Longxing Temple

In the Longxing Temple of Linhai, Zhejiang, I embarked on a journey of spiritual exploration. First, I arrived at the museum, 🏛️📚 where I learned a lot about Buddhism and historical culture, feeling the charm of history and the depth of culture. 👣🌳 Wandering through the Longxing Temple, I felt tranquility and harmony. Every scene filled me with awe, as if I was conversing with the ancients and resonating with nature. 🌲🍃 Here, I found inner peace and gained a deeper understanding of life. 🕯️🙏 At Longxing Temple, I was fortunate to encounter a 21-day continuous Dharma assembly from the first to the twenty-first day after Qingming. The sound of the monks' chanting echoed in the air, purifying the soul. Here, I felt the power of religion and gained a new understanding of life. 🗼🌌 Finally, I came before two pagodas, one protruding and the other concave, also known as the Yin-Yang Pagodas. These two pagodas symbolize the balance of yin and yang in the universe, inspiring endless musings on the mysteries of life. 🌙🌟 Here, I experienced the harmonious coexistence of nature and culture, and gained a deeper understanding of the world. To sum up my trip to the Longxing Temple in Linhai, Zhejiang, I gained knowledge, insights, and a spiritual cleansing. This place is a nourishing haven for the soul, worth visiting by everyone. 🧡🌠

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Taizhou Prefecture City was first built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty! It is a thousand-year-old city full of rich cultural heritage! Glutinous rice cakes, egg white lamb tails, rice cakes, soaked shrimp... It's also a paradise for delicious snacks, how can glutinous rice lovers resist! Take advantage of the Spring Festival holiday or weekend, go for a stroll 📷 ... 📝I've put together a 2-day evening Taizhou Linhai guide for you~ 📍Navigate to 'Zhejiang Taizhou Linhai Ziyang Ancient Street' High-speed rail 'Linhai' Hangzhou is over an hour away, Shanghai is over two hours away 🗺Recommended route: day1️⃣: Xingshan Gate of the Prefecture City (starting point) Longxing Temple ➡️ Jinshan Park ➡️ Ziyang Ancient Street East Lake Park ➡️ Chicheng Road (night market) ➡️ Ziyang Ancient Street (night market) day2️⃣: Lansheng Gate of the Prefecture City (up to Taizhou Prefecture City Wall) ➡️ Plum Garden (walk to Chaotianmen) ➡️ Xingshan Gate (down Taizhou Prefecture City Wall) ➡️ Bear Infested Happy Harbor (direct bus available) … ✅Taizhou Prefecture City Wall Built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Great Wall of Jiangnan, 6 kilometers long, 'Jiangnan Badaling', 198 steps up Lansheng Gate, worth a challenge! The whole journey takes 2-3 hours! ✅Ziyang Ancient Street Zhejiang's first ancient street, paradise for glutinous rice lovers, seaweed cakes, wheat shrimp🦐, black rice glutinous rice cakes, fried glutinous rice cakes, flat food, wheat oil fat, wheat cakes, egg white lamb tails, white water tofu, baked buns🫓, soaked shrimp🍤, ginger juice scrambled eggs🍳, green grass paste.. Almost all local snacks in Taizhou are gathered on one street! Recently, the New Year's Song Rhyme Good Things are coming, various activities.. Full of New Year's flavor, the old street full of fireworks! Worth a slow stroll! ✅Longxing Temple A thousand-year-old temple, preserving the complete Tang Dynasty's Thousand Buddha Tower Jinshan Park, overlooking Linhai, Jinshan Tower Group ✅East Lake Park Founded in the Northern Song Dynasty, representative of Jiangnan gardens, not inferior to Suzhou and Hangzhou, 'half of West Lake', plum blossoms are blooming, very beautiful and suitable for Hanfu ✅Chicheng Road Night market in the evening, brightly lit all the way, also super lively, ✅Plum Garden Large plum blossoms🌸 at the city wall of the prefecture (Chaotianmen), it is the best time to appreciate plums ✅Bear Infested Happy Harbor Linhai people's own little Disney, colorful door head, Ferris wheel🎡, carousel🎠, helicopter✈️, various anime elements. You can have fun for an afternoon~ … 🏨About accommodation Local homestays and hotels are quite convenient 🍲About food People's Road is all about eating small seafood🥘, brightly lit, local market fireworks~ Eat Taizhou local snacks in Ziyang Ancient Street~ Good food is coming to the small tavern to experience...

