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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akilar25" data-source="post: 9126489" data-attributes="member: 167921"> Cockcrow Monastery                                                                                                                     <img src="http://www.absolutechinatours.com/UploadFiles/ImageBase/c6eff510e6e39fd0a7ef3f32%5B2%5D.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />It  is one of the oldest Buddhist Monasteries in Nanjing city. Cockcrow  Monastery on the eastern foot of Jilong Mountain (Chicken Cage  Mountain), the famous Jihua Mountain (九华山, one of the four Buddhist  mountains in China) and Xuanwu Lake (玄武湖) is to the east and to the  north of respectively. As early as 300 AD, religious establishments had  been set up. About 200 years later, Tongtai Buddhist Monastery was  built. It was the center of Buddhism of southern China, and visiting  Indian monks had lived here. Since then Jilong Mountain has formerly  been a holy land of Chinese Buddhism. But a powerful lighting stroke on one day in 538 AD and a great fire was  then blazed. It was only two small houses of the monastery were left.  Ignored for hundreds of years till 922, a new Buddhist monastery was  built on the former site, called the Monastery of a Thousand Buddha,  later Yuanji Monastery.    The actual Cockcrow Monastery was built in <img src="http://www.absolutechinatours.com/UploadFiles/ImageBase/f49e9f587923ebc89d820475%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />1387  under the royal decree of first Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He  ordered architects to demolish most of the old constructions on the site  and rebuild the monastery. The emperor inscribed with a plaque  "Cockcrow Monastery" for it. There were many times of expansion and  renovation for the great religious architecture.   In 1958, the monastery was changed for religious cultivation of Buddhist  nuns. It had been badly damaged during the chaotic social situation in  1966 – 1976. Thank to the Reform and Opening-up Policy, the government  wanted to protect ancient Buddhist heritage, so the Cockcrow Monastery  had been entirely reconstructed. Temple gates, Kwanyin Hall, Hall of the  Great Heroes and many majestic attractions may amaze you regardless you  are a Buddhist or not. In 1980s religious activities have been resumed.  In recent years, Cockcrow Monastery has made many religious exchanges  with Hong Kong and Taiwan, where Buddhist delegations frequently visited  <img src="http://www.absolutechinatours.com/UploadFiles/ImageBase/d84d754be0a496e882025cba%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />local monks.   Now Huomeng House and Jingyang House in this monastery are being a  teahouse and a vegetarian restaurant respectively. They provide  excellent eating and drinking services. You can have a cup of Chinese  tea or sample delicious vegetarian food while appreciating the  magnificent architecture and beautiful scenery.</blockquote>

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