On the fifth day of Jinling, He Fan still threw Xu Ruolu and the other two in the hotel, and then found a local tour guide to Jiming Temple alone.

Unfortunately, I was looking for a male tour guide this time. He Fan just chatted casually on the way, and the topic was all about tourist attractions in Jinling City.

Soon after, the car stopped in front of a building. When He Fan got off the car, the tour guide immediately introduced him to He Fan.

This is an ancient temple with a history of more than 1,700 years. It is one of the oldest Buddhist temples and royal temples in Jinling. Its incense has always been prosperous. It has been known as the "First Temple in the Southern Dynasty" and the first of the "Four Hundred and Eighty Temples in the Southern Dynasty".

During the Southern Dynasties, it was as famous as Qixia Temple and Dingshan Temple, and was the center of Buddhism in China during the Southern Dynasties.

The history of Jiming Temple can be traced back to Qixuan Temple in the Eastern Wu. The temple site is located in the back garden of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period.

In the first year of Yongkang in the Western Jin Dynasty (300th year), he built a room here by mountain and started to create a temple.

After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this place was designated as the Tingwei Office. In the first year of Datong in Nanliang (527), Emperor Wu of Liang built Tongtai Temple in Jimingtai. He "sacrificed himself" here four times and promulgated the "Broken Wine and Meat" in the temple, which was the beginning of vegetarianism in Buddhism and made it truly a Buddhist destination from then on.

The eminent monk Bodhidharma of India lived here when he came to Jinling from Yin Kingdom. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, he changed his name to Jingju Temple and later changed it to Yuanzhe Temple; in the Song Dynasty, it was changed to Dharma Treasure Temple.

In the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1387), the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the reconstruction of the temple and expanded the scale, and the imperial engraved "Ji Ming Temple".

After continuous expansion, the courtyard was large in scale, covering an area of ​​more than 1,000 acres, with more than 30 palaces and pavilions.

It was destroyed during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt during the Tongzhi period. It was changed to the Nizhong Taoist temple in 1958. It was rebuilt according to the scale and system of the Ming and Qing Dynasties since 1983 and gradually opened to the public.

In 1992, the crew of the new White Snake crew came to Jinling Jiming Temple to borrow the pharmacist pagoda to film the scenes related to Leifeng Pagoda because the Leifeng Pagoda had collapsed at the time and the new one had not been built.

This is a truly thousand-year-old temple, a temple that has not fallen after thousands of years of war. He Fan couldn't help but walk towards the temple with a pious attitude.

The Jiming Temple Mountain Gate is located on the stone level on the left side of Jiming Temple Road. The four golden characters "Ancient Jiming Temple" are written in the middle of the mountain gate. When you walk into the mountain gate, the left is the Shishitai (Zhigongtai).

In front of the food delivery platform is the Maitreya Hall, above it is the Main Hall and Guanyin Tower. Two statues of Sakyamuni and Guanyin’s gold-pinking bronze seats are enshrined in the hall, and thirty-two statues of Guanyin’s body are newly shaped and worshipped in the hall.

To the east of the Main Hall is the Pingxu Pavilion site, and to the west is the pagoda courtyard. All the pagoda courtyards are made of bluestone polishing and carving, and the bluestone is paved with ground. The Medicine Buddha Pagoda was rebuilt in 1990.

On the left side of Guanyin Building is Huomeng Tower, which is very open. On the east side of Huomeng Tower is Jingyang Tower. There is a couplet on the upper floor: "At the Jilong Mountain, the Emperor's son Taicheng, the former site of Jingyang Tower is raised; by Xuanwu Lake, the ancient well of Yanzhi, is still the same old view of Tai Temple."

This couplet contains stories about Jilong Mountain, Taicheng, Xuanwu Lake, Tongtai Temple and Yanzhi Ancient Well.

These two famous buildings are for people to look out from the railings, and have now been set up as teahouses and vegetarian restaurants, facing the window.