5A Jinshan Pagoda Group Donghu Qian Garden First, Coming down from Beigushan, walking along Culture Road is not far from Ziyang Old Street, similar to the early imitation of the old street, a bit boring. I glanced at the Prefecture City Confucian Temple, a provincial protection. I directly came to the pedestrian street of Chicheng at the foot of Jinshan for lunch. This is a tourist distribution center. The 5A-level square is a must. The bright stalls and modern street restaurants are all eye-catching. Of course, the most eye-catching are the Thousand Buddha Pagoda at the foot of the mountain and the Wenfeng Pagoda on the top of the mountain. The three pagodas were all built in the Tang Dynasty. The Thousand Buddha Pagoda is in Longxing Temple. The temple was destroyed during the Anti-Japanese War, but the pagoda survived and is now a national protection. The two Wenfeng Pagodas were rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty and are now provincial protections. The mountain is not high and easy to climb, but it seems to be of little significance. Second, Coming down from the mountain and heading straight to Donghu, I was a bit overjoyed. This seems to cleverly integrate the pavilions of Suzhou gardens with the lake and mountain scenery of West Lake. The lake is not big, but the density of attractions is very large, which is dazzling. The "Lake Heart Pavilion" on the island in the lake was built in the Qing Dynasty. The pavilion has three floors, with eight flying eaves, high vases and flowing tiles, and the corners are dripping with green. The winding Nine-Curved Bridge was built by Qing Zhifu Liu Ao. The "Qiaoyun Pavilion" in the center of the lake on the front lake moon dike was built in the Ming Dynasty. On the left side of Qiaoyun Pavilion, a Northern Song Dynasty Moon-watching Bridge spans the two banks, and the bridge is hollowed out with various flower and bird totems. The "Qihua Pavilion" in the back lake was built in the Ming Dynasty. It has two floors. The yellow walls and purple eaves are reflected in the lake. In fact, in the Song Dynasty, Donghu was already "flat waves a few acres in front of ten thousand peaks, a piece of Danqing can't be fully painted. The secluded pavilions and small bridges cross the green water, and the dense forests and tall bamboos lock the light smoke. The gorgeous silk strings and pipes chase the joyous land, and the snow, moon, wind and flowers are drunk in the sky..." And in the Qing Dynasty, "Hangzhou has West Lake, Taizhou has Donghu, and the victory of Donghu is a small West Lake." Third, In the southeast corner of Donghu, there is also a large house Rongxing Hall, also called Qian Garden. It was built to commemorate the descendants of Qian Wang of Linhai and the governor of Taizhou Qian Xuan who expanded the Donghu Garden. Qian Wang, also known as Qian Lü (852-932), a native of Lin'an, was the king of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of Wuyue. It is said that the richness of Suzhou and Hangzhou, "there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below", was laid during Qian Lü's rule. Tang Zhaozong gave him an iron ticket in the third year of Qianning (896), forgiving him for his nine deaths. A Qian Gong Temple was built in Lin'an during the Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, a branch of the Qian family came to Linhai. There were as many as 9 people including Qian Xuan who knew the governor of Taizhou during the Song Dynasty. Qian Xuan's son Qian Jingzhen was the son-in-law of Song Renzong. In the fourth year of Shaoxing, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou gave the Grand Princess a house in Meidefang, Linhai, and personally inscribed the four characters "Home of Loyalty and Filial Piety". Among the famous people of the Qian family, including Qian Chen, Qian Miao, Qian Duanli, Qian Xiangzu, etc., they all lived in Linhai. In addition to the "golden book iron ticket", what protects the Qian family from generation to generation is their "Qian Family Instructions". "Reading the classics and the roots are deep, looking at the history and the discussions are great. If you can write articles, you will have a lot of descriptions, and if you have morality, you will have a lot of blessings." Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty also admired his family's way of educating children. During his southern tour, he gave the plaque "Qingfen Shishou". Taizhou is really worth a visit

