现在我们所在的位置是寒山寺的主庭园，左侧的花坛两面嵌长条石刻两块，一为明代崇帧年间刻的“寒拾遗踪”;另一刻清末江苏巡抚程德全写的“妙利宗风”。
现在我们来到了大雄宝殿。大雄宝殿两侧沿墙分列十八罗汉坐像，都是明代的铁铸金罗汉，是从山西五台山擎来的。寒山寺大雄宝殿的特色在于殿的后面。一般寺院中右侧木架上挂一口钟，左侧木架上放鼓，体现出家人晨钟暮鼓的修炼生活，但这里右侧悬挂着的钟，与众不同，这就是我在车上提到的日本铜钟。
特别值得一看的是背后正中墙上的寒山、拾得石刻像，为清代扬州八怪之一罗聘所画。他俩“状如贫子，又似疯狂”，寒山手指指地，笑口微开，似在讲：“吾俩菩萨转世，天机不可泄漏，你知，我知，天知地知。”拾得则袒胸笑颜，更逗人喜爱。
出大雄宝殿，左通普明宝塔和方丈室，右达名闻遐迩的听“夜半钟声”的钟楼，正前方的两层屋宇是藏经楼。远望屋顶，可见唐僧、孙悟空等西天取经塑像群。
讲解到此结束。愿寒山寺的悠久文化历史、迷人的钟声传播友情，给各位带来福音。谢谢大家
Dear friends, to Suzhou tourism, Hanshan Temple is a place people yearnfor, today we visit the scenic spot is Hanshan Temple. Hanshan Temple is locatedin Fengqiao town in the west of the city. It was built in 508-519 A.D. duringthe reign of emperor Tianjian of Liang Dynasty. At that time, it was called"Miaoli Puming pagoda courtyard". It was only called Hanshan Temple in the TangDynasty. Hanshan Temple is not named because of mountain, but because of people.In the Tang Dynasty, Hanshan and Shide two eminent monks came here. Tocommemorate Hanshan, later generations changed the name of the temple to HanshanTemple. Hanshan is a poet monk in the Tang Dynasty. He wrote hanshanzi'scollection of poems and stayed in the world. Hanshan Temple has been famous bothat home and abroad since the Tang Dynasty
First, Zhang Ji, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, made it a household name. "Themoon falls, the birds sing, the frost is all over the sky, the river Maplefishing fire sleeps; the Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the midnightbell rings to the passenger ship. "These verses, which are handed down fromgeneration to generation, play an important role in the spread of literaturebecause of scenery, scenery because of the name of the text, and the rhyme ofthe bell. This poem is not only widely spread in China, but also spread to Japanin the east very early. Therefore, Yu Yue, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty,said in the article of rebuilding Hanshan Temple: "no child in his country canrecite it. "Today, it is still included in Japanese school textbooks. InSoutheast Asia, Europe and America, these poems are also very popular.
Secondly, Buddhist disciples have always believed that Hanshan and Shide,the Tang Dynasty monks who once lived in this temple, were the reincarnatedeminent monks of Manjusri and Puxian, and deified them as the two immortals ofHehe in China, becoming the most popular immortals. According to folklore, monkShide took a bell in Hanshan Temple and traveled across the sea to a placecalled sadi in Japan to spread Buddhism and Chinese culture. The story waspublished in the 4th issue of China Medical Journal in 1989 in the form of comicstrips, entitled "the bell of Hanshan Temple", which added a pleasant topic ofSino Japanese friendship to Hanshan Temple.
Third, according to folk legend, the bell in Zhang Ji's poems, after manyvicissitudes, flowed into Japan in the late Ming Dynasty. At the end of the QingDynasty, Mr. Yamada Hanshan of Japan explored everywhere to return the clock toits owner, but he had no whereabouts. He raised money to cast a pair of bronzebells, one for Hanshan Temple, and the other for Guanshan Temple of Japan. Ithas written a beautiful page in the history of Sino Japanese folk culturalexchanges and friendly exchanges.