There are major buildings such as the Main Hall, Guanyin Tower, Weituo Hall, Zhi Cemetery, Sutra Library, Buddhist Hall, Medicine Temple, Yanzhi Well, Huomeng Tower, Jingyang Tower and other major buildings in the Main Hall. The Three Treasures Buddhas, the Outer Mountain Gate, the Three Dashi Pavilion, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Zen Room, and the Vegetarian Restaurant cover an area of ​​about 50,000 square meters. The mountain gate archway "Jiming Temple" was written by Zhao Puchu, a famous calligrapher and former president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, and there are couplets written by famous masters such as Shi Dingji, Zhu Fan, and Yu Zaohua.

When you enter the Main Hall, you will see many tourists who come here to burn incense, and there are endless pilgrims queuing up to contribute to the merit box next to you.

He Fan thought about it and took 10,000 yuan of cash from Wang Zijie and put it directly into the merit box, which made some pilgrims beside him widen their eyes.

The middle-aged monk guarding the merit box couldn't help but look at He Fan in surprise. After all, although ten thousand yuan is not a lot, it is already a lot.

"What do you call me sir?"

Seeing that He Fan had made a lot, the middle-aged monk immediately compiled it with both hands to greet He Fan.

"Subject He!"

He Fan smiled, but did not say his name, but just said a surname.

The middle-aged monk smiled and said, "Why is the donor who has great compassion? My Buddha will bless the donor."

He Fan didn't reply, but just nodded to the middle-aged monk, then turned around and left the Main Hall.

It doesn’t matter whether compassion or not, what is important is whether Buddha blesses compassionate people...

After leaving the Main Hall, He Fan and the tour guide strolled, and before they knew it, they arrived at the Medicine Buddha Pagoda.

According to the tour guide, this Medicine Buddha Pagoda is a seven-story eight-sided pagoda newly built in 1991. It is the fifth large pagoda in the history of Jiming Temple. The pagoda is about 44.8 meters high, with a false nine-sided appearance, and is actually a seven-stage eight-sided pagoda, with double eaves of brackets and copper brake tiles.

The tower is built with an inner staircase and outer corridor. This pagoda is called the Medicine Buddha Pagoda for Eliminating Disasters and Prolonging Life. It contains the meaning of prayer for peace and prosperity for the country and peace and pilgrims and tourists to eliminate disasters and prolong life.

The four big characters "Pharmacist Pagoda" are written on the forehead of the south main entrance of the pagoda, which are written by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. The plaque "National Peace and People" is engraved on the forehead of the north gate, and are written by the Mayor of Jinling City.

A bronze statue of Medicine Buddha was enshrined in the pagoda. This statue was originally enshrined in Yonghe Palace in Beijing. In 1972, it was approved by the leaders and sent to Linggu Temple in Jinling.

During the maintenance of Linggu Temple, the Buddha statue was temporarily stored in the Municipal Cultural Administration Commission. After the pagoda was completed, it was welcomed by the Cultural Administration Commission in the tower.

There are four Buddhist niches in the middle of each floor in the pagoda, which are carved with golden nanmu wood from the Ming Dynasty. They were originally old objects in Zhongnanhai, Beijing. Each niche is enshrined with a statue of the Medicine Buddha who captures wood, a total of 24.

The statue of Guanyin worshipped in the Guanyin Hall in the temple sat facing north, and the couplet at the door of the hall reads: "Ask the master why he sat down and sighed that sentient beings refused to look back."

But He Fan is not educated and can understand the words but does not know the meaning.

When I arrived at the highest point of the temple, there was a building with the plaque written on it (Huomeng Tower).

In the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang, climbed to Jiming Temple with his student Yang Rui many times.

After the failure of the reform of 1898, and after the death of Yang Rui and other "Six Gentlemen", Zhang Zhidong advocated the construction of this building in Jiming Temple, named after Du Fu's poem "Worry comes to be blinded" as a commemoration.

Zhang Zhidong's title: "Why are the scenic spots always thieves? This building is immortal and famous", Liang Qichao's title: "The mountains and rivers overlap and compete for their eyes, and the wind and rain are chaotic to enter the building", and has now been converted into Baiweizhai, Jiming Temple.

The Yanzhi Well was the well of the Jingyang Hall of Chen in the Southern Dynasty. In the ninth year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui sent troops to destroy Chen. When the Sui army invaded Taicheng, Chen Houzhu, his concubine Zhang Lihua and Kong Guipin hid it in the Yanzhi Well.

