Top Ten Blessing Places in China for Qingming Festival Travel Blessings

Abstract: It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like losing their souls. Ask the locals where to buy wine without worry? The shepherd boy smiled and did not answer the question in Xingshan Village. This ancient poem that everyone is very familiar with comes from "Qingming" by Du Mu, a poet from the Tang Dynasty. Tomb Sweeping Day is coming soon, praying for others is also for yourself. Here I list the top ten places of prayer in China and wish everyone good luck.

Zhejiang Xinchang Buddhist Temple

Xinchang Buddhist Temple is located in the southwest of Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province, in the valley between Nanming Mountain and Shicheng Mountain. There is a stone statue of Maitreya Buddha inside the temple, and there are some scenic spots outside the temple, such as the hidden crane cave, Saw Rock, Ying Pavilion, Yingjun Stone, Shi Qiping, Fangsheng Pool and some cliff stone carvings. The temple was first built during the Yonghe period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (345-350) and has a history of more than 1,600 years. It is one of the key temples in China.

The Great Buddha Temple is very famous as a grotto art sculpture, but its historical contribution to the research and spread of Buddhism has long been ignored. Zhu Hezhi was already well-known in the Buddhist circles at that time. Among the eighteen eminent monks of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yu Falan, Yu Fakai, Yu and others arrived one after another after settling in Xinchang, eastern Zhejiang, attracting a large number of celebrities at that time to discuss Taoism together. Yu Falan also built Yuanhua Temple, the predecessor of Qianfo Temple, outside the Great Buddha Temple. The activities of many eminent monks and celebrities in Xinchang pushed the research on Chinese Buddhist teaching to a climax, and based on the research results, it gradually spread and penetrated into the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin. This naturally became the main reason why the Buddhist community regarded Xinchang Grand Buddha Temple as a Buddhist holy place.

The blessing of Xinchang Buddhist Temple represents sincerity, understanding and auspiciousness.

Guanyin Forest Park

Guanyin Mountain Forest Park is the first national forest park in Dongguan approved by the State Forestry Administration. It is located in Zhangmutou Town, Dongguan City, with a total area of ??18 square kilometers and a high forest coverage rate. Reaching more than 99%. It is a comprehensive scenic spot integrating ecological sightseeing, entertainment and fitness, and religious and cultural tourism. It is known as the "Holy Land of the South and the Secret Land of Hundreds of Guangdong".

Guanyin Mountain has a long history, a quiet environment, beautiful scenery, fresh air, rare birds and animals, and exotic flowers and grasses everywhere. There are many scenic spots in the park, one for each. The main attractions include: Ciyun Temple, International Convention and Exhibition Center, Statue of General Cai Zipei, Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Guanyin Square, Temple of Wealth, Hall of Great Compassion, Thanksgiving Lake, Thirty-Six Waterfalls, etc.

According to legend, Guanyin Mountain was the first place where the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva stayed when he first entered China. The ancient Guanyin Temple on the top of the mountain was built during the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Because Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has transformed into thirty-six Dharmas, for thousands of years, the blue light will never go out and the incense will continue.

The blessing of Guanyin Forest Park is: With Buddha in your heart, everything goes well.

The Second Buddha Temple in Setan, Chongqing

The Second Buddha Temple is located on the top of Jiufeng Mountain. The upper hall covers an area of ??5181 square meters and is divided into three main halls. On the central axis are the Shanmen, Jade Emperor Hall, Main Hall, and Guanyin Hall. There are buildings such as shrines, Zen houses, etc. on the left and right, with a quadrilateral layout, especially the Mahavira Hall. There were originally three golden clay sculptures in the hall, five meters high, lifelike and shining. The clay sculptures of the Eighteen Arhats on both sides are colorful, lifelike and daunting. It is a pity that the cultural relics in the temple were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Only the four stone pillars of the Main Hall are about 13 meters high and are made of a single huge stone. They are majestic and awe-inspiring. They can be said to be unique among the buildings of the past dynasties. The stone reliefs on the Shanmen Archway are exquisite and are rare historical and cultural masterpieces.

