Dear visitors, everybody! Welcome to our lotus buddhist - the jiuhua mountain tourism! I am the guide from you on this trip, my name is wang ping, you call me xiao wang. First of all, introduce below an overview of our jiuhua mountain. Jiuhua mountain is located in chizhou anhui province, anhui "two mountain lake" gold tourist area of the main scenic area, where has beautiful scenery, ancient forest, and mount emei in sichuan province, wutai mountain in shanxi, zhejiang mount putuo and four major buddhist mountains in China.
The jiuhua mountain was not called the jiuhua mountain, at the time of the tang dynasty is called nine mountain, because beautiful jiuhua mountain, the clouds above the mountain there are nine, so nine mountain nine children. Began years, by Li Baiceng twice visited here, has written "miao have two gas, lingshan jiu hua, tianhe hangs green water, showing nine lotus" etc historic lovers, jiuhua mountain hence the name, and has been used to this day.
The jiuhua mountain has a long history of religious activity, Taoism in jiuhua mountain development first, Buddhism more flourish. Between kai-yuan tang, woosong kingdom prince Jin Qiao sailing east, visited famous mountains, the jiuhua practice in our chosen. Night camped out in the hills of the cave, thirsty drink mountain spring hill, hungry eat the mountain of wild plants. Finally he died at the age of 99. The Buddhism thought penance before his death, passed away with records in the sutras like ksitigarbha bodhisattva, as should like ksitigarbha bodhisattva, because of his surname gold without becoming a monk, so also known as the heart of gold. Jiuhua mountain is since then all kept like ksitigarbha bodhisattva dojo. After the tang dynasty, jiuhua Buddhism statement, past dynasties after repair, to the whole of the temple in the qing dynasty already has more than 150 seats, only garden temple, east cliff temple, centenarians palace, ganlu temple four big jungle, incense of guilin.
Below we first enter the jiu hua street scenic area, first see is a cross lane. It is carved marble, 9 meters high, is the imitation of buildings has been gloriously enrolled. Banners on the engraved royal emperor kangxi book "nine Chinese scenic spot" four characters. Below the door in the north and south two column carved stone lions. Gate dignified elegance, the gate lane welcomed everyone to see is the fairy bridge, the bridge is built in the qianlong years, is a single-arch stone bridge, the following will set foot on this ancient bridge together, please follow me, into the wonderland of together!
Everyone see, across the bridge is only positive garden temple hall. Garden temple is only key national temple, the scale is one of the largest the jiuhua mountain four big jungle, by the gate, the great hall, Ursa major, guest room, lecture hall and the scripture-stored tower and so on more than 10 monomer building, is a typical modular architecture, its inside deviate from the central axis of the hall, you know why? Because ah, tilt the gate is quite exquisite, way to ward off bad luck, and secondly is the door to the city of toward the mountain temple temple. Ursa coloured glaze tile, cornices, newborn status is very outstanding. On the front wall of the temple there is a stone carving, the top "taishan shigandang" five characters very eye-catching, everyone to guess what is this used for? Actually this is only unique garden temple, is used to ward off bad luck town demon.
Enter the gate, is lingguan temple, temple, that take the door stand see shrine is ChiMian red iron scourge, wide-open, exalted Wang Lingguan. Wang Lingguan guardian deity of Taoism, is how to protect the dharma? The original legend of buddhist dharma wei tuo "killing" mistake, is "dismissal" like ksitigarbha bodhisattva, let Wang Lingguan top class, this reflects the "cooperation" the great meaning of Buddhism and Taoism, is afraid is just a place in the country.
From lingguan temple in a small courtyard, there is a square pavilions type double-hipped roof, from the top of the mountain, for the four major Kings like, according to the great hall. Sits in the middle shrine "smile, pot-bellied inclusive" maitreya. "A great bowl of thousands of rice, wan lixing" the alone, is his two ket. On either side for the four heavenly Kings statues.
Lingguan temple and great in the same stylobate, while up layer on the stylobate is Ursa major. Ursa major, the positive standing about 12 meters high Buddha iii, next is green lotus, under 须弥座 (also called Jin Gangtai), fine carving. Sweets positive cross engraved with the "personality" of the story of bedding face relief. The Buddha, worship for hosts will monk run course.
Good, swim only garden temple, we now come to the center of the street, is nine China we see is the jiuhua mountain temple temple in the city. Buddhist scriptures have "refers to the geochemical city". City temple is located in jiuhua mountain, peak city southwest of the city center, hence the name the city temple. City temple has a long history, it built in the jin dynasty, is Lord also of the jiuhua mountain temple, the temple of the building layout according to the mountain, reflect the superb architectural art. Temple has a higher consisting, weighing about 20xx pounds of clocks, casting, loud noise, use the hammer impact, dignified realisation of the bell, echoed in the valley, often make the person has the feeling of free from vulgarity. "The city production" became one of the ten views "of" nine China.
Temple after waste, still stands in the years long river. Existing four into the residential house, former SanJin for qing dynasty architecture: a into lingguan temple, two into the great hall, SanJin Ursa major. Second, there was a huge four water between SanJin patio, meaning "four water belongs to the hall". Ursa all wood door, lintel carved on the icy veins window lattice. The cuhk sunk panel "Kowloon dish bead" relief for the art treasures. Four into the scripture-stored tower as the jiuhua mountain unique buildings in Ming dynasty, recently according to the original repair. Temple according to the terrain gradually rise, the city structure is rigorous, of primitive simplicity and elegant, basic preserved the mountain temple original character.
The city shishi pair of song dynasty, under the temple steps of monogamous, like vigorous. Before have a free life pond, crescent, reportedly is golden heart leads the ACTS of building city temple during excavation, both for the temple of fire prevention, and monks and pilgrims and set them free. Before the pool is flat, open city square, the square one with the stone in the base of "empress" base, is hid in the mother's memorial gold. Allegedly hid mother learned that gold stashed ZhuoXi jiu hua, wanli trek to mountain son back, found a long time, eager, and combined with all the way wind and frost, nearly blind eyes. Gold heart with square edge mother washed for a well in the spring eye, healed mother eye diseases, CiJing Ming eyes say "spring". Gold heart attentively to wait on her mother and asked her to elaborate buddhist karma, mother is feeling, finally leave mountain to help protect the Buddha, and later generations built in the square tower, tower "called" empress. But the jiuhua mountain also has said "empress" tower is commemorative gold hid in the wife's before becoming a monk. Both mother and wife, "the legend of empress tower is beautiful.
Ok, we the jiuhua mountain tour to this end, thank you for your support and cooperation for the work of wang, hope I still have a chance to continue to service for you, I wish you all a pleasant journey! Thank you very much!