Later, it was discovered by the Sui army and became a prisoner, so it is also called the humiliating well. It is commonly called "stone well railings and stone veins". It is wiped with silk and made into a rouge color, so it is called "rouge well", also called "humiliation well".

As I walked around, I had already arrived at noon, and He Fan of the Jiming Temple had just finished visiting it.

I have to say that this tour guide is really dedicated and explained to He Fan the origin of the entire Jiming Temple without missing a word.

He Fan had to sigh that he had to find such professional personnel, otherwise he would be a quick look.

He Fan went to have a meal after leaving Jiming Temple. He ordered a bunch of good wine and dishes in the five-star hotel, which made the tour guide next to him sigh that it was so good to have money.

This meal does not include red wine, but it will cost at least tens of thousands of yuan, which is basically worth half a year of salary for the tour guide. In addition to the red wine worth tens of thousands of yuan per bottle, the tour guide widened his eyes and felt sorry for it.

This person is born different. Some people are born on the Rome Avenue, with top-notch food, clothing, housing and transportation. This simple meal is worthy of his hard work for a year.

However, the tour guide sighed for a moment. He believed that as long as he worked hard, there would be chicken in the chicken soup one day.

"Mr. Zhuang, do you want to have two drinks together?"

Seeing that the tour guide was just caring about eating vegetables and not drinking, He Fan immediately raised his glass to invite him.

The tour guide's full name is Zhuang Kaijie. He is a native of Jinling. He is probably only about thirty years old. He wears a pair of glasses and looks gentle.

"I'm so sorry, I'm allergic to alcohol."

The tour guide looked at He Fan with some embarrassment. He was really allergic to alcohol.

"Oh, then you can eat more food."

He Fan didn't force him. Although he didn't know if the other party was really allergic to alcohol, he said so, so there was no need to persuade him to drink again.

After eating the food, when He Fan checked out, he heard the waiter say that the meal cost 110,000 yuan in total, and the tour guide immediately took a picture of the frightened little heart.

The salary this year is gone, which is really a luxury. It seems that the employer is really a top rich second generation, and the tour guide immediately seemed a little humble when he talked to He Fan.

After taking a break, when the most vicious sun at noon passed, He Fan and his men rushed to the next scenic spot, Niushou Mountain.

Niushou Mountain is located in Minjiang District, Jinling City. It consists of many large and small mountains such as Niushou Mountain, Zutang Mountain, General Mountain, Dongtianmuling, Xitianmuling, Yinlong Mountain and other large and large mountains.

Niushou Mountain belongs to the southern branch of the western section of the hills in Ningzhen. The mountain is 248 meters high. It is named because the east and west peaks face each other like ox horns. "Jinling Lan Gu" says: "Looking at the distance between the two peaks, it is like ox horns."

Niushou Mountain is a famous Buddhist mountain in China with a profound cultural heritage. It is the opening and birthplace of Niuto Zen Buddhism in Buddhism.

There are natural landscapes such as Ganying Spring, Hupao Spring, Baituchi Lake, Tushiro Rock, Manjushri Cave, Pizhi Cave, Hanxu Pavilion, Diyongquan, Yinma Pond, and other cultural landscapes such as Hongjue Temple, Hongjue Temple Pagoda, Zheng He Tomb and Anti-Jin Gulei.

Niushou Mountain has pleasant scenery. Every year, the people of Jinling traveled in the spring, so they were known as "Spring Ox Head". During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, "Niushou Yanlan" was included in the forty-eight scenic spots in Jinling.

Niushou Mountain has a Buddha's Pin Palace. As one of the cores of the Buddha's Pin Holy Realm District, the Buddha's Pin Palace is located on the western peak of Niushou Mountain. It is built on a historical mine pit with a total construction area of ​​about 136,000 square meters. It together with the Buddha's Pin Pagoda constitutes a new scene of Niushou West Peak, echoing the east Peak of Niushou, recreating the grand scene of Niushou's "two peaks and double gusts" standing side by side.

The entire Buddha's summit palace is themed on the Buddha's summit bone relics. The outer part is the big dome and the small dome, which symbolizes the unexpected offering and the inner offering.

