During the Southern Dynasties, there were 480 temples and many pagodas in the misty rain. The origin of "480 temples" in Du Mu's two poems is Da Hongzhi. The history of Dahongzhi started from Sun Wu and went through various dynasties, including Chang Gan Temple and Tianxi Temple. The Great Baoen Temple Pagoda was formerly known as Asoka Pagoda.
During the Chiwu period in Wu Dong (238-250), Sun Quan built Chusi and Ashoka Pagoda, which were the first pagodas in the south of the Yangtze River and were called "the first temple in the south of the Yangtze River". It is the second temple in China after the White Horse Temple in Luoyang and the first temple in southern China. According to research, Ashoka Pagoda was built in Xingping period (194─ 195), which is the oldest pagoda in Nanjing and one of the earliest pagodas in China. The tower builder is most likely Fu Rong, a native of Moling. He used to be a traffic officer in Guangling, Xiapi and Pengcheng counties under the rule of Tao Qian, and a secretariat in Xuzhou, where he used the traffic income to build temples and towers. Furong is the founder of China attic pagoda, which was first seen in official history. After that, he retreated to his hometown of Moling and was conquered by Sun Ce. ?
In the 10th year of Wu Dong Chiwu (247), Sun Quan, the emperor of Wu Dong, built Jianchu Temple and Ashoka Pagoda for Kangju Monks in Chang Gan, which became the beginning of Jiangnan Pagoda Temple.
During the reign of Jin Taikang (280-289), it was rebuilt and named Chang Gan Temple. In the Southern Dynasties, Chen was named Hongzhi, and a sacred tower was built in the Temple of Heaven in the Song Dynasty. Yuan changed the word "Jing En Zhongjiao Temple".
In the sixth year of Jiande (578), Tiki's Buddhism was looted. It is said that more than forty monks arrived at Jiankang along the seaside. The ship sank in a big storm. Suddenly, the giant turtle appeared, the monks came out of the water, and soon they arrived in Jiankang. It is said that there is no Amitabha in the south. The tortoise said to him, master, do you ever remember that I am an old tortoise in the releasing pond of Haiqu? I suddenly realized. When he heard the news of Xuan Di, the emperor was very happy, so he built Hongzhi Hall and offered incense to it.
In the Tang dynasty, "the wise man heard it, and also the Bohai people." I went to the Buddha when I was young, entered the temple at the age of twelve, and was ordained at the age of sixteen. Practice "Great Wisdom Theory" and "Zhong Lun", establish "One Mind and Three Views" and realize the origin of Tiantai. What you have learned is unknown to the world. Scholars admire, thinking that it is impossible to know how high and thick it is. I also bought Liang Shi in Haiquxi as a release pond with the help of Buddhist temples, and the Buddhism was broadcast in Jiangbei. "