The Wanfo Pavilion was built in the Ming Dynasty, and now most of the buildings are relics after reconstruction in the Qing Dynasty. There are three main buildings, one is Manjusri Hall, the other is Dragon King Hall, and the third is the ancient stage.
This two-story, three-eaves, rest-peak building faces east and west, and is called Manjusri Hall. Its four corners are prominent, and its open verandah is beautifully carved, much like a hollowed-out handicraft, and it is unique among many Buddhist temples in Wutai Mountain. There are three bodhisattvas in the lower floor of the temple. I don't need to tell you. Everyone can see at a glance that Manjusri Bodhisattva is riding a green lion, Pu Xian is riding a big white elephant and Guanyin is riding a beast.
Whether it is the Three Bodhisattvas or riding under the seat, they are beautifully and vividly shaped. Look at the wooden cubicles on the left, right and back walls of the main hall. They are all clay gold Buddha statues, about 10cm in size, and even the beams are small Buddha statues. The three walls on the second floor upstairs are also covered with golden Buddha statues, and there are 10 thousand Buddha statues on the upper and lower floors. So this hall, this temple is called the Buddha Pavilion.
In the middle of the second floor is the Earth Treasure King Bodhisattva, and around it is the monk Ming Dow and his father. Generally speaking, the old people should come first, but here our son Dominic comes first on the left.
Why is this? According to legend, the Bodhisattva Dizang wanted to create a Dojo in Jiuhua Mountain. At first, a local member was unwilling to give up his treasure, but his son dared to disobey his father's orders, dedicate the land, become a monk with the Bodhisattva Dizang and become a devout Buddhist disciple. Because of this story, his father had to stand beside the bodhisattva ksitigarbha. The five pairs of statues standing on the left and right sides of the Tibetan King and Bodhisattva are collectively called "Ten Halls of Hades".
This building, facing south, is the famous Wulongwang Temple, commonly known as Wu Ye Temple. Wu Ye Temple was founded in Qing Dynasty. During the reconstruction of the Republic of China, the vestibule outside the temple was added.
Generally, Buddhist temples are not for the Dragon King, but why should Wutai Mountain build the Dragon King Hall? This should start with the myth that Manjusri Bodhisattva skillfully borrowed Wang Longshi, the dragon of the East China Sea. A long time ago, Wutai Mountain was not a cool place, but a hot place, and the local people suffered greatly. Manjushri, who specializes in solving problems, skillfully borrowed a cool stone from the East Sea Dragon King. Since then, Wutai Mountain has become cool and pleasant, and has become a summer resort.
This cool gem was originally brought back by the five sons of the Dragon King to drive away the heat and enjoy the cool. When they found that the cool gem was brought to Wutai Mountain by Manjusri Bodhisattva, they followed it to make a scene in Wutai Mountain, cut five steep peaks into five platforms and retrieved the cool gem. However, Manjusri Bodhisattva, after all, has boundless magic power, and soon surrendered five little dragon kings and let them live at the top of five platforms respectively.
The King of Five Dragons was placed on the highest north platform, and was responsible for sowing rain in the Yun Geng of Wutai Mountain. People are grateful for his benefit to Wutai Mountain area, so it is natural to pay homage to the statue of Wang Jiandian in Wulong.
The King of the Five Dragons lives in the center of the temple. On the left are the Big Dragon King, the Second Dragon King and the Dragon Mother, and on the right are the Jade Four, the Third Dragon King and the Fourth Dragon King. It is said that the Five Dragon Kings used to have black faces, but why do we see golden faces? This is because Buddhists say that the prince is violent, ill-treated, angry and afraid.
Wu Ye's temper softened when his face changed from black to gold. Opposite the Wu Ye Temple is an ancient stage, which was specially built to sing for the Five Dragon Kings.
According to legend, the Five Dragon Kings are particularly fond of going to the theatre, so every June, the temple gate is opened wide for the Fifth Master to watch, so as to please the Fifth Master, make him give rain in time, and ensure the people to have a happy new year. .
What is the largest and oldest temple in Wutai Mountain? Xiantong Temple is the largest and oldest temple in Wutai Mountain. It was built in the Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because its peak is similar to that of ancient Indian vultures, it was originally named Dafu Griffin Temple.
