Nanhai Guanyin Temple

Nanhai Guanyin temple, Foshan

synonym

Nanhai Guanyin Temple generally refers to Nanhai Guanyin Temple in Foshan

Nanhai Guanyin temple was built in 990 ad (that is, the fifth year of Chunhua of Taizong of Song Dynasty). It has a history of 1000 years. It is located in the north and south, with excellent scenery. It is actually a Lingshan resort. Guanyin temple is a palace style temple, which is equipped with Shangyu road and Dragon carving. On the central axis of Guanyin temple, there are Han white jade, Jiulong Chaoyang and lotus reliefs, which are called Yudao. The release pool in front of the temple covers an area of more than 30 mu. Lotus flowers are planted all over the place. In summer, lotus fragrance tower shadows and willow waves smell warblers, which make people linger and forget to return. It is the largest Buddhist holy land in Foshan, with tens of thousands of believers paying homage to Guanyin temple day on the 26th day of the first lunar month.

brief introduction

In 990 ad (the fifth year of Chunhua, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty), Nanhai Guanyin temple was built on niugugang in Taoyuan of southern China. It has been more than 1000 years since then. The people around it believed in it very much. As time goes on, wars and turmoil have been going on for thousands of years, and Guanyin temple has been built and destroyed many times, until the Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, all the temples were destroyed. After the war of resistance against Japan, it took ten years. The holy mark has long gone.

At the beginning of the development of Taoyuan in southern China, it was required by religious circles and believers. In order to implement the national religious policy. It is the establishment of Nanhai Guanyin and other preparatory committees to solicit donations. After a counter survey. Niugugang is still selected as the site of the temple. The mountain has green trees and excellent scenery. Guanyin temple is located in the north and south. Surrounded by mountains, the left mountain is like a green dragon, and the right mountain is like a crouching tiger. In fact, it is a resort of Lingshan. The temple covers an area of more than 100 mu. Mr. Zhao Puchu, President of the National Buddhist Association, inscribed a plaque for Nanhai Guanyin temple.

Nanhai Guanyin temple was built in 990 A.D. (the fifth year of Chunhua, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty). It is located in the north and south, with excellent scenery. It is actually a Lingshan resort. With the passage of time, thousands of years of war turmoil, Guanyin Temple repeatedly built repeatedly destroyed, to the Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, all the temples were destroyed. After the war of resistance against Japan, it took ten years. Guanyin temple is a palace style temple, which is equipped with Shangyu road and Dragon carving. On the central axis of Guanyin temple, there are Han white jade, Jiulong Chaoyang and lotus reliefs, which are called Yudao. The release pool in front of the temple covers an area of more than 30 mu. Lotus flowers are planted all over the place. In summer, lotus fragrance tower shadows and willow waves smell warblers, which make people linger and forget to return. It is the largest Buddhist holy land in Foshan, with tens of thousands of believers paying homage to Guanyin temple day on the 26th day of the first lunar month

Development history

It opened on 12 February 1996. On December 29, 1996 (November 19 of the lunar calendar), monk Shi Xincheng, President of Guangdong Buddhist Association and Abbot of Nanhai Guanyin temple, presided over the opening ceremony. September 15, 1998, Religion Bureau of Guangdong Province and Nanhai religion office. Officially approved the establishment of Nanhai Guanyin Temple Management Committee.

Guanyin temple is 12 kilometers away from Guangzhou and Foshan. Convenient transportation and a large number of believers. Incense flourished. Every year on the 26th day of the first lunar month, there are tens of thousands of believers who visit Guanyin temple day, which has become the largest Buddhist holy land in Nanhai city.

Tourism characteristics

Bell tower and Drum Tower

The temple gate has a bell and Drum Tower. If there is a grand event at the temple gate, it is very grand to ring the bell and drum. Nanhai Guanyin temple also rings the bell and drum five o'clock before chanting scriptures in the morning. Therefore, the sound of bells and drums is a solemn and sacred signal of Buddhism. Behind the Drum Tower of niugushi, there used to be two big rocks. When the Guanyin temple was built, they were not blasted off. After they were preserved, they were not very elegant. The mountain is called niugugang, so the two stones were treated by hand. Cause a cow, life for niugushi. Because this is a Buddhist gate, the word "Buddha's fate" is engraved on it, which means that it is related to Buddha. Guanyin spring (Guanyin spring is the legend of Guanyin's manifestation) see Guanyin spring. Guanyin spring is now built in the square of Guanyin temple. The written story is depicted on the stone of Guanyin spring. Fenbing stone (Fenbing stone is the legend of Avalokitesvara) is located on the top of guniugang, with green jungle, natural strange stones, leisure flowers and birds, and cicadas singing up and down. On the hillside of the south slope, a group of stones stand in it. They are as big as a building and as small as a goose egg. Guanyin Bodhisattva often shows his spirit here. When the working people are most thirsty, he appears on the huge stones and takes the cake as food and sprinkles the sweet spring as drink. The name of the cake stone is spread. (this scenic spot is behind the Guanyin hall and is planning to be built) Caiyun Pavilion (Caiyun Pavilion is the legend of Guanyin).

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In the purple bamboo forest, Bodhisattva Guanyin was inspired by the deep suffering of the people in the south, and wanted to set up a Taoist temple in the south to save all living beings. So he took the good talent and the Dragon girl to drive down Yunnan to visit the famous mountains in southern Guangdong and to the Pingdingshan group in Nanhai county. However, he saw that although Niugu hill was not very high, it was full of aura and turned into a woman collecting herbs. It was a cold winter and the north wind was cold. A group of poor people chiseled stones on the hillside and shrunk under trees or caves. Guanyin's heart of compassion is to move eastward with his hand. At once, a colorful cloud comes and falls down the hillside. In a moment, cotton is everywhere. When the crowd is surprised, they see colorful clouds in the sky and the holy image of Guanyin faintly floating away. After the worship, the crowd will collect all the cotton and go home to make cotton padded clothes. Strange to say, Guanyin cotton padded clothes not only keep warm, but also can drive away cold and cold, treat cold and stuffy nose, which is regarded as a treasure by ordinary people. It is to raise funds to build a Caiyun Pavilion. Mr. shushushu wrote a couplet on the pavilion column: catkins are all holy water, colorful clouds fly to the end of cotton.

Best travel time

The best time to visit Guanyin Temple in the South China Sea Foshan has a subtropical monsoon humid climate with mild climate and abundant rainfall. The annual average temperature is 22.1 degrees and it is evergreen all the year round. The best travel time is from September to November.

Address: Songgang South Peach Garden, Shishan town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 113.108312

Latitude: 23.177332

Tel: 0757-85233033; 0757-8

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