Hongchun Terrace

Hongchun Terrace Introduction

Introduction
Hongchun terrace is nestled among gren hills, and surrounded by tall, old-age, well-spaced trees. The area remains evergreen like spring all year round. The terrance is named ater the three old-age Chinese toon trees outside the monastery.
     The origin of the monastery can be traced back to the eighth century. It is said that there was no spring water in the monastery at that time.The water shortage lasted until the Ming dynasty when Monk De Xing dug for spring water using his tin can, and the water gushed out instantly in front of Guanyin Hall in the monastery.
It is comfortable in Emei Mountain area. The annual average temperature is 17.2℃. The rainy season falls from April to October. It is best to travel here in spring and autumn and you should not be here in rainy days. During the period from December to March, whenever there is clear sky with calm wind, after two or three o'clock in the afternoon, bending over and looking downward from the Sheshen Rock of the Golden Summit, sometimes you will find a five-colored corona floating above the clouds and your figure placed in the corona, which follows the body and never miss it. No matter how many people there are, you can o­nly see your own figure.

Hongchun Terrace Features

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Emperor Kangxi offtered an inscription called Wang Chen Lu, which remains as an engraved calligraphy o­n the stone inside.A horizontal inscribed board hangs o­n the top of the monastery entrance gate. The inscription was provided by Lin Sen,one of the late Chairmen of the Kuomintang government.To the lift side of Guanyin Hall there is Lin Sen's Small Garden where Lin Sen stayed temporarily during the Anti-Japanese War.In June 1938, it was in this garden where the ambassador of the former Soviet Union presented to Lin Sen the letter of credence.In July,Lin Sen gathered 32 eminent monks in the garden to hold a seven_day Buddhist Ullambana Festival to release from purgatory the souls of generals and soldiers killed in the battles, as well as the masses of slaughtered civilians.
 Seven_sided lotus lantrn :In Guanyin Hall there is a Buddha Tower with Wenshu,Puxian and Guanyin figers statues placed inside for worship.Right in fornt of the three figures hangs a seven-sided lotus lantrn, 2.25m in heigh. In addition, the lantern has 231 exquisitely carved Buddha figures and lively carved dragons and other spiritual beastes lying among the lantern sides. The lantern displays a series of folk and Daoist stories related to supernatural beings. These legends and artifacts show how the diverse cultural features of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhism o­n Mt.Emei have merged and become intertwined over centuries of development.
Outside the monastery there is a Chinesetoon, 28m in hehght; its central section is 3.14m in diameter and the tree crown is 19m in diameter.Its branches and leaves flourish so splendidly that the tree provides a perennial,vast,green canopy. It is said that the tree is more than a thousand years old.
Hongchun Morning raining:  Hongchun terrace is well known for its solitude and beauty.The phenomena of “Morning Raining” can be experinced most  frequently in early spring and summer mornings,shortly after a rain shower.It appears to be  raining but it isn't; it looks like fog but it isn't. The sound of the wind in the trees and of birds chirping chirping cheerily can be heard, but nothing is visible.An intangible mist masks scenery and sight.The essence is there without substance.As Wang Wei said in his poem A Trip to the Mountain,“No rain at all,along the mountain path; but mosty leaves moisten my clothes.”

Hongchun Terrace Tickets

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Hongchun Terrace Transporation

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Leaving Qingyin Pavilion,you pass the Black_Dragon Plank Road along the Face of the Cliff and then walk through a deep cliff where the sky is seen as a thin piece of thread. Afterwards, you have to cross three bridges, climb a thousand steps and then arrived at a memorial archway. Finally, you get to Hongchun Terrace.