Xuěfēngsì, Snow Peak Temple


 
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雪峰枯木庵 Xuěfēng Kūmùān

位于福建省闽候县大湖乡雪峰山南部,距离福州77公里。唐天佑二年(905)王审知始建。近代重建,1974年重修。二层,第二层供奉唐代名僧义存祖师塑像。庵内有一株早在唐代(870)就已经枯萎的古树,高3。2米,内外有唐、宋、明题刻24则,传说树腹是义存祖师在雪峰的最初居住处。

Xuefeng Kumuan, Snow Mountain Ancient Tree Hermitage
(another name for Xuefengsi)

Located in Fujian Province, Minhu Town, on the south slope of Xuefeng Mountain, 77 km up the Min River from Fuzhou. First constructed in 905 of the Tang Dynasty. The present buildings were rehabilitated in 1974. On the first floor, off to the far left is the pagoda and image of the renowned Xuefeng Yicun, a twealth generation Chan monk and the founder of this temple. In the temple is the withered trunk of an ancient tree said to date from the Tang and near by are inscriptions dating from the Tang, Song and Ming. It is said that when Yicun first came to this mountain he lived in the belly of this tree.


 
 
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