What are the famous temples in Wutai Mountain?

1. Nanchanji is located on the north bank of Little Galaxy near Li Jiazhuang, Bai Yang Township, southwest of Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, 35 kilometers away from Dongye Town. 1200 years ago. The temple faces south and covers an area of 3078 square meters. The main building in the temple is the mountain gate (Guanyin Hall). East and west halls (Bodhisattva Hall, Dragon King Hall) and main hall.

Form a building with four hospitals. It is the earliest existing wooden structure in China. National key cultural relics protection units. The main hall is the oldest existing wooden structure building in Tang Dynasty in China. There are exquisite sculptures of the Tang Dynasty in the temple, which are the treasures of the sculpture art of the Tang Dynasty and have important historical status and artistic value.

2. Shanxi Wutai Mountain North Keji is a national key cultural relics protection unit, Foguang New Village, Wutai County, 30 kilometers away from the county seat. Because of its long history and precious Buddhist relics, this temple is known as the "Asian Buddha Light".

The main hall in the temple, the East Hall, was built in 857 AD. In terms of construction time, the main hall of nanzenji in Wutai County, which was built in the third year of Tang Jianzhong (AD 782), ranks second among existing wooden buildings in China. The buildings, sculptures, murals and inscriptions in the Tang Dynasty of Beidou Temple are of high historical and artistic value and are called "Four Wonders".

3. Xiantong Temple, also known as Daxian Temple, Dafu Lingjiu Temple, Garden Temple, Dahua Rock Temple, Daxiang Xiantong Temple, Daguo Shengguang Yongming Temple and Yongming Temple, is located on the north side of Taihuai Town in the central area of Wutai Mountain in Shanxi. Xiantong Temple is the largest temple in Wutai Mountain. It was built in the Yongping period of Emperor Hanming, formerly known as Dafu Lingjiu Temple. In the 26th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (A.D. 1687), it was renamed Daxiantong Temple, which is one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China.

4. Yanshan Temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit, formerly known as Lingyan Temple, located in Tianyan Village at the northern foot of Wutai Mountain in Yukou, southern Fan Shi. It was built in the third year of Jin Dynasty (1 158) and was renovated many times during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Hongfu Temple is located in the south of Liangcun Village, Guxian Town, Qixian County, Shanxi Province. It is a building in Yuan Dynasty and a municipal cultural relic protection unit. Covering an area of 4242 square meters, it faces south and consists of two courtyards side by side. The East Courtyard is a quadrangle, with a mountain gate, an inverted hall and a main hall on the central axis, and east-west halls on both sides. There is only a temple on the central axis of the west courtyard, and only a temple attached to the west on both sides.

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