Guangxi's scenery rarely hears temples, famous temple attractions, such as Zhejiang's Lingyin Temple, Putuo Temple, Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, Songshan Shaolin Temple, and Tibet's Potala Palace, are some familiar temple attractions, in Guangxi only know the landscape scenery, but do not know that there are some special temple attractions hidden in the landscape scenery, such as Nanning around the "Nong la" scenic area hidden in a Putuo Jingang Temple, a temple with the world's largest Diamond Sutra cliff carvings, but even many Guangxi people do not know.
Nanning Nong La Vajra Bodhidharma Temple
China Nong la Scenic Area is located in Guzhi Town, Mashan County, Guangxi Province, the word "Nong La" is a local dialect, meaning caves, Nong La Scenic Area and Guilin Mountain is very similar, are all karst landform scenic spots. But perhaps because of the lack of water combination, less water agility, so it has not been as well-known as the Guilin landscape, but with its unique karst landform and hundreds of kinds of Chinese herbs in the local forest, it has gradually become a nature protection scenic spot. Not many people know about it, let alone the Putuo Temple hidden in the scenic spot.
The "China NongLaputuo Temple" is located in Nonglatun, Guzhi Town, Mashan County, Guangxi, 25 kilometers from the county seat and about 100 kilometers from the capital Nanning. The total area of tun is 1.7 square kilometers, "ten thousand green mountains are paradises, boundless green seas for the embrace" This is a couplet cast in the "China Nongla" archway, at a glance, full of green layers, green stacked mountains, coupled with the danger of The terrain of Nongla, the peculiarity of the form, there is also the reputation of "Shangri-La in the Karst Landform Area"
It is understood that "Nong La Jingang Pu Temple" was built in the Qing Kangxi to Qianlong years, and later was destroyed many times and rebuilt, to this day can see the temple hall majestic and solemn, occupying the size of half a mountain, many locals will burn incense to worship the Buddha in the first fifteenth of the first year, although it is in the mountains, but the temple is still incense and fire, putuo temple culture in the Mashan area spread and influence is of great value.
In 2015, nong la vajrapani pagoda temple was building the "Diamond Sutra" cliff carving, located on the half-mountainside of a cliff where nong Laputuo Temple is located, and a small half of the cliff was split, grinding a smooth stone wall with a length of 150 meters and a maximum of 27 meters, on this huge stone wall of 4000 square meters, the 5176-character Diamond Sutra scripture was engraved into the stone wall with a size of 60×60 centimeters per word. It is said to be the world's largest diamond carving.
Now Nong la Scenic Area is already a very perfect tourist attraction, the scenic spot is divided into three major parks: science popularization recreation area, ecological experience area, and qifu cultural area, and tourist reception centers, surrounding hotels and other facilities have also been built and opened to the public.
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