Introduction to Shuimushan: Shuimushan is one of the earliest Buddhist holy places in Yunnan. In the eighth year of Yuanhe (813 AD) of Emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty, ministers of Nanzhao asked to build this temple. Zen Master Puji Qingguang used his Zen staff to dig into the ground, "and a clear spring gushes out, which is why it is called Shuimou." When the incense is most popular, it is known as "three thousand monks and eight hundred nuns". There have been eminent monks living in Shuimu Mountain in the past dynasties, such as Zen Master Puji Qingguang, the founder of Nanzhao (Tang Dynasty), Zen Master Jingmiaocheng from Dali Kingdom (Song Dynasty), Zen Master Wuzhuru and Zen Master Feixiangxing in the late Qing Dynasty, etc. . During the Dali Kingdom, many members of the royal family became monks here.

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