Xiangfuchan Temple Review

20220905 Morning: 1. "Xiangfu Temple" is located in the "Lingshan Scenic Area" of 5A Scenic Area. Take the bus to the scenic spot at 7 o'clock in the morning, only to have more time to play all day, and it is easy to stop by car. There is a free storage place at the tourist service center outside the scenic spot, but it is not possible to save it until 8:30. You can see the Lingshan Giant Buddha Aoli Mountain from a distance outside the scenic spot. There are 3 performances in the scenic spot. When you enter the door, you will like to take a program schedule to avoid missing it. The blue ticket given by the ticket inspector is to watch the "Lingshan Auspicious Ode to Lingshan" in the Fan Palace. You need to keep the ticket for the performance. Xiaolingshan was named after Tang Xuanxuan when he returned to Tang Dynasty. 2. "Xiangfu Temple" is located halfway up the mountain, in a square shape, the main hall is "Daxiong Palace", the main hall is facing the small version of the Lingshan Buddha in the center of the courtyard. The two Buddha statues of the same appearance can be framed, which is quite charming. The courtyard is surrounded by "Fatang" (living area, with bonsai displays, meeting rooms and past generations of presiding halls), "Zunsu Pavilion", "Reclining Buddha Temple", "Huangling Bai", "Galan Temple", "Bell Tower" (not open) and "Drum Tower", as well as ginkgo trees and pomegranate trees. Go south of the monastery, cross the "Pudu Bridge" above the release pool (there are many turtles in the pool) (the five stone bridges have their names, Pudu Bridge is in the middle) and then reach the "Buddhist Square", on the west side is the "first Buddha palm in the world" bronze sculpture, replicating the palm of the Lingshan Giant Buddha in a ratio of 1:1, high 11.7 meters, It is a very distinctive landmark landscape; on the east side is the bronze sculpture of "Baizi Opera Maitreya", and the fame is also very large. The reclining Maitreya Buddha has many small monks all over the body, reflecting Maitreya's vast tolerance of everything.

In the Lingshan Giant Buddha halfway up the mountain, you will see that this temple is not very big, but the effect is really very vigorous. Many people are here to worship Buddha. We continue to go forward and not far from the Giant Buddha.

Xiangfu Temple is a very old Buddhist temple in Lingshan, but it is easy to be ignored, because everyone is anxious to see the big Buddha and the newly built new temple, in fact, not far from the gate is Xiangfu Temple.

千年古刹祥符禅寺始建于唐贞观年间，历史上香火旺盛，高僧辈出，素有“山连鹫岭，法继慈恩”之誉。唐代玄奘三藏法师曾游于此，因见寺后主峰与西天取经的灵鹫山颇为相似，遂赐名为“小灵山”。 寺内现存的古井莲池、银杏梅桩等成为历史文化的遗存和古刹千年风雨的见证,睹之使人顿生思古之幽情。

祥符禅寺，位于灵山胜境内，达“优钵花开西域种，浮屠法演上乘禅”之境。 在祥符禅寺大雄宝殿南边，左侧钟楼内悬挂着一口大铜钟，就是我们所说的“江南第一钟”。所谓“第一钟”，是指铜钟的重量和直径而言。该铜钟重达12 .8吨，下口最大直径为2.5米，总高度3.5米，命名为“祥符禅钟”，是迄今为止江南一带最大的青铜大钟。"

祥符寺是1座千年古寺，可惜沧海桑田，早不复存在，灵山胜景内的禅寺是90年时重建的，不过在寺庙内还保留了一些禅寺的古迹，爱访古的我们在禅寺内找到了8角井，白莲池，僧房，追寻到了古寺的过往，遥想那历史沧桑中的古寺

灵山大佛前的古刹，得益于大佛景区，香火旺盛，寺中还有一座mini的大佛铜像，古寺里还有不少千年古树，是徒步登山看大佛的必经之路。