Chongyuan Temple.

Chongyuan Temple, originally named Chongxuan Temple, was first built in the second year of the Tianjian era of Emperor Wu of Liang (503 AD). At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Chengtian Temple. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was renamed Nengren Temple. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zheng Sixiao hid the "Xin Shi" in the temple well. During the Mongol Yuan period, it was renamed Chengtian Nengren Temple. In the third year of Tianyou (1356), Zhang Shicheng conquered Suzhou and changed the temple to a palace. The Ming Dynasty restored it to a temple. During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, to avoid the taboo of Aisin Gioro Xuanye, "Xuan" was changed to "Yuan", and it became Chongyuan Temple, and the name Chongyuan Temple has been used ever since. It is said that the official Lu Sengzan, who lived two miles northwest of Changzhou County Yamen, saw auspicious clouds overlapping in the sky above the official residence, so he suddenly had a whim and immediately asked Emperor Wu of Liang to give up his official residence and rebuild a temple on the original site. The temple was named "Chongyun". According to records, Emperor Wu of Liang readily agreed and gave a plaque to express his approval. The plaque was titled "Daliang Guangde Chongxuan Temple". "Chongyun" was mistaken for "Chongxuan", which was a mistake in the process of copying and submitting the memorial. Chongyuan Temple has been prosperous until the middle of the Tang Dynasty. More than 270 years later, Wei Yingwu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty who was then the Suzhou inspector, wrote a poem "Climbing Chongyuan Temple Tower" about Chongyuan Temple: "When I was free, I climbed the cloud structure, and the morning was clear and the scenery was bright. I first saw the greatness of Wu County, and it was lush for ten miles. Mountains and rivers show beauty, lakes and seas swallow the wilderness. The overlapping reaches of water and land, the proud world meets in all directions. The customs are complicated and the festivals are noisy, the rain is smooth and the things are also healthy. Birds and fish fly and swim, and plants are fragrant everywhere. Here, I see the customs of the people, and I use it to encourage farming and mulberry." Tang Dynasty poets Li Jiayou, Pi Rixiu, and Lu Guimeng also wrote poems describing Chongyuan Temple. In 842 AD, the second year of Huichang in the late Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong, the largest "anti-Buddhist" movement in Chinese history suddenly broke out. The court launched a brutal persecution and killing of monks. A large number of temples in Suzhou City were destroyed, and monks moved out of the city one after another, and some built new temples elsewhere. A new Chongyuan Temple appeared in Weiting Town, thirty miles away from Suzhou City. The original Chongyuan Temple in Shanghai Jing'an Temple, built in the third year of Tang Huichang, is likely to be a product of the same period and background as Weiting Chongyuan Temple.