Han Hong, the most beautiful nunnery in China, only grows flowers without burning incense.

At the southern foot of Shengying Peak in Cangshan, Dali, Yunnan

Hides a famous temple

Small as it is, it has many reputations:

The most beautiful nunnery and the most artistic temple in China!

It also has a beautiful name:

Silent photo nunnery!

The name Silent Nunnery

Taken from "feeling and success, Silence as a lesson."

The temple was built in the early Ming Dynasty and was destroyed later.

Tang Jiyao presided over the reconstruction in the Republic of China.

The "Silent Photo nunnery" on the door of the nunnery was his title.

The shady environment of pine and cypress around the temple is quiet.

There is a fresh and elegant breath everywhere.

It interprets the real poetic and picturesque feelings.

Many people have the impression

Most of the temples are Qionglou Yuyu, the incense is exuberant.

However, the silent nunnery is just the opposite.

It's simple and small, and it doesn't burn incense.

The reason why it is so lovable

And because it is full of all kinds of flowers and plants.

Step into the threshold of the temple

There are all kinds of flowers on both sides.

You will be amazed that there is no temple atmosphere here.

It is more like a literary garden full of spring.

Only when you have been here can you realize what it is:

The zigzag mountain road leads to a secluded place, where the Zen room is full of flowers.

Follow the path into the temple

Sight and smell are attracted by flowers and plants.

Extraordinarily fresh and lively.

The wind chime is flickering and the bell is clear.

Reverberating in the silent mountains

The charm and Zen meaning of the wonderful fragrant Buddha Kingdom

Inadvertently into the heart.

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Turn the corner to the front yard

All kinds of flowers and succulent plants come into view.

Stand casually in front of a pot of flowers and plants

It can make people stop and sniff for a long time.

Warm, implicit, bright, delicate.

In a variety of ways, it is like a paradise for succulent plants.

A jade butterfly bigger than a fist

Like a Zen lotus flower after another

It goes well with this pure land of Buddhism.

Look around the whole front yard.

In fact, you will find surprises everywhere.

Every succulent plant is beautifully matched!

This old wooden boat

It has been planted with all kinds of succulent plants.

Gorgeous and colorful, naturally natural!

Old wood

Has also been given a new life.

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Some succulent plants hang in the hanging basket.

In this deep mountain, there is the smell of spring.

Look at it in detail

All of them are loved by people.

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A basket hanging on the wall

It is also full of the smell of spring.

Bamboo baskets large and small

It is also full of colorful succulent plants

How I want to take this basket away in spring.

And in all kinds of utensils.

Even this big stone mill

He also reveals his vitality in his old age.

It's not like a temple.

It is clearly a hundred gardens

There are flowers everywhere, clean and quiet

Courtyard, front steps, even under eaves and walls

Flowers bloom everywhere, gentle and elegant

Seemingly casual but meticulous everywhere.

There are so many exquisite flowers in front of us.

There must be a thoughtful "master".

This "master" is Master Miao Hui.

In 1982, the monk was restored.

In 1989, Master Miao Hui served as the abbot of Jingzhao nunnery.

Accompanied by morning bells and twilight drums, green lights and ancient Buddhas

For decades, Master Miaohui, with a tough heart,

The once shabby photo nunnery was repaired into what she looked like inside.

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Master Miao Hui, who has loved flowers since childhood.

As long as you see the flowers you like, bring them back to raise seedlings.

Year after year, day after day.

Now the garden is full of flowers.

Especially the "hundred gardens" in the backyard of the monastery.

It is Master Miao Hui's favorite after spiritual practice.

There are two greenhouse here.

One cultivates succulent plants and moss, the other grows flowers.

The bhikkuni in the nunnery

I am happy to come here to take care of the flowers and plants in my spare time.

In this greenhouse.

With the fragrance of the earth

It is full of verdant green.

In the chanting of Buddha songs day after day

It seems to be blessed by the Buddha.

It is full of vitality.

Except for the flowers in the front and backyard.

In the main hall of Jingzhao nunnery-- the main hall

You can't see the incense burner on the Buddha platform.

There are all flowers on display.

