Introduction to Yan Zuo Stone: There is a protruding stone in Miao Gao Taichung. It is square and smooth and can accommodate one person. It is called "Yan Zuo Stone". There is a group of sculptures of "Two Tigers Listening to Sutras" beside the stone. It is said that Zen Master Zhihe, an eminent monk of Xuedou Temple in the Song Dynasty, once practiced Buddhism here. He would lecture on the Sutra on Yanzuo Stone at five o'clock every day, which attracted many people in the cliff cave under the platform. The two tigers were also very fascinated. Later, whenever Zen Master Zhihe knocked on his wooden fish, the tigers would jump out of the hole and come to the stage to listen to the lecture.

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