Introduction to Yutai Temple: Yutai Temple is located on the hillside of Guifeng Mountain. It has a long history, magnificent momentum and numerous cultural relics. It is one of the four major jungles in Guangdong. Since ancient times, it has been a place for lectures by famous Confucian scholars and eminent monks Yu Ke. Place of practice: During the Shenlong period of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, a group of eminent monks, the founder of Chinese Tantric Buddhism and a famous astronomer, traveled to Guifeng Mountain and opened an altar to preach sermons in Yutai Temple. There were more than 500 disciples. From then on, the sect of Yutai Temple became popular, and several nearby Monks and nuns from the county came to Yutai Temple to receive ordination on August 24th every year. This custom continued until after liberation; Su Dongpo, a great scholar in the Song Dynasty, also fell in love with the mountains and rivers of Lingnan and left his footprints all over Guifeng Mountain; Chen Baisha, a master of Neo-Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty He also gave lectures on Guifeng Mountain.

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