Zen fruit Temple

Zen fruit Temple

Zen fruit temple is located in a canyon, East, South and north of the cliff. There are 1 Wulong bridge, 3 single eaves square towers, 14 stone towers and 5 stone statues. The pagodas are all brick structures, and the local people call them "Zen sheds". The front of the pagoda is equipped with a door to the pagoda room, and the top of the six ends is decorated with a pointed arch forehead. The eaves are overlapping eaves, and the top is covered with a bowl. The temple is broken. Most of the stone pagodas are Linggu pagodas built in the Ming Dynasty, and there are 24 stone inscriptions.

Among them, "rebuilding the stele of Thousand Buddhas in the ancient Dingjin Temple" was built in September of the fourth year of Tiancheng (929) in the later Tang Dynasty, recording the beginning and maintenance of the temple.

There are steep mountains, verdant trees and charming scenery. The temple was built in the third year of the reign of Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty. It has been expanded and rebuilt by Emperor Gaohuan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty for many times. Now it has been basically destroyed, with only one stone Buddha and 15 stone tablets.

history

Zen fruit temple is located in the east of Sigou village, Huoshui Township, Wu'an city, 35 kilometers away from Wu'an city. It was built in the third year of Huangchu, Emperor Wen of Wei Dynasty (222 A.D.)

It has a history of more than 1760 years. It was rebuilt in the Tiancheng period of the later Tang Dynasty (926-930). It was not built until 924 A.D. in the first year of Tongguang reign of emperor Zhuang Zong of Tang Dynasty. After many times of expansion and reconstruction, the scale of the temple gradually expanded.

The temple is located in a precipitous mountain. At that time, the pines and cypresses were green and luxuriant, the palace of the Vatican king was magnificent, the eminent monks appeared and visited, and the tourists were endless.

present situation

The grand occasion of the temple lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty. On the eve of the Anti Japanese War, there were more than 20 monks in the temple. It was scattered in 1943 and the temple was destroyed. There are only 19 stone steles left now, which have research value: the qianfoyi stele of Dingjin Yanchan temple, commonly known as "touying stele", was rebuilt in Tiancheng period of Tang Dynasty after five dynasties; the two stone steles of zhangjingxin cursive script in Ming Dynasty are treasures for studying Chinese calligraphy art. There are also five stone Buddhas, including the third Buddha, the three headed and six armed Buddha, etc.

In the middle of this rock, there is a three-stage square stone pagoda with four corners built in the fifth year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty. Each stage is hollow, and there are shallow sculptures inside and outside, with a height of 14 meters. There is a small bridge under dingjinyan, named "Wulong bridge", which was built in Ming Dynasty. At the foot of the mountain is the Linggu Pagoda Forest of the Ming Dynasty, which is the mausoleum where monks were buried in ancient times.

The remains of Dingjin Yanchan temple, a key cultural relic protection unit in Hebei Province, is an important part of the art of the cultural belt of the Northern Qi Dynasty. It has become one of the 18 scenic spots of Jingniang lake, which is worth visiting.

Address: Yanxia, Dingjin, Sigou village, Huoshui Township, Western Wu'an city, Hebei Province

Longitude: 113.98192596435

Latitude: 36.842845916748

Ticket information: free.

Chinese PinYin : Chan Guo Si