Wutong Temple

Wutong temple is located in the foot of Jingshan Hill, Wutong village, Yuhang, Hangzhou. It was built more than 900 years ago. Liu Shijun in the Southern Song Dynasty and Bao Zhihang in the Ming Dynasty repaired the Wutong temple again. It was built in the 49th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. There are also relics of the Southern Song Dynasty. The existing main hall, Tianwang hall, Yuantong hall, dizang hall, fangshengchi, panruoqiao and bell tower have been added since the temple was built in 1999. In addition, there are Drum Tower and 48yuan Pavilion waiting to be built.

Wutong Temple

Wutong temple is located in the foot of Jingshan Hill, Wutong village, Yuhang, Hangzhou. It was built more than 900 years ago. Liu Shijun in the Southern Song Dynasty and Bao Zhihang in the Ming Dynasty repaired the Wutong temple again. It was built in the 49th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty. There are also relics of the Southern Song Dynasty. The existing main hall, Tianwang hall, Yuantong hall, dizang hall, fangshengchi, panruoqiao and bell tower have been added since the temple was built in 1999. In addition, there are Drum Tower and 48yuan Pavilion waiting to be built.

Wutong Temple introduction

Now, the construction of Wutong temple is 23000 square meters, about 34.5 mu, and 34 degrees south to East. In addition to the six main halls, there are bell and Drum Tower, Manjusri Pavilion and Dabei tower.

architectural style

The striking building inside and outside the temple is the ten thousand Buddha pagoda. The appearance of the ten thousand Buddha pagoda is seven levels and eight sides. Each layer is composed of flat seat, tower body and tower eaves. It is used as a bucket arch to support the tower eaves, covered with yellow glazed tiles. The bottom layer is used as a secondary step, and the top of the tower is used to string beads, phase wheels and exposed plates. The total investment of Wanfo pagoda is about 15 million yuan, and the total height of talian platform is 60 meters. Wanfo pagoda is the first Buddhist pagoda in Yuhang District. Seven big Buddhas and ten thousand small Buddhas will be worshipped in the pagoda.

There is a thermal power plant reservoir in front of the temple, surrounded by green mountains and waters, beautiful scenery and convenient transportation.

The overall design of Wutong temple is "new inside the outside" and "outstanding emphasis". Here "ancient" refers to the macro construction method, which changes in the process of following the tradition.

Construction approval

Document of Religious Affairs Bureau of Yuhang District People's Government of Hangzhou

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Approval of the agreement on the construction of Guanyin hall by Wutong Temple

People's Government of Xianlin Town:

The Wutong Temple of your town has received the report on the request for the construction of the Guanyin hall. After studying, it agreed that the Wutong temple should build the Guanyin hall in this monastery planning area with a floor area of not more than three hundred and twenty square meters. It is hoped that after receiving the reply, the temple should form a good preparation group, and determine the construction units with relevant qualifications through public bidding (or bid negotiation), and the formal construction can be carried out on the premise that the construction units provide legal qualification certificates, detailed construction drawings and quality assurance. Please follow the above items to the letter.

Bureau of ethnic and religious affairs of Yuhang District People's Government

April 30, 2005

Wutong Temple address

Kangle new village, Wanjing community, Xianlin street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Address: Kangle new village, Wanjing community, Xianlin street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 119.98646731779

Latitude: 30.249315

Tel: 0571-88693216

Traffic information: take 476 roads to Wutong, get off and walk 242 meters.

Take No.461 to the forest farm and walk 974 meters

Take bus no.476 to yujiawang and walk 990 meters

Chinese PinYin : Wu Tong Si