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1、GrandXiangguoMonastery（大相國寺）InthedownofKaifeng,theresitsacomplexofmagnificentancientbuildingswithwinghallsflanking.ItisrighttheXiangguoMonastery,oneofthetoptenmonasteriesinChina.ThrongsofpeoplefromallcornersathomeoroutofthecountrycomtotheXiangguoMonasteryforavisitsincether
2、earesomanystoriesandfolklegendswithlotsofmysteriesexaggeratedbynovelsoroperasconcernedwithitthroughages.BuiltinthesixthyearunderthereinofTianbaointheNorthernQiDynasty(555A.D).XiangguoMonasteryusedtobeoneofthefamouscentersofBuddhisminancientChinawithitsoriginalname----Jangu
3、oMonastery,wasfirstbuiltonthesiteoftheresidenceofPrinceWujiineWeiStates.alsocallXinLingJun,oneofthefourfamouschildrenduringtheWarringStates.Itwasunfortunatelydestroyedinawarandneverrebuiltuntiltheyears701A.D,whenawell-knownmonknamedHuiyuncametoKaifengandsuccessfullycollect
4、edagreatdealofdonationsforthereconstructionofthemonasteryonthereasonableexcusethattheoriginalsiteofthemonasterywasfullofBuddhistnimbusandthathehadmettheMaitreyaBuddhainhisdream.Withthedonations,themonasterywasrebuiltandanewbronzeMaitreyaBuddhaofsix-meterhighwasenshrinedint
5、heMaitreyaHall.InordertocommemorateandcelebrateEmperorLiDan’sAscendingthethronefromthepositionof‘xiangguo”,(theprimeminister),thenewemperorofTangDynastyrenamnesthemonastery’xiangguo”insteadoftheoldname,’jiangguo”,hencethepresentnameXiangguoMonastery,whichhasalreadybeenused
6、forover1300years.TheprimeoftheXiangguoMonasterywasduringtheTang&Songperiod,whenitbecamethetopmonasteryofitskindinChinaintermsofitsscaleandmagnificentconstructions.Especially,thefrescoesandsculpturesdonebytwocelebratedpersons,WuDaoziandYangHuizhimadetheMonasteryfar-famedeve
7、nmoreinancientChina.ItwasenlargedandrenovatedseveraltimesintheSongDynasty,withatotalenrollingofmorethanathousandmonksandnuns,andanareaofover500Chinesemu(about33ha)including64branchesunderitsjurisdiction.AsanimperialmonasteryoftheNorthernSongDynasty,theXiangguoMonasteryacte
8、dasnotonlyaspotforBuddhismbutalsothesiteforimperialactivitiessuchasbirthdaycelebrationfor
