Huang Guang Mountain

Foguang Temple, formerly known as Xuande Ancient Temple, is located in the northwest of Huilai County, 17.3 kilometers away from the county seat. Located in the mountains between Luyang Village and Quxi Village, Xixi town, formerly known as "Huangteng Gang", once known as "Huangting Gang", later renamed "Huangguang Mountain".

Qing Xuantong three years guiyue tablet engraved as "Huangguang Mountain", 1997 renamed as "Huangguang Mountain Foguang Temple". Founded in the first year of Deyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, it has a history of more than 730 years. It is a famous Buddhist temple and county key cultural relics protection unit in eastern Guangdong. In 2004, it was rated as "Civilized and Religious Activity Site of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee" by provincial Ethnic and Religious Committee.

Huangguang Mountain gate is composed of six circular cement pillars, pasted with ochre-colored ceramic tiles, hung with colored flags, and inscribed with four Chinese characters: "Buddha's Peaceful Environment". In front of foguang Temple, there is a releasing pond named Washing Heart Lake. Buddha temple is Ursa major, the clock tower, drum tower, halls of pop and hiding pavilion attractions, and some halls is still under construction, Ursa major has two outside with dragon, cut into plants is very lively, into Ursa three statue of Buddha, the Buddha and 500 ocean's honour lifelike, actually these are works of folk artists, the painters of the ceiling is also very beautiful.

On the right side of the Hall is the bell tower, on the left is the Drum Tower and behind is the Hall of the Heavenly King. Each building has a dragon head on the edge and some moire. Huangguang mountain there are many Buddha statues, there is a large Buddha statue around a lot of small Buddha statues, small Buddha gestures are not the same. This is the most representative scenic spot "Foguang Giant Buddha" at the top of Huangguang Mountain.

According to the book "Foguang Temple", the place used to be a flat mountain top. Monks in the temple and villagers under the mountain often see the place emitting strange light at night, believing that it is the Buddha who comes to protect all living beings. In 1994, the construction was initiated by Master Chuanzheng and completed in two years. The Buddha statue is 28 meters high, and 160 lotus petals form the base at the foot of the stone Buddha statue, which is carved from white hemp stone.

The Buddha statue is kind and solemn, standing on the top of the mountain, surrounded by 48 stone Buddha statues, each more than 2 meters high. The white marble incense burner in front of the Buddha statue is exquisitely carved and unique in craftsmanship. It can be called the gem of stone carving and the crystallization of the wisdom of chaoshan working people. It is said that a long time ago, the back hill of Xuande Temple would emit buddhist light at night, and the top of the hill would be able to erect a giant Buddha, shining all people.

Later, a layman named Yuan Wenjin, who passed through Shenzhen, went to the mountain to worship and was very surprised. He said that the world rarely saw this, so he donated a lot of money and decided to build a big Buddha statue on the top of Huangguang Mountain. After several months of material selection and geological exploration, the foundation stone laying ceremony was held in the autumn of that year. After three years of construction, the giant Buddha statue was finally completed.

On the initiative of Master Shi Chuanzheng, the giant Buddha statue was respectfully named "Foguang Giant Buddha". Looking at the Buddha from a distance, I can see that the lotus seat under his feet is about 2 meters high, and the Buddha's body length is about 20 meters. There is a brief introduction beside the Buddha, which says that the Buddha weighs about 3200 tons! Buddha's shape is lifelike and looks lifelike. It ranks first among Buddha statues in Guangdong and is known as "the first Buddha in eastern Guangdong".

As a result, xuande Ancient Temple on Huangguangshan was renamed "Huangguangshan Foguang Temple", symbolizing the eternal radiance of the temple's Buddha. Legend has it that the Tang Dynasty monk Dadian once traveled here, browse nanshan scenery, identify the soul. Huangguang Mountain in front of the left and right two large pits, the stream around its continuous ten miles, like two dragons in pairs. Turtle mountain and snake mountain cushion fu in the west stream side, big, small lion mountain and xiangshan lie in the east bank of the east stream.

There are "lying tiger stone" between the hills. According to legend, ancient watering "tiger shape" is now. Under the mountain there is a "beat drum Pool", the pool water clear deep, light spirit such as reef, all the year round. In the quiet of green mountains and clear water, there is a clear water pool. According to legend, seven fairies once bathed here, so it has the name of "Fairy Yao Pool" and remains the historic site of "fairy Bath".

According to legend of the eight immortals Lv Dongbin also used to control the colorful clouds so far, enjoy the scenery, there are footprints of Lu Xian Weng, said "fairy foot trace". Climb huangguang mountain peak overlooking, can see Hui (to), Land (feng), chao (Yang), Pu (ning), jie (Yang) five counties in continuous farmland; Overlooking the Magnificent South China Sea, the sea, the sky and the sea.

The temple has Ming Dynasty copper coins, a royal decree card, a cliff stone carving and other precious cultural relics. There is a wide field in front of the temple, for the qing Dynasty Hui Yi Wu Juren training place. During the agrarian revolution and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, xuande Temple also served as the base of underground activities of the Communist Party of China. Professor Chen Chuankang, a contemporary geographic tourist, praised huangguang Mountain during his lifetime: "The ancient temples are hidden in the deep mountains, and the blessed land is a cave."