Fourth, the bell of Hanshan Temple not only has a long cultural andhistorical connotation, but also has a wonderful function. This function can besummed up in 12 words as "hearing the bell, clear worries, long wisdom,Bodhisattva". Bodhi, in Sanskrit (ancient Indian characters), means "awakening"and "great enlightenment". So tourists have to listen to the bell of HanshanTemple.
Zhang Ji, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, was famous when he came to Beijingfor the exam. On his way home, he moored at Fengqiao at night. Inspired by thebell of Hanshan Temple in the middle of the night, he wrote down the masterpieceof Night Mooring at Fengqiao, which has occupied an eye-catching place in thehistory of Chinese literature. It was the bell of Hanshan Temple that made himget rid of his worries and continue to study hard in the cold window. Later, hewent to the capital again to take the exam and won the Jinshi. In a word, thebell of Hanshan Temple in Suzhou can calm the mind, enlighten the mind and placegood expectations. Now we are going to enter Hanshan Temple scenic area.
Hanshan Temple scenic area has "ancient temple, ancient bridge, ancientpass, ancient town, ancient canal" for tourists to visit. Ancient temple refersto Hanshan Temple. The ancient pass refers to the tielingguan pass at theintersection of the Grand Canal and Shangtang river. It was built in 1557 ad. itwas a pass to fight against Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty, withmagnificent towers. The ancient bridge refers to the Jiangcun bridge and theFengqiao bridge on the Grand Canal on the west side of Hanshan Temple. The PoetZhang Ji's famous sentence "Jiangfeng fishing fire vs. sorrow sleep" refers tothese two bridges. Fengqiao town, where Hanshan Temple is located, is an ancienttown with many shops, teahouses and bookstores. The ancient canal refers to theBeijing Hangzhou Grand Canal beside Hanshan Temple. The Grand Canal, 1794kilometers long from Beijing to Hangzhou, was dug by Emperor Yang of the SuiDynasty between 605 and 610 ad. The Grand Canal promoted the material andcultural exchanges between the north and the south, and also brought prosperityto Suzhou's economy.
Hello, everyone. I'm the tour guide of Hanshan Temple. You can call me XiaoWei. This tour, we should stay close to the team.
Around the gable, you enter the temple. In the middle of the smallcourtyard is a stone tablet presented by a Japanese friend. On the right is anancient tree picked up by Hanshan in those years. It seems to be waving to us.On the left are several bronze tripods carved with birds, animals, sun, moon andstars. When you tap them, they will buzz, as if telling the story of HanshanTemple for thousands of years. You can have a try.
Now we come to the arhat hall, where there are more than 100 Arhats, thesize of a real lamp God. Look, this arhat's eyebrows are really long. Oh, thisarhat has three heads. He's called "merciful immortal". There are also Arhatswith two earlobes and shoulders, big belly, long arms and very big feet. TheseArhats, glittering in the distance and lifelike in the near, add mystery to thetemple.
Through the small door, we came to the Sutra library. There are two saints.The sage Hanshan is holding the vase in his hand. He is very careful, isn't he?It's interesting to pick it up and point.
That's all for today. Here's free time.