The lower hall of Erfo Temple is near Qujiang and is located on the cliff of Jiufeng Mountain. A group of carvings carved on the rocks along the mountain are a concentrated expression of the cultural landscape of Setan Ancient Town. It has profound cultural and artistic connotations of the Two Buddhas and Zen, reflects the cultural and artistic crystallization of the ancient working people in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and left a beautiful memory for modern people. The tallest statue of Mo Yan in the temple. The 16 Arhats carved on stone in the temple are the ancestors of the 18 Arhats - 500 Arhats. The statue of the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism is the only group of family photos among the stone carvings in the country; the three Buddha statues have unique shapes and bizarre stories; the Good Boy and the Flying Dragon Girl are exquisitely carved and beautifully decorated. These cultural relics and landscapes have been highly praised by experts and scholars at home and abroad. The famous scholar Yi called it a pearl buried in the ground; American art historian Professor Dr. Ho Enzhi called it a treasure house of stone carving art. Duan Wenjie, director of the Dunhuang Academy and a famous stone carving expert, inscribed "Laitan's cliff statue, one of the most important stone carving art in the Song Dynasty" Essence" and the inscription "Laitan Arhat statue, a treasure of stone carving art".

The famous "Two Buddhas and Eight Scenes" include: Nine Peaks and Deep Clouds, Buddha Rock Fairy Path, Dragon Cave Clear Spring, Building a Paving Stone, Twin Pagodas to Welcome Boats, Single Tree East Gate, Pan Jing Jiri, Hua Liang Wipe the waves.

Prayer representative of Setan Erfo Temple: piety.

Zhenjiang Jinshan Temple

Jinshan is located in the northwest of Zhenjiang, with an altitude of 43.7 meters and an area of ??41.6 hectares. With its unique scenery and natural shape, Jinshan has been one of China's tourist attractions since ancient times. In ancient times, Jinshan was an island standing in the middle of the Yangtze River. It was called "a beautiful lotus in the middle of the river." Hu Zhang of the Tang Dynasty described it as "seeing in the shadow of trees, with bells ringing on both sides"; Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty praised "the water on both sides of the tower is connected, and the sky is in the mirror of the south of the Yangtze River". It was originally an island in the Yangtze River. It was connected to the land around the end of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1903) due to the "Dadong River".

There are many places of interest in Jinshan. The exquisite Cishou Pagoda stands on the top of the northwest mountain of Jinshan Mountain, 30 meters high. It matches the entire Jinshan Temple perfectly, as if it lifts the mountain. The wooden tower runs from top to bottom, with corridors and railings on eight sides of each floor, ventilation on eight sides, scenery on all four sides, and different scenery on all four sides.

Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty wrote in a poem: "Several layers of pillows called each other one after another, and the windows on the four walls were opened to face the wind. Suddenly, the birds flew to the ground, and they began to be frightened in mid-air." Such as Zailengcang Terrace, Miaogaotai, Guanyin Pavilion, Fahai Cave , Ancient Immortal Cave, Ancient Bailong Cave and other places of interest are all built on the hillside through rock. They are ingeniously conceived and are amazed by the miraculous wisdom and superb art of the builders. Zhang Chuanshan, a great poet and painter of the Qing Dynasty, said in "Sixteen Days Crossing the River in the Snow": "Old friends are on a blind date, not far apart by a river. The wine is dark, the snow at Jingkou disappears, and the big sails calm the tide at the sea gate. The lights of Yangzhou are hardly the moon, but this flute is left in Wu City. The wind is raging thousands of miles away, and the two strange lotuses are golden. "Compare Jinshan to a beautiful lotus."

Blessing Jinshan means: everything comes from the heart, good luck and good luck.

Hangzhou Oriental Cultural Park

Hangzhou Oriental Cultural Park is located at the southern foot of Joyy Yangqi, Xiaoshan, where the Qiantang River, Fuchun River and Puyang River meet. The scenic area covers an area of ??2,700 acres, with a total investment of 500 million yuan. It is a key tourism project in Hangzhou. The scenic spot is 15 kilometers away from the urban areas of Hangzhou and Xiaoshan, and the regional location is superior. It is adjacent to Xiang Lake on the left and Yupu Village on the right. It is an pastoral village with flying orioles and long grass, shallow mountains and clear water, and beautiful scenery. The layout of the garden is in the "Book of Changes" Bagua, with three buildings of the same structure: Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The 2,728-meter-long painted art gallery runs through the eight major scenic spots in the park (Century Square, Buddhist Area, Taoist Area, Confucian Area, Oriental Resort, Thousand Acres of Prairie, Shanrui Scenic Area, and World Rare Melon Garden), fully demonstrating

Dasiyan is located 24 kilometers south of Jiande City. It is a tourist attraction that perfectly combines Buddhist culture and beautiful scenery. Known as the "Little Jiuhua Scenic Spot in Western Zhejiang", it is famous for "Jiangnan Xuankong Temple, Changgu Stream, and the No. 1 Natural Buddha in China" and is one of the "Excellent Scenic Spots in Zhejiang Province".