Stepping into the temple, bursts of fragrance came to the nostrils

Suddenly feel spotless, refreshed!

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The most exquisite thing about Han Buddhism is the prosperity of incense and fire.

But in the Jingzhao nunnery, flowers are used to worship the Buddha.

Why, Master Miao Hui said:

Buddha has nothing to lack and doesn't care about your fragrance.

But care about your heart.

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It is with this pure and tough heart

To have the present solitary photo nunnery.

A temple that perfectly combines Zen with aesthetics.

Colorful flowers, flying morning bells and twilight drums

Empty valley circulation of Zen, bird euphemism behind the eaves.

Such a quiet and beautiful place

Many female guests even want to stay after their visit.

Last May

Han Hong also admired the visit to Silent Photo Nunnery.

Apart from chatting with Master Miaohui

Also left a "silent light Buddha, purple smoke gives birth to wisdom," the ink.

Stepping on the stone to step on the sand gate, the summer rain and wind are all dust.

The court is full of beautiful language books and elegant, listening to Zen sounds save half of your life.

Here, there's nothing to say.

An inexplicable heart has a kind of serenity.

And then Zen slowly permeates the body and mind.

Accompany with flowers and plants

In the face of earthly troubles, you can also smile.

Willing to be indifferent, willing to be lonely.

Except for flowers and plants.

The hall of Jingzhao nunnery also has a different style.

It seems simple, but it is full of feelings and wisdom.

Fresh, aesthetic, literary and artistic.

Master Miaohui said

The house was originally made of stones picked up on the hill,

And the old wood given by the people at the foot of the mountain.

The interior decoration was designed with the help of a Hangzhou native.

All the old materials are used.

Although it looks exquisite and complicated

In fact, I didn't spend any extravagant money.

It just took a little more thought and time.

Jingzhao nunnery not only has a quiet and elegant environment

The Suzhai here makes people feel pure and abstinent after tasting it.

Many people come here for this bowl of fast food.

At first, Jingzhao nunnery provided fasting food for free.

Later, there were more and more followers and tourists.

The silent photo nunnery charges 20 yuan per person.

15 days and weekends are free.

Later, there were too many people.

The monastery can't bear it.

It can only be free on the first and fifteenth days of junior high school.

People who have been here.

Are full of praise for the Lent meal here.

The reason is: delicious!

And Master Miao Hui said

The Suzhai here is an ordinary meal.

It is entirely the family practice of the general public.

The cooks are all ordinary volunteers.

There is no chef invited out.

It's just that they do pay attention to the ingredients.

Go shopping in the bazaar after 4 o'clock every morning

Only those planted by farmers themselves are selected.

Even if there is a worm bite, it looks uglier.

As long as you haven't been treated with pesticides.

And such as rice, potatoes and pumpkins.

It is even "customized" by the temple.

Today, two to three hundred people come here every day for a fast meal.

Master Miaohui also held up the sign himself.

To publicize the treasure of grain to everyone.

Play as much as you eat, but fight again if there is not enough.

Don't waste it, it's a sin.

Once upon a time, there were people who wasted because of leftover food.

So I had to go to the kneeling Buddha Hall.

But more people

Will eat clean.

Have a fast meal in Jingzhao nunnery

Eat more than a meal.

It is also a kind of culture, a kind of idea, a kind of accomplishment.

In addition to fasting, you can also make a pot of Zen tea in the teahouse.

Sitting in the afternoon, I didn't realize that the sun and the moon were already long in the mountains.

There is a small fish pond outside the teahouse.

The flowers and plants are scattered on the pond, and the fish in the pond are happy.

Every plant, brick and tile,

A bowl of Suzhai and a cup of green tea

Every inch of time in Jingzhao Um

It's all so beautiful.

Curl the sound of Buddha, pure and original

Zen, life, heart, home.

Spring flowers come from green, autumn solstice leaves fall

Infinite Prajna mind is at ease, silent, quiet and natural.

We don't all have to live in glory.

Inner freedom and peace

That's all that matters.

The mind is at ease, the body is at ease.

May you and I no matter what we face

Can be calm, quiet and kind.

Like the Buddha with a smile.

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