Taiyuan Chongshan Temple Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Taiyuan Chongshan Temple, formerly known as Baima Temple, later changed to Yanshou Temple, and in the early Ming Dynasty was renamed Chongshan Temple. It is a famous temple in the Three Jin Dynasties and is located on the south side of the middle part of Shangma Street, Taiyuan City. In 1381 (the fourteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty), King Zhu Xi of the Jin Dynasty (the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang), in order to commemorate his mother, Empress Xiao Cigao, sent his father-in-law, Yongping Marquis Xie Cheng, to ask Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, for permission to build a building on the old site of the White Horse Temple. The (expansion) new temple was supervised by Yuan Hong, the commander of the right guard. It was completed in 1391 (the 24th year of Hongwu) and took 8 years. The King of Jin inscribed it as "Chongshan Temple". The former White Horse Temple was 550 meters long from north to south and 250 meters long from east to west, with a total area of ​​140,000 square meters. The Buddhist scriptures were its first treasure. The large number of Buddhist scriptures preserved here and the precious editions are rare in the country. The Dabei Hall is the main building of the temple and the most complete and standard Ming Dynasty wooden building in Taiyuan. Its history is 20 to 30 years earlier than the Taihe Hall in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The hall is seven rooms wide and four rooms deep. The upper part is a hilltop with double eaves and brackets and five pavilions, giving it a solemn beauty. The hall is open and bright. From the inner pillars, beams and flat foundations, all are painted in the gold and green colors commonly used in the palace, giving people a sense of magnificence and elegance everywhere.

Attractions distribution:

The existing Chongshan Temple covers an area of ​​nearly 3,000 square meters, which is 1/46 of the original temple. It has buildings such as the mountain gate, bell tower, Dabei Hall, east and west wing rooms, and east courtyard. After liberation, it was carefully maintained by the government and was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Shanxi Province. Although it has lost the grandeur and majesty of the ancient temple in the past, it still displays the grandeur and magnificence of the ancient temple. It maintains its status as a "famous temple in the Three Jin Dynasties" and the Shanxi Buddhist Management Center (the site of the Provincial Buddhist Association). It is a symbol of Buddhist culture and art and traditional Chinese art. treasury. Whether it is a majestic, stretched and strong wooden building, or a Tantric statue with a strange shape and well-proportioned; whether it is a copy of a mural with a rich composition and brilliant colors, or various Buddhist versions and various carvings from the Song Dynasty to the present, they are all Studying precious physical materials on ancient Chinese architecture, sculpture, painting art, printing technology and religious history has important historical and artistic value.

Scenic spot features:

Photography, religious tours, temples