[Pay attention to "Chaoshan people love Chaoshan", let outsiders understand Chaoshan, and let Chaoshan people understand themselves better!] 】
It is well known that Chaoshan people like to worship "old man" the most. Therefore, the Chaoshan area is rich in temple resources. Among these temples, there are some temples that are considered by the local residents to be more beneficial because of their long history and the abundance of incense. The following five local temples are considered by the Chaoshan people to be the most effective temples, have you ever visited and made a wish?
1.*Kaiyuan Temple**:Located in Chaozhou City, it is known as the first ancient temple in eastern Guangdong. Kaiyuan Temple is famous for its spacious place, magnificent palace, solemn icons, numerous cultural relics, and flourishing incense.
The temple of Kaiyuan Temple is famous for its spacious place, magnificent palace, solemn icons, numerous cultural relics, and flourishing incense, and is the first ancient temple in eastern Guangdong, with the reputation of "a blessed land for millions of people, and a jungle for three thousand worlds". Since the establishment of the temple, there have been repairs in successive dynasties, and it is one of the only four remaining Kaiyuan temples in the country. Formerly known as Lifeng Temple, it was built in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (738), the Yuan Dynasty changed to "Kaiyuan Wanshou Temple", the Ming Dynasty said: "Kaiyuan Zhenguo Temple", also known as "Zhenguo Kaiyuan Temple", plus the amount of "Wanshou Palace", commonly known as Kaiyuan Temple has been used so far.
The whole temple of Kaiyuan Temple retains the plane layout of the Tang Dynasty, and condenses the architectural art of the different dynasties of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the incense is prosperous.
2.*Ganlu Temple**:Located in the south of Jinsha, Caitang Town, Chao'an District, Chaozhou City, it is a temple with a long history. The temple gate of Ganlu Temple is stacked by three huge stones of the character type, "Jade Jian Academy", "Ganlu Cave Heaven", the inscription is vaguely recognizable. The top cover of the Buddhist temple is a boulder with a flat bottom that flies out of the air, which is a wonder.
Ganlu Temple is located in the middle of the Lion Rock of Sangpu Mountain, is the largest natural cave temple in Chaoshan, is a cave with an area of nearly 6,000 square meters. According to the "Haiyang County Chronicle", the place "was the Yujian Academy in the past, and then changed to Ganlu Temple", "according to legend, there is a filial piety tomb and the manna descended, hence the name".
The temple was founded in an unknown age, according to the stone carvings in the temple can be examined, the 48th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1620) was built by Jia Baoyi, the prefect of Chaozhou. Ganlu Temple is a natural rock temple, the temple is in the stone cave that is shaped like a lion's huge mouth, and it can be reached by picking up about 360 steps from the bottom of the mountain. The temple gate is stacked into a "product" word by three boulders, and the traces of "Jade Jane Academy" on the forehead of the door can be identified, and the stone of "Manna Cave Heaven" still exists.
The upper cover of the Buddhist temple is covered by a huge stone that flies out of the sky, which is as flat as a cut and as solid as a rock, which is a spectacle. There is a sentence carved on the cliff stone on the temple wall: "In the misty clouds of Ganlu Temple, the natural stone room is magical." In the temple, according to the stone chiseled Maitreya Buddha sitting statue one, bare chest and arms, big belly deep navel, demeanor freely, beautiful shape, statue high 255 meters, 4 meters wide15 meters. There is also a widely circulated story about this Buddha statue among the local people, which is rumored to be "a shipwreck in Meilin Lake, and rice is produced in Ganlu Temple".
It was registered and opened in June 1986, and was listed as a cultural relics protection unit in Chaozhou City on December 1, 1987. Supporting facilities such as pavilions are built around to form a large-scale tourist area.
