The Legend of Xuankong Temple

The legend of Xuan Kong Temple was about an emperor who dreamed of building a dojo on Mount Heng. The emperor wanted to live forever, so he ordered the recruitment of skilled craftsmen to build Xuankong Temple. A famous craftsman and his apprentice accepted the challenge and guaranteed it with their lives. They racked their brains, hoping to build Xuankong Temple on the stipulated date. The construction of Xuan Kong Temple was very difficult because it had no foundation, and the construction officials were powerless. In the end, the craftsman and his disciple successfully built the Xuankong Temple, but the emperor found that the temple was not suspended in the air and was angry with the craftsman. However, in order to save his master, the craftsman's disciple stepped forward and agreed to build the Xuankong Temple that the emperor had imagined. This story showcased the wisdom and courage of the craftsman and his apprentice, as well as their efforts to complete the task.

The legend of Xuankong Temple was about the founder of Xuankong Temple, the famous Zen monk Hui Chao. It was said that Hui Chao encountered a demon attack during his cultivation. He used his Zen skills to expel the demon and then built Xuankong Temple in this place.

There were many legends and stories about the Xuankong Temple on Mount Heng. The most famous legend was about the thousand-year-old ginseng. It was said that there was a thousand-year-old ginseng growing deep in the mountains near Xuan Kong Temple. This ginseng had miraculous effects and could cure all kinds of diseases. However, it would only appear at a specific time and place, and only the fated could find it. In addition, there was also a legend about Li Bai's inscription of the word 'magnificent'. It was said that when Li Bai traveled to the Xuankong Temple, he saw the Xuankong Temple built on the cliff and was amazed, so he wrote the word "spectacular". In addition, there were also legends about the construction of Xuankong Temple, calling it a wonder of the world. These legends added mystery and charm to the Xuankong Temple on Mount Heng.

Xuankong Temple was located between the cliffs of Cuiping Peak on the west side of Jinlong Gorge, Hengshan Mountain, Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province.

Xuankong Temple was located between the cliffs of Cuiping Peak on the west side of Jinlong Gorge, Hengshan Mountain, Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province.

The temple on the mountain where he stayed at night was Xuankong Temple. In Li Bai's poem," Staying at the Mountain Temple at Night ", it was described as " The dangerous building is a hundred feet high, and the hand can pick the stars. He dared not speak loudly for fear of startling the people in the heavens." He was thought to be describing the Xuankong Temple in Shanxi. Xuankong Temple was located on Cuiping Peak on the west side of Mount Heng. The entire building faced the peak of the sky and leaned against the Cuiping Peak. It was built on a dangerous rock and faced a deep valley. It was small and exquisite, elegant and steep. Therefore, he could confirm that the Temple of Night was Xuankong Temple.

The layout of Xuankong Temple consisted of the monastery, meditation room, Buddhist hall, Three Buddha Hall, Taiyi Hall, Guandi Temple, drum tower, bell tower, Qielan Hall, Child-sending Guanyin Hall, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Hall, Thousand Hands Temple Hall, Sakyamuni Hall, Thunder Sound Hall, Three Official Hall, Pure Yang Palace, plank road, Three Religious Hall, Five Buddha Hall, etc. The two three-eave high-rise buildings in the north and south intersected with each other, and the boardwalk was connected to each other, high and low.

Xuankong Temple was located between the cliffs of Cuiping Peak on the west side of Jinlong Gorge in Hengshan, Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province. It was built 1400 years ago in the late Northern Wei Dynasty. It was the only unique temple in China that combined Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. It was also one of the earliest wooden structures built on the cliff in the world. The architecture of Xuankong Temple was very unique. It was famous for its precipitousness as if it was facing an abyss. It used the principles of mechanics to insert flying beams as the foundation and used rocks to support it. The beams and columns were one body, and the corridors were connected to the left and right. The twists and turns were strange, and the real and the false were born. The whole temple was about 50 meters high from the ground. There were meditation rooms, Buddhist halls, Three Buddha Halls, Taiyi Hall and other scenic spots in the temple. Xuankong Temple was a key cultural relic protected in China and was known as the "number one scenic spot" among the 18 scenic spots of Mount Heng. In 2010, it was selected as one of the top ten most endangered buildings in the world by Time Magazine.

Xuankong Temple was located in the East Baigu Stream of Yanjiatai Village, Qingshui Town, Mentougou District, Beijing City. It was a small scenic spot with treasures in the suburbs of Beijing. It was built according to the terrain of the mountain, similar to the Xuankong Temple in Shanxi, both built on a cliff platform. Therefore, it was called the Xuankong Temple in the west of Beijing. This ancient site had been destroyed, and the current building had been rebuilt. Surrounded by cypresses, the temple worshiped the Primogenitor Goddess, the Dragon King, Zhang Xian, and Maitreya Buddha. It was a fusion of Buddhism and Taoism. Every year on the third day of March, the incense was the most popular. Good men and women gathered here to pray and pray for good luck. It wasn't far from Longmen Stream, about a 10-minute drive away.

Xuan Kong Temple had tickets. There were two types of tickets to Xuankong Temple. One was a scenic ticket, priced at 15 yuan, which allowed one to visit from afar. The other was a boarding ticket, priced at 100 yuan, which allowed one to board Xuankong Temple. Therefore, if one wanted to enter Xuan Kong Temple, one needed to buy a ticket.