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1、GrandXiangguoMonastery（大相国寺）InthedownofKaifeng,theresitsacomplexofmagnificentancientbuildingswithwinghallsflanking.ItisrighttheXiangguoMonastery,oneofthetoptenmonasteriesinChina.ThrongsofpeoplefromallcornersathomeoroutofthecountrycomtotheXiangguoMonasteryforavisitsincetherearesoma
2、nystoriesandfolklegendswithlotsofmysteriesexaggeratedbynovelsoroperasconcernedwithitthroughages.BuiltinthesixthyearunderthereinofTianbaointheNorthernQiDynasty(555A.D).XiangguoMonasteryusedtobeoneofthefamouscentersofBuddhisminancientChinawithitsoriginalname----JanguoMonastery,wasfi
3、rstbuiltonthesiteoftheresidenceofPrinceWujiineWeiStates.alsocallXinLingJun,oneofthefourfamouschildrenduringtheWarringStates.Itwasunfortunatelydestroyedinawarandneverrebuiltuntiltheyears701A.D,whenawell-knownmonknamedHuiyuncametoKaifengandsuccessfullycollectedagreatdealofdonationsf
4、orthereconstructionofthemonasteryonthereasonableexcusethattheoriginalsiteofthemonasterywasfullofBuddhistnimbusandthathehadmettheMaitreyaBuddhainhisdream.Withthedonations,themonasterywasrebuiltandanewbronzeMaitreyaBuddhaofsix-meterhighwasenshrinedintheMaitreyaHall.Inordertocommemor
5、ateandcelebrateEmperorLiDan’sAscendingthethronefromthepositionof‘xiangguo”,(theprimeminister),thenewemperorofTangDynastyrenamnesthemonastery’xiangguo”insteadoftheoldname,’jiangguo”,hencethepresentnameXiangguoMonastery,whichhasalreadybeenusedforover1300years.TheprimeoftheXiangguoMo
6、nasterywasduringtheTang&Songperiod,whenitbecamethetopmonasteryofitskindinChinaintermsofitsscaleandmagnificentconstructions.Especially,thefrescoesandsculpturesdonebytwocelebratedpersons,WuDaoziandYangHuizhimadetheMonasteryfar-famedevenmoreinancientChina.Itwasenlargedandrenovatedsev
7、eraltimesintheSongDynasty,withatotalenrollingofmorethanathousandmonksandnuns,andanareaofover500Chinesemu(about33ha)including64branchesunderitsjurisdiction.AsanimperialmonasteryoftheNorthernSongDynasty,theXiangguoMonasteryactedasnotonlyaspotforBuddhismbutalsothesiteforimperialactiv
8、itiessuchasbirthdaycelebrationfor
