Jingguang Pagoda

The Jingguang Pagoda is located on the top of Songtai Mountain. It was first built in the middle of Yuanhe period of the Tang Dynasty. In the early days, it was built for a famous monk in prosperous Tang Dynasty in Wenzhou – Venerable Sujue Zen Master of Yongjia. Sujue, with the courtesy name Mingdao and originally surnamed Dai, was from Yongjia (now people from Lucheng District). He became a monk at the age of four. He was erudite in Buddhist scriptures and wrote works such as ‘Song of Enlightenment’ and ‘Purposes of Zen Cultivation Diagram’. His works spread to India and had a profound influence on Buddhism. He is known as ‘Venerable Sujue Zen Master’. Venerable Sujue was initially a monk at Longxing Temple in Yongjia. He passed away in 713 AD at the side courtyard of Longxing Temple. Later generations built a pagoda on Songtai Mountain to enshrine his real body’s relics. Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty bestowed the name ‘Jingguang Pagoda’ on this pagoda. In 1375 AD (the Yimao year of Hongwu period in the Ming Dynasty), a pagoda courtyard was established. It was destroyed during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty (1499 AD). The opening hours and specific business status are subject to the opening situation on that day.

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