Guobao Temple is located in the valley on the mountainside of Lingshan Mountain in Shi Fei, Jiangbei District, Ningbo. According to legend, Zhang Qifang, the son of ancient general Zhang Yi, abandoned his official position and lived in seclusion here. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the original temple on the mountain was called "Lingshan Temple", also called "Ancient General Temple". In the fifth year of Tang Huichang, the temple was destroyed and rebuilt in the first year of Ming Dynasty (880). Li Xian, the Emperor of Nuo School, gave a plaque "Guobao Temple", which was later renamed as Guobao Temple.
Daxiong Hall is the essence of the national security temple, with unique architectural style and exquisite craftsmanship. Daxiong Hall is the main building in the temple. It is the oldest existing wooden structure in the south of the Yangtze River. Its width is three (1 1.9 1 m) and its depth is three (13.35 m), forming a vertical rectangle. The hall is magnificent, all the structures are skillfully connected by the bucket arch and precise tenon-mortise technology, and all the components of the building are firmly combined together without a nail to support the weight of the whole hall roof.
As a famous temple in eastern Zhejiang, Guobao Temple has high historical, scientific and artistic value, and is also a place to enjoy natural scenery.
Transportation: Guobao Temple is only 15km away from the urban area, and it can be reached directly by bus No.332. ..
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Guobao Temple has a long history. According to legend, Zhang Yi, a title of generals in ancient times, and Zhang Qifang, his son Zhong Shulang, loved the beautiful scenery here and lived in seclusion. Buddhism was introduced and the house was built into a temple. Because it is on Lingshan Mountain, it was named Lingshan Temple first. In the fifth year of Tang Huichang (845), the Buddha and the temple were destroyed. In the first year of Tang Guangming (880), it was rebuilt and renamed as Guobao Temple. Guobao Temple is not famous for its religious temples, but because our ancestors were amazing for their exquisite architectural techniques a thousand years ago. The essence of Guobao Temple, Daxiong Hall or Infinite Hall, was rebuilt in the sixth year of the Northern Song Dynasty (10 13), which is one of the oldest and most well-preserved wooden structures in the south of the Yangtze River. In the twenty-third year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, double eaves were built around it, which became the form of double eaves resting on the top of the mountain.
Why is it called Wuliang Store? In fact, the hall has beams, but it is blocked by algae wells and smallpox. On the other hand, it is related to homophonic, and it is an immortal Buddha. The main hall building is unique: (1) the plane layout is deeper than the width and is rectangular; (2) Three hollowed-out algae wells are beautifully placed on the ceiling of the front trough; (3) The complex bucket structure is adopted, and the bucket shape and Ang are skillfully connected together by tenons and mortises, without a nail, so that the whole hall is stable and ingenious, and has good wind-resistant and earthquake-resistant performance; (4) The design of the column is even more ingenious, and the appearance is melon-shaped. Four small columns in the center of the column are spliced and wrapped with four battens, which not only saves wood, but also does not affect the firmness and has a beautiful appearance. The column has obvious lateral feet. (5) asymmetry. The stigma on the west side of the Buddhist platform in the main hall is a square barrel, and the stigma on the east side is a round stone barrel; There are four hops on the east side and five hops on the west side.
The main hall of Guobao Temple has high architectural history, art and scientific value. It is a typical architectural style in Song Dynasty, which embodies the unique architectural style and high level of mechanical research at that time. Therefore, in the records of Guobao Temple, there are many predecessors' poems: "Aoshan is ancient, and the palace is strangely constructed", "The ascending person is very clever, and the auspicious image will last forever." Appreciate the grandeur and novelty of the hall structure.
The mystery of the hall is that birds are not born, mice are not allowed in, spiders do not weave webs, and there is no dust on the beams. What is the reason? Some of them can be explained by the smell of building materials, while others can be explained by structure and air convection. There is no conclusion yet, which needs to be discussed.
This ancient temple is famous for its architecture. It is an ancient architectural complex in the Han Dynasty (a title of generals in ancient times), the Tang Dynasty (a classic building), the Song Dynasty (a hall without beams), the Ming Dynasty (a smoke-welcoming building), the Qing Dynasty (the Heavenly King Hall, the Guanyin Hall, the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower) and the Republic of China (a sutra-storing building). Covering an area of 20,000 square meters, the building is magnificent and the internal collection is unusual. There is a *** 17 exhibition room in the temple, which is open to the public all the year round. There are exhibitions of scientific and technological inventions and discoveries in the 20th century, art exhibitions of Guanyin statues in past dynasties, international friendship gifts exhibitions, Mingzhou Wedding Custom Museum, bronze ware exhibition hall, Qin Ci Long Cang, brick screen stone carvings, Ning style furniture, middle school students' bookstores and so on. Visitors can play with bells, drums and dragons.
The most attractive thing in the collection is the most conspicuous "Ningbo sedan chair" in Mingzhou Wedding Custom Museum. In the past, girls got married and took sedan chairs, and the sedan chairs in Ningbo had the highest specifications. This dazzling, gorgeous and noble Ningbo sedan chair is decorated with more than 300 gold story characters. The sedan chair is 2.9 meters high and has *** 1 1 floor. Each floor is carved in different ways, with 10 thousand works, so it is called "Wangong Reef". "I was carried by a sedan chair" naturally became the rhetoric of the old ladies.
You can also see some rare treasures in the International Friendship Treasures Museum. In the frequent international exchanges between the people of China and people of other countries, leaders, officials, non-governmental organizations and celebrities from various countries have presented a large number of precious gifts to Chinese leaders, governments and mass organizations, including the woodcarving doe presented by the Gambian government and the Qibao Shaoshuanghe Pan presented by the Japanese government ... These gifts are a symbol of friendship between the people of China and other countries, a witness to history, and also generally reflect the national characteristics, cultural traditions and unique artistic styles of various countries for us to broaden our horizons.
In the bronze exhibition hall, there are bronze Confucius Temple ritual vessels and bronze Buddha statues cast in the twelfth year of Tongzhi. There are 65,438+06 bronze chimes, 65,438+04 chimes, 2 special chimes, as well as elephants, cows, reeds and cups. The chimes seem to be the same size, but in fact they are different in thickness. When you knock at the door, every sound is different and the bell is different. Buddha and Bodhisattva are different in size and shape, which respectively represent the styles and characteristics of each period.
Lingshan scenic spot, 73 hectares outside the temple, relies on the beautiful banks of the Ci River and the mysterious Linglong Spring Eye, with a good ecological environment, many ancient and famous trees, fresh air and clean environment, and scattered with more than ten scenic spots such as Linglong Spring, Stacked Gold Terrace, Qingyun Pavilion and Xianren Bridge.
Like the ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River, Guobao is a tourist attraction with convenient transportation, low cost, superior natural environment and profound cultural heritage, and it is the first choice for sightseeing, vacation, summer vacation and leisure.