'Producing Buddhas and Patriarchs' Shuimu Mountain - Yunnan Construction Network - www.gc126.com

Shuimu Mountain is located 25 kilometers away from Xiangyun County. It belongs to Majie Township, with an altitude of 2070 meters. Shuimu Mountain is one of the earliest Buddhist holy sites in Yunnan Province. In the eighth year of the Yuanhe era during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty (813 AD), the ministers of Nanzhao Kingdom requested the establishment of this temple. Master Pujing Qingguang of Zen Buddhism used his staff to strike the ground, "and a clear spring surged out, thus it was named Shuimu". On the day of its opening, the leaders of the six kingdoms all came to congratulate. At its peak, it was said to have "a thousand monks and eight hundred nuns". Throughout history, there have been many eminent monks residing at Shuimu Mountain, such as Master Pujing Qingguang, the founder of the mountain during the Tang Dynasty, Master Jingmiao Cheng of Zen Buddhism during the Song Dynasty, and Masters Wuwang Ru and Feixiang Hang during the late Qing Dynasty. During the reign of Li Longji (Emperor Xuanzong), many members of the royal family became monks here. The famous monk Tan Dan also resided here for a long time in the early Qing Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty, after several renovations and constructions, Shuimu Mountain Temple gradually formed a cluster of buildings, including Shuimu, Xianchang Temple, Dizang Temple, Lingguang Temple, Pagoda Courtyard, Three Teachings Pavilion, Pilu Pavilion, Mito Hermitage and other temples. Shuimu Mountain Temple is divided into upper, middle, and lower hermitages. Only the lower hermitage remains today, which dates back to the Qing Dynasty.