Xilu Temple

Xilu Temple

Xilu Temple

Located in Feixi County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, in zipengshan National Forest Park, it was built in AD 180 and is a famous temple in central Anhui.

At the beginning, it was the Liling temple at the end of Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it was granted Xilu temple. Later, it was revived and abolished because of the war.

Historical origin

During the Three Kingdoms period, Li Dian built a temple on the top of the mountain to offer sacrifices to his seventh ancestor, Li Ling, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, so Xilu temple is also called "Li Ling Temple"; because the temple is located in the southwest of the ancient Luzhou prefecture (now Hefei City), it was granted the name of "Xilu Temple" by the royal family in the Tang Dynasty. Since then, due to the chaos of war, it has been revived and abolished repeatedly.

In the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, local believers Wu, Cheng, Liu and Bian raised money to build Xuanwu hall; in the early Qing Dynasty, Seng Jingcheng raised money to build Daxiong hall; in Kangxi's reign, Seng Jianrong Zhigong zhuoxi renovated Fancha and created a jungle here, which was the first ancestor of a generation; in Xianfeng's reign, the temple was destroyed by war; in Tongzhi's reign, Hangzhou garrison general yuan Hongmo devoted himself to Xilu temple, raised money to rebuild more than 100 temples, and the temple of Mingjiao At the same time, he went to the capital to seek a "long Zang Quan Jing" (formerly known as Da Zang FA), and Xilu Temple became a famous temple in central Anhui.

The situation in the temple

Xilu temple has five big rivers, Maitreya Buddha in the middle, four heavenly kings on the left and right, fifteen dizang halls, one wooden tower in the hall, and ten kings on the left and right. There is a big stone behind the tower with a dragon tongue, and the trace here is like a human sitting. There are also great Buddha Hall, back hall, Guanting hall, Shan hall, Guanyin hall, Bagua Pavilion on the second floor, bell and Drum Tower, sutra tower, tonggong tower, Wanghu tower, etc.

There are also many cultural relics in the temple: the statues of Eight Immortals in the Tang Dynasty, the bronze statues of children and girls, the inkstone of Su Dongpo, a poet of the Song Dynasty, the jade Ruyi, the ancient tripod, and the Xuande furnace of the Ming Dynasty.

Xilu temple is surrounded by pine and bamboo, with towering ancient trees and a quiet and beautiful environment. Mount the highest building of Xilu temple, Wanghu tower, and you can have a panoramic view.

Historical restoration

In the early years of the Republic of China, sangxing, the abbot of Xilu Temple (named Mengdong, who was the president of Anhui Buddhist Association in 1945), carried out a large-scale renovation of Xilu temple.

Since then, up to the 1950s and 1960s after the founding of the people's Republic of China, there were still five temples with green bricks, carved beams and painted buildings, more than 100 rooms, tens of thousands of scriptures and 16 types of Buddha statues.

On February 19, July 30 and September 19 of the lunar calendar, thousands of pilgrims and tourists come to the temple fair of Xilu temple. The morning bell and the evening drum keep the incense burning.

During the "Cultural Revolution" period from 1966 to 1967, the Buddhist statues of Xilu temple were smashed, and all the Scriptures including longcangquanjing were destroyed. Only three Liling Hall (commonly known as Dawang Hall) were left in the temple building, and the rest were demolished.

In the spring of 1995, the Great Hall of Xilu temple was renovated. This hall is now located in the South and North, with one ridge and four belts, green tiles on the storage wall and red carving buildings. Inside the hall, there is a large Bodhisattva of the king of Tibet. On both sides of the hall, it is decorated with high hanging colors, with cigarette grade system. On both sides of the great hall, six new tile roofed houses and three Buddha statues were built.

In recent years, the temple fair is heating up year by year. In particular, the temple fair on February 19 of the lunar calendar is an unprecedented event with 20000 or 30000 pilgrims.

Address: top of Zipeng Mountain, Feixi County, Zipeng Town, Feixi County, Hefei City

Longitude: 117.0066630688

Latitude: 31.713706661242

Tel: 0551-8581863

Ticket information: market price: 10.0 yuan

Chinese PinYin : Xi Lu Si