Where is Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou Gusu?

Hanshan Temple outside Gusu is located in gusu district, Suzhou.

Hanshan Temple was founded in the Jian period of Liang Xiaotian in the Southern Dynasties (502-5 19), formerly known as "Miaoliping Ming Pagoda". Hanshan Temple covers an area of about10.3 million square meters, with a construction area of more than 3,400 square meters.

Hanshan Temple belongs to Lin Ji School of Zen. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Hanshan Temple was founded by two eminent monks, Hanshan and Xiqian. During the period of 1000, Hanshan Temple was destroyed by fire for five times (seven times), and the last reconstruction was in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Hanshan Temple was once one of the top ten famous temples in China in history. There are many historical sites in the temple, including the stone carvings of Zhang Jishi, the stone statues of Hanshan and the inscriptions of Wen Zhiming and Tang Yin.

Hanshan temple features

1, Bell Tower

The bell tower is located on the south side of the Tibetan Scripture Building, with a hexagonal pavilion and double eaves. Hanshan Temple's "The First Buddha Bell in the World" is an ancient bronze bell imitating the Tang Dynasty, with a total weight of 108 tons, a height of 8.588 meters and a maximum diameter of 5. 188 meters at the bottom of the bell skirt. The main inscription on the clock face is * * * 69800 words, and there is always an inscription on the clock face. There are nine exquisite flying pictures and six milling skirts cast on the big bell skirt.

2. Poetry tablet

In the stele gallery of Hanshan Temple, an ancient temple in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a stone tablet engraved with the famous sentence "a night-mooring near maple bridge" by Zhang Ji, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty: "On a frosty night, Jiang Feng sleeps after fishing. Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, passenger ships are ringing at midnight. " This poem tablet written by Yu Yue, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, has become a must of Hanshan Temple. Hanshan Temple stele is about 3.5m high and 1 m wide.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hanshan Temple.