Northern Wei Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties were all expanded or rebuilt, and the temple name was changed several times. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, it was renamed Dahuayan Temple.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of Ming Dynasty, named him "Daxiang Xiantong Temple", while Judy of Ming Taizu, Ming Taizu Chengzu and Zhu Yijun of Ming Shenzong named him "Shengguang Yongming Temple for protecting the country". In the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1687), it was renamed Daxiantong Temple, which is still in use today.
The whole temple covers an area of 80,000 square meters, with more than 400 large and small houses, most of which were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the bell tower in front of the temple, there is the largest bronze bell in Wutai Mountain-Ghost Bell. There are more than ten thousand words of Buddhist scriptures on the surface of the clock. Because the clock is long, it is also called long clock, also called long-lived clock.
There are seven halls on the central axis of the temple, such as Manjusri Hall, Daxiong Hall and Infinite Hall. Daxiong Hall is the main place to hold Buddhist activities, spacious and simple, with Sakyamuni, Amitabha Buddha, Pharmacist Buddha and so on. The Infinite Hall is the largest, and there is a Buddha with infinite longevity in it. It is a brick structure with unique shape and no beams, so it is also called "Pearl-free Hall".
There is a bronze temple behind the central axis, with a big bronze Buddha on the middle platform and tens of thousands of small bronze buddhas on the four walls of the temple. It is said that this temple was built by Zen master Miao Feng during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Miao Feng was once called the real Buddha. He built three bronze temples, and the other two were in Emei Mountain and Huashan Mountain.
What is the history of Wutai Mountain? Wutai Mountain is located in the northeast of Wutai County, Shanxi Province. It was originally named Liang Qing, but later it was named Wutai Mountain because it has five peaks like a platform. Known as the "cool Buddha country". According to legend, it is the residence of Manjusri Bodhisattva, which means wonderful luck or wonderful classics. Specializing in wisdom, he is known as the "Great Wisdom Bodhisattva". There are five knots on his head, representing five kinds of wisdom. Sitting on a lion shows great wisdom. During the reign of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, there was a temple in each of the five terraces, and the names of Manjushri offered by each temple were different. All five terraces go to worship, which is called "Dachaotai". On the roof of Taidong Town, Dailuoding, there are five manjusri statues with different practices in the temple. For example, only when Dai Luo is on the top is it called "Little Super Platform". Beixing Temple built during the Northern Wei Dynasty,
History and culture of Bodhisattva Peak and Shuxiang Temple in Wutai Mountain: Bodhisattva Peak is the largest Huangdao Temple in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province.
Located on the Ling Jiu Feng on the north side of Xiantong Temple in Taihuai Town, Wutai Mountain. According to legend, it is the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva, that is, Manjusri residence, so it is also called Zhenrongyuan and Great Manjusri Hall. It is one of the five Zen sites in Wutai Mountain.
This temple was built in the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (47 1~499) and rebuilt many times in past dynasties. After Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian and Tibetan lamas stationed in Wutai Mountain and became the head of the Huangmiao Temple in Wutai Mountain.
Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Wutai Mountain for many times, stayed at the Bodhisattva Peak, gave a seal to the government of the Bodhisattva Peak Lama, and ordered all Shanxi provinces, including the governor of Shanxi, the company commander of Datong, and the Daotai of Daizhou, to pay tribute to the Bodhisattva Peak Lama. The whole temple covers an area of 45 mu, and the temple is built on the mountain with strict layout.
There are 108 stone steps in front of the temple. There are buildings such as the Heavenly King Hall, the Bell and Drum Tower and the Ursa Major Hall in the mountain gate.
Each hall is covered with three-color glazed tiles. In addition, there is a Kangxi imperial tablet in the hall, which is beheaded in a square and stands in the front yard; The Qianlong Imperial Monument was carved with a square boulder in the East Temple Monument Pavilion. It is six meters high and one meter wide on each side. It is engraved with Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan characters.
The culture of Wutai Mountain was as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there were temple buildings in Wutai Mountain.
