A half-mountain-sized temple in Mashan County, Nanning, hidden deep in the mountains, but full of incense

It is rare to hear about temples in the scenery of Guangxi. Famous temple attractions include Lingyin Temple and Putuo Temple in Zhejiang, Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou City, Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, and Tibet Temple. The Potala Palace is a familiar temple attraction. In Guangxi, we only know the landscape, but we don’t know that there are also some special temple attractions hidden in the landscape. For example, there is a temple hidden in the "Nongla" scenic spot around Nanning. Putuo Vajra Temple is a temple with the world's largest cliff carvings of the Diamond Sutra, but even many people in Guangxi don't know about it.

China's Nongla Scenic Area is located in Guling Town, Mashan County, Guangxi. The word "Nongla" is a local dialect, meaning cave. The Nongla Scenic Area is very similar to the mountains in Guilin, both of which are karst. Scenic spots of landforms. But perhaps because of the lack of water combination and flexibility, it is not as famous as Guilin's landscape. However, it has gradually become a nature protection scenic spot with its unique karst landform and hundreds of Chinese herbal medicines in the local forest. Not many people know about it, let alone the Putuo Temple hidden in the scenic spot.

"China Nonglaputuo Temple" is located in Nonglatun, Guling Town, Mashan County, Guangxi, 25 kilometers away from the county seat and about 100 kilometers away from the capital Nanning. The total area of ??the whole village is 1.7 square kilometers. "Ten thousand green mountains are a paradise, and the boundless green sea is the embrace." This is a couplet cast on the "China Nongla" archway. At a glance, the eyes are filled with green mountains and green peaks. , coupled with the dangerous terrain and peculiar shape of Nongla, it is also known as "Shangri-La in the karst landform area"

It is understood that the "Nongla Jingangpu Temple" was built between the Kangxi and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty. It has been damaged and rebuilt many times. Today, you can see the majestic and solemn temples, occupying half the size of the mountain. Many locals will burn incense and worship Buddha on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Although it is in a big mountain, the temple is still full of incense. At its peak, the culture of Putuo Temple was of great value in its spread and influence in the Mashan area.

In 2015, the Nongla Vajra Putuo Temple was building a cliff carving of the Diamond Sutra. It was located halfway up a cliff where the Nongla Putuo Temple is located. As a result, less than half of the cliff was split open. A smooth stone wall with a length of 150 meters and a peak of 27 meters was polished. On this huge stone wall of 4,000 square meters, 5,176 words of the "Diamond Sutra" were printed with each character measuring 60 to 60 centimeters. Engraved on the stone wall. It is said to be the largest cliff carving of the Diamond Sutra in the world.

Nowadays, the Nongla Scenic Area is already a very complete tourist attraction. The scenic area is divided into three major parks: the popular science recreation area, the ecological experience area, and the blessing cultural area. The tourist reception center, surrounding hotels and other facilities are also It has been built and opened to the outside world.

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