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Visit the millennium-old 'Shisi Temple' and the ancient villages hidden in the mountains

Hi, ~ my friends, get on the bus ~ Today we are going to the thousand-year-old temple in Lishui, Shisi Temple. Everyone, grab your luggage, fasten your seat belts, and let's set off~ - (For reference) 🌟Two days and one night: Go to Dala Park for lunch — Stay at Nayun — Shisi Temple (there is also food next to it) — Eat at Taoyuan Village - 🌟Or you can directly stay at the homestay next to Shisi Temple, and then hike to the waterfall before going to Shisi Temple (very suitable for taking photos in Warring States robes) - 🐟You can buy fish food at the kiosk 🎫40 ⚠️The road to Shisi Temple is a mountain road, winding and a bit long, please drive safely. - 'Shisi Temple' Founded in the tenth year of Shaoxing during the Song Dynasty (1140), it is a national key cultural relic protection unit. In the tenth year of Shaoxing of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Song bestowed the name 'Shisi Academy'. In the first year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1368), Chengyi Earl Liu Ji inscribed the plaque 'Shisi Daochang', and in the first year of Xuande (1426) it was renamed Shisi Temple. The existing temple covers an area of 1,193 square meters, consisting of the mountain gate, Mahavira Hall, Sanqing Hall, Heart Sutra Bell Tower, Ma Xian Palace, etc. It is an ancient temple building with a Han-style layout, preserving the architectural style of the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, with a long history, simple and elegant, a rare architectural spectacle of 'the same site for temple, academy, and Taoist temple, the same hall for Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and the same furnace for Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism'. - 'Ancient Cypress at the Temple Gate' The tree inside the gate is 17 meters tall, with a trunk circumference of 4.1 meters, and is about 1500 years old. It has been identified by the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Information Research Institute as the largest and oldest Chinese juniper in the country. - 'Huguang Bridge' Built in the Xin Chou year of the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty (1781), it is 29 meters long, 8 meters wide, and 9 meters high. It is a three-story, three-eaved pavilion-style wooden covered bridge. The first floor is the Guandi Temple, the second floor is the Wenchang Pavilion, and the third floor is the Kuixing Pavilion, serving to protect the village and facilitate traffic. On January 7, 2011, it was rated as a national key cultural relic protection unit.
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Posted: Apr 18, 2024
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