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Baolun Temple

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Recommended sightseeing time:1-2 hour
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Ciqikou Ancient Town, Shapingba District, ChongqingMap
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Chongqing Ciqikou is one of the many places recommended by Chongqing in travel guides. But few people know that in this millennium ancient town, there is also a millennium ancient temple - Baolun Temple. The Baolun Temple was built during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty and is the earliest wooden structure in the existing era in the central city of Chongqing. Because the Emperor Jianwen took refuge here, it is also known as Longyin Temple. Through the mountain gate is the steps that are upright, looking up, the temple is spectacular, the ancient trees are green, the red walls are solemn and atmospheric, revealing the nobleness of the ancient temple. In the past, the ancient temple temples were layered with dense trees, hundreds of birds were competing, and the temples were covered with pine and cypress. There are 16 temples in it, and 372 Buddha statues. Unfortunately, the temple was destroyed in the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, leaving only one of the temples of the Daxiong. Although the temple has undergone many vicissitudes, the Buddha body is still dazzling, which makes people admire the mastery of the ancient religious sculpture artists. Folk legends, there is a Liumi Cave under the ancient Buddhas of the Daxiong Temple. It is available for the monks in the temple to eat rice, but unfortunately a greedy monk later came out, wanted to pick up more rice and make the rice hole no longer flow out. There is also a legend that the hole under the Big Buddha leads directly to the Jiushitan River Beach in Jialing River. If you put ducks from this hole, you will soon see ducks swimming out of the river beach. Baolun Temple, large in scope, covering a wide area, from Baiyan to Ma'anshan to Tongjia Bridge, the temple is connected, there are Buddha statues everywhere, solemn, stone walls are carved with 500 Arohan lifelike. If you come to Chongqing to travel, you must go to Ciqikou to see this quiet and detached, hidden millennium ancient temple.

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