Why did Wuxi, a thousand-year-old temple, attract six visits from Qianlong?

Buddhism has a very long history and has a very important influence on China culture, so there are many temples in our country, many of which have been passed down to this day because of people's frequent visits or the insistence of old monks. Now we call the temples with a long history and good preservation ancient temples, which are very popular with people. Many ancient temples have been developed into tourist attractions, and many people like to burn incense and worship Buddha in ancient temples. There are many famous ancient temples in China, such as Lingyin Temple, Hanshan Temple and Shaolin Temple, but there is an ancient temple that has been there many times because of its beautiful scenery and sweet spring water. Few people know about it.

This ancient temple is located in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, and is known as the Millennium ancient temple? Huishan Temple? . Huishan Temple has a history of 1500 years, and was built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Huishan Temple was the heyday of incense. At that time, there were countless monks, and there were thousands of rooms for monks, and they were not single rooms. Huishan Temple is located near the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Many literati, businessmen, everyone and emperors will stay here, so they donated countless incense money and left many poems here.

Many emperors like to go to Huishan Temple, and Qianlong is no exception. Gan Long went to Jiangnan 1 1 times and Huishan Temple six times. Huishan Temple is beautiful and antique. Every time Gan Long goes to Huishan Temple, he always walks around and enjoys the beautiful scenery. For every poem he wrote for Huishan Temple, four poems were engraved on the stone tablets in the temple, and you can still see them now. The other two are not engraved, because there is no place to engrave. Besides writing poems, Gan Long also wrote inscriptions for Huishan Temple.

In addition to the beautiful scenery, Huishan Temple also has a place where Qianlong can't put it down. There is a spring water in Huishan Temple, which is clear and sweet and very suitable for making tea. Known as the second spring in the world. Every time Gan Long comes to Huishan Temple, he cooks and tastes tea in the temple. This is really a pleasure. If there is an opportunity, it is very worth seeing here.