What are the interesting and must-see attractions in Nanjing Niushou Mountain?

Nanjing Niushou Mountain Scenic Area has many interesting tourist attractions, many of which are famous! Don't miss these scenic spots when you go to Niushou Mountain Scenic Area! Let's have a look!

1, Foding Palace

As one of the cores of the Buddha's Top Holy Land, the Buddha's Top Palace is located in the west peak of Niushou Mountain, built on a historical mine pit, with a total construction area of about 1.36 million square meters. It is isomorphic with the Buddha's top tower, forming a new scene of the west peak of Niutou, echoing the east peak of Niutou from a distance, and reappearing the magnificent scenery of "Double Peaks and Double Ques" of Niutou. The whole Buddha's dome palace is dedicated to the Buddha's top bone relic, and the outside is divided into two parts: the big dome and the small dome, which means that the outside supports the inside. The large vault is shaped like a Buddhist cassock covering the small vault, symbolizing the infinite blessing of the Buddha; The lower part of the small dome looks like a lotus throne, and the upper part looks like a Mani pearl, and the upper and lower parts are combined into one, forming a sacred image of' Lotus holding treasure'.

Foding Palace The interior of Foding Palace consists of the above-ground Zen view and the underground palace, in which the underground palace is divided into two spaces: the relic hall and the relic Tibetan palace. The whole Foding Palace is not only the main place for believers to collect and worship relics, but also the cultural exhibition place for relics culture and world Buddhist Zen culture in various artistic ways. Among them, the first-class expert team from the religious, artistic and architectural circles all over the country has been gathered, and the grand goal of "a new world Buddhist cultural heritage and a new landscape of contemporary architectural art" has been achieved.

2. Zen Grand View

Zen Grand View Zen Grand View is 1 12 meters long from north to south, 62 meters wide from east to west, with an internal clear height of about 4 1.2 meters and three floors above ground. The whole space covers an area of more than 6,000m2, and it is oval, with yellow, white and gray as the keynote, and the world landscape is arranged, which makes people meditate while walking. It consists of three parts: the Zen Garden where the Buddha was born, the Zen Garden where he became a monk, and the Lotus Theater in the middle, which shows the traces of the Buddha's life.

At the top of the Zen Grand View is the Luo Hu Dome, which was designed with the branches of the gourd tree when the Buddha was in nirvana. The dome is completely covered with transparent film and lights, which can create the first ray of sunshine in the morning, warm sunshine at noon, rosy clouds in the evening and moonlight at night. At the center of the reclining Buddha is a 7.5-meter-long bronze statue of Sakyamuni reclining Buddha, whose surface is made of white marble and can rotate 360 degrees slowly, showing the peaceful nirvana of the Buddha. On the north and south sides of the theater are two Zen gardens. To the south is a Buddhist temple, which symbolizes the birth of the Buddha. Its overall shape is like a lotus, with an endless worry-free tree in the middle. In the north is a Buddhist temple, and in the middle is an immortal bodhi tree. On the ground, black and white sandstone is used as a metaphor for the chaos of the world and the purity of Buddha's light.

3. Foding Temple

There is a temple in Niushou Mountain, Foding Temple, which started in the early years of Southern Dynasties. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the temple was large-scale and named Fodong Temple, which was the birthplace of' Niutou Zen' before Zen. After the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Hongjue Temple. The Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by war and the Ming Dynasty was revived. By 1856, the temple was destroyed by the Hongyang rebellion, and the incense was interrupted for a hundred years. In order to inherit the traditional culture, Jiangning District rebuilt the cultural resort. The mountain started on 20 12 and was completed on 20 15. At the suggestion of cultural celebrities and Buddhist monks, the Buddhist temple was named Foding Temple after the relics enshrined in Niushoushan Underground Palace. The Buddhist Temple is one of the main buildings in Niushou Mountain, covering an area of 68 mu, with a construction area of nearly 40 mu, imitating the Tang style and the traditional central axis pattern. * * * Seven halls, surrounded by buildings such as monk bars and temples.

4. stupa

Foding Pagoda is one of the landmark buildings of Foding Holy Land, with a height of about 88 meters.

The building area of the tower top is 5065 square meters.

The hidden lake portends rain. A road has been built around the hidden lake, and tourists can walk around the lake on this road. Ryegrass and fruit grass are planted around the square, which grow alternately and are evergreen all the year round.

5. Qianlong Lake

Chanlin Road, with a total length of 3.7 kilometers, is an eco-tourism line with beautiful scenery covering many ecological landscape areas. Chanlin Road Scenic Area is a natural oxygen bar for tourists to experience nature, breathe fresh air and relax.

6, Zen forest road landscape area

Niutou Zen Cultural Park was built on the site of Hongjue Temple. It is the birthplace of the Niutou Sect of Hongjue Temple. It was founded in Tian Jian, Liang Wudi in the Southern Dynasties (503). Its predecessor was Buddha Cave Temple, also called Hongjue Temple. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Hongjue Temple to avoid the name of Emperor Qianlong. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Hongjue Temple was burned by the Japanese army.

