Now we come to Puji temple, the largest temple in Mount Putuo.
Puji temple is also known as "front Temple".
Its predecessor is the famous "refuse to go to guanyinyuan".
In the seventh year of Jiading of Song Dynasty, the emperor wrote theplaque of "Yuantong hall" and designated it as a temple dedicated toGuanyin.
Later, it was destroyed many times. In the 33rd year of Wanli reign of MingDynasty, the imperial court sent eunuch Zhang Qian to expand Baotuo Guanyintemple, and granted the title of "protecting the country and longevity PutuoTemple". The temple was large-scale and was located in the southeast for atime.
In the 38th year of Kangxi reign, the "Puji qunling" was granted. In theYongzheng reign, it basically formed its present scale. Today, Puji temple has231 rooms, including ten halls, twelve floors, seven halls and sevenpavilions.
In front of Puji temple, there is a stone archway about 20 meters high,with four pillars and three doors. On the pillars, there are delicate cloud silkand stone gourd carved on the cross eyebrows.
On the north side of the square, there is a stone sign in the tree, whichsays "civil and military officials, military and civilian people wait until theyget off here".
It is said that this is the imperial edict issued by the emperor. In thepast, officials came here, civil servants got off the sedan chair and militaryofficials got off the horse to show their respect for Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Behind the stone archway is a lotus pond with an area of about 15 mu,called "Haiyin pond", also known as "Fangsheng pond", which was built in theMing Dynasty.
"Seal of the sea" means that the wisdom of the Buddha can print all thedharmas like the sea, and "release" is a kind of universal Buddhist activitythat integrates with the Buddhist doctrines of "mercy" and "no killing".
There are three bridges on the haiyinchi, and you can come to the imperialstele Pavilion by walking through the middle one. It was built in the Yongzhengperiod. The inscription on the imperial stele records the history of MountPutuo. The dragon carved on the forehead is lifelike, and the calligraphy ispowerful and vigorous. It can be said that it is unique.
Of course, if you are interested, you can go to the "Guanzi Bodhisattva"wall in the east to have a look. It is said that Guanyin Bodhisattva not onlyhas great compassion, but also has vast wisdom to see all things in the efore, it is sometimes called "Guanshi Yin", which means that she can hearthe voice of the people's suffering, and sometimes called "Guanzi", which meansher ability to observe all things in the world.
When you come to the temple, you will ask strangely, "the main gate of thetemple is closed. How can you get in?" here is another story.
It is said that Emperor Qianlong forgot to go back when he visited MountPutuo at night. When he returned to Puji temple, the gate of the temple wasclosed, but his request to open it was refused.
The little monk who held the gate said, "state owned laws and regulationsexist in the temple." Qianlong had no way but to enter the temple from Dongshangate.
After returning to the palace, Qianlong was very angry about this andissued an imperial edict: from now on, this door cannot be opened.
This has continued to the present. It can only be opened when the head ofstate, the Bodhisattva of the temple or the abbot enters the door for the firsttime. Usually, tourists can only enter from the side door.
After the temple of heavenly king where Maitreya Buddha is worshipped, wecan come to the main hall of Puji temple where Guanyin Bodhisattva is worshipped- Da Yuan Tong Hall.
The hall has seven rooms in width and six rooms in width. It is grand andtowering, and can accommodate thousands of people. There is a saying that"hundreds of people do not feel wide together, and thousands of people do notfeel crowded together", so it is also called "living hall".
Walking into the hall, you can see a statue of Avalokitesvara at the centerof the hall. It is about nine meters high and wears a crown of e is a statue of Amitabha on the crown, with kind eyebrows and eyes and akind smile. There are shancai and Longnv standing beside them, with an innocentand lively look.
In China, Guanyin Bodhisattva is a household name, known to all women andchildren.
According to the Buddhist scriptures, when in danger, as long as the nameis recited, the Bodhisattva can hear it and go to save it, so it is called"Guanyin".
In the Tang Dynasty, the word "Shi" was omitted to avoid the taboo of LiShimin, the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
For most people, they may not know the founder of Buddhism, SakyamuniBuddha, but few people do not know Guanyin Bodhisattva. In fact, Guanyin hasbecome the core figure of Folk Buddhism and even the whole folk religiousbelief.