According to legend, when Emperor Hanming took photos of Morton and Zhu Falan spreading Buddhism in China, he came to Wutai Mountain and saw five terraces surrounding Taihuai Town in the hinterland. The mountain landscape is very similar to Lingjiu Mountain, the practice place of Sakyamuni Buddha in ancient India, so they asked Emperor Hanming to build a Buddhist temple in Wutai Mountain. After obtaining permission, the first temple in Wutai Mountain-Dafuling Jiusi, now Xiantong Temple, was built.
Since then, with the spread of Buddhism and the worship of emperors, the status of Wutai Mountain has become higher and higher. From the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, temples became increasingly prosperous.
Since the Qing Dynasty, Lamaism has been introduced into Wutai Mountain, and a new Huangmiao Temple has been built in Wutai Mountain, making Wutai Mountain the only Buddhist holy place where Han Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism coexist. There are 39 temples in Taiwan Province and 8 temples outside Taiwan Province.
The famous Zen relics in Taiwan Province include Xiantong Temple, Tayuan Temple, Bodhisattva Peak, Shuxiang Temple and Luomuhou Temple. The famous Zen relics outside Taiwan Province are nanzenji and Beiju. These temples, built in different periods, are simple and vigorous, magnificent, heavy in architecture, deep in pavilions, or ingenious in structure, which make Wutai Mountain with beautiful scenery present a colorful cultural landscape and become a place that many tourists and pilgrims yearn for.
Wutai Mountain, as a famous Buddhist holy land, has a very profound cultural accumulation and heritage, and has formed its own endless cultural atmosphere and inclusive cultural ecology for more than 1000 years. Although no one has given Wutai Mountain culture a very clear academic position so far, we can generally say that Wutai Mountain culture was gradually formed in the surrounding areas of Wutai Mountain, lasted for more than a thousand years, and spread to the world's "Buddhist cultural circle". It is a regional culture with Buddhist culture as the main body, Manjusri Dojo and "coexistence of green and yellow" as the symbol, and has both natural and humanistic values, historical and practical significance, materialized form and spiritual form.
This regional culture not only shows distinct regional characteristics, but also represents a special cultural type. From an academic point of view, it is of great practical significance to systematically sort out and study Wutai Mountain culture, deeply explore its unique cultural connotation, creatively transform it into modern culture, and make it constantly adapt to socialism, for the inheritance of Chinese civilization, for the reconstruction of regional culture, for the construction of advanced culture, and for the development of tourism and cultural industries.
One of the modern significance: the Buddhist culture of Wutai Mountain is an active specimen to investigate the Buddhist history of China and a tangible carrier to inherit the traditional culture of China. Buddhist culture is the most distinctive cultural type and symbol of Wutai Mountain.
The Buddhist culture in Wutai Mountain has a long history, profound connotation and great influence. In the process of continuous development for more than 1000 years, it has gradually formed distinctive cultural characteristics that are different from other famous Buddhist mountains. First, Wutai Mountain was recognized by Han nationality and Tibetan Buddhism as the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva.
In Mahayana Buddhism, Manjusri Bodhisattva is the chief bodhisattva who helps Buddhism spread Buddhism and is in charge of wisdom. Therefore, Wutai Mountain is also regarded as the "wisdom mountain".
Only from the largest murals in Dunhuang Grottoes, Wutai Mountain Map and New Manjusri, can we appreciate the prosperity of Manjusri belief in Wutai Mountain in history and its special position in the eyes of Buddhists. Secondly, Wutai Mountain is the only famous Buddhist mountain and "Royal Dojo" where Han Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism coexist in China. It has played a particularly important role in promoting and regulating the unity of the Han, Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian nationalities for hundreds of years.
Third, although there is no independent Buddhism in Wutai Mountain, it embraces the spread of various schools of Buddhism in different historical development periods in China with an inclusive cultural mind. The rise and fall of Buddhism in China left a deep impression on Wutai Mountain. The continuity, integrity and rich connotation of Wutai Mountain Buddhist culture are very representative in China Buddhist culture.
As Mr. Ren pointed out: "Wutai Mountain culture is the epitome of China traditional culture, and many aspects of the essence of China traditional culture can be reflected in the scope of Wutai Mountain Buddhist culture." It can be said that the Buddhist history of Wutai Mountain is a concentrated Buddhist history of China.