The cliff cave architecture is a major feature of Daciyan. In Daciyan, the word "hang" is displayed everywhere in temples, plank roads, incense galleries and ropeways. The main hall, Ksitigarbha Hall, is half embedded in the rock belly and half on the ceiling. It is quite spectacular. It is similar to the Xuankong Temple in Hengshan, Shanxi, so it is called "Jiangnan Xuankong Temple". "Tiandieyundu" is laid out along the cliff and is a long corridor with stone fences extending continuously. Looking down from the fence, it feels like "the cliff is afraid of collapsing under your feet".

The hillside of Daciyan is steep, and there is Yuhua Lake in the valley on the top of the mountain. Water flows out from the mouth of the valley, or rushes down, forming a waterfall, or the stream is blocked by big rocks, or formed by spring water seeping into rocks. It may be hidden or visible, large or small, rapid or slow, and winds up to the mountain. At the foot, a beautiful landscape of more than 800 meters of mountains and rivers is formed.

Jiande Daciyan prayer card: Xiaojiuhua Scenic Area, Zhejiang, Great Compassion

Chongsheng Temple in Dali, Yunnan

Dali Chongsheng Temple is a temple in Nanzhao, A famous royal temple in the Dali period, it enjoys the reputation of "Buddha Capital". It is famous for its five important objects, namely the three pagodas, Avalokitesvara, the three golden statues of Huayan, the Nanzhao Bell, and the Buddhist amulet. On July 12, 2006, 108 eminent monks at home and abroad held a consecration ceremony for the Buddha statue at Chongsheng Temple in Dali.

The sculpture in front of Chongsi Temple is a golden-winged bird, 6.5 meters high. It was copied and enlarged based on a cultural relic unearthed from the Three Pagodas. The Sanskrit name of Garuda is Goruda, and it is one of the eight heavenly dragons. Goruda feeds on dragons, and Dali is the ancient Ze state. It is said that the dragon is a scourge. In order to suppress floods, Dali people worship the Garuda as their patron saint. The gate of Chongsheng Temple is modeled after the Five Dishui Gate and Three Dishui Gates of the Qing Dynasty.

The meaning of Chongsi Qingming prayer is: the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the weather is smooth.

Henan Nanhai Temple

Nanhai Temple Nanhai Temple is located in Runan County, Zhumadian, Henan Province. It was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1545 AD) and is known as Cai Cai Temple in history. One of the "eight scenic spots" in the state. In 1994, Mingcheng Exorcist, the host of Taipei's Elephant Mountain Guanyin Temple, invested 150 million yuan to rebuild the temple in his hometown. The pagoda of Master Yum Sheng in Taipei is also built in this temple. On September 24, 1994, more than 800 exorcists, eminent monks and people from all walks of life from Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries and regions attended the inauguration ceremony of Master Yum Pagoda. The whole temple has a rigorous structure and wonderful conception. The temple is majestic, the forest palace is magnificent, and it is known as the largest Buddhist temple in Asia.

Tianming Temple-Nanhai Temple, a national AAAA scenic spot, is located in the southeast corner of Runan County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, China. It covers an area of ??more than 500 acres and has a construction area of ??more than 300 acres. The temple is vast and has many buildings. The main building is the Main Hall, with a base of 2m, a square plane, a side length of 80m, and a construction area of ??6,400 square meters, far exceeding the scale of the Taihe Hall in the Forbidden City and the Confucius Dacheng Hall in Qufu. The floral architectural landscapes (20 pieces) carved on the platform of the Main Hall are composed of 500 granite Arhats, integrating the essence of more than 20 Arhat halls across the country. Excellent sculptors and designers gather together to produce exquisite sculptures of different styles. The Heaven Hall, Guanyin Hall, Manjusri Hall and Samantabhadra Hall are the four auxiliary halls, with triple cornices, tall and majestic. The gate tower of Nanhai Temple is 50 meters long and 31 meters high. On the 500-meter-long and 20-meter-wide tunnel at the mountain gate, 12 granite archways were built from north to south according to the 12 karma, 12 zodiac animals, and 12 bodhisattvas. They are unique in style and majestic.

