Tianning Temple

Nantong Tianning Temple is located at No. 11 Middle School Tang Street, Chongchuan District. It is the oldest temple in Nantong City. Nantong City also has a temple before it has a city. The entire building of the temple covers a small area. The temple tower behind the temple is worth seeing.

There are many temples in China called Tianning Temple. In Nantong, Tianning Temple is the oldest ancient building. This ancient temple built in the Tang Dynasty accompanied the historical growth of Nantong City, deeply engraved in the memory of every Nantong person.

Tianning Temple was built in Tang Xiantong four years (863 AD), the first name of Guangxiao Temple, now commonly known as Tianning Temple. The history of Tianning Temple "the temple of Hongli, the pavilion of the palace, the great view of the real state", Song Huizong Zhao Yu personally wrote the title "the palace of the great male", Ming Yingzong Yingtian Temple monks play "the temple of Tianning Temple", the temple two to the royal book of the order, so that other temple "difficult to glorify". The Daxiong Palace is the main building of Tianning Temple, with 20 main pillars, height of18.3 meters, width of 5 feet 5 feet, depth of 6 feet 1 foot, for the rare ancient wooden structure left by Song Yuan in the country.

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Tianning Temple is a thousand-year-old temple, quietly located in the middle of Nantong. Quiet in the bustling middle. The temple is not big, and the autumn of Tianning Temple is particularly beautiful. The ginkgo inside is more than 300 years old. The autumn wind blows, and the yellow pages are covered with the ground. Walking inside, it feels particularly quiet

1. The street at the entrance of the temple is very narrow, and even a front photo of the door cannot be taken. 2. Nantong Tianning Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. It is a Buddhist monastery with a long time and a large scale and better preservation in Nantong. It is one of the three Tang Temples (Langshan Guangjiao Temple, such as Ludinghui Temple, Nantong Tianning Temple) in the Nantong Jianghai area. Ming "Wanlizhi" and Qing "Kangxizhi" all record as follows: "Tang Xiantong Zhongshen Zao Huantang was built. 3. Tianning Temple is originally Fengsheng Temple, The West Zhenghejian of Juzhou Zhizhi (1111-1118) moved to Tianning Temple and was merged into Bao Enguangxiao, which was later known as Tianning Temple. 4. The Guangxiao Pagoda is located in Tianning Temple and is located on the left side of the temple's back garden. In the northwest of Tianning Temple, it has the longest history. There is "no city, there is a tower first, the predecessors built the tower", is the "Nantong Three Pagodas" (and the cloud tower, Wenfeng tower), the oldest one. 5. The Guangxiao Pagoda is also called the Zhiti Pagoda. This tower was built in 864 AD, which was five years after Tang Xiantong. The five-year period of Ming Xuande (1430) and Tianshun (1457-1464) have been rebuilt. It is a five-level eight-sided brick wooden tower with a long and exquisite body and a view of the northwest of the Luohe River. 6. The Sumi tower base; each tower is bricked into a flat seat, with corner beams on the upper and lower, and the back and forth of the waist are upside down. Surrounded by carved wooden railings, there are four doors on each floor. The tower is higher, and the stage wheel is installed on the dew disk, and the treasure beads are placed around the flame. The tower is long and shows a exquisite and beautiful attitude. 7. If you want to know more about the sharing of Tianning Temple and Guangxiao Tower, You can refer to my Trip.com travel note "Walking in the drizzle of the Luohe Scenic Area - Nantong Open AAAAA City Scenic Area Tour (Updated Edition)", link address: http://you.ctrip.com/travels/nantong85/2664353.html