Putong pagoda, and on the northwest ridge are many Ming Dynasty monk pagodas.

history

Gantong temple has a long history, experienced vicissitudes, several ups and downs, and reached the scale of 36 nunneries in its heyday. According to legend, the main hall is "Dayun hall". In the southwest of today's Gantong temple, there are still ruins. There are also some important buildings, such as "ban Shan" (the ancient Bai saying Zhongshan is synonymous with temple), most of which were destroyed in the war in the same period of Qing and Xian dynasties. The existing temples were rebuilt after the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty and gradually restored since 1981. Gantong temple is called "the first famous mountain of canger" not only because of its beautiful natural scenery, but also because it has a series of relics of celebrities, famous events, famous flowers and many vivid and touching stories and legends. One of them is the eternal story of "one building for famous scholars and eminent monks". Up to now, there are still the ruins of "Shuyun building" and the relic pagoda as a monk. The famous scholar here refers to Yang Sheng'an, a famous scholar in Ming Dynasty (1488-1559). In 1525, the emperor of Jiajing was enraged by the case of "Yidali" and was exiled to Yunnan forever. In the ninth year of Jiajing reign, Yang Sheng'an and Li Yuan Yang traveled together to Cangshan Mountain and stayed in Banshan building of Gantong temple for more than 20 days. They annotated "six books" and annotated the rhyme of a thousand words here. Li Yuanyang named the building "shuyunlou", which is still indistinguishable today. The so-called "eminent monk" refers to the outstanding Yunnan poet, painter, calligrapher and monk who was more than 100 years later than Yang Shengan. Dang, a native of Jinning, formerly known as Tangtai (1593-1673). During the reign of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, he failed in the imperial examinations in Beijing. From then on, he traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, and then returned to Yunnan to serve his mother. After her mother died, she went to Jizu mountain to become a monk. While practicing, she devoted herself to the creation of poetry, calligraphy and painting. Taking on the responsibility of poetry, calligraphy and painting is unique. Books are like flowing clouds and flowing water, while paintings have the meaning beyond the pen. There are pictures in poetry and poems in painting. He has a great reputation, known as "a crane in the clouds" and "a high scholar in nanzhong". In his later years, he lived in Gantong temple. Because of his admiration for Yang Sheng'an's character, he rebuilt the "writing rhyme building" as his residence. From then on, he left behind the eternal story of "the legend of the Dragon girl is passed down through the ages, and the celebrities and eminent monks share the same floor.".

In the winter of 1673, the 12th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, he felt unwell. After 19 days in bed, he wrote a few verses: "the sky is broken, and the earth is broken. If he thinks he is responsible, he will miss it. If his tongue is broken, who dares to sit?" after writing, he tossed his pen and died at the age of 81. After entering the niche and cremated, the pagoda was built in the pine forest under the Jizhao nunnery. This is the sari pagoda of the acting monk. Feng Su, his good friend, wrote "Ta Ming as a Zen master": "at the beginning of Confucianism, at the end of Buddhism. One for two, two for one. The autumn waves of Erhai Lake touch the snow wall. The District of Gaye, the chamber of responsibility. " Today's tower has been restored and rebuilt in recent years.

Gantong tea, a specialty of Gantong temple, was tasted by Xu Xiake himself at that time. He praised it as "absolutely similar to Guangxi" and "the taste of tea is quite good". Now it has developed into a large tea garden and become the leading export tea in Dali.

legend

There is also a legend about Gantong temple. It is said that in the 17th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, master Wuda, the abbot of Gantong temple, went to Nanjing to pay a pilgrimage to Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and brought a white horse and a tea tree. It was early spring when the tea was offered. The white horse neighed and the tea tree blossomed. At that time, Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty thought that the blooming of masihua was the auspicious omen of the Ming Dynasty, so he gave the Wuji monk the name of "fatian" and the title of "monk gang sidugang of Dali Prefecture" (the title of the great monk who was in charge of the Buddhist temple at that time), and gave him 18 poems. The place where the whole mountain monks welcomed the return of Wuji was later built a temple, which was called Banshan (now under the gate of Gantong Temple).

Since then, the temple of gantongshan has flourished. At the end of Ming Dynasty, the eminent monk once wrote a couplet: "the temple is ancient and pine, and the southwest is unparalleled; the flowers are blooming, and canger is the most famous mountain."

Travel

traffic

You can take the bus between Xiaguan and Gucheng, such as No.4 bus. You can get off at the intersection of Gantong temple. You can see the sign of "Gantong Temple" at the intersection. After you get off, you can get there by pony car.

Gantong temple is about 10 minutes' drive from Dali ancient city. If you walk up the mountain from the intersection, it will take about 40 minutes. Tourists can also follow the Cangshan jade belt road to Gantong temple, but this road is far away.

Cableway

Along the Gantong cableway to qingbixi of Cangshan, a 2630 meter long touring cableway has been built in the famous Cangshan Grand Canyon, with an investment of 84 million yuan. The whole set of cable car equipment is imported from Austria, which is known as the "Kingdom of cableway", with beautiful appearance. The cableway is a detachable cable car cableway. The cableway can seat six people in the box. It is a transparent sealed cableway, which is safe, comfortable and fast to ride. Taking the cableway cable car, you can look up at Cangshan snow peak, overlooking Baili Erhai Lake, Dali ancient city and three pagodas Chongsheng temple; overlooking Jizu mountain and Yulong Snow Mountain, you can become a unique scenic line of Dali.

Address: South foot of Shengying, Cangshan Mountain, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Longitude: 100.16709

Latitude: 25.643004

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