Longfu temple
Longfu temple locates at the foot pf Dengou hill, about two kilometers form Shanggang village, Raoping, Guangdong province, environment is quiet, geography location is unique, has ¡°immortal ride on crane¡± splendid. ¡¶Chaozhou records¡·record ¡°Longfu temple built on Huangmang hill, Xinning, in Jin¡±. According to ¡¶Raoping records¡·record, monk Kaiyi rebuild it during year 1241 to 1252. And temple stele record: ¡°Surname Liiu of Song dynasty subscribes and enlarges it.¡± Rabbi Jinhui buildin Qianling year, nation period rabbi Jingguang and Xinxi repair. Last and most large one is repair in year 1996, presided by rabbi Guanghui, master, DingYin master, Zhushan elder and overseas Chinese support, raise fund over 1,000,000 to repair completely, temple occupy three unit, three halls, six yards, Jiutian well and add a House where sutras are kept, carved fence and bend ridgepole, fly brim and angle, coloured glaze on the roof and jewelly. 
Hill gate is torii type building, one frontispiece and two side-gates sprinkle some bamboo segment window on bonding wall. Zhao Chupu writes gate forehead ¡°Longfu temple¡±; there is one couple: ¡°Thriving luck flourishing, blessing farmland extensively-grow.¡± Enter hill gate that is front hall, oblate two high gold statues. Mainly has The Hall of Heavenly Kings, The Shrine of Sakyamuni Buddha, Kwan-yin hall, House where sutras are kept, Ancestor Hall etc
Dignitary Hong Yi master, Guangdong province polity negotiation chairman Wu Nansheng, painting and calligraphy artist Ren Zheng, Shu Shifeng, inscribe or write plaque for the temple.
Master Guang Hui currently hold the post of Longfu temple, 64 years old, Guangdong Raoping people, become a monk in 1948, learn from master Xin Xi, now appointed Rao Wen master of supervise yard, 51 years old, Guangdong Jieyang people, become a monk in 1981, learn from Guanghui master.
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