The second modern significance: the Buddhist art of Wutai Mountain shows irreplaceable cultural relic value and aesthetic value. Wutai Mountain is a collection of historical relics and historic sites, and it is the essence of Indian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Han Buddhism, folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism and Jin culture. It is very typical and representative in Buddhist temple architecture, sculpture painting and Buddhist music, and has become a well-deserved "China Buddhist architectural art treasure house", "China Pagoda Art Exhibition Hall", "China Buddha Art Museum" and "Chinese Buddhist music wonder".
The third modern significance: Manjusri wisdom provides a meaningful philosophical perspective and value reference. Manjusri wisdom constitutes the most metaphysical and culturally distinctive part of Wutai Mountain Buddhism.
To sum up, Manjusri wisdom is mainly Prajna Kong Zhi and two-way. This so-called "seamless" Buddhist wisdom is different from what we usually call common sense wisdom in meaning, which contains many impurities of idealism. However, its spirit of transcending the dualistic thinking mode and treating contradictions with great tolerance and harmony is still enlightening in today's society. If we can absorb beneficial nutrition from Manjusri's wisdom spirit and transform it into the ecological wisdom, moral wisdom, peaceful wisdom, harmonious wisdom and psychological wisdom that modern people need, then the oldest oriental wisdom will regain its new vitality.
The fourth modern significance: "Wutai movement" and "periglacial climate" make Wutai Mountain have special geological and ecological value. As scholar Yang Maolin summed up, Wutai Mountain area is the geological naming place of Wutai Group and Wutai Movement.
Among them, Wutai Group is one of the classic areas for studying early Precambrian geology in China. The comparative study of Hutuo Group and the famous Jixian section in Tianjin has a wide influence in the geological circles at home and abroad. Wutai movement is comparable to the global orogeny in the same period, which is of great significance to the study of tectonic units and the history of earth development. Wutai mountain planation is the most typical record of mountain uplift history, and it became the named place of planation in Beitai period in geopolitics. In addition, since the Late Quaternary, the ancient and modern periglacial margin of Wutai Mountain belongs to China.
What is the history of the establishment of the Buddhist temple in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi? Wutai Mountain, Mount Emei in Sichuan, Mount Putuo in Zhejiang and Mount Jiuhua in Anhui are also called the four famous Buddhist mountains.
There are many legends about the establishment of Wutai Mountain Buddhist Temple since the Tang Dynasty. "Theory of Eastern Han Dynasty" and "Theory of Northern Wei Dynasty" are two representative viewpoints.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhencheng believed that the establishment of Wutai Mountain Buddhist Temple began when Emperor Han Ming invited She Moteng to spread Buddhism in China, that is, it was generally believed that Buddhism was the earliest in China. He said in "Cold Record": "When Emperor Han Ming went to the west, he saw Liang Qing, a Manjusri Bodhisattva with a stupa built by King Ashoka.
King Ashoka, the king of Tianzhu Iron Wheel, can exorcise ghosts and gods, and hide Buddhist relics in 84,000 pagodas, spreading them to Yan Fu and Wutai Mountain. When the emperor built the temple, he called it Dafuling vulture temple, Dafu and Hong Xin. The emperor became famous because he believed in Buddhism at first.
Pass on feelings. Zhen Cheng said that his statement originated from the Collection of Three Treasures of Baota Temple in China (hereinafter referred to as Gantonglu or Gantongzhuan).
Because Zheng Cheng's "Cold Record" is widely circulated at home and abroad, the statement that Wutai Mountain built a temple in the Eastern Han Dynasty is also widely circulated. However, Daoxuan described it like this in Gan Lutong: "(Wutai Mountain) belongs to Wutai County, Daizhou, with five stops.
Taiwan Province is the highest in China, with a thousand eyes and mountains like the palm of your hand. Three miles southeast of Taitung, there is the ancient Fuling vulture temple, with two Dojo in the east and west, and all kinds of Buddhism are complete.
It is said that it was built by Emperor Han Ming. "Here, Daoxuan only said that Dafu's Griffin Temple was built by the ancient legend Emperor Han Ming, and there was no mention of Morton.
