Xi'an tourism mountains Road Caotang Temple is located southwest outskirts, 35 km eastern section of the northbound Xi'an Hu County, west of too much water, looking south Qinling Mountains. It is a rich Buddhist cultural heritage of the Millennium Temple, it is also the birthplace of Chinese Buddhist.

Caotang Temple was first called Temple, also formerly known as "habitat Zen Garden", after the 401 AD by the Western monk Kumarajiva Later Qin Yao Xinghuang East Timor invited Changan and on the grass thatch build a church scriptures derived Caotang Temple name. Kumarajiva in Caotang Temple scriptures 13 years, 3,000 disciples, who translated the classic 94, 425 volumes, including "Lotus Sutra" was hailed as the king of the Buddhist later. He is recognized as the world founder of Chinese Buddhism, he is a great Buddhist scholar, philosopher, Chinese linguists, temperament scientists, astrologers.

Caotang Temple existing Kumarajiva relic tower, cottage smoke wells, two wells Bo an ancient iron bell of the Ming Dynasty, collection of manuscripts, Emperor Chan Caotang Temple monument, Roche sectarian view of the monument, Don Jackson Guifeng Dinghuiqiao monument, Master Wang Lin relic, and many other cultural relics. Now building large-scale, landscape and pleasant environment, is to cultivate the religious tourist destination classical traditional culture.

Wei end of the beginning of the week, Temple into four, Caotang Temple is one. Early, Caotang Temple barren. Tianbao the early years, flying tin Master resident monks and promote the Pure Land. Emperor Xian Zong Yuan and between years, guifeng zongmi Zen abbot Caotang Temple, were boosted by the wind, ZTE Cottage. The late Tang Temple destroyed. Songkran Germany four years (966) was changed to cool Jianfu hospital. Jinming Chang four years (1193) Discrimination tell the master upgrading, Liang Donghong Li, Ying eaves large, complex, said Caotang Temple, has been the subject covered pavilion protection 罗什舍利塔. Yuan, has four times within five years crown prince decreed that large-scale repairs to the Temple, Happy Garden, habitat Temple, Caotang Temple in the name and use. Qing Yongzheng years (1734), Roche disciple Seng Zhao has been called the "big Zhiyuan being holy man", renamed Divine Grace Temple, then folk still "cottage" for the temple name. After Tongzhi, ruined temples, the building is now the repair later. The temple has five main hall, for the Buddha, Phoebe put Kumarajive front seat Buddha statue, 1.9 meters high, high nose deep mesh, demeanor dignified, Mid sit tight, staring into the distance, the reproduction lifetime lecture Buddha grace. There are 12 Beilang monastery south wall embedded with ancient celebrities, scholars writing poetry and travel Caotang Temple rebuilt Caotang Temple inscriptions 21. A clock tower, placed next bell of a tower, in the vertical "Jackson preach the monument," Yuan positive years (1352) built bestowed great Zen master Seng Zhao Zhiyuan being holy monument; Roche Master Chan Emperor Monument Temple and literati tour tablets and other poems.

Kumarajiva relic temple tower peculiar shape, with brick blue, white jade, jet black, pink, light blue, purple Hz, butter yellow and other colored marble inlay puzzle together. 2.33 meters high, eight points twelve stories, which is also called "Eight Spire." On the roof of the tower is shaped cap and ball top, under the hood there are incised statues, the middle eight prism niches; the seat bottom is Mount Meru, through fifteen hundred, six hundred remained largely intact. Temple trees more than a week, two former tower Cooper, slim look, called "two cypress a well", one of the attractions for this purpose Temple. After the tower has a lush tall bamboo, bamboo has a smoke well, every morning autumn and winter, the well-filled mist rise, straight Royal Park Chang journeyman, one of the famous Chang'an Eight "Cottage smoke" hence the name.

Caotang Temple is famous monk Huayan Wuzu Ambiguity local resident, passed away after Ambiguity buried Dongshan Guifeng, the Bank said, "Guifeng Zen master." Caotang Temple Huayan it is a magic weapon to pass.

Traffic Guide

Scenic Area Address: Xi'an Hu County, Shaanxi Province town Cottage Cottage Village

Car lines: Suzaku outside the South Gate Bus Terminal take the bus bound for Huxian can be reached.

Car lines: from Xi'an starting to go national highway G210, Luan town line to the turntable, turn right onto provincial highway S107, after Fenghe bridge turn right into the village to the cottage.