Lingyin Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, facing the North Peak and Feilai Peak. Built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it covers an area of about 87,000 square meters.
The founder of Lingyin Temple is West Indian monk Huili. In the Southern Dynasties, Liang Wudi granted land and expanded it. Qian Liu, King of wuyue in the Five Dynasties, asked Master Yongming to give him the name Lingyin New Temple.
During the Jiading period in Song Ningzong, Lingyin Temple was known as one of the five Zen Mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. During the reign of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the Buddhist monk Lingyin raised funds for reconstruction. It took 18 years to build the temple, and its scale jumped to the top in southeast China. In the twenty-eighth year of Qing Emperor Kangxi's southern tour, he was given the name Yunlin Temple.
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On October 20 14 19 10, the office of the State Administration for Religious Affairs issued the Notice of the State Administration for Religious Affairs on Further Promoting the Sacrifice of Civilized Incense and the Construction of Ecological Temples, in which it was proposed to standardize and strengthen the protection of cultural relics and standardize the incense burning behavior.
Starting from 20 14, Hangzhou put forward the concept of respecting incense in a civilized way. In Lingyin Temple, open flame incense sticks are no longer sold, but three incense sticks are replaced.
On 20 15, an electronic counter was installed at the entrance and exit of Lingyin Temple, which can monitor the number of tourists in the temple in real time. Once the number of people in the temple exceeds 50,000, the speed of ticket sales will be slowed down to ensure the normal tour order. There will also be a zigzag entrance outside the main hall of the temple to control the number of tourists in each main hall.
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