Xiayu Temple

Xiayu Temple

Xiayu temple is an ancient temple with a history of more than 800 years. It is located on a small island called "Xiayu" in the center of Dongqian Lake. It is surrounded by Dongqian Lake in the west, South and East, and erling mountain in the north. It is also a neighbor of "Butuo Dongtian", which is known as "little Putuo". It is said that Shi Hao, the Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, built a "buntuo cave" on Xiayu island in the heart of Dongqian Lake in order to deny his mother's wish to go to Putuo, and built a Xiayu temple to recite Buddhist scriptures to his mother relying on "little Putuo".

Detailed introduction

In front of the gate of Xiayu temple is an east-west stone road, with a stone turtle and a stone rabbit on the south side and two stone horses on the north side. It was built in 2002. Walking along the stone road, you come to the main gate of Xiayu temple. The plaque on the main gate is engraved with the four characters of "Xiayu Buddhist temple" forever. On the main gate is inscribed with a couplet: "Dongqian Lake, water moon meteor, ring Buddha's land, fill Tuo mountain, pine, green willow, green cover Zen heaven". Entering from the main gate, and looking back, I saw a couplet behind the main gate: "a hundred steps of autumn wind, ten miles of willow pine embracing Xiayu Island, thousands of golden spring rain, heavy clouds and water encircling Butuo.". In Xiayu temple, there are large-scale buildings, such as Tianwang hall, Yuantong hall, Jialan hall, Western boat, wing room, etc. Yuantong hall has magnificent bearing, cornices and walls. In the center of the hall is a "thousand handed Avalokitesvara" facing the south, which is lifelike. Before "thousand handed Guanyin", it was a Maitreya Buddha, with two children on both sides, auspicious in the East and Ruyi in the West. There are 32 portraits of Guanyin standing in front of the East and west walls in the hall, and many Buddha statues standing in front of the north wall. There are many pilgrims in this hall. The north side of Yuantong hall is "Tianwang hall", and the East and west sides are wing rooms. Passing through the east wing, you can see a large ship, called "Western ship", which is one of the only two western ships in China. The ship was built in the year of Gengchen. It is made of two layers of reinforced concrete. It runs from east to west. The north side of the ship is written with the words "Western ship". There is a Buddha statue on the second deck, facing the West. There are three adjacent bridges in the north of the ship, and one in the middle is an overpass. The stone carving of "Erlong Xizhu" is carved on the middle slab of the overpass. The west side of the overpass is Niulang Zhinv bridge, and the east side is duzhongsheng bridge. If the weather is beautiful, the mist on Xiayu island will be locked, so it is called "Xiayu Suolan".

Historical change

Xiayu temple was first built in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was restored in the 19th year of Hongwu (1386) and the 20th year of Yongle (1422) of Ming Dynasty. Xuande eight years (1433) reconstruction, to the Qing Dynasty temple waste. Since 1976, "Butuo cave" was rediscovered, it has become a historic site. In March 1989, it was managed by bhiksuni and rebuilt. The old Xiayu temple was abandoned and rebuilt in 1993. Xiayu temple has more than 10 nuns and many pilgrims. The annual number of tourists is 200000.

Address: Xiaoyu, Xiayu, Dongqian Lake, Yinzhou District, Ningbo

Longitude: 121.65603160858

Latitude: 29.770669949583

Ticket information: market price: 30.0 yuan

Chinese PinYin : Xia Yu Si