Yunxiang Temple is located in Nanxiang Town. It was built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties (about 505 AD) and was originally named "White Crane Nanxiang Temple". The town name of Nanxiang Ancient Town comes from this ancient temple. Yunxiang Temple is located at the end of Nanxiang Old Street. It is large in scale and relatively clean. You can worship Buddha and visit here. The solemn atmosphere and quiet environment can purify the soul. The temple is only one kilometer away from the famous Guyi Garden. If you have enough time, you can take a tour along the way. In ancient times, Yunxiang Temple was famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and its incense was very strong. However, due to various natural and man-made disasters, now only a pair of twin towers can witness the history of the temple, as well as the Tang Shijing Building and the Tang Shijing Building scattered in the ancient Yi Garden. Song Pu Tong Pagoda. Today's Yunxiang Temple was rebuilt on the old site. It is a complete temple imitating the Tang Dynasty, which is very rare in the Jiangnan area. The whole monastery is built with steel bars, cement concrete and imitation wood, and the hall is magnificent, simple and natural. The main halls are arranged on the central axis of the temple: Shanmen, Guanyin Hall, Daxiong Hall and Tibetan Scripture Building, and the Jialan Hall, Dashizhi Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Manjusri Hall, Puxian Hall, Shangke Hall, Monk Liao, etc. are arranged symmetrically on the left and right sides. Surrounded by corridors. In addition, there are Gongde Hall and Ten Thousand Buddha Hall built underground. When you come to Yunxiang Temple, you will find that it is not "Yunxiang Temple" but "Liuyun Temple" engraved on the plaque. This is because there was a famous temple "Liuyun Temple" in the southern urban area of Shanghai (founded in In 1876), it was destroyed by war during the Anti-Japanese War. Afterwards, through the efforts of many Buddhist circles, the temple was moved to the current site of Yunxiang Temple, so that the two temples were combined into one, and the incense was continued.
Yunxiang Temple is the oldest place in Nanxiang Ancient Town. This temple was written about 1,500 years ago. It is recorded that in Liang Tianjian four years (505 AD), locals dug a boulder, often with two white cranes flying here. The monk Deqi monks raised Huajian Temple according to "white crane habitat, there is a sign of the fairy bird Buddha land", and the temple was built after the white crane flew south, so the name was "white crane Nanxiang Temple".
Yunxiang Temple, located in the ancient town of Nanxiang, is actually very large at the earliest, including the Nanxiang twin towers are inside the temple. The doorway says Liuyun Temple, which was built in 505 AD in Liang Tianjian four years. Later, because Kangxi gave the "Yunxiang Temple", it is now called Yunxiang Temple. The solemn and majestic, the temple hangs many people's various wishes, is also a scene.
After the reconstruction of Yunxiang Temple, it is also known as Liuyun Temple, Tang Dynasty style. The scale is large, the three courtyards are beautifully built. Shanmen, Guanyin Palace, Daxiong Palace, Tibetan Jinglou, next to the symmetrical distribution of the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Wenshu Store, Puxian Store, etc. But due to the re-renovation soon, there is a lack of historical precipitation! No tickets are required!
"Four hundred and eighty temples in the south, how many buildings in the rain", Buddhism has a wide influence in Jiangnan, there are many famous monasteries in Shanghai, such as Jing'an Temple, Longhua Temple, Jade Buddha Temple and so on. Today I want to introduce two temples on the outskirts of Shanghai, Yunxiang Temple and Baoshan Jing Temple. These two temples may not be well-known, but they are definitely very rich and worth visiting. Yunxiang Temple was built in Liang Tianjian for four years and was originally called "White Crane Nanxiang Temple". During the period of Song Shaoding, the name of the temple was more Nanxiang Temple because of the Lizong Zhao Yu, which is also the origin of the name of Nanxiang Town. In 1700 AD, Kangxi gave the "Yunxiang Temple", so it was changed to Yunxiang Temple. Yunxiang Temple was rebuilt with Tang Feng, and it is the first complete imitation Tang Temple in Jiangnan. Address: 263 Jiefang Street, Nanxiang. Baoshan Jingsi was originally named "Jade Palace" built in the Ming Dynasty during the Zhengde period, by the squire Tang Yueshe house for the temple. The new Baoshan Temple adopts the traditional galan vertical axis layout, for the late Tang palace style architectural style, with African red pear pure wood structure, many people call this is Shanghai "small Kyoto", I feel that Shanghai's "Chang'an old dream" is more suitable, the temple's first phase has been completed. The construction of the garden is still continuing, although it is stated that the pilgrims are not allowed to enter, but there is no one to block it, and you can enter and exit at will.
【Yunxiang Temple】 in Nanxiang Ancient Town, Jiading District, Shanghai
Yunxiang Temple is located in Nanxiang Town, Jiading, near Shanghai, and is a very beautiful attraction.