Tieshan Temple

Xuyi Tieshan Temple Chinese: Tiě​shānsì is a temple within Xuyi County, Anhui Province, China. It is located approximately 35 km east of Wangdian township.

Origins

Because Tieshan Temple the mountain acquires fame, builds in the Eastern Han Dynasty last years, is first clergy Yan Fu who the Han Nationality becomes monk moves constructs, quarries a mountain the Buddhist temple for it. He is Chinese Emperor Huan, works time emperor translates in Luoyang after to rest the monk An Shigao disciple. He studies Buddhist studies dozens of years, the first Chinese monk Buddhism work "Male religious novice Ten Bright Selected sentences" are he. According to "Leaves Tripitaka To record Collection" records, his translation has "Law Mirror after" and so on. Tieshan Temple all previous dynasties expand, to during bright Wanli, the temple scale achieves prosperously, forms take Tieshan Temple as the center, Wang Gusi, Seiryouji, Longshan Temple and so on 14 temple communities, is called east the northern Jiangsu, Anhui the area "small nine China", the Buddhist monks and nuns achieve thousand people. End of the Qing Tieshan Templeis occupied by the mountain bandit, destroys finally. In order to satisfy the local Buddhism culture the need, iron Shan Shansi held the Sakyamuni valuable palace foundation laying ceremony in October 3, 2001, already completed the Sakyamuni valuable palace, the entrancepalace construction, was constructing the project was the Son of Heaven palace. The Sakyamuni valuable palace is 24.8 meters highly, occupies a land area of 880 square meters, must be bigger than Yangzhou's Pingshan hall, for the northern Jiangsu first main hall. From now on will complete constructions gradually and so on thing side hall as well as reception room, abbot building, Goddess of Mercy Chinese style pavilion and Buddhist scriptures Chinese style pavilion, may become the Soviet Anhui two province middle area the extra large type temple group.

Reputation

Xuyi Tieshan Temple may be called Jiangsu Jiuzhaigou The Xuyi County Tieshan Temple nature protection area undergoes near two year constructions, at present has begun to take shape. The other day, in Jiangsu Province travelled, the ecology expert after the inspection believed that this protectorate ecology preservation complete was rare in the northern Jiangsu and the entire province, by the expert reputation was "Jiangsu's Jiuzhaigou".

References

• Tieshan Temple
• The Xuyi County