Why is the Guanyin hall in front of us called "Yuantong hall"? In fact, itis precisely because as long as Guanyin hears the cry for help from suffering,it can see through the eyes, which means that "the ears are connected, that is,the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind are connected".
So "Yuantong" has become the pronoun of Guanyin, which means "unbiased,unimpeded", perfect and accessible.
There are also 16 different costumes and forms of Avalokitesvara on bothsides of Pilu Avalokitesvara, which are called "32 corresponding bodies ofAvalokitesvara". These are the images of Avalokitesvara's Enlightenment to theworld in different identities.
Thirty two Yingshen Guanyin can only be worshipped as a whole, and can notappear alone. In addition to the Guanyin Buddha body worshipped in the middle,this kind of molding method is the unique feature of Guanyin Daochang.
There is also a side hall on both sides of the main hall. The east sidehall is dedicated to Manjusri Bodhisattva, the west side hall is dedicated toPuxian Bodhisattva, and the Dharma hall is also built to worship dizangBodhisattva.
After visiting the halls of Puji temple, you can also visit the "pagoda" inthe southeast.
Duobao pagoda was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It was made of Taihu Lakestones brought back from the south of the Yangtze River by the monks of PutuoMountain. It was named after the meaning of "Duobao pagoda" in the DharmaSutra.
The appearance of the pagoda is simple, modest and dignified, unlike thetraditional Chinese pagoda, which is exquisite and small. Each layer of thepagoda is carved with niches on four sides, in which there are full sittingBuddha statues. It belongs to the Buddhist Tantric modeling of the ancientMongolian rulers, which is very rich in the style of the Yuan Dynasty.
According to the investigation, there are only two such towers in China,and the other one is in Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, so it also has highcultural value.
To the east of duobaota is baibusha, a famous beach in Putuo , the sand is pure, the beach is beautiful, and the waves are continuous. Ifyou have enough time, you might as well go and feel it.
Dear friends, now you come to the highest place of Mount Putuo - Fudingmountain. It's also called Bodhisattva peak. It's a holy place for believers toworship. In addition, due to its unique geographical location, you can sometimesenjoy rare mirages and Buddha light scenes here. Therefore, there has alwaysbeen a saying that if you don't go to the Buddha peak, it means you don't go toMount Putuo.
Huiji temple on Fuding mountain is the highest temple in Putuo Mountain. Itis located on the top of the mountain, leaning against the sky and facing thesea, surrounded by fairy clouds and magnificent scenery. However, because it isbuilt between valleys and covers a limited area, the layout of Huiji templetakes Tianwang hall and Daxiong hall as the short axis, and unfoldssymmetrically on both sides. The left and right halls, bell towers, wing roomsand other buildings are connected by corridors The patio between the twocourtyards forms a number of courtyards. In particular, the newly built lotuspond with white marble, carved fence and jade, water Pavilion and curved bridgein the east courtyard have a unique flavor of Jiangnan garden.
The main hall of Huiji temple, Daxiong hall, is dedicated to Sakyamuni andhis two disciples Anan and Kaya. The worship of Buddha in the main hall isdifferent from that of Guanyin Bodhisattva in other temples in Putuo turns out that worshiping the Buddha at the top of the mountain instead ofGuanyin Bodhisattva implies the supreme status of the Buddha. Even in the Taoisttemple of Guanyin Bodhisattva, there is no exception. In the chambers on bothsides of the main hall, there are more than 20 days. To put it simply, they arethe Dharma protectors of Buddhism. Buddhism believes that when the Buddha helpsthe world and spreads the Dharma, if there is no effective legal person toprotect the Dharma, the Buddhism will fall, so there are many Dharma protectinggods in the Buddhist kingdom. They all have extraordinary supernatural can help the Buddha preach the Dharma, and they can also frighten those whoendanger the Dharma. However, the Dharma protectors of Buddhism are not only thetwenty heavens, but also a huge team. This team is called the eight HeavenlyDragon tribes, representing the eight troops. Among them, the heavenly anddragon tribes are the most important. The twenty heavens in front of us belongto the Heavenly Kingdom. In order to show their respect for the Buddha, they alltilt forward 15 degrees. In addition to Huiji temple in Putuo Mountain, thereare also temples with these 20 days, such as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Dahuitemple in Beijing and Huayan Temple in Datong.
