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History of Jingtu Temple
In the early years of Qing Qianlong, Wang Kaijie, a wealthy Suzhou businessman, came here to start a business. Wang Kaijie is a thoughtful businessman. He knows that "to get rich, build roads first". He built Dongyang Village Bridge and Qingdun Dashiqiao with sole investment, which made the traffic from Mibai to Shagang very convenient. Wang Kaijie also won the title of "Great Good Man" and "Living Bodhisattva", and his business grew. But one thing has been bothering Wang Kaijie. He is over 30 years old. Although he has a wife and a concubine, he has no children. On one occasion, Wang Kaijie went back to Suzhou to tell the Zen master Yiqing about his troubles. Yiqing monk, one of the founders of Cao Dongzong School, made outstanding contributions to the development of Buddhism in northern Jiangsu. Zen master Yiqing said to Wang Kaijie, "benefactor, as long as you build a temple in Dongyang Zhuang, the Bodhisattva will bless your descendants." After returning to Dongyangzhuang, Wang Kaijie decided to spend huge sums of money to build a temple. In the south of Dongyangzhuang Bridge and the west side of the street, more than ten acres of land were purchased, and the Shanmen Hall, Daxiong Hall and more than a dozen wings were built. In the ninth year of Qing Qianlong (A.D. 1744), the temple was completed. Wang Kaijie led his family and dozens of local monks to Suzhou by boat, and respectfully invited Zen master Yiqing as abbot. When the old monk came here, it was midsummer, and he was very moved to see people lining up to welcome him. After entering the temple, he wrote down the banner "There are many pure lands in Yuan Ze, frogs sing cicadas and Zen machines" and named the temple Jingtu Temple.

Later, Wang Kaijie had four men and three women. The local people think that the spirit of Bodhisattva in Jingtu Temple is increasing, and more and more people go to the temple to offer incense. Due to the large number of descendants, it has also become a famous Wang family in Louzhuang Town. His children and grandchildren built manors and houses in the west of Zhuanghe River in Dongyang, which became Xiaolouzhuang.

As Jingtu Temple is located at the junction of three counties (Hai 'an, Jiangyan and Dongtai), the land and water transportation is convenient, and pilgrims keep coming all year round. At the peak of incense, Li Sanke in Fiona Fang could hear the sound of morning bells and drums and monks chanting scriptures. The incense of Jingtu Temple lasted for nearly 200 years, during which many eminent monks emerged, and many young monks who became monks here later became abbots of famous temples. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, in order to avoid the disaster of war, monks became monks in succession and monasteries declined. After the founding of New China, the last abbot, monk Mingxi, went to Chikulin Temple in Zhenjiang, leaving only two monks, Dongming and Aiming, to guard the house. During the Cultural Revolution, temples were severely damaged, and Buddha statues and ancient books were set on fire. In the 1980s, all the temples in Dongyang Village were demolished and converted into village factories and brigade headquarters. At this point, the ancient Pure Earth Temple disappeared. Soon, a local Buddhist named Yan Kaoshan built a small temple at his own expense on the site of the ancient Jingtu Temple and set up a incense table to worship the Buddha statue.

1997 at the request of local monks and customs, with the approval of the provincial government, the Louzhuang Town Government decided to rebuild the Jingtu Temple. Considering the remoteness of the original site and inconvenient transportation, we moved to Shu Ren West Road, Louzhuang Town. As soon as the news came out, it was quickly funded by all parties at home and abroad. Louzhuang Town invested more than 5 million yuan to rebuild the Pure Earth Temple according to the architectural style of that year. When the temple was laid, it was very lively and unprecedented. Elder Yang Ming, President of Shanghai Buddhist Association, abbot Nengxiu of Yangzhou daming temple, former abbot of Jingtu Temple, and Master Mingxi, then President of Changshu Buddhist Association, all came to observe the ceremony with illness.

In 2000, at the request of local monks and celebrities from all walks of life, Master Xuexian, who had worked in Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple for many years, came to Jingtu Temple as the abbot. In 200 1 year, Master Xuexian paid a visit to Elder Jing Hui, the first vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, and accepted the dharma book at the Buddhist Temple in Berlin, Hebei Province, becoming the 49th generation descendant of Lin Ji. In April 2002, Jingtu Temple was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangyan City. In the spring of 2003, Master Xuexian held a grand enthronement ceremony. Leaders of the Buddhist Association of China, Buddhist associations of other provinces and cities, eminent monks of major monasteries, thousands of China believers, local leaders and monks and nuns from Singapore and the United States attended the ceremony.