On the way: Hot spring town-Caogyesa Temple.

When I was a child, I read Cai Zhizhong's comic "The Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra - Buddhist Singing in Caoxi". Caoxi is the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism, referring to Caoxi and Nanhua Zen Temple in Qujiang County, Guangdong Province. [Pushpin] There is actually a Jogye Temple in a hot spring town. It must be related to Zen Buddhism. Let’s go and find out. From the cliff carvings, cross the Longfeng Bridge, go uphill along Longchao Road, turn left at Longxi Road and continue walking about 800 meters to reach Caoxi Temple. [Scenic] Among the mountains and forests, the ancient temple is quiet and quiet, facing east from the west and built against the mountains. Sure enough, this temple was originally built by Zen Master Weizhong, a disciple of Shenhui, a disciple of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng during the Tianbao Dazhong period of the Tang Dynasty (742-783 AD). [Shrine] This temple not only has a long history, but also has a collection of cultural relics [!] The main hall [Sun] Baohua Pavilion in the temple was identified by Liang Sicheng as a Dali building in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is unique in its use of brackets as the fulcrum and is rare in the country. There is a 42-centimeter round hole in the middle of the front eaves of Baohua Pavilion. Every Mid-Autumn Festival there will be a spectacle of "Moon Reflected in Caoxi". In addition, the [Sun] wood carvings of the Song Dynasty "Three Saints of Huayan" in the temple, the [Sun] "Sanjue Stele" written by Yang Shen, the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty, and the 800-year-old Yuanmei tree are all treasures in the temple[!] [○] Highlights: [One] Caoxi Temple, located in the northwest of Anning City, Kunming City, was first built in the Song Dynasty and rebuilt in antique style during the Guangxu Period of the Qing Dynasty (1875~1908). [Two] Caoxi Temple faces east from the west. The building adopts a traditional temple layout, with mountains and water, steps and steps upwards, arranged symmetrically. Along the central axis, there are the mountain gate, Weituo Hall, main hall, and back hall, with bell tower, drum tower, Zen room, guest hall, etc. on both sides. [Three] Baohua Pavilion in the main hall is one of the only two remaining Song Dynasty buildings in Yunnan. The beams and columns in the pavilion are supported by brackets and are still intact after eight or nine hundred years. [Four] There are 120 famous Buddhist temples in China, including six in Yunnan, and Caoxi Temple is one of them. [Five] is a national key cultural relic protection unit. [Six] Free and open. [○] Recommendation index: [Star][Star][Star][Star][Star]