各位贵宾，各位朋友：
大家早上好，很高兴认识大家，并由我陪同大家去我国的著名历史文化名城和旅游胜地——苏州观赏园林，到人间天堂去享受一天。
在车到景点之前，我先为大家介绍苏州园林的基本情况。“上有天堂，下有苏杭。”苏州为典型的江南水乡城市，素有“东方威尼斯”之美誉。当然，也请大家注意环境卫生，做一个文明游客。
我们马上到了今日黄金游的第一站——留园。好，留园到了。留园位于苏州市园林路。它应用了分合，明暗等对比手法。大家好好观赏吧！
留园不留我们，那我们就去狮子林吧！狮子林到了，你们跟我来，狮子林变幻莫测，值得一览。
穿过狮子林，出去约5千米，可见寒山寺，要不现在大家休息一会儿吧。说到寒山寺，大家自然会想起“姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船”的诗句吧！因唐初有个叫寒山的和尚未在这里住过而得名。现在寺内存碑一方，上刻张继写的《枫桥夜泊》一诗。
告别寒山寺，大家还恋恋不舍。希望它能给你们留下一个美好的回忆。
各位朋友，今天我们在人间天堂——苏州度过了美好的一天。谢谢各位！愿大家旅途平安愉快，再见！
各位游客大家好，现在我们所在的位置就是寒山寺，说起寒山寺，大家都会想起“月落鸟啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。”的千古绝句吧。寒山寺位于苏州阀门外的枫桥镇，建于六朝时期的梁代天监年间，距今已有1400多年的历史。寒山寺最初的名字叫“妙利普明塔院”。下面请大家跟我一起前往寒山寺游览。
在寒山寺，最为游人感兴趣的就是那口大钟了。寒山寺的钟，历来受到诗人们的题咏，这在文学史上是罕见的。
游客们：现在我们已经进人寒山寺景区了。寒山寺景区拥有“古寺、古桥、古关、古镇、古运河”。古寺即寒山寺。
各位游客：前面那座金碧辉煌，宏伟庄重的主塔就是寒山寺的普明塔，等一会儿我们进了寺内再去参观。现在我们取道寒山别院去寒山寺。
穿过寒山别院，各位看到前面的那座石拱古桥就是江枫桥。现在我们来看一下山门前的照壁，黄墙上“寒山寺”三个大字，是由浙江东湖名土陶浚宣所写，字体古朴苍劲，给历经千年风霜的古刹增添了庄重感。大家可以在此拍照留念。一个小时和我们集合，请大家注意时间，注意安全，谢谢配合.
大家好，我是本次带领大家游览寒山寺的导游，大家可以叫我小魏。本次游览，大家不要走散，要跟紧队伍哦。
绕过山墙，进到寺院，小小的院子中间是日本友人赠送的石碑，右边是当年寒山拾得两人种下的古树彷佛在向我们招手，左边几只青铜大鼎，上面刻着飞禽走兽，日月星辰，轻轻一敲，就会嗡嗡作响，好像在诉说着寒山寺千百年来的故事。大家可以试一试。
现在我们来到了罗汉堂，这里有100多尊罗汉，与真人灯神大小。瞧，这个罗汉的眉毛真长，哟，这个罗汉长着仨脑袋，他叫“慈悲大仙”，还有两耳垂肩、大腹便便、胳膊奇长、脚非常大的罗汉。这些远看金光闪闪，近看栩栩如生、工艺精湛、造型奇特的罗汉，给这座寺庙平添了神秘气息。
穿过小门，我们来到藏经楼。这有两位“圣人”。圣人寒山手里拿着宝瓶，端详地很仔细，对不对?拾得在旁边指指点点，很有意思。
今天我就讲到这了，下面是自由活动时间。
Hello, everyone. Now our location is Hanshan Temple. When we talk aboutHanshan Temple, we all think of "the moon is falling, the birds are singing, thefrost is all over the sky, and the river maple is fishing and the fire issleeping.". Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings at midnightto the passenger ship. " The eternal quatrains. Hanshan Temple is located inFengqiao town outside the gate of Suzhou. It was built in the Tianjian period ofthe Liang Dynasty in the Six Dynasties. It has a history of more than 1400years. Hanshan Temple was originally called "Miaoli Puming pagoda yard". Next,please follow me to visit Hanshan Temple.
In Hanshan Temple, the most interesting thing for tourists is the big bell.The bell of Hanshan Temple has always been praised by poets, which is rare inthe history of literature.
