Cloudy Valley Temple

Cloudy Valley Temple

Yungu temple is located in the east of Huangshan scenic spot. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a temple for throwing bowls was built here. It was renamed Yungu temple in Chongzhen period. Nowadays, the temple is no longer in existence, and the "cloud Valley Villa" hotel is set up on the site.

General situation

Yungu temple is located at the foot of Boyu peak, between Luohan peak and Xianglu peak, 890 meters above sea level. Cheng Yuanfeng, the right Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, once studied here, so it is also called prime minister yuan. Fu Yan, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, wandered here. He wrote the word "cloud Valley" in calligraphy at the request of the throwing bowl Zen monk. Since then, the Zen temple was renamed "cloud Valley Temple", and the cloud Valley Temple has become a place name. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), a temple for throwing bowls was built here. During the chongjia period (1628-1644), it was renamed Yungu temple. Surrounded by peaks around the temple, green bamboos like a sea, pines and rocks, yellow fir and tea trees are everywhere painted. On the roadside and riverside of the south entrance, there are many stone carvings. In front of the temple is the Lingxi spring of Huangshan Mountain. In the woods near the temple, there are two famous ancient trees, one is Pinus heterophylla, the other is hemlock. Today, the temple is no longer in existence. There is a hotel on the old site. Climbers from east road can take a rest here to enjoy the changing scenery and the famous tea of Maofeng mountain. Build a climbing cableway here. And built a "cloud Valley Villa" hotel.

The temple is surrounded by lush pines and bamboos. There are Millennium ginkgo, Exotic Pines, lions fighting for balls, ancient stones, xianrenbang, lingxiquan, bowls, eyebrows, Arhats, censers and other peaks. Visitors from the east road can take the cableway to the North Sea Scenic Area.

geographical position

Yungu temple is located in the southeast of Huangshan Mountain, with an altitude of 890 meters. It is basically the only way for the South Gate of Huangshan Mountain to enter the mountain. There are Dengdao and cable car straight up to the North Sea. If you come down from the North Sea, you can get into the cloud valley scenic area through baieling and Xianren. The original ancient temple has been destroyed, and the cloud Valley Villa has been built on its original site. It is famous for its Huizhou residential characteristics and receives visitors from home and abroad.

Surrounded by overlapping peaks and valleys, and many clouds, bamboo, pines, Qiao Shi, elegant environment. There are many stone carvings at the entrance to the south, such as "gradually entering the beautiful scenery", "wonderful beginning" and so on. It is said that many celebrities lived in seclusion in ancient times, and Cheng Yuanfeng, the right Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, also read books here, so it is also called prime minister yuan.

Lingxiquan

It is said that during the Yuanjia period of the Southern Dynasties, the first "Dongguo shenseng" who came to Huangshan to practice and found the first temple Xinluo nunnery, when he was about to ascend to the western sky, he used his staff to hold the stone, and the spring gushed out of the stone, so it was called "Xizhang spring". Although the spring is not big, it gushes all the year round, and its water is enough for monks to drink. Later, it was renamed lingxiquan.

It is also recorded in Huangshan annals that Lingxi spring, also known as Xizhang spring, is used by monks in Eastern countries to pound the spring with Xizhang. The spring water is sweet and it is used for monks' daily life.

Lingxi spring was originally located in the courtyard of the monk's house of Yungu temple. Unfortunately, Yungu temple was burned in the Qing Dynasty, and Lingxi spring was blocked and deserted.

In 2004, the Huangshan Scenic Spot restored the 1000 year old historical and cultural site Lingxi spring, making this historical heritage reappear. The restored Lingxi spring covers an area of about 150 square meters, and the spring pool is basically restored to its original state. The depth of the spring pool is 1.49 meters, the length is 6.0 meters, and the width is 4.75 meters. The spring water gushes continuously, and the bottom is clear. The exquisite railings around the spring pool attract many visitors.

