Temples in Chongqing

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Chongqing Huayan Temple

Huayan Temple is located in Da Lao Mountain, Huayan Township, Jiulongpo District, southwest suburbs of Chongqing, and is named after a Huayan Cave on the south side of the temple. Folklore in the ancient cave in the chalcedony dripping into a splash, so called Huayan, or said that the monk in the early Qing Dynasty can hang tin here, the night dream five-color lotus is as big as a wheel, because there is the name of Huayan.

The rock of Huayan Temple is 100 zhang high, the shape is like a wat, and it is majestic and magnificent. The hills and hills around the temple are undulating, the mountains are like lotus, and there are eight scenes such as the night moon of Tianchi, the flowing glow of the winding water, and the pine of Wanling. The whole temple is composed of three parts of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the Receiving Hall and the Huayan Cave of the Old Mountain, the total area of the building is nearly 10,000 square meters, the temple covers an area of more than 70 acres, there are more than 300 rooms, the palace is towering, the mountains and rivers are close to each other, the dense forest cultivates bamboo, the spring water is murmuring, it is known as the Bashan Spiritual Realm, the first temple in the east of Sichuan, and it is the national key protection unit.

Opening hours: Open daily from 8:00~18:00.

Bus routes: 23 kilometers from the city, take bus 222 to reach. Hotline: 023-65313086.

Luohan Temple

Luohan Temple is located in Minzu Road, Yuzhong District, and is one of the key Buddhist temples in the Han region of the country, a national key cultural relics protection unit and the location of the Chongqing Buddhist Association. In the meantime, the historic sites and statues all have the traditional scale of Chinese culture and the characteristics of Buddhism, forming a peaceful and tranquil landscape in the prosperous Yuzhong District, and there are endless tourists all year round.

The landscape in the Luohan Temple is the Ming Monument of the Four Heavenly Kings, the Ancient Buddha Rock, the Luohan Hall, the Maitreya Pavilion, the Daxiong Palace, the Tibetan Scripture Building, the Abbot's Room, the Meditation Hall, etc. There are a total of 524 statues in the Luohan Hall, all of which are clay statues. Luohan Temple has a large number of scriptures, cultural relics and calligraphy and paintings, among which there are rare books "Mosand Collection" and "Pingjia Collection". In front of the temple gate, there is a stone tablet in the third year of the Ming Dynasty (1623), engraved with the words "West Lake Monuments". The stone wall on both sides of the passage in the door is called "ancient Buddha rock", it is more than 20 meters long, there are many Buddha statue reliefs on it, it is the municipal cultural relics protection unit.

Opening hours: 8:30~18:00 Religious activities are held on the first and fifteenth days of the Lunar New Year and Buddhist festivals.

Getting there: Tram No. 4015 or bus No. 103, 104, 105, 111, 112, 122 and bus No. 105 sightseeing (outer ring). Hotline: 023-63814089.

Tsz Wan Temple

Tsz Yun Temple is located at the foot of the Lion Mountain of Xuantan Temple in Nan'an District, bordering the Yangtze River. On the left side of the temple gate, there is a stone carved green lion, and the white elephant street on the other side of the Yangtze River is far away, known as "the green lion and the white elephant lock the big river". The temple was built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and was originally the Guanyin Temple. In 1927, Venerable Yunyan raised funds to expand and changed its name to Tsz Yun Temple, which was the only Buddhist temple in the country at that time.

The architecture of Tsz Yun Temple has Chinese and Western styles, which is unique among Chinese Buddhist monasteries. The main buildings in the temple include the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the Fuxian Palace, the Three Temples, the Wei Tuo Palace, the Tibetan Scripture Building, the Bell and Drum Tower, etc. The cultural relics in the collection of Ciyun Temple, such as the Jade Buddha, the King Kong Building, the Thousand Buddha Clothes, the Tibetan Sutra, the Bodhi Tree, etc., are called the Five Uniques. The Tibetan Scripture Building has a rare photocopy of the Song version of the "Tripitaka of Mosha", a total of 6,362 volumes, as well as Buddhist classics, gold-embroidered Buddha hanging statues, thousand Buddha clothes, ancient finger books and finger paintings, and a full set of Buddha images and paintings published in Japan in the early years. There is also a rare linden tree in China, which was transplanted from India 60 years ago and is now flourishing. There is a sculpture lotus flower in the pond under the tree, the statue of Prince Shakya is erected on it, there are nine dragons around the sculpture, the mouth spews a clear spring, it is said that "the prince of the nine dragon bath".

