GANLU TEMPLE - CHINA

Ganlu temple is located on jiuhua mountain inside the south of anhui province, and is one of essential temples on the mountain. In 1983, it changed into certain as one in all country wide key temples in the regions of the han nationality. Now, it's far the website online of jihua mountain buddhist academy.

Ganlu temple became built in the sixth 12 months (1667) of the kangxi reign of the qing dynasty (1644-1911). While imperial grasp yulin made a pilgrimage here, he idea that finished monks ought to seem if any temple changed into constructed here. Upon listening to yulin's words, dong'an, a monk residing in fuhudong (tiger subduing cave), at once began to beg alms to construct a temple. The names of many buddhist temples within the global incorporate the person lu (dew), and maximum of them originated from memories recorded in buddhist scriptures. Amitabha has two titles: ganlu (sweet dew) buddha and sweet dew king. However, ganlu temple on jiuhua mountain does not have such an origin. It's miles said that at the eve of building, tops of all bushes at the mountain had been protected with white dews, and this event, as a miracle, became mentioned to the throne. As a result, the name ganlu (sweet dew) become conferred to the temple. Ganlu temple has skilled several reconstructions because it became constructed. In the qing dynasty, the temple turned into elevated in the mid qianlong reign, destroyed in battle inside the middle of the xianfeng reign, and rehabilitated in the 1/3 12 months (1864) of the tongzhi reign.

Ganlu temple covers a place of three,500 square meters, and its halls and pavilions are organized so as. It includes 3 units of buildings like residential residence and predominant hall like a place. It become constructed in line with the mountain's hypsography. Major homes of the temple consist of the gate of temple, foremost hall, founder's hall, and jade buddha pagoda. The design of the temple's front gate is particular: when you input the gate, you can see the temple's lower back wall. This gate is not linked to the backyard. In case you need to visit the main hall, you need to enter any of the small aspect doors.

Ganlu temple is nestled amongst exuberant timber. On its one facet stands a stone referred to as dingxin (being comfortable) stone, where grasp yulin used to take a rest.