There are 30 existing temples in the Emeishan Scenic Area, with a construction area of ??about 100,000 square meters. The main temples include eight ancient temples: Wannian Temple, Huazang Temple, Xixiangchi, Xianfeng Temple, Hongchunping, Qingyin Pavilion, Baoguo Temple, and Fuhu Temple.
1. Wannian Temple
Located on Mount Emei about 15 kilometers upstream from Baoguo Temple at the foot of Shizi Ridge, it is one of the main temples in Mount Emei. The temple was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was originally called Puxian Temple. During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, Zen Master Huitong rebuilt it and renamed it Baishui Temple. In the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Baishui Puxian Temple. In the 29th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shenzong congratulated the Queen Mother on her 70th birthday and named it Shengshou Wannian Temple.
2. Huazang Temple
The full name is Yongming Huazang Temple. It is located on the main peak of Mount Emei’s Golden Summit, with an altitude of 3077 meters. Huazang Temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has three halls. The first hall is the Maitreya Hall. The temple houses a bronze Maitreya Buddha statue, with a bronze statue of Wei Tuo behind it. There are also cultural relics such as a three-legged bronze tripod and a bronze stele from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty in the hall; the second hall It is the Main Hall, in which a three-body Buddha with a copper and gold body is enshrined, sitting 3 meters high; the third hall is the Samantabhadra Hall, which is the Golden Hall and Golden Dome, and is the highest hall in Mount Emei.
3. Xixiangchi
Xixiangchi is located on the Zhuantian Slope of Mount Emei at an altitude of 2070 meters, 25 miles upstream from Xianfeng Temple. It was only one pavilion in the Ming Dynasty and was called Chuxi. The pavilion was later rebuilt into a nunnery, named Chuxi nunnery. In the 38th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, it was rebuilt into a temple by Zen Master Xingneng. In the early years of Qianlong's reign, Monk Yuezheng renovated the roads on Zhuantian Slope in front of the temple and Luohan Slope behind the temple. He also renovated the small pool in front of the temple into six directions. A stone elephant was placed by the pool in response to Samantabhadra's teaching of washing the elephant.
4. Xianfeng Temple
Located at the foot of Xianfeng Rock, formerly known as Ciyan Temple, it is 1,725 ??meters above sea level and has a gate facing Hua Yanding. The temple was first built in the 18th year of the Yuan Dynasty and was originally a small nunnery. In the early Ming Dynasty, the temple built a Buddhist scripture building dedicated to storing the Tripitaka given by Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. In the 40th year of Wanli, Zen Master Benjiong expanded it into a large temple, named Xianfeng Zen Forest. It was destroyed by fire in the 16th year of Chongzhi in the Ming Dynasty. In the 44th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, monks Tai'an and Yusheng rebuilt it again, and the name Xianfeng Temple is still in use today.
5. Hongchunping
Hongchunping is located at the foot of Huangmao Peak in Mount Emei. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty and was called Qianfo Temple. It was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty because there were three ancient Hongchun trees in front of the temple. name. It is said that it was the place where the monk Baozhang built his thatch. It is divided into Guanyin Hall, Mahavira Hall and Samantabhadra Hall. There is an image of Patriarch Bodhidharma at the back of the hall. There are many couplets in Hongchunping, including a Thousand Buddha Lotus Lantern made in the Qing Dynasty, and a wooden Zhengmingsi stele from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
6. Qingyin Pavilion
Also known as Woyun Temple, it was built by Zen Master Huitong during the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty and houses statues of Sakyamuni, Manjusri and Samantabhadra. It was built in the fourth year of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty and was renamed Qingyin Pavilion by Monk Guangji in the early Ming Dynasty. This pavilion is built on the mountain ridge between Heilongjiang and Bailongjiang. It is soaring in the sky and the situation is dangerous. With Qingyin Pavilion as the center, Qingyin Pavilion, Niuxin Temple, Guangfu Temple, Bailong Temple and Baiyun Gorge form a Buddhist temple garden environment with natural landscape as the main theme. It is a rare and huge mountain Buddhist temple garden in the world.
7. Baoguo Temple
Located at an altitude of 551 meters in Mount Emei, it is the first temple in Mount Emei, the seat of the Buddhist Association of Mount Emei, and the center of Buddhist activities in Mount Emei. Among the many temples in Mount Emei, Sichuan, Baoguo Temple is the gateway to the mountain and the starting point for visiting Mount Emei. This temple faces west to east, welcoming the rising sun in the morning and sending off the setting clouds in the evening. It faces Fenghuang Fort in the front, Fenghuang Ping in the back, Fenghuang Lake on the left, and Fengting Pavilion on the right. In front of the mountain gate is a pair of stone lions carved in the Ming Dynasty.
8. Fuhu Temple
It was first built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty. During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, monk Guan Zhi rebuilt it. It took 20 years to make it one of the largest temples in the mountain. one. Entering the temple gate is the Maitreya Hall. Inside the hall is a golden clay sculpture of a seated Maitreya, with seated statues of the four heavenly kings on both sides. Behind the Maitreya Hall is the Skanda Hall, with a statue of Skanda inside. There is a Huayan Pavilion in the temple, and in the center is a copper Huayan Pagoda cast in the Ming Dynasty. The tower is 5.8 meters high and has 14 floors. More than 4,700 small Buddha statues are cast on the body of the tower.
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