According to legend, after the 13 monks of the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan, helped Tang Taizong to unify China, Tang Taizong bestowed him on "monk soldiers" and allowed the establishment of ten branch temples across the country. The Linquan Courtyard in Jiulian Mountain, Putian County, is one of the earlier branch temples established among the ten branch temples of Shaolin Temple. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, monks from Shaolin Temple in Songshan went south and came to Jiulian Mountain not far away and lived in Linquanyuan. After that, Linquanyuan changed its name to Linshan Shaolin Temple. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the temple was more prosperous, with more than 500 monks, and the martial arts style was extremely prosperous. Because of its large scale (covering an area of about 30,000 square meters), the martial arts style was at its peak, affecting southern China. Northern Shaolin's leg work is also known as "North Legs and Nanquan". During the Southern Song Dynasty, the monasteries still maintained a prosperous trend. Liu Kezhuang also praised "the Shaolin of Songshan in the city". Linquanyuan was destroyed in the early Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, the Southern Shaolin Temple was inextricably linked with the Heaven and Earth Society in the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty struggle. At present, there are only some affiliated temples around the site of South Shaolin Temple, such as Zifu Temple and Honghua Pavilion. From 1986 to 1988, during the cultural relics census in Putian County, the ruins of this monastery, which had been annihilated for hundreds of years, were discovered, and 5 stone troughs of the Northern Song Dynasty were found engraved with the words "Monk Soldiers" and "Zhu Luohan Yu Jiancha San". In 1998, the reconstruction of the South Shaolin Temple was completed. In December 2006, the Southern Shaolin Temple officially accepted the management of the abbot of Guanghua Temple, and became a unified system of the two temples. The name of the "Southern Shaolin Temple" was inscribed by Mr. Zhao Puchu, president of the Buddhist Association of China.
Putian City NanShaolin Temple located top of mountain. It is a free ticket entrance, well maintain and clean. Worth a trip to sightseeing the beautiful scenery and understand the history of Shaolin.
The famous Nanshaolin Temple in the Tang Dynasty, once flooded in the historical years, modern can be rebuilt, the temple is strict, the scenery is beautiful, it is a place worth visiting, the only certainty is on the mountain, driving to walk nearly half an hour of the mountain road, the return taxi is not convenient.
In the early Tang Dynasty, because of the 13 stick monks to save the master of Tang, the emperor of Taizong special the abbot of the Shaolin in the north, built Shaolin Temple in the south, known as the Nan Shaolin Temple. The terrain is very dangerous, it is an ideal place for soldiers and families to use military force, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Nanshaolin Temple is located in Jiulian Mountain Forest Mountain Village, Xitianwei Town, Putian City, Fujian Province, about 17 kilometers away from the city. The predecessor of Nanshaolin Temple is "Linquan Temple". The total planning area of Nanshaolin Scenic Tourism Area is 26.1 square kilometers. The Jiuhua Diecui and Zixi Monster Stone in the area are listed as the 24th scene of Putian. The scenery is very good. When you arrive in Putian, you can take the urban and rural bus to the foot of Nanshaolin Mountain, and you can walk for a while. Cost-effective.
I have heard of Shaolin Temple, which is also a place I yearn for in childhood, but this Putian South Shaolin is also worth visiting.
In addition to the traffic is not very convenient, everything else is fine, if you want to be convenient, it is more convenient to drive by yourself.
Chinese Buddhist Zen Cultural Heritage and the birthplace of Shaolin Nanquan