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In the Spring and Autumn period (770 BC–476 BC), Zhouzhuang was a part of the fief Yaocheng and called Zhenfengli. After being donated to Full Fortune (Quanfu) Temple by Zhou Digong, a devout Buddhist, in 1086 during the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), Zhouzhuang obtained its present name.
Chengxu Temple (澄虚道院) is a Taoist temple located in Zhouzhuang which was built in 1086–1093 during the Song dynasty. [1] Also known as Sanctity Hall (Shengtang Hall), it is located on Zhongshi Street opposite Puqing Bridge in Zhouzhuang. After several periods of expansion, it grew into one of the most notable Taoist temples in Wuzhong.
The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is the most representative of the sacrificial buildings in China. Its design and symbolic layout had an important influence on subsequent buildings. The original temple was constructed in 1420 under the Ming dynasty, together with the Forbidden City.
In AD 1035, the Suzhou Confucian Temple was founded by famed poet and writer Fan Zhongyan. It became a venue for the imperial civil examinations and then developed into the modern Suzhou High School in the 1910s. "Sou-tcheou-foo" & other towns of "Kiang-nan" in Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries
Taoist temples and monasteries: 觀 guàn or 道觀 dàoguàn; and; Chinese Buddhist temples and monasteries: 寺 sì or 寺院 sìyuàn; Temple of Confucius which usually functions as both temple and town school: 文廟 wénmiào or 孔廟 kŏngmiào. Temples of City God (城隍廟), which worships the patron God of a village, town or a city.
The Leshan Giant Buddha (Chinese: 樂山大佛) is a 71-meter (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty).It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, near the city of Leshan. [1]
At that time, the temple was renamed "Wenshu Temple", which is still in use now. [2] Renovations and rebuilding to the buildings began in 1697 and were completed in 1706. [2] During the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods (1796–1850), the temple was largely extended by abbot Benyuan (本圆). [2]
The Hongzhi Emperor (30 July 1470 – 9 June 1505), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, personal name Zhu Youcheng, was the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1487 to 1505.