Tourists: now we have entered Hanshan Temple scenic area. Hanshan Templescenic area has "ancient temple, ancient bridge, ancient pass, ancient town,ancient canal". The ancient temple is Hanshan Temple.
Ladies and gentlemen: the magnificent and majestic main tower in front ofus is the Puming tower of Hanshan Temple. We will visit it later when we enterthe temple. Now we go to Hanshan Temple by way of Hanshan bieyuan.
Through the cold mountain courtyard, you can see that the stone arch bridgein front is Jiangfeng bridge. Now let's take a look at the screen wall in frontof the gate of the mountain. The three big characters "Hanshan Temple" on theyellow wall are written by the famous earthenware of Donghu, Zhejiang Province.The characters are simple and vigorous, adding a sense of solemnity to theancient temple after thousands of years of wind and frost. You can take photoshere. One hour to gather with us, please pay attention to the time, payattention to safety, thank you for your cooperation
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Hanshan Temple.
Hanshan Temple was first built in 5__ A.D., that is, in the reign ofTianjian of Liang Dynasty, with a history of more than 1000 years. The originalname of Hanshan Temple is Miaoli Puming pagoda garden. Because it was burned inyuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, what we see now is the remains preserved after itwas built in 19__. Of course, Suzhou municipal government has made great effortsto renovate it in recent years to get a new appearance of this day. When you getthere, some tourists may ask, "where is the Hanshan of Hanshan Temple? Is itvery cold?" let me answer for you. In fact, Hanshan Temple is not named becauseof the mountain, but because of the people. In Tang Dynasty, there were twomonks, one was Hanshan, the other was Shide. Hanshan, in particular, is a poetmonk in the Tang Dynasty. He has a collection of hanshanzi's poems. Latergenerations renamed this temple Hanshan Temple in memory of Hanshan.
In addition, you must understand that there are many places of interest inSuzhou. Why is Hanshan Temple especially famous at home and abroad? There arethree reasons: first, it originated from a poem. You may understand that therewas a poet named Zhang Ji in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in Xiangfan, HubeiProvince. He went to Beijing for an examination, but he was named sun Shan. Hewas depressed. On his way home, the fishing boat moored at night on the maplebridge, which is a bridge to the west of Hanshan Temple. Please follow mydirection. He heard the "Dong Dong" sound of the Hanshan Temple bell, which madehim benefit a lot. He thought that if I failed this year, next time I must beable to make a comeback. With the inspiration of disaster relief, he wrote downthe famous poem "Night Mooring on maple bridge", which is "the moon is falling,the frost is all over the sky, and the river Maple fishing fire is sleepy.Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings at midnight to thepassenger ship. " To this day, thousands of miles away in Japan, many youngchildren are familiar with.
Secondly, Buddhist disciples have always believed that Hanshan and Shide,who had once been the abbots of the temple, were the incarnations of Manjusriand Puxian, respectively.
Third, the bell of Hanshan Temple. That is the bell mentioned in Zhang Ji'spoem. In the Ming Dynasty, it flowed into Japan. After that. A Japanese namedYamada Hanshan failed in his search, so he collected a pair of bronze bells, onefor Hanshan Temple in China, and the other for Guanshan temple in Japan. It haswritten a perfect page in the history of Sino Japanese folk cultural exchangesand friendly exchanges.
Fourth, it is said that the bell of Hanshan Temple has a very peculiarfunction, which can be summarized as "hearing the bell, clear worries,commander, Bodhisattva."
Maybe when you see the gate facing the west, you must and will havequestions. Let me answer for you again. As for the reasons / there are threereasons:
First of all, according to local conditions, the door faces the West. Tothe west is the canal. The transportation is convenient for the believers fromall over the world to come here by boat to burn incense.
Second, to the West means to go to the Western Paradise, showing respectfor Western Buddhist resorts.
Thirdly, water can conquer fire.
I have explained the history of Hanshan Temple to you in detail. Pleasereview it here first, and have a rest and take photos by the way. In a moment,we will go back to the next scenic spot, the heavenly king hall.