Of course, as one of the three temples in Putuo Mountain, Huiji temple alsohas a hall dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, which is called Guanyin erent from other temples, there is a 2.7-meter-high statue of GuanyinBodhisattva, and there are more than 100 line carved Guanyin statues on the fourwalls, collecting masterpieces of paintings by famous artists of Tang, song,yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties These precious stone carvings of Guanyin are alsoimportant cultural relics of Huiji temple.
At the back door of Huiji temple, there is a Carpinus Putuo. It is saidthat it was first brought by an ancient Burmese monk when he came to Mount Putuoto worship. The tree is more than 13 meters high. It bifurcates from the surfaceof the earth and bifurcates upward in two. It is very regular and monoecious. Itblooms in May every year and matures in mid October. However, due to its lowreproductive rate, it has long been extinct in Myanmar, the country of origin,and is rare in the world. Therefore, it has become the symbol of Putuo and theBodhi of Buddha.
If you are interested in other precious plants in Putuo Mountain, you mightas well take a look at the new ginger tree at the foot of the back slope of thetemple. It is a rare tree species only found in Zhejiang Province, known as theBuddha tree. Every spring, on the birthday of Guanyin on February 19 of thelunar calendar, its tender branches and leaves are covered with golden fluff,shining in the sun, like a messenger of primrose, which is the Buddhist kingdomof heaven and sea Add luster and luster.
From Huiji temple, you can also stand on the Fuding mountain with analtitude of more than 300 meters and overlook the magnificent sea view. If theweather is fine, you can see the large and small islands in Zhoushan archipelagodotted in the East China Sea like lotus flowers. Among these archipelago, themost famous is Luojia mountain not far away. You see, does the shape of Luojiamountain look like a kind-hearted Guanyin Bodhisattva lying peacefully on thesea? If you identify it carefully, you can also distinguish her head, neck,chest, feet and so on, so it is also known as sleeping Guanyin or recliningBuddha on the sea. It is said that when Guanyin was practicing Taoism in Luojiamountain, he came across the sea to Putuo Mountain and opened a Taoist efore, many devout believers who came to Putuo Mountain would go to Luojiamountain by boat to worship.
Well, Huiji Temple of Fuding mountain is here for you. If you walk down themountain to Fayu temple, you can enjoy many stone carvings on the way. Amongthem, the four big characters of Haitian Buddha Kingdom carved on a huge rockare the most famous. It is said that they were written by Hou Jigao, a famousAnti Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty. They have become a representativelandscape of Mount Putuo. If you are interested, you might as well take apicture As a souvenir.
Putuo Mountain is located in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. It is asmall island in Zhoushan Archipelago, covering an area of about 12.5 squarekilometers. Due to its scattered scenic spots, we suggest you take the specialbus for sightseeing. In addition to the three temples of Putuo Mountain, namelyHuiji temple, Fayu temple and Puji temple, as well as the famous scenic spotssuch as guanyinyuan and Nanhai Guanyin bronze statue, we also recommendbaibutan, a scenic spot where you can listen to the sound of the waves, watchthe waves and play with the sea sand. I believe you can have a pleasant tour ofthis sea fairy mountain.
Dear friends, now you come to the top of Mount Putuo, the Buddha peak. It'salso called Bodhisattva peak. It's a holy place for believers to worship. Inaddition, due to its unique geographical location, you can sometimes enjoy raremirages and Buddha light scenes here. Therefore, there has always been a sayingthat if you don't go to the Buddha peak, it means you don't go to MountPutuo.
