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Xiantong Temple Review

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The pagoda temple comes out and walks along an expanding path. On the right is the Luo Yin temple, and on the right is the Yuanzhao temple. Opposite the Luoyan Temple, walk to the left and you will come to Xiantong Temple. Xiantong Temple, formerly known as Dafu Lingjiu Temple, always feels that some sections of the eight bridges of Tianlong are just like here. Xiantong Temple is the first Buddhist monastery in Wutai Mountain, which was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After the completion of Baima Temple, two eminent monks from Luoyang came to Wutaishan and built the temple, named Dafu Linglu Temple, which is called "the Second Ancient Temple of China" and is one of the earliest temples in China. On the central axis of the temple, the seven-fold halls are divided into Guanyin Hall, Wenshu Hall, Great Buddha Hall, Wuliangdian, Qianbo Hall, Tongdian and Tibetan Sutra Hall, each with its own characteristics. More striking is this infinite hall, in a gray and black tiles as red pillars and green bricks of the ancient building complex, a white exterior wall straight line square building is still very eye-catching. Architecture is divided into two floors, seven bright and three dark. It is a masterpiece of ancient Chinese brick and stone architecture art. According to the introduction, the architectural style is a combination of China and the West, and some details of foreign schools have been used for reference to try to apply in the traditional style. The "Huayan Jing" pyramid preserved in the hall is a rare treasure, which was written by Suzhou people in twelve years. The brightest one is this golden bronze hall. Ming Wanli (1609 A.D.) Miaofeng monk, a collection of 13 provinces and cities throughout the country, has been cast into three copper halls, one set Emei Mountain, one set Baohua Mountain in Nanjing, one set Wutai Mountain. The three copper halls were cast in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, and then shipped to the site for assembly. Now there is only one in Wutaishan, which is made of 100,000 Jin of copper. In front of the Tongdian Hall, there were five copper towers cast at the same time, which were arranged according to the east, west, north, South and middle directions. Unfortunately, three of them were stolen by the island state, and only two of them were still in existence. No wonder the copper hall and pagoda are decorated with gold foil. As for Miaofeng monk, why is he so capable? It seems that he is a master of the Royal family. Therefore, not everyone can easily make hundreds of thousands of Jin of copper by relying on Dashu to do things well.

Xiantong Temple

Posted: Oct 28, 2017
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  • 亮点liangpoint
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    Xiantong Temple is the largest and oldest temple in Wutai Mountain, one of the five major Zen sites in Wutai Mountain, and one of the ten monasteries listed as a cultural landscape in the World Heritage List. It was built in the Yongping years of the Ming emperor in the East Han Dynasty (58-75), and most of the existing buildings are in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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    Posted: Nov 23, 2022
  • 亮点liangpoint
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    Xiantong Temple is the largest and oldest temple in Wutai Mountain, one of the five major Zen sites in Wutai Mountain, and one of the ten monasteries listed as a cultural landscape in the World Heritage List. It was built in the Yongping period of the Ming Dynasty (58-75), and most of the existing buildings are in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in the Yongping period of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (58-75), and most of the existing buildings are in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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    Posted: Aug 28, 2022
  • 旅の径
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    Xiantong Temple, located on the north side of Taihuai Town, Wutai Mountain, built the earliest historical and largest temple in Wutai Mountain, the Buddha country. Time went back to the Yongping years of the East Han Dynasty (69 AD). After the completion of the first ancient temple in China, the two Tianzhu monks came to Wutai Mountain from Luoyang and built the first monastery of Wutai Mountain - Daqi Lingqi Temple (the name of Xiantong Temple), which is known as "the second ancient temple in China". The historical process of Wutai Mountain becoming a Buddhist holy place has been opened. Today, Xiantong Temple covers an area of more than 80,000 square meters, and more than 400 buildings, mostly the remains of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, become the largest mountain monastery. The three ancient buildings in Xiantong Temple are famous, the big Buddha hall with all wooden structure, the infinite hall with pure brick structure, and the bronze hall with all copper casting; the most exciting and eye-catching is the bronze hall. The imitation wooden square bronze hall cast in the Ming Wanli period (1609 AD) has two layers of heavy, high 8.3 meters, long 4.7 meters, wide 4.5 meters; the inside is a room, four walls are full of small Buddhas, and the central platform sits on the high 1 meter bronze Buddha; The bronze hall is made of 50 tons of copper, the exterior gold foil, the distant view, the glittering gold, the sparkling.

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    Posted: Jul 12, 2022
  • 冰咖啡彩虹糖
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    Wutaishan Xiantong Temple, one of the five Zen places in Wutai Mountain.

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    Posted: Sep 1, 2023
  • M48***03
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    Xiantong Temple, located on the north side of Taihuai Town, Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, is a large-scale and historic monastery of Wutai Mountain, and is also one of the five major Zen places in Wutai Mountain, the first of the whole mountain monastery, and the Baima Temple in Luoyang is one of the earliest temples in China. The temple was built in the Yongping years of the East Han Dynasty (69 AD), and was first named Daqi Lingqi Temple. It was expanded during the Northern Wei Dynasty and rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty, and was renamed "Dahuayan Temple". Rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu gave the "Daxiantong Temple". The temple sits in the north and south, covering an area of about 80,000 square meters, with more than 400 buildings of various types, most of which were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The seven temples are built on the central axis, namely Guanyin Palace, Wenshu Temple, Daxiong Palace, Wuliang Palace, Millennium Palace, Tong Palace and Tibetan Jing Pavilion. The bronze hall was cast in the Ming Wanli 38 years (1610 AD), sharing 100,000 pounds of copper, and is one of the best preserved bronze halls in China.

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    Posted: Sep 12, 2023
  • 力行鹏哥
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    Please believe in the power of faith. The scenery is pleasant and the scenery is beautiful.

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    Posted: Sep 5, 2023
  • 皮黄客
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    Xiantong Temple, also known as "Dafu Lingjiu Temple", was built in Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has a history of nearly 2000 years and has been renovated several times. Now Xiantong Temple is only a small part of the original temple. It is the architecture and pattern of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The temple has towering ancient trees, cigarettes, seven halls on the central axis, magnificent and solemn, and a continuous stream of pilgrims.

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