During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Ling of Taoism set up "Six Treatments" around Emei Mountain, among which "All the Treatments Based on this" were located in Emei Mountain area. Later, in 198, Zhang Ling's grandson Zhang Lu added "eight kinds of tricks", the first of which was "the skill of Emei".
In the Han Dynasty, when the Eastern Han Dynasty had economic and cultural exchanges with western countries through various channels, Buddhism spread to Leshan.
In the Jin Dynasty, Buddhism began to spread to Mount Emei. These monks began to build temples in Emei Mountain to preach Dharma, which made Emei Mountain in a situation where Buddhism and Taoism coexisted for a long time. The temples were staggered and the monks and Taoists competed for it.
Zhongfeng Temple was founded in the Western Jin Dynasty, and was originally a Taoist Ganming view. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, factional disputes began to appear in the field of vision. The monk Huizhi and Zen Master Guo Ming went to Emei Mountain to practice.
Guo Ming, a monk, was inspired by the Bodhisattva and came to Zhang Bao Peak in Emei Mountain. Occasionally, I heard that there are evil spirits in the temple, which often harm and fool the people. Guo Ming came to Gan Ming Temple and found that what people were talking about was actually a python. After rectification, the former tranquility was restored near Gan Ming Temple. This incident had a great influence on the villagers, and the monks in the temple also worshipped Guo Ming.
Later, Master Guo Ming shaved his hair and traveled to the mountains. After returning to Shu, I settled in Emei Mountain. He was welcomed by Taoist priests in Gan Ming Temple and became the abbot, presiding over all affairs in the temple.
After Guo Ming took office, he changed the Taoist temple into a temple, and some Taoist priests in the temple also converted to Buddhism, updated the temple and gradually expanded the scale of the temple. Because the white rock peak behind the temple is in the middle, it was named "Zhongfeng Temple".
Zhongfeng Temple is the initial stage of changing Taoist temple in the mountains into a temple. Later, during the Zhonghe period in Tang Xizong, Master Huitong changed Zhongfeng Temple to Jiyun Temple. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Zen master Mao Zhen expanded the temple and renamed it "Zhongfeng Zen Forest" or "Zhongfeng Ancient Temple".
Zhongfeng Temple, facing south, is a quadrangle-style layout, with a courtyard on the right side of the entrance and a symmetrical central axis. It consists of Pu Xian Hall in the front hall, Daxiong Hall in the back hall and a wing with cloisters inside and outside.
The guardhouse of Pu Xian Hall and Ursa Major Hall is a hanging beam frame, and the rest are funny-wearing, double-eaves dripping roof and small blue tile roof. There is a full moon platform connecting the upper and lower pedals in front of the main hall. The plain platform is more than 4 meters high, with three stages and a height difference of nearly 7 meters. It is a rare retreat in Emei Mountain.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, eminent monks came to Mount Emei to make a living, give lectures and preach, which laid the foundation for the development of Buddhism in Mount Emei. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liang Wudi Xiao Yan believed in Buddhism. According to legend, an Indian monk named Zhang Bao came to Mount Emei when he was in Liang Wudi, settled in Zhang Bao Peak and named it "Zhang Bao Temple".
Later, another Buddhist monk, Alopo, visited Mount Emei and saw that Mount Emei was surrounded by mountains and waters, which was very similar to the terrain of Huacheng Temple in the Western Regions, so he decided to build a Dojo here. At that time, because the mountain was high without tiles and easy to freeze and crack, the temple was built with wooden skin, which was called "Mupi Temple". At this time, the indifferent master also spread Buddhism in Emei Mountain.