Ciyunchan Temple

Ciyun Temple was first built in the third year of Tang Xiantong (862), during the pit-Japanese war, the temple used to be the place of Ningbo Minbao, the predecessor of Ningbo Daily. In 1941, Ninghai Middle School moved to this place to avoid Japanese bombing. During the Cultural Revolution, the "Huangtan May 7 High School" was held here. The monastery is built beside the mountain with a cascade layout. Entering the temple gate, seven incense wheel towers stand in line on the roadside, as if to welcome the arrival of pilgrims and travelers. There are three main halls in the temple: Tianwang, Daxiong and Yuantong. There are symmetrical wing rooms on both sides of the Daxiong Hall. Twelve rooms in the east wing are brick and wood structure buildings, and nine rooms in the west wing are new buildings with cement structure. The east wing is separated by a patio, and there are twelve two-story pilgrims' living rooms, and a small patio across the passage of the pilgrims' living rooms is the Dizang Hall. The west wing is separated by a patio, and there are seven wooden buildings with ancient square columns and lattice doors and windows. It is a pilgrimage room built by demolishing the classical building materials of Cheng Qianqing, a famous Jixing Street, during the renovation of the old city. There are five kitchens to the north of Zhaitang. The two-story cement structure new building on the west side of Yuantong Treasure Hall is a Buddhist place upstairs and a high-end pilgrim living room downstairs. The total construction area is 6000 square meters.