The Construction Background of guangde temple

According to the inscriptions in the temple, Wang Xiang's Ai Du Ji Zhu Jianshu died during the Ming Chenghua period. Wang Xiang took a fancy to the geomantic omen of Yunju Temple and buried Effie next to Yunju Temple. Therefore, Kricketot, the host of Yunju Temple, was very dissatisfied and wanted to take the crowd away. All Buddhist temples in Xiangyang wrote letters condemning Wang Xiang, but Wang Xiang had no choice but to ask the emperor for mediation. Zhu Jianshen, the emperor of Chenghua, issued an imperial edict, asking Wang Xiang to choose a place with a treasure trove of geomantic omen nearby, and the government should provide materials for the monks to build temples. After the temple was completed, it was returned to the monks, and Zhu Jianshen changed the name of the temple to "guangde temple". "To guangde temple" is still hanging on the gate of guangde temple. Guangde temple is 250m long from north to south,180m long from east to west and1000m long from Hu Si River. The main buildings are the Stone Pagoda of the Emperor Zen Master, Dongshan Gate, Nanshan Gate, Tianwang Hall, Jialan Hall, Wei Tuo Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Ursa Major Hall, Guanyin Hall, Tibetan Classics Building, Pagoda, Wing, Annex Building, Courtyard, etc. There are 127 rooms. Most temples in guangde temple were demolished as the "Four Old Houses" because of the catastrophe in the ten years of the Cultural Revolution. By 1978, only the Temple of the King, the Tibetan Scripture Building, many pagodas and some wing rooms were left.