Visit Gushan &; Yongquan Temple and Rongcheng stole a long time.

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(Gushan Yongquan Temple)

Gushan Yongquan Temple is located in the east of Fuzhou, on the north bank of Minjiang River, 7 kilometers away from the urban area, about 1000 meters high, and 50 kilometers away from Fiona Fang. There are ancient temples (Yongquan Temple) to visit, mountain paths to climb, pure springs and waterfalls, cliff carvings to remember the past, exquisite pottery towers and terraces, high mountains and low clouds entering nature, which is a good place to play in Fuzhou.

(Gushan Tour Map)

I plan to return to Tianjin from Fuzhou, and it's already evening when I come back from Ningde. I have half a day to kill on the next plane. Not far away and worth visiting, I chose Gushan.

(Gushan Mountain Gate)

It's 8.5 kilometers from the hotel to the scenic spot. I haven't ridden it for a long time. Find a "little yellow car" to make up for the lack of seeing the city. Secondly, relax the bones and muscles on the boat and enjoy the morning breeze and warm sun leisurely.

(In front of Yongquan Temple Hall)

It's 50 minutes away, slightly sweaty but cool. Plan your trip, take a tour bus up the mountain, walk down the mountain, and turn to the temple mountain view halfway. The intensity is moderate and the time is not urgent. Do the last stop of your trip to Fujian at leisure.

(Old photos of Yongquan Temple)

The car went straight to Yongquan Temple, and not many people stayed, only two or three. Half-price tickets for senior citizens are paid to 10 yuan. Compared with its reputation, it is not cheating. Now, as long as temples are in scenic spots, tickets must be purchased, and religions have price tags.

(Panchen Lama visits Yongquan Temple. )

Yongquan Temple, the highest temple in Fujian, is located halfway up Gushan Mountain, overlooking Xianglu Peak, and backed by Bai Yunfeng, forming a pattern of "you can't see the temple when you enter the mountain, but you can't see the mountain when you enter the temple". Built in the Tang Dynasty, it flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has been destroyed several times, retaining its present scale. There are three treasures in the temple: pottery pagoda, engraved edition and blood sutra; Three irons: iron tree, iron pot and wire wood.

(One of the Three Treasures of Yongquan Temple, Taota)

Although there are many treasures in Yongquan Temple, the background is different, and only "Taota" and "Three Series" are seen.

Taota is located in front of the temple, and it is said that it was moved from other places. Even if it is "adopted", it is treated as a parent. It looks tall and mottled, and there are few thousands of plastic buddhas, but monks and generals who look like ordinary people look very realistic. The tower is more natural and full with lotus petals, lion dances and dwarfs. Seventy-two bells are ringing quietly in the wind, but they can't read the inscriptions carved in Sanskrit. I must say that this pagoda is respected. I have seen many stone pagodas, wooden pagodas, brick pagodas, iron pagodas, earth pagodas, gold and silver pagodas, glass pagodas and pottery pagodas. I have only seen them, which has opened my eyes.

Blood sutra and Buddhist sutra printed in the temple. )

Engraving and blood classics are temple treasures, which are precious. They were shelved and refused to be displayed easily. I am a layman. Although I admire them, I have no chance to meet them. In addition, I have been to the printing academy in Dege, western Sichuan, where there are a large number of prints with a long history. You can go and have a look. The seal cutting of Yongquan Temple is dwarfed by them. Don't look at it.

Yongquan Temple is one of the three railways, which is used by monks for cooking.

The "three irons" of Yongquan Temple met two irons, an iron pot and barbed wire.

The wok made in Ji Xiang kitchen is really enormous, with 500 Jin of rice, which can be served by thousands of people, commonly known as the "wok for thousands of people". After the rice is cooked, the crispy rice at the bottom is golden and delicious, and it is called Erzhen together with Gushan pickles.

