Where is Xiangyang Guangde Temple located?

Xiangyang Guangde Temple is a cultural tourist attraction.

Guangde Temple was originally named Yunju Temple. It is located about 13 kilometers west of Xiangyang County. It is square in shape, covering an area of ??about 30,000 square meters, and is surrounded by a creek about 10 meters wide. There are many palaces, towering ancient trees, and moss on the ground. It is extremely quiet.

Guangde Temple

Guangde Temple was built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (627-649) and was named "Yunju Zen Temple". Longzhong moved here, and because Emperor Xianzong personally gave it the "Guangde Zen Forest", it has been used to this day. The temple originally had buildings such as the Heavenly King's Hall, the Mahavira Hall, the Jialan Hall, the Weituo Hall, the Guanyin Hall, the Sutra Collection Building, and the Abbot's Room. Now only the Heavenly King's Hall, the Sutra Collection Building, the Abbot's Room, and the Duobao Pagoda remain. The Temple of the Heavenly King is a hard mountaintop. Due to man-made destruction, its original appearance has been changed. The interior is complete and the exterior has been converted into a civilian building. The Sutra Collection Building is in the style of a hard-topped roof with double eaves and was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The main hall has double eaves and nine ridges, and its wings are flying. Duobao Pagoda was built from the seventh year of Hongzhi's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1494) to the ninth year of Hongzhi's reign. It is a masonry imitation wood structure with a height of about 17 meters. It consists of two parts: the tower base and the tower peak. The tower base is 7 meters high and is in an octagonal shape. It has shallow eaves on top, a low foundation on the bottom, brick corner columns and stone carved dragon heads. There are niches on each wall, with a stone-carved Buddha statue sitting on a lotus platform above. There are 4 stone-carved coupon doors on each wall. The stone plaque above the main door has the four characters "Duobao Pagoda" written horizontally, and the three characters "Buddha" below. , rigorous and vigorous, vigorous and powerful. There are 5 small pagodas on the peak of the pagoda. The middle one is the - pagoda, 10 meters high. There is a Xumizuo at the bottom and a lotus platform at the top, which is connected to the belly of the bowl-shaped pagoda. There is a phase wheel on the top and an iron cover on the top.

The main pagoda is surrounded by four hexagonal five-story dense oar-style brick pagodas with Buddhist niches. There are 45 stone sculptures of seated Buddhas embedded in the upper, lower and inner parts of the pagoda, so it is called Duobao pagoda. There is a ginkgo tree next to the ancient pagoda, which is hugged by four people and is about 35 meters high. Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty once imitated the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in sealing pines and cypresses and gave him the title of "General". Later, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty also named him "General of Induction". There is still an inscription next to the tree that seems to record the event. Duobao Pagoda is now listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Wolong Town: Wolong Town is located in the western suburbs of Xiangyang City, on the south bank of the Han River. It is named after Zhuge Liang, a politician and military strategist during the Three Kingdoms period, who "worked hard and studied hard and discussed the world" here. Wolong Town borders the urban area to the east, Nanzhang to the south, Gucheng to the west, and the Han River to the north. Wolong Town covers an area of ??283 square kilometers, with 97,000 acres of cultivated land, 136,000 acres of mountain forest, and 40,000 acres of tidal flats. Wolong Town has jurisdiction over 45 administrative villages, two community neighborhood committees, and 255 villager groups, with a total population of 108,000, including The urban population reaches 30,000.

Because it is backed by Gulongzhong and surrounded by the Han River, it enjoys a unique geographical advantage.