Fujian Putian Tourist Attractions: Mei Feng Temple

Mei Feng Temple is located in Shengli Road, Putian City, Fujian Province. Because plum trees were planted all over the mountains in Song Dynasty, Hui Zong named it "Meilin Buddha Country", so it was called "Mei Feng Temple". The predecessor of Mei Feng Temple was Guanyin Pavilion. In the eighth year of Song Yuanfeng (1085), Huang, the mother of local celebrity Li Fu, gave up more than 100 mu of land and expanded the pavilion into a temple. In the seventh year of Shaoxing (1 137), it was named "Gratitude Guangxiao Temple". In the Yuan Dynasty, officials were located in temples. In the forty-first year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1562), the Japanese invaded Pupu and burned the temple. Reconstruction in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 0/0 large and small temples/kloc-0, which stood on the mountain and were patchwork.

There are four-corner three-story bell and drum towers on both sides of the mountain gate. On the third floor of the bell tower, there used to be a bronze clock made by Cai, a famous craftsman in the Song Dynasty. Its sound was sunny and could spread forty miles away. In the 13th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1887), the Chu army stationed in Mei Feng Temple was destroyed by fire. In the early years of the Republic of China, a bell was recast in imitation of the Song Dynasty, weighing about 1500 kg, and more than 500 words of Buddhist scriptures were cast outside. The bell body is simple and elegant, with a loud voice. Whenever the morning light breaks, the bell rings, melodious and melodious, which is called "Mei Temple Morning Bell". In recent years, under the enthusiastic sponsorship of overseas Chinese, Mei Feng Temple has been extensively renovated and expanded. A new Guanyin Pavilion, tens of meters high, is an urban building on the top of the mountain. Overlooking the pavilion, you can get a panoramic view of the city. The mountain of Mei Feng Temple is still full of various kinds of plum blossoms, which is a unique scenery in the urban area and fragrant Xue Hai.