Niuxin Temple

Niuxin Temple

Founded in the Tang Dynasty, it was named yanfuyuan. Because it is located at the waist of the south mountain of niuxinling, it is called niuxinsi, also known as houniuxinsi.

At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, master Jiye Sanzang rebuilt it. Temple to Qinglian peak, there are white clouds, Qinglian two Pavilion. During the reign of Chunfang (1241-1252), Seng Shaocai rebuilt it. In Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty, Guangji, a monk of Longxing Temple, avoided the call of Taizu (song Yuanzhang) and lived in zhuoxi temple. According to the translation of e'lai written by the late Ming Dynasty's Shi'an, it is said that "after several folds, it was created in the later niuxin temple, and now it is named woyun, which is the ancient Yanfu courtyard.". Before the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, it was the only way for Qingyin pavilion to go to hongchunping. At that time, the temple was large-scale, but later it was changed to Baiyun gorge due to Youshan road. With the passage of time, the name of the temple has changed. There are two existing halls with wooden structure. The upper hall was built during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, and the lower hall was built in 1912. The shape is simple and simple, and the entrance part is mainly decorated by the mountain gate, highlighting the personality of the main temple. Renzi (1912) of the Republic of China, Yuanzhao Shangren traveled back to the mountains, raised money for reconstruction, accumulated over time, and worked hard to achieve the status quo. Daxiong hall, Guanyin hall, wing room and Zhaitang have a total construction area of 1836 square meters. There is a cave of medicine King behind the temple, which is said to be the place where Sun Simiao practiced alchemy.

Address: about 5 km upstream of Baoguo temple, Leshan City, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 103.391324

Latitude: 29.566263

Chinese PinYin : Niu Xin Si