Jiashan is the ancestral home of tea Zen, which is very famous in East Asia. Jiashan Niudi tea has been listed as a tribute from Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty.
Xian Tong, Tang Yizong was founded in the 11th year of Shunzhi (870), and has been renovated many times in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because it has been renovated in Tang Yizong, Song Shenzong and Yuan Shizu, it enjoys the reputation of "renovation of emperors in three dynasties". The result is a large scale. From the mountain gate to the main hall, there is a saying of "riding a horse to close the mountain gate" However, after vicissitudes of life, only the Daxiong Hall rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty remains.
Jiashan Temple was in its heyday in the early Qing Dynasty. By the time of the Republic of China, the temple was in disrepair, artificially demolished and declining. Before the founding of the People's Republic, there were only three halls and one compartment. After 1949, after the land reform and the demolition and reconstruction during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, most of the buildings were gone, leaving only the auditorium of the Tang Dynasty. The temple was built in the 30th year of Qing Daoguang (A.D. 1850), with a brick and wood structure, a double-eave resting on the top of the mountain, a nine-ridge glazed roof and a yellow tile roof. There is no need for columns outside the lower eaves, but brick walls. The gable is radial at a 45-degree angle, rising from the golden brick to the eaves column and above the lower eaves, forming an arched gable, which is rare in other temples in this province. There are 7 halls in the Hall of Treasure, with a width of 27 meters, 5 rooms with a depth of * * * 17 meters and a height of 13 meters, covering an area of 459 square meters. Qingshiqiao abutment, treasure column railing and pier column are mostly in the shape of chest nails and drums. The inner gold column is placed on the base of the basin cover column (a relic of Tang and Song Dynasties) and decorated with ribbed lattice fans. The back cornice wall is connected with the garden door. On the east side in front of the temple, there is a merit monument of Jiashan Lingquan rebuilt in the 44th year of Kangxi (A.D. 1705), and on the west side, it is opposite to it for 30 years (A.D. 65438). The original 20 Buddha statues and one Zhong Song in the temple have been destroyed. The two monuments record the rise and fall of the temple and the origin of Li Zicheng and the temple. According to legend, the banner of the original "Hall of Heroes" was written by the monk "Feng Tianyu". During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, He Lin, the magistrate of Lizhou, personally visited this place and wrote a biography of Li Zicheng, arguing that the monk "Feng Tianyu" was Li Zicheng and describing in detail his seclusion in Jiashan Temple.
Jiashan Temple is famous for its monk Tian Feng Yu Ming. On the west side of the left road of this temple, there are Fengtian Mingyu Tomb and Monk Stone Pagoda. In the early years of the Republic of China, Zhang Taiyan was sent by Sun Yat-sen as an "envoy stationed in western Hunan" to visit five poems of Li Zicheng's "Hundred Rhymes of Plum Blossoms" through Shimen Morning Market. During the period of 1980, the cultural department of Shimen County obtained a large number of precious physical materials near Jiashan Temple, such as the epitaph of monk Mingyu in Fengtian, the urn of Ming porcelain, the block of plum blossom and so on. All these show that those who hold the view that Mukden Mingyu is Li Zicheng are not groundless. Today, stories such as "Wang Ting" and "Yu Xi Jing" are still circulating around Jiashan Temple. It is said that when Li Zicheng retired from Beijing, he brought a Ming royal seal to Jiashan and abandoned it in this well for fear of official search. During the Yongzheng period, a monk in the temple fished it out and presented it to the magistrate of a county. The magistrate of a county gave it to the DPRK, and later people called it the "Jade Seal Well". Tianmen Mountain adjacent to Jiashan Temple, as well as Dayong, Cili, Linli and other counties, have found some cultural relics related to Fengtian Mingyu, which has aroused people's interest. Legend has it that when Li Zicheng lived in seclusion in Jiashan, his legal name was Tian Feng Yu Ming, and he built a hall as his residence in the last courtyard of the temple, which was called "Golden Hall" by local residents. Rebuild the name of the temple into the "Tibetan Sutra Hall" in its former site, but the villagers still call it "Jintang". Another old "Jintang" couplet can prove: "Get it right away, the emperor sells Jintang; The deer is still lost, and the Zen dream wakes up in the mountains. "
During the Republic of China, the temple was in disrepair for a long time and gradually declined due to man-made destruction. On the eve of liberation, there were only three halls and one living room left.
After the founding of New China, after many times of demolition and reconstruction during the land reform, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, most of the buildings were gone, leaving only the Daxiong Hall (now called Guanyin Hall). 1958 is the office of "State-owned Jiu Feng Forest Farm". 1959, Hunan provincial people's government announced it as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. During the period of 1980, cultural relics workers in Shimen County discovered a number of precious physical materials, such as the tomb of the great monk Fengtian and the woodcut version of Plum Blossom Poem, and combined with historical data, proved that the monk Fengtian was Li Zicheng, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, which caused great concern and controversy in historians at home and abroad. 1983, the people's government of Hunan Province once again approved Jiashan Temple as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. 1990, with the approval of the national and provincial religious departments, Jiashan Temple was officially announced by Shimen County People's Government as a place for religious activities, listed as a key temple, and included in the Dictionary of Places of Interest in China.
From 65438 to 0992, Shimen County People's Government invested funds to restore and rebuild Jiashan Temple and Wang Chuang Cemetery according to the original appearance recorded by He Lin, the magistrate of Lizhou in Qing Dynasty. The existing buildings in Jiashan Temple mainly include Shanmen, Jiuqu Bridge, Bell and Drum Tower, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Great Compassion Hall, Fatang Hall, Tibetan Scripture Building, Lingquan Tower and Zhaitang. The whole building of Wang Chuang Cemetery covers an area of more than 30 mu, consisting of Ling Wei, Yongchangchi, Dashun Bridge, Purple Stone Archway, Shinto, Mausoleum, Ming Building, Chef, Monument Gallery, Memorial Hall and Ye Fu Tower. Jiashan Temple has become a tourist attraction integrating Wang Chuang cemetery, Buddhist holy land, the source of tea ceremony and forest scenery.
1993 12 16. The county government issued a document: agreeing to grant the monk institution the right to manage and use part of Jiashan Temple.
1998 12 15. Jiashan Temple is completely managed by Buddhist groups according to religious policies.
Jiashan Temple consists of Jiashan National Forest Park, Jiashan Temple, Chuangwangling and Biyan Spring. , with a total area of 3 square kilometers. It is a well-known scenic tourist area at home and abroad, which is mainly based on human landscape and integrates natural scenery.
1993 was approved as a national forest park by the Ministry of Forestry.
1994, identified as 20 national forest park demonstration parks by the Ministry of Forestry.
In 2002, it was rated as AAA scenic spot by National Tourism Administration.
20 14, promoted to national AAAA level scenic spot.
Previously, Jiashan Temple was announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Hunan Province on 1959 and 1983, and Zhuangwang Mausoleum was announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Hunan Province on 1996. Jiashan Temple was listed as "the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units" on 20 13.
1999 was approved by Hunan provincial people's government as a key religious activity place in Hunan province; Jiashan Scenic Spot was rated as the best scenic spot in Hunan Province in' 97 by Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau 1998, and passed the acceptance of "International Ecological Leisure Scenic Spot" in 20 14.