Ganluyan Temple

The Ganluyan Temple is hidden in the deep gorge of red rocks. A red rock on the left is like a big bell, and the one on the right is like a giant drum. There are three ancient pines in front of the bell and drum stone, and the inscription on the mountain gate of the rock temple is inscribed with a poem by Zou Shu, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, praising the architectural features and scenery of the temple. Ganluyan is a natural cave with a narrow inner and an outer opening, about 80 meters high and 30 meters deep. The upper and lower layers of the cave are conglomerate, and the middle layer is sandstone. The seepage spring water is filtered through the rock layers, and it is sweet and sweet like nectar, so the temple is called Ganluyan Temple. The temple was built in the 16th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1146 AD). The upper part of the cave is more than 30 meters wide, but the lower part is only more than 10 meters wide. , which is also the magical place of the Rock Temple. A pillar fell to the ground, and four pavilions were built on it. The whole layered pavilions with double eaves and Xieshan include the upper hall, mirage pavilion, Guanyin pavilion, Nan'an pavilion and other buildings, all supported by a column, and there are no tiles on the top. If it is called "Hangkong Temple", "Feilai Temple" and "Dumu Temple", it is worthy of its name. All the buildings of the temple are made of wood, connected by T-shaped arches without a single iron nail. It is a rare ancient wooden building complex in southern my country. According to research, in the 12th century, the Japanese Master Chongyuan went to Fujian for investigation. After returning to China, he used a large number of "insert arches" in the construction of the world-famous Todaiji Temple in Nara, and sampled the T-shaped arch of Ganluyan. In the 1950s, Ganluyan Temple was listed as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit, and the Beijing Institute of Architecture specially sent people to investigate, and published the photos of the temple in the "People's Pictorial". In the early 1960s, a fire broke out in the temple and the building was burnt down. The existing temple was rebuilt according to the original architectural style.