Ganluyan Temple

Ganluyan Temple

Ganluyan temple is located on the West Bank of Jinhu, a scenic spot in Taining County, Fujian Province, and on the west side of Changtan humanoid. It was first built in 1146 A.D. in Shaoxing of Song Dynasty, and has a history of more than 850 years.

It is one of the most famous rock temples at home and abroad. It was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in the 1950s.

Brief introduction of Ganlu Temple

Ganluyan temple is located on the West Bank of Jinhu and on the west side of Changtan humanoid. It is the most famous temple in Taining. The red rock on the left is like a huge "bell", and the one on the right is like a giant "drum" which is unique in the world. Ganlu temple is between the bell and drum stones, so there is a saying that "the right drum, the left bell, the temple (wonderful) is in it", which describes its geographical location. There are three ancient pines in front of the Zhonggu stone, which are called "welcome pines". On the stone tablet in front of the mountain gate, there is a Song Dynasty Jinshi Zou Shuzan's poem about ganluyan: "if the orchid is in the air, the cloud mountain is the heaviest; the waterfall flows thousands of feet, and the crane sleeps in five pines; the temple of Xiaozhong is black, and the frost trees are red; the hanging rock looks back and thinks about the front peak." This poem praises the architectural features and the surrounding autumn scenery of ganluyan temple.

All the buildings and temples of Ganlu temple are built in ganluyan temple. Mannite is a natural cave hidden on the cliff. The cave is very large, and the highest part is more than 80 meters wide and 20 meters deep. In the 16th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1147), a wandering monk took a fancy to the cave and asked for financial assistance to build a temple in it. Carpenters along various terrain, the construction of a single column to support the pavilion, the "fir king" (about 30 meters high, column "bust" 3.38 meters), is the mannoyan Temple "one column to support the sky" building famous.

Ganluyan temple was built in the 16th year of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty (1146 AD), more than 850 years ago. The cave is more than 80 meters high, about 30 meters deep and wide in the upper part, but only 10 meters wide in the lower part. The ancients turned this geographical disadvantage into an architectural advantage. They adopted the unique structure of "one column inserted into the ground, not false tiles". That is, a thick column landed, supporting four double towers and overlapping pavilions. The roof does not need tiles. All the wooden buildings are composed of Shangdian, mirage Pavilion, Guanyin Pavilion and Nan'an Pavilion. They are connected by the "t" shaped arch head called "inserted arch" in Japanese It is a masterpiece in the history of Chinese architecture and is famous both at home and abroad. According to textual research, master Chongyuan, a famous Japanese monk, visited Fujian three times in the 12th century to learn the construction technology of mannoyan temple. After returning home, he rebuilt the world-famous Great Buddha Hall of Dongda temple in Nara. The "t" shaped arch used in the Great Buddha Hall was sampled from mannoyan Temple, known as the "Great Buddha model". In the 1950s, ganluyan temple was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

Historical story

It is said that the temple used to be very small and worshipped Guanyin, a goddess of mercy. In the Northern Song Dynasty, ye Zuqia's mother came from the city to beg for a son, and made a wish: "if you have a son, you must rebuild this temple. How big is the rock and how big is the temple cover.". Later, as expected, he got a son, named ye Zuqia, and became the number one scholar in high school. In order to repay his mother's long cherished wish, ye Zhuangyuan mobilized the world's architectural experts to build the temple here. However, due to the precipitous terrain, the temple could not be built and could not be built. The architects sent by the emperor also worried. One day, an architect named Zhou Zhuotou saw a strong man resting in the shade of a tree, carrying a big round log, which was thick and straight, between the "Y" shaped iron forks used to lift the log. Inspired, he announced in public: "start tomorrow, no mistake!" Make other people confused. After hearing the news, the head of the Ye family asked about the design plan. Zhou Zhuotou said to his liking, "the number one scholar in your family has the surname of Ye, one wood with four horizontal sides. The rock is narrow at the bottom and wide at the top. The word" pin "is inverted, which means to be a grade official in the dynasty! This is how it was built. All the young and old of the Ye family are happy to hear that. They also propose to call this column "champion column" or "Ruyi column". Therefore, the temple's incense is more prosperous. When people come to ask for a son, they all like to hold the number one scholar in their arms, and then they want everything to be successful

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Address: West Bank of Jinhu, Taining scenic spot in Taining County, Sanming City

Longitude: 117.07747650147

Latitude: 26.870031356811

Ticket information: market price: 10.0 yuan

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