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Jinling Da Bao'en Si Ta-Jiangnan Shou Temple

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Open today at 09:00-17:30(Tickets available until 17:00)
Recommended sightseeing time:1-2 hour
Address:
Nanjing-Qinhuai District-Inside the Dabao'en Temple Site, No. 1 Yuhua Road, Zhonghua MenwaiMap
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20231015 afternoon: 1. The "Jiangnan Shou Temple" is located in the scenic spot of 4A. The "Dabaoen Temple" is an ancient famous temple outside Nanjing "China Gate". It has a history of about 1800. It is the second and first temple in the south in Chinese history. It is one of the three major temples in Jinling. Once erected one of the "Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages" of the glazed tower, the real body of Sakyamuni excavated in the earth palace shocked the world, is the supreme sacred thing of Buddhism, the museum has many rare cultural relics, the scale is large, and there was also a famous monk Xuanyu top bone. The temple has a number of celebrity footprints in its history, including many emperors. It is currently a semi-dangling museum and a grateful cultural theme area built on the site. The ancient style and modern technology are integrated. It is a good place for historical learning, meditation and high-rise viewing. ① Address: No. 1 Yuhua Road, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. ② Transportation: Direct bus, easy to stop by car. ③ Popular season: No. ④ Duration: 2 hours. ⑤ Ticket price: 90 yuan. 2. The history of Dabaoen Temple: ① Founded: The Three Kingdoms Period of Dongwu Chiwu Decade (247 years), and the construction of the "Ayu Wang Pagoda", all destroyed. ② Changgan Temple: The Eastern Jin Taiyuan Year (376-396) was rebuilt and renamed, destroyed in the Sui and Tang periods. ③ Bao'en Temple: Chen Jiande was rebuilt and renamed in the six years (577) of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The word "Bao'en Temple" appeared in the temple history for the first time, but then changed back. ④ Tianzhu Temple: The first year of Tianzhu in the Northern Song Dynasty (1018) was rebuilt and renamed. At this time, the "sage tower" was built and the Buddha's top bone was used to serve the earth palace. Thirty-one years (1942), the Japanese found the top bone of the Xuanyu mage at the old site of Tianzhu Temple, and then negotiated with the government of the Republic of China to divide the top bone into three, and then divided into multiple parts, which are currently scattered in the mainland, Taiwan, Japan, India. ④ Cien Xuzhongjiao Temple: The name of the 25th year of Yuanzhizheng (1288) was changed to the place of the Royal Royal Speaker, and it was also used as the "Sanglu Division" in the early Ming Dynasty to manage Buddhist affairs in the country, and it was destroyed in the fire in Mingyongle six years (1408). ⑤ Dabaoen Temple: Mingyongle ten years (1412) took 19 years to re-establish the Royal Temple, and the name was changed. The giant glazed tower "first tower" was a landmark building in China at that time. The temple reached its peak and had more than 30 temples at most. It was the largest monastery in Chinese history. The first of the hundred temples. ⑥ Temple destruction: 3 kinds of statements, one is destroyed in Qingxianfeng four years (1854), Taiping army afraid that the tower will be occupied by the Qing army outside the city, so they will shell the city, and then take the initiative to blow up; Second, the Qing Xianfeng six years (1856) Taiping Tianguo mutiny, Beiwang Wei Changhui worried that the wing Wang Shida opened the occupation tower, then blown up; third, Zeng Guoyu ordered the bombing, but the possibility is very small. 3. The first temple in Jiangnan introduced the introduction of Buddhism in China at the end of the Han Dynasty, and Sun Quan, the master of the three countries of Dongwu, established the first temple in Jiangnan. The Buddhist temple has since appeared in the spring. There is a Zen hall seat next to it, where you can sit and copy scriptures.

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