The Xichan Temple in Putian, Fujian is said to be super spiritual
Fuzhou Xichan Ancient Temple has a history of a thousand years, founded in the Tang Dynasty, and is one of the five major Zen temples in Fuzhou. Located in the bustling area of Gulou District, it is adjacent to Fuzhou University. The temple buildings of Xichan Temple are majestic and spectacular, covering an area of more than 60,000 square meters, with the ancient poem on the entrance pillars 'Litchi trees have been famous since the Song Dynasty, the bell sounds echo the Tang Dynasty' describing Xichan Temple's fame for litchis.
🌳Suggested visiting route and main hall introduction: Main gate - Ticket office, go straight - Pass by the right side to see the statue of Guanyin on the pond - Walk straight past the second gate pavilion, and on the right hand side you will reach the third gate pavilion to enter the temple - At this time, you are on the main axis of the temple, which includes: the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Mahavira Hall, the Dharma Hall, the Huayan Three Saints Hall, with the Jade Buddha Tower on the left, and on the right the Guanyin Hall, the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats, the Bao'en Pagoda, and finally the Sutra Depository, the Tianhou Palace, the Life Release Pond, and the Nine-Turn Bridge.
🌳Special introduction
Hall of Five Hundred Arhats: A six-story tower building with flying eaves and upturned corners, from which you can overlook the entire Xichan Temple.
Guanyin Hall: There are a lot of pigeons on the eaves of the hall, and many tourists bring steamed buns, attracting flocks of pigeons to fly down.
Bao'en Pagoda: A 15-story pagoda, the tallest Buddhist pagoda in Fujian Province. You can walk around the pagoda clockwise to worship the Buddha. Opposite is the thousand-year-old litchi tree 'Song Lychee'.
Life Release Pond, Nine-Turn Bridge - There is a huge ancient banyan tree. There are many ancient banyan trees within the temple.
Location: No. 455, Industrial Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, arrive at Xichan Temple station by bus, parking is charged inside the temple. Fuzhou University is right next door.
Opening hours: 7:00-18:00, adult ticket is 20 yuan, and there is incense in all the main halls, incense burning is free of charge.
Xichan Temple, since the temple was built, has planted lychees everywhere, and the habit of "climbing lychees on the mountain" for thousands of years has spread to the present. The existing Song Yu has withered four times, the trunk center has withered and decayed, and only the outside of the remaining less than 10 cm thick cortex supports, strong survival. Under the careful care of the temple monks, Song Yu's fate changed and he was successful again. 7/8 I went to the lychee meeting. The staff was picking Song Yu and asked for 2. The first time I ate the lychee that just left the tree, I was lucky. Xichan Temple is majestic, orderly, exquisite and magnificent. Whether you enjoy the scenery or burn incense and worship Buddha for safety, you can come to Xichan Temple to walk around, avoid the noise of the world, and feel the special beauty of Buddhist culture and art. Tickets 20, each place to worship incense, there is incense placed, take it yourself, a stove of incense, very orderly. There is also tea supply, very for the sake of the pilgrims.
Xichan Temple, one of the five major Buddhist forests in Fuzhou, is a national key temple, located at the top of Yishan Mountain in the western suburbs, on the west side of Industrial Road. The ancient temple gate is engraved with a pair of plaques: "The four sycamore trees are passed down in the Song Dynasty, and the bells are sounding in the Tang Dynasty." This is a joint sentence written by Zhou Lian in the Qing Dynasty, and it is pointed out that "Xichan Temple" is the ancient temple of the Tang Dynasty.
Xichan Temple, just next to Fuzhou Vientiane City, the red monastery building, in the sunshine of Fuzhou, is more eye-catching, from the outdoor platform of Vientiane City, it is very beautiful! Vientiane City is also delicious! There is a Japanese cuisine that is very good.
Very nice temple, the layout is very large, the incense is very strong!
It's really too big to be a Buddha to cultivate your body and mind.