The large dome is shaped like a Buddha's robes covering the small dome, symbolizing the infinite blessing of the Buddha. The lower part of the small dome is a lotus throne shape, and the upper part is a Mani orb. The upper part is a sacred image of "lotus entrusted treasures".

The interior of the Buddha's top palace is composed of the Zen view on the ground and the underground palace on the ground. The underground palace is divided into two spaces: the Relic Hall and the Relic Hall.

The entire Buddha's Pinnacle Palace is not only a main place to treasure the Buddha's Pinnacle Relics and accept worship of believers, but also a cultural exhibition place where relics and world Buddhist Zen culture are concentrated in various artistic techniques.

It brings together a team of experts from the religious, artistic and architectural circles across the country, aiming to achieve the grand goal of "new world Buddhist cultural heritage and new landscape of contemporary architectural art".

The Zen Grand View is 112 meters long from north to south and 62 meters wide from east to west. The inner clear height is about 41.2 meters, covering three floors on the ground.

The entire space area exceeds 6,000 square meters, is oval, with yellow, white and gray as the base tones, and the landscape on earth is arranged, so that people can appreciate the Zen meaning while walking.

It consists of three parts: the Zen Garden where the Buddha was born and achieved enlightenment and the Lotus Theater in the middle, showing the Buddha's life journey.

The top of the Zen Grand View is the Sala dome, and the pattern comes from the Sala tree branches during the Buddha's Nirvana.

The dome uses a fully covered light-transmitting film and light to create the first ray of morning light, the warm sunlight at noon, the colorful clouds in the evening and the moonlight in the night.

The central position is a lying statue of Sakyamuni cast in full copper. It is 7.5 meters long. The surface is made of white marble and can rotate slowly at 360 degrees, expressing the Buddha's quiet and peaceful state of Nirvana.

On the north and south sides of the theater are two Zen gardens, and on the south side is the Zen garden that symbolizes the birth of the Buddha. The overall shape is like a lotus, and in the middle is a worry-free tree that never ends. On the north side is the Zen garden that expresses the Buddha's enlightenment, and in the middle is a Bodhi tree that never witheres. The ground uses black and white sand and gravel to describe the chaos of the world and the purity of Buddha's light.

Foding Qianyuan, a brand new attraction in Niushou Mountain in 2018, shows the profound and diverse culture of Niushou Mountain with 100,000 square meters of natural landscapes and sketch landscapes. Foding Qianyuan is an important channel leading to Foding Temple and Buddha Town.

15 viewing nodes including Tianque Ranhuang Rover Cultural Scenery Wall, Jixian Bridge, Shiniu Tushishi Rock Mountain, Xinming Wall, Farong Square, Xinlian Square, Pingxin Lake, Quniu Garden and Evening Red Trail are set up. The overall view is through three levels of scenery - the foreground "Fly Playing Red Lotus Water Reflects the Sky", the middle view "The fog rises and the white rainbow floats the jade belt", and the distance view "The temple and the mountain scenery are in the mountains" form a quiet and beautiful ink painting scroll, showing the "hidden and beautiful" environmental temperament of Niushou Mountain.

Yinlong Lake was originally named Bamutang. Among the people, Yinlong Lake is also a natural weather forecaster. It is said that whenever the lake fog occurs, it indicates that it will rain.

A lake-ring road is built around Yinlong Lake, where tourists can walk around the lake. Ryegrass and green grass are planted around the square, which grow alternately and are evergreen all year round.

The Hongjue Temple Pagoda, the core attraction of Niutou Zen Cultural Park, is 45 meters high and has a seventh level and eight sides. It is the oldest brick tower with imitation wood structure in Nanjing.

The Gilded Lama Pagoda unearthed in the underground palace of the Hongjue Temple Pagoda in 1956 is one of the treasures of the Jinling Museum. The tower is 0.35 meters high and the Sumeru pedestal is 0.16 meters high. The bottom of the pagoda is engraved with the inscriptions "Yongquan Offering the Hongjue Temple in Niushou Mountain, Jinling" and "Eunuch Li Fushan, the Imperial Prison of Buddhist Disciples". At the same time, there are also jade bottles, Jinshui Buddha, celadon jars and other cultural relics unearthed, which are now collected in the Jinling Museum.
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