Introduction to Faquan Temple: Buddhist culture was introduced to Songshan as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1,300 years. In the Tang Dynasty, Songshan was called Songshan, and monks from the "Linji Sect" built temples here to teach scriptures. There is still an inscription "It is said that the love origin of the forty-second Linji monks was named Honghai" as evidence; Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin gave Songshan temple a plaque with the word "holy", which made Songshan famous; during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, due to the Song Dynasty As the mountain incense became more and more popular, monk Yuetang raised funds to build three major halls and renamed the temple "Faquan Temple". During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Faquan Temple was renamed Longquan Temple. Until 1948, Faquan Temple, which had gone through wars, still maintained its intact scenery. , there is an endless stream of pilgrims from Hunan and Hubei, burning incense and making wishes, praying for blessings and longevity.

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