Xiangfuchan Temple

20220905 Morning: 1. "Xiangfu Temple" is located in the "Lingshan Scenic Area" of 5A Scenic Area. Take the bus to the scenic spot at 7 o'clock in the morning, only to have more time to play all day, and it is easy to stop by car. There is a free storage place at the tourist service center outside the scenic spot, but it is not possible to save it until 8:30. You can see the Lingshan Giant Buddha Aoli Mountain from a distance outside the scenic spot. There are 3 performances in the scenic spot. When you enter the door, you will like to take a program schedule to avoid missing it. The blue ticket given by the ticket inspector is to watch the "Lingshan Auspicious Ode to Lingshan" in the Fan Palace. You need to keep the ticket for the performance. Xiaolingshan was named after Tang Xuanxuan when he returned to Tang Dynasty. 2. "Xiangfu Temple" is located halfway up the mountain, in a square shape, the main hall is "Daxiong Palace", the main hall is facing the small version of the Lingshan Buddha in the center of the courtyard. The two Buddha statues of the same appearance can be framed, which is quite charming. The courtyard is surrounded by "Fatang" (living area, with bonsai displays, meeting rooms and past generations of presiding halls), "Zunsu Pavilion", "Reclining Buddha Temple", "Huangling Bai", "Galan Temple", "Bell Tower" (not open) and "Drum Tower", as well as ginkgo trees and pomegranate trees. Go south of the monastery, cross the "Pudu Bridge" above the release pool (there are many turtles in the pool) (the five stone bridges have their names, Pudu Bridge is in the middle) and then reach the "Buddhist Square", on the west side is the "first Buddha palm in the world" bronze sculpture, replicating the palm of the Lingshan Giant Buddha in a ratio of 1:1, high 11.7 meters, It is a very distinctive landmark landscape; on the east side is the bronze sculpture of "Baizi Opera Maitreya", and the fame is also very large. The reclining Maitreya Buddha has many small monks all over the body, reflecting Maitreya's vast tolerance of everything.

In the Lingshan Giant Buddha halfway up the mountain, you will see that this temple is not very big, but the effect is really very vigorous. Many people are here to worship Buddha. We continue to go forward and not far from the Giant Buddha.

Xiangfu Temple is a very old Buddhist temple in Lingshan, but it is easy to be ignored, because everyone is anxious to see the big Buddha and the newly built new temple, in fact, not far from the gate is Xiangfu Temple.

The ancient temple Xiangfu Temple was built in the Tang Zhenguan years. The history of the incense is strong, and the high monks are out. It is known as "Mountain Lianqi Mountain, Fa Ji'en". The three Tibetan magicians of Xuanqi in the Tang Dynasty have visited here. Because the main peak of the temple is quite similar to the Lingqi Mountain in the West sky, they have been given the name "Xiaolingshan". The ancient well lotus pond and ginkgo plum piles in the temple have become the remains of history and culture and the witness of the thousand years of wind and rain in the ancient temple, and it makes people feel the secluded feelings of ancient times.

Xiangfu Temple, located in Lingshan Sheng, is in the realm of "youyihuahua blooming in the western region, floating Tufa acting on Zen". In the south of the Daxiongbao Hall of Xiangfu Temple, there is a large bronze clock hanging in the left bell tower, which is what we call "the first clock in Jiangnan". The so-called "first clock" refers to the weight and diameter of the copper clock. The copper clock weighs 12.8 tons, the maximum diameter of the lower mouth is 2.5 meters, the total height is 3.5 meters, named "Xiangfu Zen Bell", is the largest bronze clock in the south of the Yangtze River to date.

Xiangfu Temple is a thousand-year-old temple. Unfortunately, the sea is vicissitudes and fields. It has long ceased to exist. The Buddhist temple in Lingshan Shengjing was rebuilt in 90 years. However, some Buddhist temple monuments are still preserved in the temple. We found 8 corner wells, white lotus ponds, and monk houses in the temple. We traced the past of the ancient temple. Think of the ancient temple in the vicissitudes of history

Thanks to the popularity of Lingshan, this temple has a lot of incense, but because the scenic spot is prohibited from fireworks, so the incense can only be burned outside to ensure safety. It is recommended not to bring incense candles into the scenic spot, just go into the countryside as usual.