Xue Ming Master Lingyanshan Temple

Lingyan Mountain is located at the western end of Mudu Town, and you can directly reach the top of the mountain along the ancient royal road in Shantang Street. The distance between the mountain and Taihu Lake is about 1.5km, and the height of the mountain is 182m.

Width 124 hectares. There are many strange stones in the mountains, especially ganoderma lucidum stones, hence the name. It is also called Xiangshan because it looks like a giant elephant in the distance. Because the west foot produces inkstone, it is also called inkstone mountain. Lingyan Mountain is known as "Lingyan Xiu is the first in Jiangnan", "Lingyan Xiu is the first in Tiantai" and "the first peak in Wuzhong". Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the South many times and stayed in Lingyanshan Palace. The hiking trail winds from Louguling to the top of the mountain, all paved with Shi Zhuan, which is said to be the Imperial Road of Kangxi. Beautiful scenery along the way, a path through the pavilion, green welcoming people, sunset glow, scattered wind in the tower yard, traces, Taihu Lake in sight, fragrant flowers in the arrow, Xiufeng ancient temple, Lingyan tower shadow, Xiao temple bells, thousands of lights, Green Mountain Hall, Wu palace ruins, peak garden, cloister, piano platform, temple. Celebrities such as Li Bai, Wei, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Su Dongpo, Fan Zhongyan and Fan Chengda. I have visited the site and left more than 400 well-known poems. Yuan Hongdao, a writer in Ming Dynasty, called Lingyan "the mountain is not high, and it is secluded in Wuzhong".

The mountain of Lingyan Mountain is composed of granite, and the spherical weathering of rocks is remarkable, so there are many pictographic stones on the mountain. Formerly known as twelve strange stones and eighteen strange stones. These strange stones are lifelike and quite interesting, either like people or things. Such as drunken monk stone (commonly known as idiot and other wives) and stone turtle (commonly known as tortoise looking at Taihu Lake), the images are vivid and interesting.

Lingyan Mountain is the witness of wuyue's hegemony. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, presented the stone to the queen of Wu, who was deeply loved. Fu Cha, the king of Wu, built a large-scale official tile palace for her in Lingyan Mountain in order to win her heart. Today, there are still many remains of the Baby Palace on the top of Lingyan Mountain, leaving many anecdotes and legends. At present, there is a garden on the west side of Lingyanshan Temple. In the Ming Dynasty, Qin Wang wrote "Wuzhong Shengjing". There is a "playing with a flower pond" in the garden. According to legend, it was chiseled by Fucha tea, for the waiter to enjoy the lotus. There are two wells in the north of the pool, the round one is called "Wuwangjing". According to legend, stones often wash wells here, taking water as a mirror; The mouth of octagonal is called "Chicken Well", and the water quality is sweet and clear, which is inexhaustible. On the north side of the garden is a "moon pool" surrounded by rockeries. It is said that because Shi was too lazy to look up at the moon, the King of Wu ordered people to open the "Moon Pool" and let the moon be reflected in the water. On a moonlit night, I often admire the moon side by side with the prince of Wu. In addition, there are other victories, such as Xi Shi Dong, Qintai, Chuantai, Moon-gazing Platform, Buddha Sun Rock and Flower-offering Rock, all of which contain poems.

Lingyan Mountain is "a famous jungle in the southeast". At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sikonglu once lived in this mountain and built his house as a temple. In the second year of Tian Liang Prison (AD 503), it was expanded into a temple named Xiufeng Temple, which was renamed Lingyan Temple in the Tang Dynasty. In Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty, the court gave Han Shizhong, a famous anti-gold star, the name of which was changed to Xianqin Chongbao Hall. During the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Guo Xiang Shuangta Temple, which was later destroyed by fire. Qing Shunzhi was rebuilt in six years, and Xianfeng was destroyed by war in ten years. Rebuilt in 1926, it lasted more than 20 years and was renamed as "Lingyanshan Temple" by Master Yin Guang. Lingyanshan Temple believed in Legalism when it was presided over by Tang Daojian, and changed to Zen in the Song, Yuan and Feng Dynasties. 1937, Master Yinguang, a master of modern Buddhism, moved to Lingyanshan Temple in Xi and founded Pure Land Sect. Since then, Lingyanshan Temple has been turned into a "specialized pure land Dojo", which is famous at home and abroad. 1940, Master Miao Zhen was promoted to abbot, and presided over the comprehensive renovation of Lingyanshan Temple. Master Xue Ming, the current abbot, is the chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Chinese Buddhist Association, with profound virtue and well-known Taoism.

The buildings in Lingyanshan Temple are magnificent, the Buddha statues are resplendent, and the colorful arhats have their own characteristics and are lifelike. And founded Lingyan Branch of China Buddhist College. On the east side of the temple, there is a Lingyan Pagoda, also known as Multi Pagoda and Permanent Pagoda. It was founded in Tian Liang Prison for two years (AD 503) and rebuilt in Shaoxing in the 17th year of Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1 147). After liberation, several repairs were carried out. The tower is 33.4 meters high, with seven floors and eight sides, black tiles and yellow walls. It is simple and dignified, and it is integrated with the whole temple and becomes the symbol of Lingyan Mountain. During the "Cultural Revolution", when the master Xue Ming was assigned to work, he always insisted on practicing Buddhism and never left the temple. He is one of the most popular wizards in Suzhou and was invited by the Suzhou municipal government to leave the abbot of Lingyanshan Temple. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the party's policy of freedom of religious belief was restored and implemented. Suzhou Municipal Government returned three temples, including Lingyanshan Temple, to Buddhism and reopened them on New Year's Day in 1980, which was the first temple in China to implement this policy.