White goose ridge

White goose ridge is located in the east of the North Sea. It is the best place to view the cloud sea in the East China Sea. The top of the ridge is flat. The upper station building of the cloud Valley cableway is located at the top of the ridge. Tourists can get on and off the cable car more than here. After finishing a little, they can visit the mountain.

Yungu temple is a group of high mountain buildings, just a construction site, but the momentum is still amazing. The bridge in front is called the dust bridge, which means that there are two different worlds inside and outside the bridge. When we cross this bridge, we can enter the pure land of Buddhism from the mortal world. We can not only touch the Buddha's light and forget all our troubles for a while, but also have a rest, sip the sweet spring water, and "bubble" the natural oxygen bar. Our physical strength will soon recover.

Yungu temple is located in the valley between the East and West peaks, with an altitude of more than 700 meters. It is often surrounded by clouds. As for the year and month when the Yungu temple was built, it is still a mystery because no inscriptions have been found. There are more than 100 existing steles, all of which were rebuilt in the third year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty from 1517 to the end of Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. According to the records of Steles rebuilt in the 33rd year of Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty, the Yungu temple was originally the palace where emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty left when he was searching for immortals. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it flourished and became a Buddhist holy land in Laiwu area of Xintai.

Dashi Temple

The site of this temple is the Da Shi hall, which is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, who is honored by local people as the old mother and grandmother of Lianhua Mountain. There is a "Liquan" in front of the hall. (the word "Liquan" comes from the book of rites. Liyun: therefore, the heaven drops dew and the earth comes out of Liquan.) Spring water is not dry all year round, clear and sweet, commonly known as "holy water", it can cure all diseases. In my opinion, there is no scientific basis for this kind of water to cure diseases. Quenching thirst and relieving heat is its greatest function. In addition, there is Maifan stone mine here, and Maifan stone contains a variety of trace elements needed by the human body. In addition, Liquan is located on the mountain and belongs to mineral spring, so the spring water has a very good quality

Health function. On the opposite side of the hall is the three Buddha Hall, which worships the Buddha Tathagata, commonly known as the "three Buddha master"; on the left side is the Galan hall. (Galan is short for "sanghalammo" in Sanskrit, which means "monk garden", and later became the general name of the temple.) It was set up in memory of the three good men who first protected the Dharma and established the Kalan monastery. (in the center of the hall is the king of Persia, and on both sides are prince Zhituo and the lonely elder.) The one on the right hand was originally the temple of Tibetans, dedicated to the Bodhisattva of Tibetans. (according to Buddhism, the Bodhisattva of Tibet was entrusted by Sakyamuni Buddha to take on the important task of educating all living beings in the "Buddha free world" from the end of Sakyamuni to the end of Maitreya. His position is equivalent to "acting Buddha", and his status and power are very high, just like Sakyamuni.).

Religious architecture

Besides the temple itself, Yungu temple also includes many religious buildings around it, such as Yuhuang Pavilion, three churches, Wenchang Pavilion, Queen Mother hall, Guandi hall, luzu temple, Lingguan temple, Longwang temple, etc. At this point, some tourists may ask, why are there temples of Confucianism and Taoism in Buddhist holy land? You can ask the point. Lianhua Mountain is the northern Taoist center of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin Bodhisattva's position here is supreme, so it is consecrated in the main hall of every temple. Her superior Buddha Sakyamuni is consecrated in the three Buddha Hall in front of the main hall. And people also invite all the saints of Confucianism and Taoism to worship here, which fully shows the great inclusiveness of the religious belief of Lianhua Mountain, and also the atmosphere of Lianhua Mountain as the northern Taoist center of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Address: Huangshan scenic spot, Tangkou Town, Huangshan City

Longitude: 118.19162750244

Latitude: 30.118453979492

Tour time: 1 hour

Ticket information: 130 yuan (Huangshan scenic spot ticket)

Opening hours: all day

Chinese PinYin : Yun Gu Si