What temples are there in Guangzhou?

What temples are there in Guangzhou? The temples that Guangzhou people are most familiar with are Hualin Temple, Guangxiao Temple, Liu Rong Temple, Sanyuan Palace, Wong Tai Sin Temple, Huaisheng Temple and Pineapple Temple (Nanhai Temple). Among them, Huaisheng Temple is an Islamic temple.

Among them, Xiaoguang, Liu Rong, Hualin and Haizhuang are called the four Buddhist jungles in Guangzhou.

1, Sanyuan Palace

Located at the southern foot of Yingyuan Road in Yuexiu Mountain, it is the oldest and largest Taoist building in Guangzhou. Sanyuangong was built for the satrap Bao Liang of the South China Sea in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Formerly known as Yuegangyuan, it was called Wuming Temple in the Tang Dynasty and renamed Sanyuan Palace when it was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty.

According to legend, Bao Liang (also known as Xuan), the satrap of Nanhai in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was built by an alchemist and named Yuegangyuan. Bao Liang's daughter's aunt is good at medicine and married Ge Hong, a famous doctor in Jin Dynasty. She lived here for 65,438+00 years. "Jing Quan and Hong 'ai are the doctors, not the living." People set up an ancient temple here to commemorate her death. After the construction of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yuegang Academy was abandoned several times, and was rebuilt in Wanli and Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. It was only used in the name of Sanyuan Palace. Sanyuan, the Taoist name for the Heavenly Palace, the Underground Palace and the Water Palace, can promote forgiveness of sins and bring longevity.

2. Guangxiao Temple Guangxiao Temple is located in the north of Guangzhou People's Park, covering an area of 30,000 square meters. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. This temple has a history of 1500 years. There is a saying in Guangzhou that "before Yangcheng, there was filial piety". Although this statement may not be correct, it is one of the oldest buildings in Guangdong. The temple was founded in the Three Kingdoms, and its name has been changed repeatedly. The 21st year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 15 1) was named today. In the first year of Yifeng in the Tang Dynasty (676), monk Huineng was ordained under the bodhi tree in front of the Buddhist altar in the temple, which opened up the southern Sect of Buddhism and was called the "sixth ancestor of Zen", adding immortal glory to the temple. Since then, there have been more and more temples, which have influenced the development of Buddhism in China. 3. Liu Rong Temple Liu Rong Temple Flower Pagoda is located in Chaoyang North Road, which is a famous Buddhist temple in Guangzhou. It was built in Liangdatong for three years (537) and has a history of 1400 years. It is one of the famous monuments in Guangzhou.

In 537 AD, Master Tan Yu, the mother-in-law of Liang Wudi Xiao Yan (the most famous Buddhist monarch in China's history) of the Southern Dynasties, came to Guangzhou to obtain Buddhist relics (Buddha bones) from Cambodia. In order to welcome this Buddhist treasure, Xiao Yu, the secretariat of Guangzhou, specially created the "Bao Zhuang Yan Temple" here. In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (989), when Duangong Temple was rebuilt, the monks in the temple were renamed Jinghui Temple in order to cultivate purity and worship Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism. Su Shi, a writer and calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, visited Guangzhou in the year of Song San (1 100). He saw six ancient banyan trees in the temple and wrote down the word "six banyan trees". Liu Rong Temple in the Ming Dynasty has been passed down to this day.

The pagoda is located in the temple, formerly known as Baosi Pagoda. The tower was built at the same time as the Liu Rong Temple, but the original tower was destroyed by fire in the 10th century. 193 1 year reconstruction, the interior is reinforced with reinforced concrete. At present, the tower is 57 meters high, octagonal and nine-level, with 17 floors inside, reaching the top along the steps and overlooking the whole city. The shape of the tower is gorgeous and spectacular, with a bell hanging from the eaves. The whole tower seems to be a style, and the top of the tower seems to grow on the stamens of the tallest flower. So people generally call it "Flower Pagoda".

4. Hualin Temple is located in Zheng Xilai Street on the north side of Xiajiu Road, Xiguan, Guangzhou. Before the Sui Dynasty, this was the shore of the Pearl River.

In the seventh year of the Southern Dynasty in Liang Wudi (526), Dharma, a monk from all over the country (that is, ancient India), came to China to preach. He landed in Xilai for the first time at the beginning of this year, and built Xilai Temple at the landing site. Later believers revered Dharma as the ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China, so they called it the land where they landed that year. Hualin Temple is a Buddhist temple with a history of 1400 years. After Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.

In the 12th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1655), the Daxiong Hall was built for the first time, and then the teahouse next to the pavilion hall was built, and Xilai Temple was changed to Hualin Temple, becoming one of the four major Buddhist jungles in Guangzhou. In the 29th year of Daoguang (1849), the abbot of the temple arrived at the garden and was ordered to build a 500-meter-wide Luohan Hall with a total area of 1364 square meters. In addition to offering sacrifices to the Sambo Buddha statues, 500 clay sculptures of arhats with different expressions were also displayed. Another statue of Italian traveler Kyle? A wooden statue of Polo is now in the Corell Museum in Venice. Luohantang is a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

Haikuang Temple is located at No.337 Tongfu Middle Road, Guangzhou. Founded in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it has a history of more than 300 years. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangzhou. It is famous for its solemn temple capacity, magnificent temples, vast pure land and prosperous Buddha's edge, and is known as one of the five jungles in Guangfu.

