How to get to Huayan Temple in Zhiti Mountain, the Millennium Ancient Temple, is more convenient?

Traffic guide of Huayan Temple in Zhiti Mountain, the Millennium Temple: You can take a taxi to your destination. The starting price of taxis in Ningde is four yuan. Bus No.13 in Ningde City, the fare of some buses is 1 yuan/person, and some buses are charged according to the station journey.

Huotong Zhiti Mountain in Ningde is located more than 4 kilometers northwest of Ningde city. According to the Buddhist "Huayanjing Bodhisattva Residence", "There is a saying that there is a mountain named Zhiti in the southeast, and there is a Buddha with a crown of heaven, and all of them live with their families." "Zhiti" is a Buddhist term. "It means that all merits and demerits are gathered in it, so the world seeks happiness, and all know that they are respectful" ("The Great Sun Classic"). Therefore, Zhiti Mountain is regarded by Buddhists as the Dojo of the Buddha's lecture, and there is a saying that "if you don't reach Zhiti, you will be a monk". Zhiti Mountain is more than 7 meters above sea level. Fiona Fang is a hundred miles, with numerous peaks and mountains, and streams flowing vertically. Where Huayan Temple is located, the peaks around it are arched like lotus flowers in Chiba, and the temple is just in the heart of flowers, which is a magnificent scene. Many mountain and forest caves are called by Buddhist terms, such as Puxian Peak, Vimo Peak, Bodhisattva Peak, Tianguan Forest, Dishifeng Peak, Bowl-bowl Peak, Sage Rock, censer Peak, Relic Cave, Ganlu Spring, etc., and there are many temples in the mountains, including Xiaozhiti Temple, Xianfeng Temple, Xianyan Temple, Kanroji and Nryana Cave Temple.

Huazang Temple, as the Buddhist center of Zhiti Mountain, has been in it for more than a thousand years. Huayan Temple, also known as Huazang Temple, is one of the national key Buddhist monasteries in Han areas. It was founded in the fourth year of Song Kaibao (AD 971), because the Korean monk Shi Yuanbiao in the Tang Dynasty paid tribute to Huayan Jing here. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial court successively conferred the names "Huayan Temple" and "Yongxi Temple"; In the Ming dynasty, it was also given the names of "Huazang Temple" and "Wanshou Temple". Huayan Temple has experienced many vicissitudes of life, and all the eminent monks in the past dynasties have devoted themselves to the glory of the ancient temple. According to temple records, there are as many as twenty or thirty people, such as Yuan Biao and Ben Jing in the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Bai, Li Wu and Bian Long in the Song Dynasty, Ping Chu and Cheng Jian in the Yuan Dynasty, Wu Tong, Da Qian, Tian En and Qiao Yun in the Ming Dynasty, and the faraway door, everlasting faith and no gain in the Qing Dynasty.

There is still a pagoda monument in the east of the existing temple, which says "Ming Dynasty gave purple to move to the Buddhist pagoda". The great migration mage, whose common surname is Yang, was born in Yan Dou (present-day Beijing). He was the son of Yang Bangqing, the bodyguard of Ming Zuo, and became a monk at the age of 19. In the first year of Wanli, he was called into the mountains to revive the Buddha, which lasted for 9 years. After that, he died and everyone built a tower to commemorate him. The gate of Zhiti Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, and the title of "the first mountain in the world" was given by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. At present, the plaque of "Huazang Temple" in front of the temple was inscribed by Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. The Buddha statues enshrined in the Hall of the Great Hero are quite distinctive, among which the Buddha of Sakyamuni, with a golden body standing six feet, is a solemn statue. On the right is a statue of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra holding violet and riding a six-toothed white elephant; On the left is a manjusri bodhisattva with a hand-held Ruyi Bao and riding a green lion. The center of the temple is dedicated to the Buddha statue of Pilu Zhena. This Buddha statue, a treasure cast by the court in the 25th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (AD 1597), weighs about one thousand kilograms and is a double-layer hollow round body. The Buddha sits on the lotus seat, wearing a golden crown and a hand-shaped seal, with a peaceful and shining face.

There are 1 iron-cast Tianguan Bodhisattva statues (commonly known as Thousand Saints Tianguan Bodhisattva) in the temple, which were given by Empress Renxiao, the founder of Ming Dynasty in Yongle period, and now there are 947 statues. For every respect of 2 kg, the height is about 33 cm. Their shapes, such as crossing their hands, sitting cross-legged, or samadhi seals, are similar in hearing and saying, with different expressions and vivid shapes, all of which are lifelike, and are precious cultural relics in the temple. Up to now, there is still a well-preserved Buddhist scripture "Yongle Beizang" in the Ming Dynasty, with 678 letters and 678 volumes, which was awarded by Ming Shenzong in the 27th year of Wanli (AD 1599), making it a treasure of the town. This Buddhist classic is now a rare one in China. At the same time, the temple also collects a gold embroidered five-claw panlong purple dress that was given to Beijing satin by the emperor in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The original gold hook Yuhuan has been lost for a long time.

Ziyi has survived to this day, and its exquisite craftsmanship is amazing. During the Second Revolutionary Civil War, Huayan Temple became a revolutionary base in eastern Fujian. In September 1934, the Mindong Independent Division of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants led by Comrade Ye Fei was proclaimed in Zhiti Temple and began a difficult revolutionary course. Tianfeng Pavilion under the stage of Zhiti Mountain was the rear hospital of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants at that time, and the rock beside Bizhi Cliff was the martyrdom of the 18 warriors of the Red Army. On July 1st, 1984, Ningde prefectural committee set up the Monument to the Establishment of Mindong Independent Division of Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants in Huazang Temple to commemorate it. Today, Huazang Temple, supported by the Millennium Temple in eastern Fujian, is bathed in the bright sunshine of reform and opening up.

under the leadership of the party and the government, the monks have conscientiously implemented the policy of religious belief, carried forward the fine tradition of "paying equal attention to agriculture and Zen, practicing and improving" in Buddhism, and comprehensively repaired the temple. The gate of the temple, the Hall of Ursa Major, the Hall of Galapagos, the Hall of Ancestors, and the Tibetan Scripture Building have all been renovated, and a Buddhist chanting hall and a release pool have also been newly built, making this ancient temple in the deep mountains "full of clouds and beautiful mountains, and Rizhao Lin Palace is full of sunshine".