Prayer representative of Nanhai Temple: Buddha is

Nanshan Religious Cultural Park consists of Nanshan Ancient Cultural Park, Nanshan Temple, Nanshan Giant Buddha, Xiangshui Temple and Lingyuan Temple. Its attractions are relics from the Jin, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as thousand-year-old temples. It can be described as a resort, adding a new aspect.

The pavilions, pavilions, corridors, towers, landscape systems, and mountain structures in ancient buildings are simple, elegant, and majestic. The Nanshan Giant Buddha in the scenic area is a rare tin bronze seated Sakyamuni Buddha, 38.66 meters high and weighing 380 tons. It can be called the first bronze seated Buddha in the world. Under the Lotus Seat of the Big Buddha are the Hall of Merit and Virtue, the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and the Buddhist History Museum. There are 9999 lifelike gold and bronze Buddha statues on display in the Buddhist hall, which together with the seated Buddha form a grand lineup of thousands of Buddha statues. Historical records of the rise and prosperity of Buddhist culture are displayed in the Buddhist History Museum, where dozens of cultural relics and Buddhist cultural and artistic treasures such as the relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are displayed.

The scenic Nanshan Chinese Historical and Cultural Park is the only large-scale theme park in China that takes history and culture as its longitude and auspicious culture as its latitude. It started in ancient times and ended in the Qing Dynasty. It was built in the order of dynasties and covers an area of ??6 square kilometers. The Chinese History and Culture Park uses buildings of different styles from major Chinese dynasties as a carrier, and through a large number of historical materials and physical objects, it vividly displays the general trends, important cultural relics, important events and representative figures of the past five thousand years. According to the requirements of tourism activities, it integrates historical culture, auspicious culture, folk culture, food culture, market culture, etc. It comprehensively demonstrates the profoundness of Chinese civilization and the richness of national culture. This is like a vivid general history of China, and this is Yan Yan. In July 2003, the park was named "Middle School History Teaching Base" and "Youth Patriotism Education Base".

The meaning of praying at Longkou: good luck and great enlightenment.

Changzhou Tianning Temple

Changzhou Tianning Temple is a nationally protected temple and a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. Changzhou Tianning Temple stands outside the east gate of Changzhou, overlooking the world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and is backed by the largest park in Changzhou - Hongmei Park. It is the largest and best-preserved ancient temple in Changzhou. With its five major features of "temple, Buddha, bell, drum and tripod", it is known as "the first jungle in the southeast".

Changzhou Tianning Temple is located at No. 728, Jiefang Road, South of Hongmei Park, Changzhou City. It was founded during the Yonghui period of the Tang Dynasty. The founder was Zen Master Farang. It was renamed in the first year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1,300 years. After several destructions, constructions and name changes, it has won the reputation of "the first jungle in the southeast" and "the crown of the Sanskrit monks in the county". Long visited Tianning Temple in Changzhou three times and inscribed a plaque and couplet of "Longcheng Xiangjiao" for Tianning Temple. The place is bustling with incense and tourists all day long. It is now a nationally protected temple and a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. The main hall of Changzhou Tianning Temple has eight halls, twenty-five halls, twenty-four floors, three rooms and two pavilions, with a total area of ??more than 110 acres. The Temple of Heaven is one of the few temples in China. There are three giant plaques hanging under the eaves, with the three characters "Temple of Heaven" inscribed by Zhao Puchu, vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association and a famous contemporary calligrapher. In the Luotang, the five hundred Arhats are all resplendent with different expressions and lifelike. The Mahavira Hall is the largest Buddhist hall in the temple and houses three giant Buddhas, commonly known as the "Three Buddhas", namely the Nikubu in the middle, the Medicine Master Glazed Light Buddha in the Eastern world, and the Amitabha Buddha in the Western Paradise. There are 518 stone statues of Arhats embedded in the walls of the halls on both sides. Their artistic level is extremely rare and they are regarded as the treasures of the palace.

Prayer at Changzhou Tianning Temple: The West is b