Is Wuxi Nanchang Street and nanzenji the same place?

Wuxi Nanchang Street and nanzenji are not the same place.

Nanchang Ancient Street is a famous ancient street in Wuxi and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. It is located in the bustling center of Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze River in the north and Taihu Lake in the south.

Nanzenji, an ancient Buddhist temple in China, is located in Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, at the south corner of the old city of Wuxi, next to the ancient canal. Nanzenji, originally named Huguo Temple, was founded in the Taiqing period of Liang Wudi, and is one of the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties.

During the reign of Emperor Xianheng of Tang Dynasty (670-674 AD), it was renamed Lingshan Temple and was later destroyed. During the reign of Emperor Yongxi of the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 984), the tower was built; In the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1023- 103 1), the temple was rebuilt and named "Fu Sheng Temple", commonly known as nanzenji, with the reputation of "the first jungle in the south of the Yangtze River".

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Rebuilt in the heyday of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Renzong named it "Fu Sheng Temple". Eight years later, Song Renzong named the North Temple "Shousheng Temple", corresponding to nanzenji. The same emperor gave the two monasteries in Xicheng the names of "Blessing Saint" and "Shousheng Saint", which is a blessing that the Buddhist community in Wuxi, especially nanzenji, which has been blessed and restored for generations, is proud of.

It can be seen that the Heavenly King Hall is resplendent and the incense is flourishing. Miaoguang Tower, with a towering spire and extraordinary momentum; Five precepts hall, solemn in the hall, purifies people's hearts; The discharge pool is green and clear. Inside the Hall of the Great Hero, the Tathagata has a magnificent figure, a serene and solemn appearance, kind eyes, a slight smile, but his mouth stops talking, and his appearance is endless. Lohan, Buddhas, with kind and colorful faces, plump and handsome figure, focused eyes, smooth clothes lines and skillful craftsmen, are by no means ordinary.