Huiji temple on Fuding mountain is the highest temple in Putuo Mountain. Itis located on the top of the mountain, leaning against the sky and facing thesea, surrounded by fairy clouds and magnificent scenery. However, because it isbuilt between valleys and covers a limited area, the layout of Huiji templetakes Tianwang hall and Daxiong hall as the short axis, and unfoldssymmetrically on both sides. The left and right halls, bell towers, wing roomsand other buildings are connected by corridors The patio between the twocourtyards forms a number of courtyards. In particular, the newly built lotuspond with white marble, carved fence and jade, water Pavilion and curved bridgein the east courtyard have a unique flavor of Jiangnan garden. In the main hallof Huiji temple, Sakyamuni and his two disciples Anan and Kaya are worship of Buddha in the main hall is different from that of GuanyinBodhisattva in other temples in Putuo Mountain. It turns out that worshiping theBuddha at the top of the mountain instead of Guanyin Bodhisattva implies thesupreme status of the Buddha. Even in the Taoist temple of Guanyin Bodhisattva,there is no exception. In the chambers on both sides of the main hall, there aremore than 20 days. To put it simply, they are the Dharma protectors of hism believes that when the Buddha helps the world and spreads the Dharma,if there is no effective legal person to protect the Dharma, the Buddhism willfall, so there are many Dharma protecting gods in the Buddhist kingdom. They allhave extraordinary supernatural power. They can help the Buddha preach theDharma, and they can also frighten those who endanger the Dharma. However, theDharma protectors of Buddhism are not only the twenty heavens, but also a hugeteam. This team is called the eight Heavenly Dragon tribes, representing theeight troops. Among them, the heavenly and dragon tribes are the most twenty heavens in front of us belong to the Heavenly Kingdom.
In order to show their respect for the Buddha, they all tilt forward 15degrees. In addition to Huiji temple in Putuo Mountain, there are also templeswith these 20 days, such as Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Dahui temple in Beijingand Huayan Temple in Datong. Of course, as one of the three temples in PutuoMountain, Huiji temple also has a hall dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, whichis called Guanyin hall. Different from other temples, there is a 2.7-meter-highstatue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and there are more than 100 line carved Guanyinstatues on the four walls, collecting masterpieces of paintings by famousartists of Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties These precious stonecarvings of Guanyin are also important cultural relics of Huiji temple. At theback door of Huiji temple, there is a Carpinus Putuo. It is said that it wasfirst brought by an ancient Burmese monk when he came to Mount Putuo to tree is more than 13 meters high. It bifurcates from the surface of theearth and bifurcates upward in two. It is very regular and monoecious. It bloomsin May every year and matures in mid October. However, due to its lowreproductive rate, it has long been extinct in Myanmar, the country of origin,and is rare in the world. Therefore, it has become the symbol of Putuo and theBodhi of Buddha. If you are interested in other precious plants in PutuoMountain, you might as well take a look at the new ginger tree at the foot ofthe back slope of the temple. It is a rare tree species only found in ZhejiangProvince, known as the Buddha tree. Every spring, on the birthday of Guanyin onFebruary 19 of the lunar calendar, its tender branches and leaves are coveredwith golden fluff, shining in the sun, like a messenger of primrose, which isthe Buddhist kingdom of heaven and sea Add luster and luster.
From Huiji temple, you can also stand on the Fuding mountain with analtitude of more than 300 meters and overlook the magnificent sea view. If theweather is fine, you can see the large and small islands in Zhoushan archipelagodotted in the East China Sea like lotus flowers. Among these archipelago, themost famous is Luojia mountain not far away. You see, does the shape of Luojiamountain look like a kind-hearted Guanyin Bodhisattva lying peacefully on thesea? If you identify it carefully, you can also distinguish her head, neck,chest, feet and so on, so it is also known as sleeping Guanyin or recliningBuddha on the sea.