The iron wire wooden altar is placed in front of the Buddha statue. It is thick and black, weighing more than 500 kilograms. It feels like iron, ice and jade. What was rare during the reign of Kangxi was given by overseas Chinese. Temple monks often predict sunny and rainy days through the dryness and wetness of the altar, and consider whether to bring rain gear, which can be called a "barometer".

(Sacrificial activities in Yongquan Temple)

Walking around the temple, it is different among the people who ask for Buddha's blessing, but it also makes me look on coldly. I thought the men and women in the fireworks invited incense sticks (glass bottles and oil 280 yuan) to bow down in the temple, prostrate themselves before each Buddha, meditate in front of the incense burner and pray under the candle. I listened attentively, nothing more than reading, seeking wealth, seeking happiness and seeking peace. It has nothing to do with faith, cultivation and piety, and only focuses on the eyes that are too utilitarian. I don't know whether to sympathize with their reality or lament their real "lack". It seems that the temple is still willing to fight for all kinds of fees, and each takes what it needs. The temple is not ancient, the monks are unruly, the people don't believe it, and their desires are impure. Some people focus on the present and think about the future.

(Volunteers who pick vegetables and enter the temple, Yongquan Temple Vegetarian Restaurant)

Someone came down the steps, carrying heavy vegetables and food in a basket, followed by several patronesses carrying oil and water. It turns out that they are preparing for the fasting hall. There is an oversized wooden fish hanging on the red beam, which is said to be a relic of the Tang Dynasty, indicating that the drums are beating in the hall and the ten-party banquet is about to begin. The kind of eating that requires "going through five halls, singing hymns, offering sacrifices to Buddha, and then holding a pearl in the left hand and a phoenix nod in the right hand, which is very ceremonial" is awe-inspiring. There is still a big difference from the "Volkswagen" vegetarian restaurant in another part of Yongquan Temple. Eat for faith, eat for appetite, and divide monks and customs inside and outside the rules.

(meditating)

When you get out of Yongquan Temple and turn a mountain pass, you will go downhill. You enter from Song Wan Bay, pass through dressing pavilion, Songguan pavilion, Tea pavilion, Banshan pavilion, Chengyun pavilion, Waterfall pavilion, Dongji pavilion and "Seven Pavilions and Seven Miles Road", and reach the lower hall at the foot of the mountain by more than 2,000 steps.

(Qilidi Gushan Ancient Road, Grade 2000)

The ancient lonely mountain road winds in the mountains, and you can enjoy two kinds of fun during that trek.

Mountain view. There are stone steps to climb, pavilions to rest, pine waterfalls to flow without loneliness, and it is difficult to hide the style of Yunshan. When you meet people on the road, you will sweat like rain or rest with a stick; Meet leisurely guests in the pavilion, or sip tea and cakes, or close your eyes. The truth is: seven pavilions and seven miles, a thousand steps and a thousand people.

(Gushan Cliff Stone Carving)

Second, cliff stone carvings. The ancient mountain road is not only beautiful, but also entertaining with cliff carvings. Often in the wide wall and wide rock, a smooth piece is polished and a piece of text is chiseled with lacquer Dan. It is a collection of true grass seal scripts with complete poems and songs. Its content is even more varied, or the brushwork of seeking immortality is scattered, or the words and chapters of saving the country and the people are full of enthusiasm, or enjoy the sigh of fugue, or unforgettable proverbs, bureaucrats and gentlemen take part in accidental amusement, and literati thoughts surge. While enjoying it, let us be glad that the words on the wall are not superficial under the erosion of years, and feel sorry for the sound of roadside messages under the secular noise.

(Gushan Cliff Stone Carvings II)

Unconsciously, the footsteps have reached the foot of the mountain, the peak is behind, the temple is in the clouds, and the front of the mountain is calm. You're not an outsider. Short leisure and romance often come and go in a hurry, not far away. Sitting on the bus is a familiar sweat.

(Before the Buddha, men and women, monks and customs, leaders' faces, competing with each other)

(Tiles with messages, put on the roof when preparing to build)