Baolian Temple

20240310 In the afternoon: 1. Baolian Temple is located on the Taoshan Mountain in the scenic spot of 4A. Pantao Mountain is a famous Buddhist mountain in Xuzhou City. It is located in the southern slope of Baolian Temple. It was built in Yixi, Dongjin, in the past nine years (413). The first name of Longhua Temple was built by the first Faxian Master who returned from the west. The temple has a Western Buddhist style. Successive generations have been around but have continued to this day. They used the names Hongfeng Temple and Honglian Temple. During the Qing Qianlong period (1736-1796), they are now more famous. At present, the building is rebuilt in 2009, covering an area of 73.3㎡, and has the most four items, that is, the highest Buddha Pavilion in China, the highest indoor Buddha statue, and the largest Daxiong Palace. The largest single religious mural, known as "the first temple of the returnees, the ancestor of the international students", Master Faxian is also the first "international student" in China, 230 years earlier than Xuanyu Xitian. The scenic spot is only Baolian Temple, non-mountaining scenic spot, integrating worshipping Buddha, humanistic learning, ancient costume photo, and composed of 4 parts of Shanmen, Tianwang Palace, Daxiong Palace and Tongtian Pavilion. ① Address: No. 5 Baolian Temple Road, Gulou District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. ② Transportation: The bus is direct, and the driving is very good. ③ peak season: no. ④ duration: 2 hours. ⑤ fare: free. 2. The mountain gate is a magnificent red Han-style city gate archway building, with a "Peach Holy Land". From the outside: ① Bodhi Shenglian Square: The square outside the entrance, there are 8 white Buddhist stone pillars around the square, called the Eight-Zootopia pillar. The pool in the middle of the square is a north-south step, the goldfish in the pool swims, and the middle is a big golden lotus flower. The day was encountering the drum team in the square beating drums, very lively. ② Tianlong Eight Department Square: The welcoming landscape after entering the mountain gate, the center of the circular pool is the Wanfo Tower, single floor, four doors on all sides connect the shore through the covered bridge, the Western-style tower has many small Buddha statues engraved on it, and the tower is a wooden pillar. There are eight gods on the edge of the pool, namely the Eight Dragons, which are the eight gods mentioned in Buddhist terms, namely the Galouluo (giant golden bird), the Mohuluoga (snake god), the Luochatian (night fork), the Teng Naluo (the god of playing Phalle), the Dragon King (the Dragon King Shiyu), the Gandapo (the god of music and incense), Ashuro (the god of irritability), Di Shitian (the god of female god), because the emperor Shitian and the dragon king department are the most important, so it is called Tianlong Eight. There is free incense on the panda doll table in front of the Wanfota. ③ Four major heavenly king stone statues: There are white stone statues of the east holding the kingdom of heaven, the south growing king, the north hearing the heavenly king, and the west wide-eyed king on both sides of the main axis. Each king occupies a base. ④ Vegetarian noodle restaurant: There is a noodle restaurant on both sides of the main shaft. There is a long queue outside the hall. It is said that the taste is very good. The noodle soup is made with 18 vegetables and mushrooms. The vegetables are grown by themselves. The noodles are booked from Suzhou one month in advance. The supply is limited every day. The last bowls of the day are often eaten by several peers, and the noodle soup is also drunk. Vegetarian noodles are 15 yuan per bowl, and mushroom noodles are 20 yuan. ⑤ Baolian Temple main entrance: 3-hole city building gate, the middle gate is closed, tourists enter and exit from the two sides of the door. ⑥ Bell Tower/Drum Tower: The bell and drum are both under the second floor pavilion of the tall platform building... The number of words exceeds the limit, continue in the last picture

Xuzhou's Baolian Temple, the first feeling is that it is big, not only the square is big, the courtyard is big, the Buddha statue is said to be one of the best. And the style of the entire temple temple building is not the same as other temples, Xuzhou Baolian Temple has the charm of Indian Buddhist temple, and it is worthwhile to visit and worship.

Free three injections of incense, Tongtian Pavilion is very shocking, there is Baolian Temple in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was renovated in 2012, there is nothing bad to worship, the price is very cheap, it is said that it is very good to seek money here

There is no ticket to Baolian Temple, and Mitsubishi incense is provided for free at the door. The front team of the vegetarian noodle restaurant is a bit long, but Shifangzhai does not need to queue up for vegetarian noodles, and the environment is very good, similar to the experience of a star hotel, not far from the back of the Guanyin Pavilion. Before leaving, a vegetarian snack was mentioned, and countless passers-by were asked along the way.

The scale of Baolian Temple is large, and the Tongtian Pavilion is quite shocking.