Nanjing Linggu Temple under construction was the first cicada temple in the world at that time? How big is the No.1 cemetery of Linggu Temple?

Linggu Temple is located at 1.5 km east of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, formerly known as Jiangshan Temple, in the Ming and Qing Tombs.

Linggu Temple was built in the 13th year of Southern Liang Dynasty (5 14). It was built in Liang Wudi to bury a famous monk. According to "Biography of Monks", Volume 10, Baozhi (4 18? /FONT & gt； 5 14) was once Baozhi, sharing the same surname as Zhu and Jincheng (Lanzhou, Gansu). After becoming a monk, he studied Buddhism diligently, and his Buddhist attainments were quite profound. Legend has it that after the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty (453), words and deeds were quite different. "Hands and feet are all bird's claws", and he often carries things like ancient mirrors, scissors, rulers and fans with him and walks barefoot. "When writing poetry, words are like predictions. Emperor Wu of Qi, Liang Wudi and Hou Wangshu were honored as "holy monks" and were highly respected.

After Baozhi's death, Liang Wudi built a five-level wooden pagoda in Dulongfu, the burial place of Baozhi on the southwest slope of Zhongshan, and gradually expanded it into a temple, named Kaishan Jingshe. At that time, Buddhism was very prosperous. There were more than 70 Buddhist temples in Zhongshan, but the largest one was the Jing She, which was called the first Zen forest in Zhongshan. It's five miles from the gate to the main hall. There are release ponds, King Kong Hall, King of Heaven Hall, Infinite Hall, Wufang Hall, Pilu Hall and Guanyin Pavilion in the temple. There is a pagoda behind the temple, which is very magnificent.

Ganfu period in Tang Dynasty (874? /FONT & gt； 879), renamed Yuan. During the Kaibao period of the Song Dynasty (968- 1975), it was renamed Kaishan Dojo. Song Taizong Taiping rejuvenating the country for four years (979), Song Taizong named this temple "Taiping xingguo temple". Later, it was changed to Shifang Temple and Jiangshan Temple.

After the Ming Dynasty made Nanjing its capital, it chose the west of Zhongshan as the royal cemetery, and Ming Taizu moved the temple to the south of Zhongshan. Here, "there are mountains on the left, mountains on the right, mountains in the north, sky in the sky, and mountains in the sky." After the completion of the temple, Ming Taizu awarded the "Linggu Temple". In the forty-sixth year of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1707), Emperor Kangxi met Zhongshan during his southern tour, and was given a plaque of "Ancient Spirit Zen Forest" by the court and a pair of couplets.

The present Linggu Temple is a cemetery for the fallen soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army built at the original temple site between 1928 and 1935. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), it was renamed Guling Park, but it is still customarily called Linggu Temple. The gate of Linggu Temple is a three-arch hall with green glazed tiles and red walls on both sides. The title of the book on the middle door is "Ancient Spirit Sacred Land", and the books on both sides are "Song Sheng" and "Quan Tao". Just south of the gate is a crescent-shaped discharge pool nearly 100 meters long, also called Wangong Pool. According to legend, it was excavated by Ming Taizu with 10,000 military workers. Entering the gate, the rainwater channel is the beamless hall. Wuliangdian, formerly known as Wuliangdian, was named after offering sacrifices to the boundless Buddha. It is the only remaining building of Linggu Temple. Because the whole building is made of bricks and stones, there are no beams and rafters, so it is also called the boundless hall. The temple is 22 meters high, 46.7 meters wide and 37.9 meters deep. There are three arches in the north, three arches in the south and windows on all sides. It has a history of more than 600 years. There is a memorial archway for fallen soldiers with a roof in front of the temple. The square in the middle is engraved with "benevolence and righteousness" and the back is engraved with "saving the country and the people". In front of the square is a pair of white marble. Sun Yat-sen's "Prime Minister's Will" is engraved on the inner wall of the temple, and there is also a list of soldiers killed in the national revolution. Behind Wuliangdian is the first cemetery for fallen soldiers. Together with the No.2 and No.3 cemeteries located 300 meters east and west, this tomb buried 1029 soldiers killed in the Northern Expedition and the Anti-Japanese War. Behind the curved tomb wall is Song Fengting, built on dozens of steps. The exhibition hall is10m high and 41.7m wide, and there are two floors outside. There is a tripod in the middle of the aisle behind the pavilion. It is engraved with the words "Famous Ding Chuixun". About 0/00 meter to NATO/KLOC-is the iconic scenic spot of Linggu Temple, Guling Pagoda, which is 66 meters high, with nine floors and eight sides, with a bottom diameter of 14 meter and a top diameter of 9 meters. It is a mixed structure of granite and reinforced concrete. Built in 1933, it was then called the memorial tower for fallen soldiers, commonly known as the nine-story building. There are spiral steps around the central stone pillar in the tower, with a total of 252 steps. Each floor is covered with blue glazed tiles, and there is a circle of cloisters outside the tower, surrounded by stone fences for tourists to overlook. There is Linggu Temple in the east of Wuliangdian, and the main hall in the temple is for Tathagata; Avenue Tang Jue provides spiritual bones for Master Xuanzang; Guanyin pavilion for Guanyin bodhisattva; There are Buddhist scripture building, Maitreya Hall, ancestral hall and other buildings. Opposite the temple gate is a yellow screen wall with a roof. There is a high-quality monument in the east of the temple, which is about 5 meters high and engraved with the words "Guling Shen Song". Crossing the bridge to the east is an ancient building called "Liuyiting", which is now a foreign-related restaurant. It is less than 100 meters from Liuxiangtang to the southeast of Deng Tomb. In the middle of the tomb door is a round flower bed. Both sides are open-air verandahs covered with concrete strips and wisteria. There is a square pavilion at the end of the veranda. Cedar and cypress trees are laid in front of the tomb, and lawns are laid underground, surrounded by stone walls in the east, west and north. There is a granite tombstone in front of the tomb, engraved with He Xiangning's inscription "Tomb of Deng Martyrs". The tomb is circular and built on a platform, with a height of 4.5 meters and a diameter of 9.5 meters. It is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.