Photos of Yuanrongsi

Yuanrong Temple, the full name of Yuanrong Wuji Temple, is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City. It was built in the seventh year of Yonghe (351) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The so-called "harmonious" means "removing paranoia and achieving complete harmony"; "no hindrance" means "no hindrance in the heart, no hindrance in action", it is the only Buddhist temple in the Central Plains that sits on the west and faces the east and is surrounded by mountains for thousands of years. . Yuanrong Temple has eleven courtyards, with nineteen halls, two pagoda courtyards, seven halls, two courtyards, one hall and seventeen springs. In the temple, tourists can see many cultural relics and historic sites built in the past dynasties, including the 250-centimeter-high Shashi Lushena Seated Buddha in the Sui Dynasty, the White Jade Sitting Buddha in the Ming Dynasty, the seven-level white jade Buddhist pagoda in the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and the liger and tiger beasts in the Tang Dynasty. Stone tiger, stone statue, Ming Dynasty white jade horse, offering table, Manjusri roar, Qing Dynasty water beast, etc. Hundreds of exotic flowers and plants are planted in the temple, and there are dozens of ancient trees of more than 100 years old, including the ancient persimmon tree of more than 350 years and the ancient Chinese locust tree of more than 320 years. Seeing these ancient trees that have lived for hundreds of years and still green, lament their exuberance of life. They stand here, as if telling people the vicissitudes and legends of this thousand-year-old ancient temple. Tourists can also visit the Dangyangyu Porcelain Kiln Site, which is about 800 meters away from the ancient temple, and take a look at this folk porcelain kiln built in the Song Dynasty.