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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akilar25" data-source="post: 9126451" data-attributes="member: 167921"> Lingyin Temple                                                                                                                       <img src="http://www.absolutechinatours.com/UploadFiles/ImageBase/20080612172140368.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />          The Lingyin Temple  (literally "Temple of Soul's Retreat") stands between the Peaks of Feilai  and Beigao at the northwest of the West Lake  Scenic Area, Hangzhou. Lingyin is one of the famous Buddhist temples in  the Yangtze River Delta Region and it is praised for its surrounding  tranquil environment.   The history of Lingyin Temple can be traced back to about  1600 years ago. At that time, an Indian monk Huili came to Hangzhou and  was moved by the beautiful hill scenery and good natural environment,  he thought that this was the place for living of heavenly spirits, so he  built a temple here and called "Soul's Retreat". One day when the  Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty came to the Lingyin Temple. He looked  at the surroundings of Lingyin, it was cloudy and misty, very peaceful,  so he inscribed "Yun Lin Chan Si" (The Zen Temple in the Forest of  Clouds). Kangxi's words were engraved on a giant plaque at the gate of  Tianwang Hall of the Lingyin Temple. During its most flourishing time,  the temple had 9 buildings, 18 towers, and 72 halls with 1,300 rooms and  more than 3,000 monks. Nowadays the Lingyin Temple is still a popular  place for Buddhist followers and travelers at home and abroad.   Most part of the present  Lingyin Temple  is renovated based on the  rebuilding during the late Qing Dynasty, the layout of the temple is  roughly akin to the style of architecture in the Yangtze River Delta.   In the center of Tianwang Dian (The  Hall of Heavenly King), a big statue of Maitreya, the fat Buddha with a  friendly smile, is very eye-catching. A majestic statue of Sakyamuni,  the founder of Buddhism, is seated in the main hall of the temple, Da  Xiong Bao Dian (The Hall of Great Hero). The 19-m tall Sakyamuni is  placed on a giant lotus flower with many magnificent sculptures of 150  Buddha behind. On both sides of the platform, located at the front of  The Hall of Great Hero stand two beautiful pagodas which built about  1,100 years ago. Sutras and other valuable Buddhist heritage are  collected here too. The Hall of Medicine Master was rebuilt a few years  ago. The Arhat Hall collects 500 Arhat stone sculptures and many  Buddhist relics.   The Feilai Feng (The Peak Flown from Afar) lies near the Lingyin Temple  and is one of the best attractions in Hangzhou. The  peak is an important place for finding the ancient cave art in southern  China. Inside these caves, 330 Buddha statues made between the Five  Dynasties Period and the Yuan Dynasty, can be found. </blockquote>

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