今天，给大家介绍一下苏州的一个景点，如果我给大家吟一首诗，大家就会知道我要介绍那里了。枫桥夜泊，张继。月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。大家知道我要介绍哪里了吗?对了，是苏州的寒山寺。张继的这首诗，使寒山寺这个小寺院名声大噪。
寒山寺出名有两个原因，一个是因为张继写了一首千古传颂的诗，另一个是有两位得道的高僧来到了该寺讲经说法。接着，我们来到一座枫桥，张继就是在这里写了千古绝句枫桥夜泊。接着我们来到了寒山寺大钟和大碑，大钟重108吨，大碑总高15。9米，这块大碑与大钟一起被上海大世界基尼斯总部确定为世界上最大的诗碑。
我们大家顺着这条路，前方就是寒山寺。首先映入眼帘的是一堵上面题写着“寒山寺”三个大字的蜡黄色的山墙，配上黑灰色的檐子，清幽淡雅。
走出寒山寺，沿着小路向前就是运河。你们知道这上面有什么桥吗?对，是枫桥和江村桥，那是铁铃关，很有一夫当关，万夫莫开的气势。
各位游客大家好，现在我们所在的位置就是寒山寺，说起寒山寺，大家都会想起“月落鸟啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。”的千古绝句吧。寒山寺位于苏州阀门外的枫桥镇，建于六朝时期的梁代天监年间，距今已有1400多年的历史。寒山寺最初的名字叫“妙利普明塔院”。下面请大家跟我一起前往寒山寺游览。
在寒山寺，最为游人感兴趣的就是那口大钟了。寒山寺的钟，历来受到诗人们的题咏，这在文学史上是罕见的。
游客们：现在我们已经进人寒山寺景区了。寒山寺景区拥有“古寺、古桥、古关、古镇、古运河”。古寺即寒山寺。
各位游客：前面那座金碧辉煌，宏伟庄重的主塔就是寒山寺的普明塔，等一会儿我们进了寺内再去参观。现在我们取道寒山别院去寒山寺。
穿过寒山别院，各位看到前面的那座石拱古桥就是江枫桥。现在我们来看一下山门前的照壁，黄墙上“寒山寺”三个大字，是由浙江东湖名土陶浚宣所写，字体古朴苍劲，给历经千年风霜的古刹增添了庄重感。大家可以在此拍照留念。一个小时和我们集合，请大家注意时间，注意安全，谢谢配合。
各位朋友，前面金碧辉煌、宏伟庄重的宝塔就是寒山寺的普明塔。寒山寺的布局与众不同：一反寺庙普遍朝南的惯例，它的庙门是朝西的。为什么呢?请大家思考一下。现在我们下车取道寒山别院去寒山寺。
寒山别院是个不可多得的好去处。它终年绿满视野，苍松、翠竹、桂花、樱花、腊梅、草坪与落月池、映月亭、愁眠坡、寒山桥、听钟坪、觅诗廊等景物交相映辉。在一小匠上，有座雅致的松茂亭，内立一块依照我国革命先驱、中国共产党的创始人之一的李大钊手书《枫桥夜泊》诗碑。李大钊同志的这件墨宝写于1919年，原件珍藏于中国革命博物馆，于1993年立碑于此，为寒山寺景区增添了光彩。寒山寺内还珍藏着宋代的、明代的、清代的、民国年间的以及现代文人学者写的枫桥夜泊诗碑。
寒山寺山门就要到了。前面的那座石拱圈古桥就是江村桥，桥堍与山门之间那垛黄墙称照壁，墙上"寒山寺"三个大字为浙江东湖名土陶浚宣所写，古朴苍劲。建议大家在此留影。
