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Shangfang Temple
¡¡¡¡Shangfang Temple is also named Shang Temple,which was built in the early MingZhengDe years (AD 1514), and it used to be called Woyun Temple, later changed the abbot monk, for the donor to give more in temples, the temple to name to advocates goodness. Qianlong seven years, and advocates goodness temple rebuilt, then inscribe at the magistrate of a county during the hu temple "temple" above, spread so far.
¡¡¡¡Shangfang Temple's most distinctive is the "four big statue of king kong" and "skeletons". Located in four big gold statue of temple above the high but two zhangs, power and grandeur, did not dare to look up, yuan river basin and comparison of various temples in the four, shade. Shangfang Temple also has a "skeletons hall", is different from other temples. Tour since the Ming dynasty hongwu, pu merchants, more numerous times with plague died in pune city, these people's friends don't want to die long distance, but also have no PIC and energy will partner helps Jiu back, had to countrymen coffin deposite in the temple. So, after the completion of the lie YunAn, pu, foreign merchants raise land after the temple built "skeletons hall", foreign people can register free coffin bones. "Skeletons don" no Buddha bodhisattva, only one side door for carry the coffin, front Shangfang Temple, for monks do Buddha will enter burning incense paper reaction to the dead. In gruesome, no bile is afraid to let in. Side door edge and a little land don, when fang land governs in the temple in the coffin of the dead.

 

East River Temple
¡¡¡¡East River Temple was built in the Tang dynasty, and Song Yunyou years (1086-1093) to move in Yuan River, east of East River Temple. In this pu city day yunshan, and pu town on the other side of the river. Temple by form ancient palace building, majestic, magnificent. "Automatic wheel hidden inside of the temple woodcarving," hidden points upper and lower layer, the structure is exquisite, rumbling noise during rotation and number of audible, billed as the shenzhou three and a half "hide" half hidden, rare in the country.
¡¡¡¡East River Temple sits for rectangular buildings, central axis by the entrance (Jin Gangdian), QianDian * (large), after the temple (shou temple). Jin Gangdian on each side there are extensions to male (left) and female (right), tea room, connected to the things on both sides of male and female guest was the dian dian, big Buddha hall left a goddess of mercy pavilion, right to the temple, shou temple on both sides of the bungalow for monks bedroom, big Buddha hall is the main sanctuary, the temple 16 meters deep, 22 meters wide and 13 meters high, all wood structure, a park double-hipped roof roof, Jin Gangdian has collapsed, shou temple has been broken. Whole room is surrounded by red brick walls, layout rigorous, exquisite carving.
¡¡¡¡Given the cultural history and architectural art value of East River Temple, temple by hunan provincial people's government in 1961 announced for the provincial cultural relics protection unit. After the outbreak of "cultural revolution", hid in some buildings have been demolished, such as now survived the Ursa major, "Buddha's light shines" and "the day yunshan" building better preserved in the Ming and qing dynasties.
Within the Ursa major, the stake a couplet on both sides of the Buddha statue of the Buddha "wooden fish knock falling sky month always sleep sleep sleep sleep after thinking before sleep sleep sleep sleep, admiralty bump broken cloud ridge head color is empty empty empty empty empty nothing but". It is said that this couplet has since the start adding, have been passed down for hundreds of years, also do not know for what a master hand. Could will come from the western buddhist spirit and Chinese culture is so together, had to call a person gasp in admiration. Think it carefully when troubles, remained on the earth all the unhappiness will vanish; When in trouble again to think about it, so what again big of difficulties, because "everything is empty". Then you will feel the mind like water, light if cloud.
¡¡¡¡When it was in this master in literature shen after ruanjiang hesitates for a few days, is said to have lived in East River Temple, and the preliminary finished manuscript of "LuXi pu city? Box rock. "LuXi pu town on the river there is a temple, East River Temple. The temple in the ancient pine trees to five hands can hold. High LaoMei tree has three zhangs, crimson snow flower, like a tree, went through to one inch thick. Erecting a wheel Tibetan temple side yard, wood, three four, up and down the iron pipe to be used for the shaft patrimony. Three to five people to hold the bibcock of carved wooden handle hard turning, it sounds like hx, shrieking and long, very moving. According to the record is made of imitation yongsung, when moving it in the middle of the night, the ten miles away can hear clearly. The local legend of the world with a total of three and a half wheel, pu city. Temple or tang dynasty built the black knight WeiChiJingDe. In architectural design view, is the Ming dynasty, rebuilt in the qing dynasty. Pu was the city terminal, 30 years ago of the merchants, the migration of migration, the bankruptcy of bankruptcy, the temple has repeatedly troops, flower has been destroyed in recent years, the temple has broken into a pile of rubble."