Set a theme 'Finding the Chinese Red for the New Year'. It was gloomy and raining, I arrived early in the morning at the Yingshan Gate of Taizhou Prefecture City. The square in front of Weng City was setting up a red New Year's charity event. The city gate was pasted with a big 'Xi', the streets and alleys were decorated with red ribbons, and most of the shops were decorated with traditional blessings. Inside the Yingshan Gate, at the foot of the towel mountain, the chanting of scriptures and Sanskrit sounds were heard. Following the sound, the horizontal layout of the mountain gate building was atmospheric, showing the style of the Tang Dynasty. The three words 'Longxing Temple' came into view. The temple space is expansive, the heaven and earth are harmonious, and it is where the heart belongs. Longxing Temple: It was first built in the first year of Shenlong (705 AD), originally named 'Shenlong Temple'. It is now being rebuilt, and behind the Daxiong Treasure Hall is the Tang Dynasty Thousand Buddha Pagoda. Longxing Temple once promoted the Tiantai sect of Buddhism, and Master Jianzhen once lived here. The high monk Si Tuo of Longxing Temple also followed Master Jianzhen 'through six crossings, over twelve years'. As the Jia Chen Dragon Year is approaching, I happened to encounter the ancient Shenlong Temple here, wishing good luck and blessings. 🧧 Ziyang Street: The street name is derived from Ziyang Zhenren Zhang Boudan, the first ancestor of the southern sect of Taoism, who realized the truth. The street is very long, spanning several streets from north to south. The scale and texture of the streets and alleys are preserved, most of them are shops in front and residences in the back, there are businesses, and there are also original residents left behind, full of life. The incoming shops are innovative and novel. The traditional shops have old tastes and old memories. 🌺The plum blossoms at the foot of the towel mountain are blooming.

🌟Day One: Ziyang Ancient Street + Taizhou Prefecture City Wall + Donghu Morning: Ziyang Ancient Street Departing from Hangzhou, take the high-speed rail🚄 to Linhai Station, then take a taxi🚗 to the ancient city. First come to , this is a historical ancient street that runs through Taizhou Prefecture City. It is well preserved here, like a picture of "a thousand-year-old street, with shops on both sides". Walking on the ancient street, it seems to have traveled through time and space. The bluestone road under your feet and the wooden shops on both sides make people feel like returning to ancient times. The food here is also not to be missed, such as seaweed cakes, wheat shrimp, egg white lamb tail, etc., are all worth a try. 😋 Afternoon: Taizhou Prefecture City Wall Next, we come to the which is as famous as the Great Wall. It is also known as the "Great Wall of Jiangnan" or "Badaling of Jiangnan". Start climbing from Chaotianmen, feel the heaviness of history, and then come down from Lanshengmen, you can enjoy the magnificent scenery. 🏯 Evening: Donghu In the evening, we come to to experience the leisurely life of the people of Linhai. Donghu is a lake garden that began in the Northern Song Dynasty and is known as "Little West Lake". There is a small island in the lake with pavilions and pavilions on the island, which is antique. It is very close to Lanshengmen. It is very comfortable to come here for a walk in the evening and enjoy the evening breeze. 