The best time to visit Shifeng Temple (Shifeng Guanghua Temple)

The best time for Shifeng Temple (Shifeng Guanghua Temple): Ningde belongs to subtropical maritime monsoon climate, with a warm and humid climate. The annual average temperature is 14℃-20℃, the highest temperature in July is 28℃-29℃, and the lowest temperature in 1 month is about 8℃. The landforms of Ningde are complex and diverse, including mountains, hills, basins, plains and other landforms, and the microclimates in different regions are quite different. Although there is a certain temperature difference between coastal and inland areas, in general, Ningde has a warm climate and abundant precipitation, and can travel all year round.

March-June is the rainy season in Ningde every year, with continuous rainy weather, and July-September is the season with frequent typhoons and heavy rains. When traveling to Ningde at this time, you need to pay attention to the weather forecast and prepare rain gear and other related items.

Shifeng Temple. Also known as Shifeng Guanghua Temple, it is located at the foot of Shifeng Mountain in Baizhuyang, Fu 'an City, 30 kilometers away from the county seat. The temple was built in the first year of Tang Jingfu (892), originally on the top of the mountain, and moved here in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty (1403- 1424). It is reported that. Ming Wuzong visited this temple in person, and the Imperial Palace inscribed "Lion Peak Wide Zen Forest" and presented a poem. There is a line in the poem that "the shadow moves the fish in the pool to surprise the guests, and the sound comes to the bamboo in the ridge to attract the wind." It was built in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty (1796— 1820). The temple covers an area of 13000 square meters, east-west, standing on the mountain, with magnificent architecture. Although thousands of years have passed, the face of the temple still exists. Legend has it that an old monk traveled around in ancient times. When he saw the mountains here like arches and the running water like white practice, he walked around the mountains. At the same time, a mountain looks like a lion and stands high among the peaks, so he wants to build a temple here. So the old monk moved an incense burner overnight and put it at the door of a family named Lin at the foot of the mountain. Rosty Yi, the owner saw the incense burner and moved it to another place; When I opened the door the next day, the incense burner was at home again. For several days, Lin Guzhu was surprised and didn't know why. Suddenly I heard the sound of a wooden fish and saw an old monk coming from a distance, so I asked him for advice. The old monk said, "This is what the Buddha meant, asking his master to donate his house to build a temple." Lin's master donated all the fields of Bai Zhuyang's family to build a temple. After the temple was built, the Lins prayed for instructions from the Buddha to settle down. According to Buddha's instructions, the family took a bamboo raft down the Qianyang River, crossed Saiqi, crossed Baimamen and ran aground in Qidu, Ningde, so the family settled in Qidu. It is said that Lin Cong, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty and a minister of punishments, is a descendant of the Lins.

Shifeng Temple consists of four major buildings: Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Fatang Hall and Guanyin Pavilion. These four buildings are built on the same central axis, and other buildings are symmetrically located on both sides. The layout is patchwork, simple and elegant, showing an obvious architectural style in the late Tang Dynasty. Visitors enter the Tianwei Hall with carved beams and painted buildings, only to find Maitreya naked and smiling. Bodhisattvas and kings are all awesome. After crossing the arch, a statue of the protector Wei Tuo stood on his back, and his appearance was purified. Go through the patio and enter through the steps, and you will find the magnificent Hall of Heroes. Look at the roof of the Heavenly King Hall in front of the Ursa Major Hall. The double eaves are stacked three times, just like a tower, with rich shapes. Inside the Ursa Major Hall? Cigarettes everywhere, spotless, can be described as a veritable pure land. The main hall is more than13m deep,10m wide and14m high.

There are 24 square granite columns, 8 of which are 2.2 meters in circumference and more than 5 meters in height, supporting the roof rafters of wood structure. There are still 16 stone pillars on the periphery of the main hall, and the column perimeter is 1 1.8 meters, supporting cornices. Various patterns are carved on the windows, beams and walls around the main hall. People are standing in the temple, and I see the arches overlap? There is a hexagonal algae well in the middle of the beam frame well, and the top is painted with dragons and phoenixes, which is lifelike. Although this model has been going on for many years? I can still vaguely see the style of that year. Daxiong Hall is a wooden structure with double eaves and beams hanging from the top of the mountain, similar to the Daxiong Hall of Hualin Temple in Fuzhou. There are more than 200 hump-shaped rafters under the two double eaves outside, which are arranged neatly, just like the architectural format of the Song Dynasty.

Behind the Hall of Great Heroes is the Dharma Hall. The stupa is a wooden structure with a single roof and a height of13m. There are flower beds, monk rooms, guest rooms, kitchens, etc. 193365438+In February, more than 50 farmers' representatives from Fuan and Xiapu1gathered here under the auspices of Zhan and Ye Fei. The meeting decided to establish the Red Belt Association in eastern Fujian and the Soviet regime to carry out the agrarian revolution. After liberation, the civil affairs department of Fuan County erected a monument here for protection. Behind the Dharma Hall is Guanyin Pavilion, and in front is a clear pond where red carp are stocked. There are camellia, peony, wintersweet and other flowers in Chi Pan. There is a 1 thousand-year-old cypress tree next to Guanyin Pavilion, which is14m high, with new and old branches and full of vitality. According to the monk cloud, there is this cypress in front of this temple.

There is a poem in Chenbaoyou Temple in Ningde in the Ming Dynasty: "The hoof is temporarily in Songguan, and the taste is like a mountain. At the beginning of the ridge tree, the clouds are out of color, and the flowers in the courtyard compete for rain. A man of talent thinks of the south wind, and he should be ashamed of his leisure with Liu. As far as Xifeng is concerned, it should be deleted. " Shifeng Temple faces the beautiful Baizhuyang 36 Village and Baizhu Reservoir, and there is the ancient banyan wonder of Rongtou Village in the south, which is connected with the ancient Wuxian Palace, Xingyun Temple and Fulu Temple. This is also one of the origins of the revolution in eastern Fujian. It can not only give people beautiful enjoyment, but also give people revolutionary traditional education.