The forgotten ancient temple in Zhejiang, for thousands of years, spiders have not made webs and birds have not built nests, and the ticket is only 20 yuan
Speaking of thousand-year-old temples, there are quite a few places like this in China. After all, China is a country with an ancient civilization. There is a Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, a Guoqing Temple in Tiantai, a Shaolin Temple in Henan, and so on. These temples are very popular temples at the moment, and the incense is very strong, and there are also a lot of practitioners in the temples, but the place I am talking about today is a bit different. As a thousand-year-old temple, the tickets are cheap but few people know it.
This temple is Baoguo Temple, which is located at the foot of Lingshan Mountain in Hongtang Town, Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. It has a history of more than a thousand years. As a typical thousand-year-old temple, it is not famous for its religion, but for its exquisite architectural craftsmanship. This is why this thousand-year-old temple is not very famous so far. As a tourist attraction, tickets are as low as 20 yuan, and there are very few people. know here. So how good is the construction workmanship here?
It is reported that this is a thousand-year-old temple, and there has been no insects, spider webs, or bird droppings in the main hall for so many years. This is not something that ordinary buildings can do. After all, no matter what kind of building it is, as long as it takes a long time, such things will happen, but there is no such thing here, so this place has always been called a miracle in the history of architecture. There is even a saying that "the Dharma is boundless". You must know that Ningbo is near the sea and it is windy. I don’t know how many floods have occurred in history, and the sea breeze is salty, which is particularly corrosive to wood; but this "Daxiong Palace" has not rotted wood so far, and has almost maintained its original appearance when it was built. This is really a bit Incredible. However, this phenomenon has now been explained by experts.
The reason for this is that the building materials here are quite special, and the "yellow juniper (guì) wood" is used, which is a very hard wood. It is said to be able to grow for thousands of years. This is probably the reason why temples choose this material, after all, it is more in line with the theory of "Buddha lives forever". The most important thing is that this kind of wood has a pungent smell. Birds and animals will shy away after smelling this smell, let alone stay here.
As a temple, it is mainly based on architecture, so no matter where we go, that building, or in front of the temple, we must first appreciate the architectural style here. This is probably the reason why the temple is not on fire. After all, young people nowadays don’t seem to pay attention to these things when they go out to travel. Most people choose to travel to temples to worship Buddha, but it can’t be realized here, so the incense here is not strong, and the popularity is not high, so everyone’s attention Naturally, there are very few.