🍃 🌟Day Two: Longxing Temple + Jinshan Park + Linghu Scenic Area Morning: Longxing Temple In the morning of the second day, we come to , which is a thousand-year-old temple with a Thousand Buddha Pagoda built in the Tang Dynasty well preserved. Located next to Xingshanmen, the Buddhist culture here is also a major highlight. 🗽 Afternoon: Jinshan Park In the afternoon, we come to . There are one mountain, two peaks and four towers here. Not only can you climb the mountain to overlook the entire Linhai ancient city, but there are also many ancient sites worth visiting. The park is shaded by green trees, and the birds and flowers are fragrant. It is a good place for outdoor fitness and leisure. 🌳 Evening: Linghu Scenic Area In the evening, we come to , a beautiful forest park. Here you can enjoy the autumn scenery around the lake, and there are outdoor carnival activities and open-air movies to participate in. The scenery in the Linghu Scenic Area is mainly lakes, the lake is clear and bottomless, the lake surface is like a mirror, and it complements the surrounding green mountains and green trees. 🌳🌉 Transportation🚗: Depart from Hangzhou, take the high-speed rail🚄 to Linhai Station, and then take a taxi🚗 to the ancient city. Accommodation🏠: It is recommended to stay in the ancient city, which is convenient for visiting Ziyang Ancient Street and various attractions. Food🍰: Embedded cakes, wheat shrimp, egg white lamb tail, seaweed cakes, black rice sesame dumplings and plum cakes and other glutinous foods are the characteristics of Linhai, don't miss it! 😋 🌟Summary: This trip to Linhai made me deeply feel the charm of this city. Whether it's the heaviness of historical culture or the beauty of natural scenery, it has left a deep impression on me. If you also like to travel, why not come to Linhai! ✨

There is such a severely underestimated treasure ancient city in Zhejiang! Good for shopping, photography, and food 🏯 Unique Jiangnan Great Wall ...... This is Taizhou Linhai! 🌄Attraction Introduction 1️⃣Ziyang Ancient Street (🎫Free): The most prosperous commercial district in the city in the past, the houses and surrounding streets of Ziyang Street retain the layout of the Tang and Song Dynasties, with restaurants, tea houses, shops and workshops on both sides. 2️⃣Taizhou City Wall (🎫60): More than 6000 meters long, with more than 5000 meters remaining, it was built in the Jin Dynasty and expanded in the Sui Dynasty, commonly known as the 'Great Wall of Jiangnan'. 3️⃣Longxing Temple (🎫Free): Adjacent to the Great Wall of Jiangnan, it is a temple built in the first year of the Shenlong of the Tang Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1300 years and is the most famous ancient temple in Linhai. 4️⃣Donghu Scenic Area (🎫15): A paradise of ink and wash in Jiangnan, Donghu is a scenic spot that combines natural landscapes and classical gardens. It has both the beauty of West Lake and the secluded Zen of Nanping Mountain. 5️⃣Guoqing Temple (🎫Free): Guoqing Temple was built in the Sui Dynasty, originally named Tiantai Temple, and later named 'If the temple is completed, the country will be clear', and it became Guoqing Temple. It is one of the few 5A-level scenic spots that do not charge fees. 🏨Accommodation Introduction There are many homestays on Ziyang Ancient Street, and it is recommended to stay near the ancient street if you like night views. 🥯Food Introduction Taizhou is a paradise for 'sticky rice', you must not miss wheat oil fat, wheat shrimp, seaweed cake, bubble shrimp, grass paste, black rice sesame rice cake, embedded cake, plum cake, egg white lamb tail ❗️Tips： 1️⃣It is recommended to enter Donghu from the south and exit from the north, enter the Taizhou City Wall from Lansheng Gate and exit from Xingshan Gate, and the exit is next to Ziyang Ancient Street and Longxing Temple 2️⃣Taizhou City Wall is free to open before 7 am and after 17:30 3️⃣The vegetarian meal of Guoqing Temple is no longer open to the public, so don't run in vain