How much is the ticket to Congma Zen Monastery?

20 yuan

Congma Temple has a thousand-year-old temple, thousands of green bamboo poles, strange rocks, oak trees, birds singing and fragrant flowers. The scenery is beautiful, the air is fresh, the winter is warm and the summer is cool, and the climate is pleasant. Red leaves cover the mountains in October, and magpies meet in November, making people feel relaxed and happy in the center of the natural ecological environment. Congma Zen Temple Scenic Area is known as "Buddhist Holy Land", "Feng Shui Treasure Land" and "Utopia". Because the surrounding dangerous peaks stand like hemp, it is named "Congma Yuan". The late Zhao Puchu, the former president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, inscribed the name of the temple. It is located about 20 miles northeast of Panshi Town, Haiyang City, surrounded by mountains at the junction of Haiyang and Rushan. , was built in the Sui Dynasty and rebuilt in the second year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, Yuchi Jingde, the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, once raised horses here and presided over the expansion of the temple. In 1993, Congma Zen Temple was listed as an important provincial Buddhist activity site by the Provincial Religious Affairs Administration. Congma Zen Monastery is located in the embrace of Qifeng Mountain with an altitude of 400 meters, 20 kilometers northeast of Haiyang City, Shandong Province. It was first built in the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty. It has been through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has been famous for more than a thousand years and has become a famous Buddhist holy place in Jiaodong. Yuchi Jingde, the founding general of the Tang Dynasty, once passed through this place on an expedition. Hearing the holy name of Congma Temple, he came to offer incense. As a result, he won a complete victory during the expedition and returned in triumph. Yuchi Jingde was deeply impressed by the outstanding people and holy monks of Congma Temple, so he invested in the expansion of Congma Temple and stationed troops and generals in Qifeng Mountain. Now the "Dianjiang Terrace" and "Yinmagou" used by General Yuchi Jingde ” and “horse-tying posts” are still well preserved.