请看，寒山寺的山门，即大门，是朝西的。说起这门的朝向，有它的来历。苏州孔庙里有块刻于1229年的苏州地图，名叫《平江图》，因为宋代苏州称为平江府，图上的寒山寺庙门就已经是朝西的了。另外，《寒山寺志》也明文写到："寺院呈长方形，四周培垣峻起，山门西向。"为何朝西?德高望重的寒山寺老方丈性空法师曾指点迷津，说过四个字："因地制宜"。隋代开的大运河，至唐宋之际日益繁忙;苏州是水乡，庙门朝西靠河边，便于路过的商贾、船民、农民、信徒乘船来此朝拜进香。再者，人们熟知唐玄类西天取经的故事，西是佛祖居住地，西方又称极乐世界，光明圣洁，无一切烦恼，庙门朝西也表示崇敬向往佛国圣地，一举两得，何乐而不为!另外，按照五行学说，水能克火。历代寺僧以大运河的水来克火，所以历史上寒山寺曾太平了几百年。
今天，给大家介绍一下苏州的一个景点，如果我给大家吟一首诗，大家就会知道我要介绍那里了。枫桥夜泊，张继。月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。大家知道我要介绍哪里了吗?对了，是苏州的寒山寺。张继的这首诗，使寒山寺这个小寺院名声大噪。
寒山寺出名有两个原因，一个是因为张继写了一首千古传颂的诗，另一个是有两位得道的高僧来到了该寺讲经说法。接着，我们来到一座枫桥，张继就是在这里写了千古绝句枫桥夜泊。接着我们来到了寒山寺大钟和大碑，大钟重108吨，大碑总高15。9米，这块大碑与大钟一起被上海大世界基尼斯总部确定为世界上最大的诗碑。
我们大家顺着这条路，前方就是寒山寺。首先映入眼帘的是一堵上面题写着“寒山寺”三个大字的蜡黄色的山墙，配上黑灰色的檐子，清幽淡雅。
走出寒山寺，沿着小路向前就是运河。你们知道这上面有什么桥吗?对，是枫桥和江村桥，那是铁铃关，很有一夫当关，万夫莫开的气势。
大家好，我是本次带领大家游览寒山寺的导游，大家可以叫我小魏。本次游览，大家不要走散，要跟紧队伍哦。
绕过山墙，进到寺院，小小的院子中间是日本友人赠送的石碑，右边是当年寒山拾得两人种下的古树彷佛在向我们招手，左边几只青铜大鼎，上面刻着飞禽走兽，日月星辰，轻轻一敲，就会嗡嗡作响，好像在诉说着寒山寺千百年来的故事。大家可以试一试。
现在我们来到了罗汉堂，这里有100多尊罗汉，与真人灯神大小。瞧，这个罗汉的眉毛真长，哟，这个罗汉长着仨脑袋，他叫“慈悲大仙”，还有两耳垂肩、大腹便便、胳膊奇长、脚非常大的罗汉。这些远看金光闪闪，近看栩栩如生、工艺精湛、造型奇特的罗汉，给这座寺庙平添了神秘气息。
穿过小门，我们来到藏经楼。这有两位“圣人”。圣人寒山手里拿着宝瓶，端详地很仔细，对不对?拾得在旁边指指点点，很有意思。
今天我就讲到这了，下面是自由活动时间。
“尊敬的美国总统先生―――奥巴马，我是宁波旅行社的鲍天翔，很荣幸再一次可以为您做导游，在路上总统先生要以叫我‘鲍导’”。
“说起寒山寺，中国古代还有一位诗人为它写过一首诗呢!‘月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。’总统先生您知道是谁写的?对了，就是张继写的。”
“寒山寺始建于梁天监年间，初名‘妙利普明塔院’，因唐代高僧寒山曾驻锡于此，故名寒山寺，双因张继一首诗《枫桥夜泊》，而使寒山寺天下闻名。请看，总统先生，现在展示在前面的就是大雄宝殿，大殿两侧沿墙分列着明朝从山西五台山请来的铁铸十八罗汉金身坐像。释迪牟尼像背后东墙上嵌有清代扬州八怪之一罗聘所画的寒山、拾得石刻。”
关于寒山寺还有一个传说呢：有一对孤儿，自小失散。长大后第第一定要找到自己的哥哥。一天，第第来到苏州城，人家告诉他，有一个北方来的人在城外枫桥边的一座寺庙里修行。第第连忙赶去，他俩见了面拥抱。人们称他们为“和合大仙”。
“今天的导游结束了，希望下次还能给总统先生做导游，下面请总统先生随意浏览拍照，再见!”