It can be seen that the theory of building a temple in Wutai Mountain in the Eastern Han Dynasty is a legend and a romance. Liang Qingchuan, compiled by Shi, is the earliest monograph that records the Buddhist history of Wutai Mountain, so it is also called Ancient Biography.
"The Legend of the Ancient Cool" said: "The Great Futu Temple (the Great Futu Lingjiu Temple) was created by Wei Wendi." Another cloud said, "Liang Qing Temple was built by Wei Xiaowen, and its Buddhist temple is revered today."
According to records, Buddhism flourished in Wutai Mountain when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and both Dafutu Temple and Liang Qing Temple were founded when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he was in Tang Wenzong, one of the famous "Eight Masters Entering the Tang Dynasty" in the history of Japanese Buddhism, the third generation founder of Tiantai Sect in Japan and the Japanese monk Master Yuan Rencijue wrote in his diary that he entered Wutai Mountain to seek dharma: "There is Liang Qing Temple, which is now in charge of Nantai.
This Wutai Mountain is called Liang Qing. A temple was built in the mountains. This temple was originally named Liang Qing Temple. "
According to this record, the oldest temple in Wutai Mountain is not Dafuling vulture temple, but Liang Qing temple. This is also a powerful denial of the theory of establishing the Dafuling Jiusi Temple in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Gu, a famous historian in Qing Dynasty, made a careful textual research on the historical facts of Buddhism in Wutai Mountain. In Wutai Mountain, he said: "Wutai was a county in the Han Dynasty, and the name of the mountain began to appear in Qi.
Its Buddhist temple was built in the late Wei Dynasty. "He said," but the people who taught him thought that if they took Morten White Tianzhu, they would live in a mountain.
I wonder if Han Xiaoming's veranda is in Luoyang (White Horse Temple) but not here (Wutai Mountain). "Here, Gu clearly pointed out that he sincerely mistook the balcony of Luoyang White Horse Temple where China Morten lived for Wutai Mountain, a balcony in Buddhist classics.
Regarding the establishment of the Wutai Mountain Buddhist Temple, we will compare the "Eastern Han Dynasty Theory" with the "Northern Wei Dynasty Theory". It is not difficult to see that the theory of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which has been circulating in Buddhism for a long time, is extremely religious, far from historical facts and unreliable. "Northern Wei Theory" is more reliable.
The Dictionary of Religions, edited by the Institute of World Religions of China Academy of Social Sciences, also said that Wutai Mountain Buddhism was born in the Northern Wei Dynasty when Xiaowen was in power, saying that "there were Buddhist temples in the Northern Wei Dynasty". This is in line with historical reality.
Of course, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the number of Buddhas in Wutai Mountain was still in the primary stage. At that time, there were not many temples and the scale was not large.
There are only "East and West Temples" in Dafutu Temple, while there are only "more than ten monk's rooms in three Buddhist temples" in Beiju Temple. This is a far cry from the bustling scene of Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, recorded in the Biography of Galand in Luoyang.
According to historical records: "There were 30,000 temples and 2 million monks and nuns in Wei Dynasty." Wutaishan Temple, with only a few Buddhist temples, obviously did not occupy an important position in the Buddhist circles of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The origin of Wutai Mountain Wutai Mountain is located in the northeast of Wutai County, Xinzhou District, Shanxi Province. It is one of the famous Buddhist shrines in China. Together with Mount Emei in Sichuan, Mount Jiuhua in Anhui and Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, it is also called the four Buddhist holy places in China.
Wutai Mountain is named after the shape of the mountain where it is located. Wutai Mountain, which is more than 250 kilometers away from Fiona Fang, consists of a series of peaks with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters. It is called "the roof of North China".
There are five outstanding peaks in the east, south, west, north and middle. The peaks of these five peaks are flat and wide, just like a platform made of huge stones, so they are called "Wutai Mountain".
Wutai Mountain got its name from this. The five peaks of Wutai Mountain all have their own names. Dongtai is called Wanghaishan, Jinxiu Peak in the south, Gua Yue Feng in the west, Yedou Peak in the north and Biyan Peak in the middle.
Wufeng Beitai is the highest peak with an altitude of 3058 meters. Four peaks, east, west, north and middle, stand on a mountain range, arranged in a crescent-shaped arc, and only the platform in the south is isolated on another mountain range opposite to the four stations, far away from each other. The scenery here is magnificent, picturesque and cool.
Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Wutai Mountain many times and built palaces on it. There were temples in Wutai Mountain in Han Dynasty. According to the Liang Qing of Ming Dynasty, there were dozens of temples in Wutai Mountain during the Yongping period of Emperor Han Ming (58-75 AD). There are 39 temples in Taiwan Province and 8 temples outside Taiwan Province.
Among them, Tayuan Temple, Xiantong Temple, Wuliang Temple, Bodhisattva Peak, Shuxiang Temple, Luohou Temple, Jingu Temple, Longquan Temple, Bishan Temple (Guangji Mao Peng), Nanshan Temple, nanzenji Temple and Wanfo Pavilion are famous. Wutai Mountain has a large collection of Confucian classics, and there have been various versions since the Song Dynasty.
Wutai Mountain is not only a Buddhist holy land, but also a tourist attraction. Every year, a large number of domestic and foreign tourists go to Wutai Mountain to worship Buddha, visit and spend the summer sightseeing.
Why is Xiantong Temple the oldest? Why is Xiantong Temple, with the oldest history and the largest number of relics, located at the southern foot of Ling Jiu Feng in the central area of Taihuai Town? It is one of the five Zen sites in Wutai Mountain and a national key cultural relic protection unit.
According to the Records of Liang Qingshan compiled by Gaocheng Town in Ming Dynasty, the temple was built in the 11th year of Emperor Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty (68 years) and was the founder of Wutai Mountain Buddhist Temple. This temple faces south and is square, covering an area of nearly 80,000 square meters. There are 400 buildings of all kinds here, which are the heritage of Ming and Qing dynasties.
The layout of the temple is divided into three parts, with the palace in the middle and the Zen Temple on the east and west sides. There are seven halls with different styles on the north-south axis of the palace, which are Guanyin Hall, Manjusri Hall, Ursa Major Hall, Infinite Hall, Manjusri Hall in Qian Bo, Bronze Hall and Tibetan Scripture Hall in turn.
There used to be five copper towers, but now there are only two east and west towers, which are placed on a stone pedestal more than 1 meter high, with a total height of nearly 8 meters. 199 1? 1993, the monks of this temple contributed120,000 yuan, and copied three destroyed copper towers as they were.
The bronze hall is about 5 meters high and is made of 50 tons of bronze. There are ten thousand small buddhas and rare birds and animals carved on the four walls of the temple, and there is a big bronze statue of Samantabhadra in the middle stage, which is vivid and beautifully cast.
The bronze hall of Xiantong Temple in Wutai Mountain has high artistic and cultural value. The bronze bell hanging from the bell tower with triple eaves outside the mountain gate outside the temple weighs 4999.
75 kilograms, the bell is rich and loud, reaching the foot of Wutai Mountain. Wuji Hall, also known as Wuliangtang, is a brick-like wooden structure with a width of 28.
2m, depth16m, height 20. 3 meters, simple in shape, beautifully carved, with caisson at the top and rich in hollowing out, is a masterpiece of China Flat Brick Hall.
There is an original bronze Buddha statue with infinite life in the temple, and the Huayan Pagoda is well preserved. "Huayan Amethyst Tower" is a kind of lower case used in Qing Dynasty. It was named after writing 80 volumes of Hua Yan Jing with more than 630,000 words on a rectangular white silk in the shape of a tower.
The doors, windows, partitions and lintels of Daxiong Hall are carved with flowers, which is the largest and most magnificent ancient building in the whole temple. The Tibetan Scripture Building, also known as Hougao Hall, has five main buildings with hard peaks. Now it's the cultural relic showroom. Today, the East Zen Room is the office address of Wutai Mountain Buddhist Association, and the West Zen Room is the guest house for monks.
Xiantong Temple is also the temple with the richest Buddhist relics in Wutai Mountain. In addition to architecture, incense burners, candle stands, vases and other utensils displayed in the temple hall, hanging plaques, curtains, banners, calligraphy and painting, various copper castings, wood carvings, clay sculptures, statues of Buddha, bodhisattva and arhat, and various instruments used by monks are all treasures.