3.*Dolomite**:Located in the big lookout mountain in Haojiang District, Shantou City, there are many peculiar caves here, the ancient banyan trees are luxuriant, the spring water in the mountain is murmuring, and the stone carving calligraphy on the rock is full of dazzling colors. The buildings on the hill are full of palaces, cornices and cliffs, and the most famous of them are intricately carved"Qingyun Temple"。
In the five years of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, a monk Xinteng initially opened up a natural cave, and carved a cloud dragon totem and a Maitreya Buddha statue with a bare chest and belly and a smile around the cave, and named it "Qingyunyan". Nowadays, Qingyunyan has been opened up as a patchwork temple group scenic spot, attracting many folk believers to come to burn incense and pray for blessings.
4.*Kyoho Temple**:It is also a very famous temple in the local area, which was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which is also a temple of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The palace tower pavilion is scattered; Van Yulin Palace, resplendent gold. The whole temple is on the mountain, like a jade bead bearing plate, hidden in the green shade of the Zen forest. Sassy ink writers, exploring the seclusion so far, all linger and return, splashing ink. The slush claws are treasured in the cliffs, adding color to the beautiful mountains and adding brilliance to the famous temples.
There is a prayer tree in Kyoho Temple. Those who seek marriage must go to hang the red rope, but there is a fee, 20 at a time. The family can write the name of the family to pray for, the number of people is not limited, if you are married, you can ask for singleness, and there is another kind of master who has an object and says that you can only hang it when you are engaged. You need to climb the ladder to hang by yourself, it's very high, it's a little dangerous, it's better to have someone to help out. Get out of the car and go straight to the main hall!
5.*Shiling Temple**:Shilong Temple is also known as Shiling Ancient Temple, also known as "An" (the local people's Chaoshan hometown pronunciation), located in Jiexi County, Qiankeng Town, Qianxi Village, Xianjing Mountain, Wangtianshi Mountainside, sitting northeast to southwest, left, right, back three sides of the mountain, in the "five dragons" pattern of the "main" position. "Chaoshan Cultural Relics", "Chaozhou Mansion Chronicles, Jieyang County Continuation Chronicles", "Jiexi County Chronicles", "Jiexi Literature and History" and many other historical books have recorded this scenic spot and historic sites, with a long history, the temple is simple, the strange stones are phosphorus, the forest is dense, and it has a history of 300 years.
Shiling Temple was established in the ninth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1731), and the temple area covers an area of more than 100 acres. Eight trees were also planted here according to the "Eight Trigrams", called the "Bagua Tree". However, during the "Cultural Revolution", 7 trees were cut down, and only 1 tree can be seen today.
Chaozhou Mansion Chronicles, Jieyang County Zhengxu Zhi recorded: "Xianjing Mountain is a hundred miles away from the west of the city, Lintian is connected with three mountains, the shape is like a raspberry, it is said that there were immortals in the past, hence the name. There is a stone Zhuoli in the south of the mountain, the color is dark, the cheerful is rainy, and the villagers have repeatedly tested it with the cloudy and sunny weather. There is a sinus at the foot of the mountain, only allowing people to walk, walking dozens of steps, spacious and open-minded, deep can not be at the bottom, there is a flowing spring below".
The stone at the bottom of the Shiling Temple and around it is tall and magical, so this temple is also called "Shiling Rock". There are legends such as "Shi Jing gives birth to aura" and "Shi Lingyan is a place where immortals often go".
There are "fairy footprints" on the stone behind the temple, and the legend is that the footprints left by the immortals in ancient times often came and went in the stone spirit rock.
Shiling Temple is quite famous in the local area, it is a place for haters and believers to practice meditation and worship Buddha, and it is also a temple for the preservation and transmission of Buddhism.
The above temples are all well-known temples in the Chaoshan area, but which one is the most effective may vary depending on personal beliefs and experiences. If you are interested, you can take a site visit to get a feel for the local religious culture and atmosphere.
AfterwordIf you like more content about Chaoshan, don't forget to come and see "Chaoshan people love Chaoshan". My slogan is: taste Chaoshan food, enjoy the beautiful scenery of Chaoshan, understand Chaoshan customs, and appreciate Chaoshan culture. Let Chaoshan culture be better inherited. Chaoshan