Opening hours: 8:00~18:00.

Bus route: Bus No. 304 to Wuyuan Station, 10 minutes walk.

mosque

Chongqing Church Mosque, located in Zhongxing Road, Yuzhong District, covers an area of 4,500 square meters. The temple was built by Ma Wensheng, a waiter during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and is now the location of the Municipal Education Association.

Inside the mosque is the Hadith. There are imams who preside over religious activities. On the occasion of Ramadan, the faithful gather here to pray and chant sutras. Every Friday is the "Gathering Day".

Bus routes: 109, 301, 303, 306. There is a guest house and a halal restaurant in the temple.

Joseph Catholic Church

The Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Chongqing, located in Minsheng Road, Yuzhong District, covers an area of 1,700 square meters, and the Zhengzhong Scripture Church covers an area of about 500 square meters and can accommodate more than 1,000 people. There is also a room for clothing and sacrificial utensils.

In the scripture hall of Joseph's Hall, two rows of large pillars support the cream yellow hall roof, and the Chinese lanterns are hung high, and the candlelight is intertwined. In the center are painted statues of Jesus, the Virgin and Joseph, and there are fourteen oil portraits of Jesus as an ascetic on the two walls. The furnishings are elegant and gorgeous, and the atmosphere is solemn and solemn. Joseph's Church has three Masses every Sunday. On major sacrificial events, more than 1,000 parishioners come to the church to attend the Mass.

Bus routes: Tram No. 401, bus No. 413 and 418.

Laojun Cave

Laojun Cave Taoist Temple is located on Laojun Mountain near Huangjue on the south bank of Chongqing City, and is an important Taoist temple in Chongqing. For hundreds of years, every first day, fifteenth day of the new year or the Qingming Festival, pilgrims face the mountain, visitors go green, the Taoist temple is full of cigarette smoke, and the pedestrians on the mountain road are endless.

The whole temple is built according to the mountain, and the cliff is chiseled. The main building is in the shape of "Xuan", spiraling up the mountain. The temple area covers an area of more than 300 acres, more than 30 statues, there are Sanqing Palace, Lingguan Palace, Sanfeng Palace, Jade Emperor Palace, Zhenwu Palace, Luzu Palace, Qiu Zu Palace, Guanyin Hall and Zhaitang, Guest Hall, Scripture Hall, Stage, Theater, Tibetan Scripture Building, Danfang, etc., cultural relics and historic sites are the most distinctive in Laojun Cave, Sanfeng Cave, Chunyang Cave, Stone Monkey Cave, Sansheng Cave, Burning Lamp Cave and so on. The temple Cihang Hall is carved with the inscription "Zhenwu preaching", and the stone in front of the Sanqing Hall is carved with "Jade Dragon Holding the Sage". There are many cliffs carved in the Laojun Cave Taoist Temple, among which the two stone carving reliefs of the Nine Dragon Tablet and the Eight Difficult Rocks are the most artistic. There are also many cliff stone inscriptions.

Bus route: Laojun Cave is located in Nanshan Scenic Area, two kilometers away from the south bank of Shizhong District.

Dazu Shengshou Temple

Shengshou Temple is located on the right rear side of the Big Buddha Bay on Baoding Mountain, which was built in the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty, and is the Tantric Zen temple built by the famous monk Zhao Zhifeng. Originally known as the Five Buddha Cliff, it was expanded with its current name. The original temple has been abandoned, and the existing temple is a building of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Shengshou Temple is built on the mountain, the temple is majestic, and the carving is exquisite. The main halls include the Heavenly King Palace, the Jade Emperor Palace, the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the Sutra Palace, the Burning Lamp Palace, the Vimo Palace, etc. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the south side of the temple was built more than 20 meters high, the "long live building" of the octagonal quadruple eaves.

Shengshou Temple was prosperous in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The temple is engraved with the prototype of the statue of the Big Buddha Bay, which should be the blueprint of the statue of the Big Buddha Bay.