According to legend, this temple was the "Qian Qiu Temple" in the Southern Han Dynasty. The following year, it was abandoned for a long time and became a cemetery for residents. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was the round land of the rich gentry Guo Longyue. Monks Guangmou and yuechi county were recruited by Guo to build a Buddhist temple here, and they were named "Haikuang Temple" according to the meaning of practicing Prajna Paramita and becoming a Buddha.

Haikuang Temple has a long history, towering trees, cool ground, elegant environment and pleasant scenery. "Spring scenery on the sea floor" is one of the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng, which was very popular in the past. There are many places of interest and precious cultural relics, such as Eagle Claw, Sixteen Arhats, Four donkey kong, Three-beard Guanyin, Tiger Back Stone, Palace Tile, Lotus Bowl, Ghost Bell and Xingyan Pagoda, which are rich and colorful. In addition, there are many works by natural monks and other eminent monks, and the research is extended to poetics, so there are many poets and monks, and they have the reputation of "sixty poets and monks under nature". Therefore, in history, Haikuang Temple is not only a place to preach Buddhism and practice Zen, but also a place for celebrities to cultivate themselves.

6. Ren Wei Temple

Located in Qian Miao Street, Jinlong West Road and Old Pantang Township. This temple was built in the Song Dynasty? May 4th (1052). Since the Song Dynasty, villagers in all previous dynasties have been repairing or rebuilding with their own pockets. Before the reconstruction in the Qing Qianlong period, there were only the first three houses in the middle road and the west stage. The last two entrances and the Eastern Preface were added during the Qianlong period. Ren Wei Temple is a temple dedicated to the true Emperor Wudi of Taoism. Now the main building is slightly trapezoidal, covering an area of 2200 square meters, facing south. The woodcarving of Ren Wei Temple is very exquisite. The head door is made into a craft component of woodcarving, with auspicious patterns carved and covered with gold. The top is the Wushan Wind Volcano Wall. The main ridge is the tile ridge of pottery figurines shaped by Shiwan Wenru, with the words "Tongzhi Ding Mao" on it. Ren Wei Temple is a cultural relic protection unit in Guangzhou. Its wood carvings, stone carvings and brick carvings have their own characteristics, and its pottery and gray sculptures are exquisite, leaving a deep and strong impression.

7. Nanhai Temple, also known as Boluo Temple, is located in Miaotou Village, Nangang Town, Huangpu. Nanhai Temple is a place where ancient emperors offered sacrifices to the sea. It was founded in the 14th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 594). Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, emperors have sent officials to the temple to hold sacrifices, leaving many precious inscriptions, which are called "Southern Forest of Steles". Nanhai Temple is also an important historical site of China's ancient maritime traffic and trade, and the birthplace of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. There are many existing cultural relics in the temple, and ancient and famous trees from Guangzhou 1 to No.8 are all in the temple. For example, a Gleditsia sinensis tree located in the west of the temple has a history of 390 years. Other trees, such as kapok and jellyfish, are all over 200 years old. There is a "bath pavilion" on Zhangqiu Mountain in the west of the temple. One of the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the "Fuxi Bathing Day" refers to this place, with Su Dongpo's poems in the pavilion. Nanhai Temple is a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit, and the "Polo Birthday" temple fair in February of the lunar calendar is one of the largest folk temple fairs in Guangzhou.

8. Wong Tai Sin Temple

Guangzhou Wong Tai Sin Temple was built in Jihai in Qing Dynasty (1899), and was destroyed by war in 19 10. However, it can be seen from the remains, such as stone couplets, embossed stone pillars, plaques, door ornaments, stone lions and so on. , decorated with exquisite carvings.

19 15, the host, Mr. Ren Liang 'an, signed a contract in Hong Kong with a portrait of Wong Tai Sin, a spirit tablet and medicines, and built the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong in 192 1, which was deeply believed and worshipped by Chinese at home and abroad.

Guangzhou Wong Tai Sin Temple was officially rebuilt on1October 9th with the investment of Guangzhou Jiayou Tourism Scenic Area Development Co., Ltd., and was opened to the public on February 6th. So far, it has received more than millions of people. There are precious cultural relics of the original Wong Tai Sin Temple in the temple, and there are facilities such as Wong Tai Sin Main Hall, Guanyin Hall, Lv Zu Hall, Kong Tangsheng, God of Wealth Temple, Guandi Hall, Doum Hall, exhibition area, Lingnan Garden, century-old stone, vegetarian restaurant, shopping mall and square for tourists to eat, shop and rest.

9, Panyu Nansha Tianhou Palace

Nansha Tianhou Palace is close to Lingdingyang in the Pearl River Estuary. It is located at the southern foot of Dajiao Mountain, close to the mountain and beside the water. Its buildings are stacked on top of each other, with magnificent halls and pavilions. In the center of Tin Hau Square, there is a stone statue of Tin Hau, which was built to commemorate the sea god Maureen. The architectural feature is the combination of the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the imposing manner of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, which is the largest of its kind in the world today and is known as the "No.1 Palace in the World". Tianhou Palace covers an area of 278 mu with an investment of nearly 50 million yuan.

The icon of Tianhou is as high as14.5m and stands on Tianhou Palace Square, which covers an area of 1.5 hectares. The whole Tianhou Temple is surrounded by green trees, and the cigarettes in the temple curl up, which makes people feel different.

In addition, there are the Great Buddha Temple in Beijing Road, Nengren Temple in Baiyun Mountain, Wuxian Temple in Huifu West Road, and Chunyang Temple in Shuzhugang, Wufeng Village, Haizhu District, and so on. .