It is said that when Guanyin was practicing Taoism in Luojia mountain, hecame across the sea to Putuo Mountain and opened a Taoist temple. Therefore,many devout believers who came to Putuo Mountain would go to Luojia mountain byboat to worship. Well, Huiji Temple of Fuding mountain is here for you. If youwalk down the mountain to Fayu temple, you can enjoy many stone carvings on theway. Among them, the four big characters of Haitian Buddha Kingdom carved on ahuge rock are the most famous. It is said that they were written by Hou Jigao, afamous Anti Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty. They have become arepresentative landscape of Mount Putuo. If you are interested, you might aswell take a picture As a souvenir. Now we come to Puji temple, the largesttemple in Mount Putuo. Puji temple is also called Qiansi. Its predecessor wasthe famous one who refused to go to guanyinyuan. In the seventh year of Jiadingof Song Dynasty, the emperor inscribed a plaque on the yuantongbao hall anddesignated it as a temple dedicated to Guanyin. Later, it was destroyed manytimes. In the 33rd year of Wanli reign of Ming Dynasty, the imperial court senteunuch Zhang Qian to expand Baotuo Guanyin temple, and granted an amount toprotect the country Yongshou Putuo temple. The temple was large-scale and waslocated in the southeast for a time. In the 38th year of Kangxi reign, the Pujitemple was granted the Puji qunling. In the Yongzheng reign, it basically formedits present scale. Today, there are 231 Puji temples, including ten halls,twelve floors, seven halls and seven pavilions. In front of Puji temple, thereis a stone archway about 20 meters high, with four pillars and three doors. Onthe pillars, there are delicate cloud silk and stone gourd carved on the crosseyebrows. On the north side of the square, there is a stone sign in the tree,which says that civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians wait todismount here. It is said that this is the imperial edict issued by the the past, officials came here, civil servants got off the sedan chair andmilitary officials got off the horse to show their respect for GuanyinBodhisattva. Behind the stone archway is a lotus pond with an area of about 15mu, which is called Haiyin pond or Fangsheng pond. It was built in the MingDynasty. Seal of the sea refers to that the wisdom of the Buddha can print allthe dharmas like the sea, and release is a kind of universal Buddhist activitywhich is integrated with the doctrines of compassion and no killing in e are three bridges on the haiyinchi, and you can come to the imperial stelePavilion by walking through the middle one. It was built in the Yongzhengperiod. The inscription on the imperial stele records the history of MountPutuo. The dragon carved on the forehead is lifelike, and the calligraphy ispowerful and vigorous. It can be said that it is unique. Of course, if you areinterested, you can also go to the wall of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the East. Itis said that Guanyin Bodhisattva has not only great compassion, but also vastwisdom to see all things in the world. Therefore, it is sometimes calledGuanyin, which means that she can hear the voice of the people's times it is also called Guanzi, which means her ability to observe allthings in the world.
When you come to the temple, you will be surprised to ask: the main gate ofthe temple is closed. How can you get in? Here is another story. It is said thatEmperor Qianlong forgot to go back when he visited Mount Putuo at night. When hereturned to Puji temple, the gate of the temple was closed, but his request toopen it was refused. The little monk who held the gate said: the state-ownednational law and the temple rules, Qianlong had no way but to enter the templefrom the Dongshan gate. After returning to the palace, Qianlong was very angryabout this and issued an imperial edict: from now on, this door cannot beopened. This has continued to the present. It can only be opened when the headof state, the Bodhisattva of the temple or the abbot enters the door for thefirst time. Usually, tourists can only enter from the side door. After thetemple of heavenly king, where Maitreya is worshipped, we can come to the mainhall of the Puji temple, Da Yuan Tong Hall, where Guanyin Bodhisattva isworshipped. The hall is seven rooms wide and six rooms wide. It is grand andtowering. It can accommodate thousands of people. There are hundreds of peoplewho can't feel wide together and thousands of people who can't feel crowdedtogether. So it is also called the living hall. Walking into the hall, you cansee a statue of Avalokitesvara at the center of the hall. It is about ninemeters high and wears a crown of Avalokitesvara. There is a statue of Amitabhaon the crown, with kind eyebrows and eyes and a kind smile. There are shancaiand Longnv standing beside them, with an innocent and lively look. In China,Guanyin Bodhisattva is a household name, known to all women and rding to the Buddhist scriptures, when in danger, as long as the name isrecited, the Bodhisattva can hear it and go to save it, so it is called the Tang Dynasty, the word "Shi" was omitted to avoid the taboo of Li Shimin,the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. For most people, they may not know thefounder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha, but few people do not know GuanyinBodhisattva. In fact, Guanyin has become the core figure of Folk Buddhism andeven the whole folk religious belief. Why is the Guanyin hall in front of uscalled Yuantong hall? In fact, it is precisely because as long as Guanyin hearsthe cry for help from suffering, it can see through the eyes and show that theears are connected, that is, the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind areconnected. Therefore, Yuantong becomes the pronoun of Guanyin, which meansunbiased, unimpeded and complete.