Hanshan Temple is one of the famous ancient temples in Suzhou. It was builtin the period of the Six Dynasties (502-519) in the reign of the Liang Dynasty.It was originally named Miaoli Puming pagoda. It has a history of more than 1400years. According to legend, during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty,Hanshan and Shide, the eminent monks, came here from Tiantai Mountain to be theabbot, so the pagoda yard was renamed Hanshan and so on. At that time, there wasa big bell in the temple, which was famous for its melodious sound. Zhang Ji, apoet of the Tang Dynasty, once passed through Hanshan Temple. He moored at themaple bridge at night and heard the bell in the middle of the night, whichtriggered the poetic feelings of the sleepless travelers in the lonely boat. Hewrote down the famous lines of the ages: the moon is falling, the frost is allover the sky, the river Maple fishing fire is sleeping, the Hanshan Templeoutside Gusu City, and the bell goes to the passenger ship in the middle of thenight.
Since Zhang Ji's famous poem "Night Mooring on the maple bridge" came out,Hanshan Temple has become more and more well-known for its poetic charm and bellringing. With the wide spread of the poem, Hanshan Temple has been well-knownoverseas. Now, every new year's Eve, Japanese friends often come to HanshanTemple to listen to the ancient temple bells.
The ancient Hanshan Temple was destroyed and built five times during the1000 years of song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to local records,around 980, sun Chengyou, the governor of the Northern Song Dynasty, built aseven storey pagoda. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, both the temple and thepagoda were destroyed, and they were rebuilt in hongwuzhong of the Ming Dynasty.Kuang Zhong, the magistrate, was rebuilt during the orthodox period. In 1860,the whole temple was destroyed by war, and the halls and pavilions were blown todust. The existing buildings were rebuilt from the 22nd year of Guangxu to thethird year of Xuantong (1866-1911).
Located on the Bank of the ancient Yunhe River, between Fengqiao andJiangcun bridge, this ancient temple is majestic. The yellow wall in front ofthe Mountain Gate shines on the wall, and the plaque of the ancient HanshanTemple is written across the gate. In the center of the courtyard is the mainhall. There are statues of Sakyamuni in the hall. Thirty six hanshanzi poems areembedded on both sides of the Buddha seat and on the back wall. There arefreehand stone carvings of Hanshan, tade and fenggan painted by Luo pin, one ofthe eight monsters in Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, and by Zheng Wenzhuo. Thefamous statue of Hanshan is in the side hall on the right side of the main hall.On a huge lotus seat plate, there are two young fat monks with bare breast andbarefoot. One is holding a pure bottle, the other is holding a lotus. They aresimple, honest and smiling. Hanshan is a famous poet monk in Tang Dynasty. Hehas more than 300 poems. Later generations compiled Hanshan subset as threevolumes. In the side halls on the East and west sides of the main hall, thereare small 500 Arhats carved in Cinnamomum camphora wood, which are simple, vividand natural. At the back of the hall is the Sutra collection building, withstone carvings on the ring wall of the Diamond Sutra written by Zhang Chu of theSong Dynasty. The strokes are vigorous and elegant. It is a rare treasure handeddown from generation to generation. On the left side, there is a SquarePavilion, in which there are stone inscriptions of poems by poets of Ming andQing Dynasties chanting Hanshan Temple; on the right side, there is a belltower.