Faxing Temple - China Travel

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Faxing Temple was built in the first year of Shending in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 401). It has a profound historical accumulation, rich cultural relics, and an elegant and pleasant environment. It is not only a natural scenic spot, but also a place to cultivate sentiment and cultivate patriotism. Sentimental leisure travel place. Faxing Temple was originally named Cilin Temple because its former site was located in Cilin Mountain Col, Zhangzi County. The existing cultural relics in the temple mainly include six categories: stone pagodas, wooden buildings, colored sculptures, inscriptions, colored glaze, and wood carvings. Among them, the Tang stone relic pagoda, the burning light tower, and the twelve Yuanjue statues of the Song Dynasty, which are known as the "three wonders of Faxing Temple", have long been famous. The stone relic pagoda was built by Li Yuanyi, the thirteenth son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, when he was the governor of Luzhou. So far, this double-layer quadrangular pavilion-style stone pagoda located on the central axis of the temple is still an isolated example in China. Important research value and high ornamental value. The burning light tower was built in the eighth year of Tang Dali (773 A.D.). It is the only one of the three burning light towers in my country that is well preserved, fine in workmanship and exquisite in structure. The "Twelve Bodhisattva Statues of Perfect Enlightenment" sculptured in the Song Dynasty is full of compassionate and maternal feelings in the graceful and peaceful appearance, and has been praised as "the crown of Bodhisattvas in the Song Dynasty" by the art historian circle.