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Huayan Temple
Must Sees Grotto Art in Dazu County The Shengshou Temple on the Baoding Hill The Furong Cave Exploratory Tourist Center The Ghost City in Fengdu Jinfo Mountain Area The Lesser Three Gorges The Site of Daxi Culture Huayan Temple The Beautiful Natural Scenery in Wansheng Ciqikou Old Town Three Gorges Optional Attractions City Park Battlefield at Fishing Castle The Jinyun Mountain Scenic Area Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum The Red Crag Revolutionary Memorial Museum Chongqing Museum of Natural History Chongqing Zoological Garden Chongqing Arhat Temple The Qianjiang National Customs Tourist Center Huayan Temple lies at the foot of Dalaoshan (Big & Old Mountain) in the west of Chongqing. There is a cave in the mountain cliff, and around the cave a temple was built. Water from the mountain stream splashes all year round just like scattering flowers(in ancient Chinese, the word "flower" is the same as "hua")and thus the temple got its name" Huayan Temple" The grandeur and fame of the temple are composed of three parts: the Huayan Cave, the Reception Hall and The Imposing Sakyamuni Hall. The halls and the houses are solemn and the Buddist figures are stately and respectful. It is one of the most renowned temples in Sichuan. The temple has had a long history but there is no way to trace when it first came into being. From accessible records it is only known that there began to be religious activities in 1599 in the Ming Dynasty and in the Qing Dynasty the activities increased and many considerably prestigious monks gathered there to practice Buddhist Rituals from many parts of the country to have gradually formed a religious community. Since its formal foundation in the Qing Dynasty, the temple has had 64 abbots who directed the work there. In these years the religious activities have been carried on more and more prosperously. When the temple was formally founded, thousands of Buddhist worshipers donated money for enlargement and renovation of the temple.Together with the addition of houses and renovations to the old buildings, Huayan Temple finally formally came into existence and Master Shengke became the first abbot. From then on 400 years has passed. Now it is strikingly magnificent and splendid with numerous vivid old Buddhist figures inside. The eight scenes of "Moonlight on the Pond", "Soughing Pines on the Paling Hill", "Evening Bell from the Temple", "Night Rain in the Trees", "Verdant Twin Peaks", "Rosy Glows on the Winding Stream Water", "White Snow on the Cliff", and" Sounds by Fishes in old Cave "impress every tourist. Nearby is the newly built Huayan Lake which is 250 metres wide and a kilometre long. The lake water is mirror-even without a single ripple. The water view and the mountain scenery help each other to achieve the best effect. You can also swim to your heart's content in the lake. This is the best place for travelers. Once you are here, you can never forget it. The temple now has a rich store of relics, musical instruments (for religious purpose), Buddhist classics, poems and paintings by famous celebrities, embroidered horizontal inscribed boards, couplets written on scrolls, and so on. Form the Qing Dynasty on, personages such as Gong Qing-gao, Gong Bing-quan, Lin Sen, Jiang Jie-shi, Feng Yu-xiang, Dai Ji-tao, Ju Zheng, Weng Wen-hao, etc. have visited the temple and left some inscriptions there.

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