Overview of Huanglong Temple

Xiushui Huanglong Ancient Temple is located at the eastern foot of the shogunate at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, and Huanglong Village in the northwest of Xiushui County. It is one of the four Buddhist jungles in the south of the Yangtze River in the Song Dynasty, and the birthplace of the Huanglong Sect of Buddhism in China. 1987 is listed as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. The ancient temple was built in the second year of Tang Dynasty (AD 895) and was created by Zhaohui. When Zhaohui arrived at Huanglong Temple, he said, "The beauty of the three mountains is the source of the nine springs, and the nine customs and thirteen locks the realm of the true Buddha." Therefore, Huanglong Temple was built. According to the monk's book, when the temple was first built, it was nine times as heavy and huge. There are Wei Tuo Hall, Tianwang Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, King Kong Hall and Daxiong Hall, which are magnificent. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the early Republic of China and the ten-year Cultural Revolution, the temple was finally destroyed, the ancient trees were cut down, the temple was burned, the bell was smashed and the Buddha statue was overthrown. Huanglong Temple experienced several ups and downs until 1994. In order to promote Buddhism in their hometown, two monks in this county, Ren and Bai Wei, returned to their hometown to live in the temple and rekindled the incense of Huanglong Temple, which had been sleeping for many years. The remains of ancient temples such as Zhang Dongfang and Zushi Temple have been restored; 1996, Buddhist disciples in Shanghai and other places donated clocks to send Buddha. 1998 the local government helped build the road leading to the temple; In recent years, the abbot of the temple raised funds to repair the river channel at the front of the gate and restore the original appearance of the ancient temple topography and geomantic omen. Japanese Buddhist circles have sent people to visit Huanglong Ancestral Hall many times.

The ancient Huanglong Temple, with its long history and unique scenery, has attracted literati from past dynasties to visit here, such as Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Huang Tingjian, Zhang Shangying, Lu You, Wan Chengfeng, Ming strategist Liu Bowen, Qing and so on. Among them, there are cliff stone carvings such as "Cemetery", "Huanglong Mountain", "Fa Cave" and "Three Views". Other sites (objects) have a long history and have gone through many vicissitudes, and there are not many left, which makes people sigh!