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The Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs through the north and south, and the Hunan-Jiangxi double-track runs through the east and west. Form a highway network with 320, 105 national highway and Jiangxi, Guangdong, Shanghai and expressway as the backbone, connecting all counties and towns in the city; Yuanhe River and Jinhe River go straight into Ganjiang River, with a waterway voyage of 1000 kilometers.

Baofeng Temple is located 20 kilometers north of Jing 'an Town, Jiangxi Province, at the foot of Baoqing Mountain in Baofeng Town, on the bank of Tan Zhuo. Formerly known as Tan Zhuo Temple, also known as Huolin Temple, it is called Shimen Ancient Temple because it is located in Shimen Mountain. This temple is a famous ancient temple in the south of the Yangtze River, and has always enjoyed a high reputation in Southeast Asia, Japan and North Korea.

In the fourth year of Emperor Taizong (850), Xuanzong gave a plaque to Baofeng and renamed it Baofeng Temple, which is still in use today. Baofeng Temple is surrounded by mountains, with steep cliffs, lush trees and beautiful mountains and rivers. There are seven ridges behind the temple, surrounded by two peaks, commonly known as Kowloon gathering place, with wonderful momentum and quiet environment. The famous figure related to the history of Baofeng Temple is Mazu. Mazu, a famous Buddhist Zen master in China, was called Ma, and a monk called Ma. According to Huineng, the sixth ancestor, he advocated that the mind should be calm, the Buddha nature should be present, the consciousness should not be false, and the mind should be Buddha, which had a far-reaching influence on China's philosophy, national culture and moral concept. Baofeng Temple is an important Dojo of Mazu Yi Dao. Since the first year of Zhenyuan in the Tang Dynasty (785), Mazu has led his disciples to preach Dharma here many times. On the first day of February in the fourth year of Tang Zhenyuan (788), Mazu died at the age of 80, and his disciple Feng returned to the temple at Shimen Mountain in Jianchang. In the seventh year of Zhenyuan (79 1), Zuo Fushe shot Del and built a tower for Mazu. Tang Xianzong posthumously awarded Mazu the title of "Great Silence Zen Master". In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735), Sejong named Mazu as the Zen master of Zhao Pu.

Since Baofeng Temple was founded more than 1200 years ago, it has experienced many vicissitudes. During the Cultural Revolution, incense was interrupted. 1in the autumn of 992, Zen master Yicheng, vice president of Jiangxi Buddhist Association and abbot of Xinyi Temple, proposed to restore Baofeng Temple, which was strongly supported by Jing 'an County People's Government. 1993 Start reconstruction. Master Yicheng designed it himself, and all the funds were raised by him at home and abroad.

During the construction of Baofeng Temple, elders, ten virtues, Tan Yue believers and four disciples from various mountainous areas at home and abroad donated money to help each other. Up and down the county, relevant departments and people from all walks of life strongly support it. Therefore, all the projects went smoothly and were completed soon. On September 12th of the lunar calendar, in order to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the monk Xu Gong's becoming a monk, the Hall of the Great Hero and the Hall of the Mountain Gate were opened, and a grand ceremony was held on the same day to show the Mazu style and revitalize Baofeng.

The whole architectural pattern of Baofeng Temple is in strict accordance with the Buddhist temple pattern, with the gate facing south and the antique archway as high as13m. In the middle of the forehead is the Mazu Dojo inscribed by Zhao Puchu, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association. There is a half-moon releasing pond in front of the archway, and there is a nine-dragon wall in the south of the archway, carved with lapis lazuli, which is simple in shape and complements the archway. After entering the archway, walk a few steps to the west, and there are four halls on a north-south longitudinal axis: one is the Shanmen Hall, with a corner upturned on the single floor, and the words Baofeng Temple are engraved on the lintel, which is inscribed by Mr. Zhao Puchu; Erkin is Tianwang Temple, flanked by empty buildings and sea of clouds. Sanjin, the Great Hall of Heroes, is made of brick and wood, with an area of 1 100 square meters, double eaves and dense arches under the eaves. The sloping mountain roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles, and the bell is hung at the wing corner, which sounds with the wind. In the center of the main hall are three giant buddhas, namely, Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha and Pharmacist Buddha. They are 13 meters high, dressed in gold, and solemn as law. There is Guanyin Island behind the niche, and there are 500 arhats on the four walls of the main hall, which are ups and downs, joys and sorrows, vivid shapes, bright costumes and beautiful artistic conception, which are rare in the country; The four entrances are the Dharma Hall and the Tibetan Scripture Building, with two floors of attic. They are built on high places, and you can see the whole temple hall vividly when you climb the building. There are wing rooms and attached halls on both sides of the main hall, both of which are two floors of brick and wood structure. On the east side, from north to south, there are bell tower, guest room, merit hall, THE TEMPLE OF JIALAN hall, Zhaitang, Shangketang and cinema. The outer side is equivalent to the inner guest room, ancestral hall, Wei Tuo Hall, Xue Jielou and abbot room. There is a meditation hall outside. The total construction area is 10000 square meters, and the whole hall layout is rectangular. All the halls and rooms are equipped with verandahs, so that shoes won't get wet when walking around the hall in rainy days.

The precious cultural relic in the temple is Mazu Pagoda, which was built in the middle Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the Song Dynasty. Baofeng Mazu is called Mazu stupa, which has a stone pavilion and a protective tower. It was once listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the province on 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, the tower was destroyed and the pavilion still existed. 1993, Mazuta reconstruction. They are all made of white marble from Shandong. The tower is 4.5 meters high, with a square Sumitomo shape at the bottom, and the tower is square. On the front, there is an inscription written by a famous calligrapher, Mr. Qi Gong: the east and west sides of Mazu Road Buddhist Pagoda are engraved with inscriptions written by Quan Deyu in Tang Dynasty and Zen master in Yicheng. The tower pavilion is made of granite, with six columns and six corners, covered with slate, and the six corners of the eaves are decorated with bibcock.

Inside the temple, there are towering cypresses, shady trees and dotted flower beds, forming a garden-like temple. In recent years, Jiangxi Buddhist College has been opened here, which has trained many Buddhist disciples and become one of the centers of Buddhist culture in Jiangxi. In addition, temples all over the country, as well as monks, lay people and tourists from Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Israel, the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada and other places have come to worship and visit Buddhism, becoming Dojo and tourist attractions to promote Buddhism.

The current abbot, Master Yicheng, is from Wangcheng County, Hunan Province. He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference and the President of the Chinese Buddhist Association.