Established in Western Jin Wudi Tai beginning four years (268 years) ancient Lushan, for the first one to spread the Buddhist monks of Hunan haunting Zhu France built, dating back over 1,700 years, it is not only the first Buddhist temple in Hunan, is also China's early Buddhist world. Gate has a "Han initial attractions, Hunan first temple," the couplet, it shows its historical status.
Today's ancient Lushan, pilgrims flocked to worship. Pinnacle storied palace nestled in between the bell Drum, Fine bursts. Temple a few calendar sericulture, although not its size and spectacular imagination Hongli, no grandstanding over tone cut whitewash, but simple trace heavy, elegant trace solemn. Deep spiritual silence, chanting long, chime board sound, quite famous temples weather. Since its founding, Dharma running water outflow from the temple, they nourish scenery Foothills, nourishing Hunan earth, endless endless Rao Yi large indeed sentient beings. History of Buddhism in China has an irreplaceable position and reaching a big impact.
Hunan is a province of the People's Republic, is located south of the Yangtze River. Most areas in the south of Dongting Lake, hence the name Hunan. Xiangjiang River runs through the territory of North and South, also known as Xiang. According to legend, the Xiangjiang River in the past few plant hibiscus, Tan Tang Dynasty poet used the "Autumn Hibiscus country thousands of miles" of the sentence, Hunan, it has "Hibiscus country, "said. Hunan, Jiangxi east, west, Chongqing, Guizhou, southern border of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei Province north. Jurisdiction of 13 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture, a total of 136 counties (county-level cities or municipal districts) or more administrative units, the provincial capital of Changsha City based.