Amrita Temple
Amrita Temple is at half mountainside of Lion Rock, is Chaozhou¡¯s biggest natural grotto temple, and is a cave that area is near 6,000 square meters. According to ¡¶Haiyang Mark¡·say: This place ¡°Former is Yujian College, later renamed amrita temple¡±, it is said because there is dutiful son Lu tomb so amrita fall, so named¡±. Begin year of this temple is not specific, according to carved stone can study, built and repaired by magistrate of Chaozhou Jia Baoti.
Amrita Temple is natural rock temple, temple is in the cave, which is like huge mouth of lion, had to walk more than three hundred and sixty stairs to reach here downhill. Temple gatefold a ¡°Pin¡± word of three huge stones, can distinguish ¡°Yujian College¡±on gate forehead, ¡°Amrita cave¡± on stone also exist. Temple up cover is covered by a huge stone, this stone flat like pare with a knife, firmly like huge rock, can be called marvelous spectacle. One scraped cliff and carved stone praised: ¡°¡£Amrita temple floating in cloud, natural stone room ghost axe and immortal art¡± Chisel a Mi Le Buddha in the temple, shield breast and show arms, big belly and deep navel, expression freely and sculpt elegant, 2.55 meters high, 4.15 meters wide. About this figure of Buddha, local has a extensively come down story: ¡°Meilin lake sink boat, Amrita temple produce rice.¡±
Meiling Lake is 10 kilometers away from Amrita Temple; it is said in past Meilin Lake often sink rice boat, and navel of Buddha Amrita Temple often out of rice feed guest. Afterward some greedy shaman chisel wider the navel, rice is not out. There is a fount in north temple ¡°Not dry in autumn and winter¡±, ancient called ¡°Amrita effuse to fount¡±.
There are many scraped cliff and carved stone, include ¡°A great number longevity and cloud palace¡±, ¡°Power clever and treasure barrier¡± and ¡°Tianzu headstream¡±. In former times, Amrita Temple also called White cloud nunnery or Long-life cloud nunnery. |