Hongjue Temple Tower, the core attraction of Niutouchan Cultural Park, is 45 meters high, with seven floors and eight sides. It is the oldest brick tower with imitation wood structure in Nanjing. 1956 The gilded Lama Pagoda unearthed in the underground palace of the pagoda of Hongjue Temple is one of the treasures of Nanjing Museum. The height is 0.35m, and the height of Xu Mi Temple is 0.16m. At the bottom of the tower, there are inscriptions of "Permanent Support for the Cracked Temple in Niushou Mountain, Jinling" and "Sacrifice to Simon Simon Li Fook sean, an Imperial Prison Monk". At the same time, jade bottles, golden reclining Buddha, celadon jars and other cultural relics have been unearthed and are now collected in Nanjing Museum. Then, the Nanjing Cultural Relics Protection Committee sent people to investigate the inscriptions on the walls of brick towers and found more than 70 inscriptions by tourists during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 1957, Hongjue Temple Tower was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

7. Ngau Tau Chan Cultural Park

Hongjue Temple, formerly known as Foku Temple, was built in Liang.

Hongjue Temple was located at the southern foot of Niushou Mountain in the second year of Tian Jian (503), and was later renamed Pujue Temple. After Liang Wudi Xiao Yan, he built a fairy cave temple under the Buddha cave temple. Therefore, Niushou Mountain is also called' Fairy Cave Mountain'. Monk Farong of the Tang Dynasty gave lectures here and founded the "Tauren Zen", which became famous. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Pilu Temple, stupa, Tianwang Temple and Baiyun Ladder were expanded on the basis of Pujue Temple. Large-scale, incense heyday. In the early years of Hongwu, the temple was extensively renovated and later renamed as Foku Temple and Hongjue Temple. Carve Buddha statues and figures on the rock wall to form cliff stone carvings. However, after hundreds of years of erosion and weathering, only ruins remain in the temple, and the cliff stone carvings are difficult to identify.

8. Hongjue Temple

Hongjue Temple Tower is a typical brick-wood structure tower in the south of the Yangtze River. This kind of star anise. In ancient Jiangsu culture, there were generally hollow tubular structures with staggered inner and interlayer angles. The first is the twin towers of Luohan Garden in Suzhou, which was built in the Song Dynasty and has seven floors and an octagonal building. Yangzhou Wenfeng Pagoda, built in the 10th year of Wanli of Ming Dynasty (1582), is also octagonal and has seven floors. The Longshan Pagoda in Jintan County, which was rebuilt in the 40th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (170 1), and the Hongji Pagoda in Nanjing in Ming Dynasty, which is recorded in history, all have this structure. It overcomes the weakness of the early hollow cylinder structure, the outer wall is open and the interlayer is staggered, thus avoiding the longitudinal cracking and damage of the door (or window) from top to bottom.

The underground palace is buried at the bottom of the tower:1956 July 14, tourists found the underground palace at the bottom of the tower of Hongjue Temple, with cultural relics under the upper circle. Nanjing Museum excavated and cleared a gilded Lama Pagoda, which is 0.35m high, which is 0.16m high for Xu Mi Temple. The bottom of the tower is engraved with the words "Honglin Temple in Niushou Mountain, Jinling will be permanently supported" and "Imperial Buddha disciple Simon Simon Li Fook sean eunuch will be diligent". There are four gates in the tower, and there are Buddha statues of Sakyamuni and Wei Tuo in the Buddhist niches. The tower is equipped with a thirteen-day phase wheel, a treasure cover and a gourd top. At the same time, there are Buddhist statues, jade bottles and other cultures

9. Hongjue Temple Tower

Zheng He's tomb is located at the southern foot of Niushou Mountain in the Southern Tang Dynasty and the west side of Erling. This is the tomb of Zheng He, the eunuch of Sambo, a navigator of the Ming Dynasty. From 755 to 79000, the tomb was at the foot of the ancestral hall in Yongle, surrounded by ancestral hall, ox head, Cuiping, Daishan and Wu Shan in the east, north and west. In front of the tomb, you can see the Yangtze River rolling eastward. 1985, rebuilt by Jiangning County Bureau of Culture and Education to commemorate the 580th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West. Next to Zheng He's tomb, there is a showroom to display related cultural relics.

Zhenghe Cultural Park 10

Yue Fei's anti-Jin old base area starts from Hanfu Mountain near Qinhuai River, 500 meters east of Tiexin Bridge, and ends at the main peak of Niushou Mountain, with an intermittent remnant of about 4,200 meters. It is more than 2000 meters long from the foot of Niushou Mountain to the ridge. The width of the base varies from 1.5m to 3m, and the height is about1m.. So the base is made of local reddish-brown stones, winding and undulating. Some sections have obvious artificial traces; Due to the age, wind and rain, some areas have been scattered and collapsed, which is difficult to find. It has been more than 860 years since Yue Fei hit Niushou Mountain, and the remains of the old base have become good materials for patriotic education for young people. In spring, people can enjoy the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, not only including Buddhist cultural treasures such as Hongjue Temple, but also visit ancient battlefields, mourn Yue Fei's resistance to gold, cherish the memory of national heroes and receive patriotic education.

1 1, Yue Fei fought against gold at home.

Taohuaxi is a new landscape created by Niushou Mountain Scenic Area. A stream winds down from Qianlong Lake. The stream is gurgling, and peach blossoms are planted on both sides. In spring, the buds gradually bloom, and a sea of flowers is intoxicating. The whole Taohuaxi is located at the east entrance of Niushou, with a total area of 14.87 hectares, about 220 mu. Peach blossom varieties are selected from 26 peach blossoms suitable for Nanjing.