Notice of suspension of opening to the outside world in Zhenwushan and guangde temple of Xiangyang

Recently, the epidemic situation in China has become severe again. In order to ensure everyone's safety in the epidemic prevention and control work, Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area, guangde temple Scenic Area and related religious sites in Xiangyang have announced that they will suspend their opening to the outside world and reduce the number of people gathered. The opening hours will be announced later.

Zhenwushan and guangde temple are temporarily closed to the public.

At present, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 is still grim. In order to avoid crowd gathering and curb the spread of the epidemic, Xiangcheng District will strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures. Religious places are not open to the public, religious activities are not held, tourists and pilgrims are not received, and religious places such as guangde temple and Zhenwushan Taoist Temple are temporarily closed to the public.

According to the needs of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19, Xiangcheng District attached great importance to it and actively responded to the relevant regulations of Hubei Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters. According to the general idea of reducing people flow, gathering, travel risks, personal protection, community prevention and control, and external prevention, guangde temple, Zhenwushan and other religious places have decided to strictly implement 202 1 to 1 "double suspension" (suspension of religious activities and religious activities). Do not open to the outside world, do a good job on duty, do a good job in investigating potential safety hazards, resolutely hold the defense line of winter and spring epidemics, and consolidate hard-won prevention and control achievements.

Really in Wushan

Zhenwushan is located in the southwest of Xiangyang City, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province, and is known as the "Xiaojinding" in the northwest of Hubei Province. "Dajinding" refers to Wudang Mountain (Gujun area) in danjiangkou city, Hubei Province. According to the traditional custom, people who go to Wudang Mountain by Zhou Jun must first go to Zhenwu Mountain in Xiangyang, stamp Zhenwu Emperor and report to Zhenwu Emperor. Those who have money and energy can continue to make a pilgrimage to Jinding, Tianzhu Peak in Wudang Mountain, while those who have no money, energy or illness can turn around and realize their wish to worship Zhenwu Emperor. Zhenshan, formerly known as Guishan, is named after the mountain looks like a turtle. The mountain became a Zhenwu Dojo, which began in the Ming Dynasty. Before the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was a famous Buddhist temple on the mountain called Jianfeng Temple. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the famous scholar Chishao invited the Buddhist monk Shi to give lectures at Jianfeng Temple. During the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Huicheng, a monk from Chang 'an, fled from the pear garden in the Tang Dynasty and came to Jianfeng Temple. Huicheng is good at playing the flute and has taught many disciples in the local area. Up to now, the monks and Taoists in Xiangfan still maintain the tradition of being good at playing the flute, and the music they play has the charm of the Tang Dynasty.

guangde temple

Guangde temple, formerly known as Yunju Temple, is located at the west 13km of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, adjacent to Gulong Middle School. It is a famous ten-square jungle in the history of Buddhism in Hubei Province. 1988, guangde temple Duobao Pagoda was announced by the people of China and the State Council as one of the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Guangde temple was founded in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty and was named Yunju Temple. During Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty, it was renamed as "guangde temple" because of the plaque "Guangde Zen Forest" given by Ming Xianzong's imperial pen relatives, until today.