Introduction to the stone boat: The stone boat captain, one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Nengren", is 1.5 feet long and more than 1 foot wide. It has an inscription on the side and was carved in the sixth year of Qingli in the Northern Song Dynasty. According to legend, during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a monk dreamed of an iron Buddha with an ancient appearance entrusted to him, and he would take a stone boat to float on the river to Xunyang. The next day, the monks from the temple went to the riverside to greet him. When they saw the Iron Buddha docking in a stone boat, they found someone to move it into the temple to worship him. The Iron Buddha crossing the river has become an interesting Buddhist story in Nengren Temple. Now a stone boat came and was placed in the pool on the east side of the Tianwang Hall. On the boat sat a bare-chested iron Buddha with a strange appearance. Iron Buddha, made of pig iron. Destroyed in the ten-year catastrophe, the Iron Buddha now placed in a stone boat is made of cement sculpture.
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