Ganlu Temple (Zhenjiang)
| Ganlu Temple | |
|---|---|
甘露寺 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhism |
| Sect | Chan Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Jingkou District, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu |
| Country | China |
  Shown within Jiangsu | |
| Geographic coordinates | 32°13′24″N 119°27′51″E / 32.223448°N 119.464076°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Chinese architecture |
| Date established | 256 |
Ganlu Temple (Chinese: 甘露寺; pinyin: Gānlù Sì) is a Buddhist temple located on Mount Beigu, in Jingkou District of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
History[edit]
The original temple dates back to 256, under the Eastern Wu (222–280).
Architecture[edit]
Iron Pagoda[edit]
The Iron Pagoda was first built in 825 by Li Deyu, the Duke of Wei in the early Tang dynasty (618–907). In 1078, in the reign of Emperor Shenzong in the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), the pagoda was relocated to the present site. The pagoda originally had seven storeys, but the top three storeys of the pagoda collapsed at the end of the 19th century whither only the lower four storeys remaining. In 1960, while the local government restored the pagoda, they founded a rectangular box underground. Over 700 Śarīras were preserved in the box, eleven of them are the Śarīra of Sakyamuni.[1][2][3] It has been inscribed among the "Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Jiangsu" by the State Council of China in 2013.
References[edit]
- ^ 佛舍利在中国：镇江甘露寺铁塔释迦佛舍利. sina (in Chinese). 2009-06-02.
- ^ 考古笔迹还原甘露寺感应舍利出土（图）. chinanews.com (in Chinese). 2015-01-07.
- ^ 甘露寺掘出11颗释迦牟尼舍利子 曾轰动全国. sohu (in Chinese). 2015-01-13.