There are also 16 different costumes and forms of Guanyin Bodhisattvas onboth sides of Pilu Guanyin, which are called Guanyin 32 Yingshen. These are theimages of Guanyin's Enlightenment to the world in different identities. Thirtytwo Yingshen Guanyin can only be worshipped as a whole, and can not appearalone. In addition to the Guanyin Buddha body worshipped in the middle, thiskind of molding method is the unique feature of Guanyin Daochang. There is alsoa side hall on both sides of the main hall. The east side hall is dedicated toManjusri Bodhisattva, the west side hall is dedicated to Puxian Bodhisattva, andthe Dharma hall is also built to worship dizang Bodhisattva. After visiting thehalls of Puji temple, you can also visit the pagoda in the southeast. Duobaopagoda was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It was built from Taihu Lake stonesbrought back from the south of the Yangtze River by the monks of Putuo is named after the meaning of Duobao Pagoda in the Dharma Sutra. Theappearance of the pagoda is simple, modest and dignified, unlike the traditionalChinese pagoda, which is exquisite and small. Each layer of the pagoda is carvedwith niches on four sides, in which there are full sitting Buddha statues. Itbelongs to the Buddhist Tantric modeling of the ancient Mongolian rulers, whichis very rich in the style of the Yuan Dynasty. According to the investigation,there are only two such towers in China, and the other one is in LongmenGrottoes in Luoyang, so it also has high cultural value. To the east of duobaotais baibusha, a famous beach in Putuo Mountain. Here, the sand is pure, the beachis beautiful, and the waves are continuous. If you have enough time, you mightas well go and feel it. Fayu temple is the second largest temple in PutuoMountain. It is also called housi because it is located behind the mountain ofPuji temple. Buddhists believe that the Dharma moistens all living beings, justlike the rain moistens all things, so there is the saying of Dharma rain. Fayutemple was first built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It experiencedmany disasters. In the 38th year of Kangxi, the emperor granted Tianhua Fayu byimperial edict, so it was named Fayu temple. During the reign of EmperorYongzheng, it was expanded on a large scale. Fayu Temple became a famous templein the southeast because of its large-scale halls, carved beams and paintedbuildings. If you look at Fayu temple from a distance, you will find that interms of architectural layout, it adopts the method of taking the momentumaccording to the mountain and ascending by groups. Several temples are risingstep by step on the platform, which is extraordinary. The whole temple iscovered with glazed tiles of sky blue, light green, goose yellow, purple andother colors. Under the sunlight, it reflects thousands of colorful lights,forming a wonderful scene of Buddha light. From a distance, it gives people thefeeling of palace in the air. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Kang Youwei oncewrote that Jinping was facing the waves, and Fayu was flying in the sky todepict the beautiful scenery of Fayu temple.
If you want to enter the Buddhist Hall of Fayu temple, you have to passthrough the lotus pond in front of the temple. It covers an area of about 1800square meters. It was built in the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu ofthe Qing Dynasty. The lotus seeds produced here used to be a tribute to theimperial court from Hangzhou zhizaofu. There is a single hole stone arch bridgeon the lotus pond, which is called Haihui bridge. Haihui means that all Buddhasand Bodhisattvas gather together, and its virtue and quantity are just like thevast and deep sea. Haihui bridge divides the pond into East and West pools. Onthe two sides of the fence, there are more than 50 designs, such as dramastories, birds and animals, etc., which are exquisitely carved. Walking throughLianchi, let's first take a look at the Jiulong Zhaoqiang, a newly built scenicspot in 1987. The Jiulong wall is two meters high and 12 meters long. The footwall is xumizuo. The four sides and the top cornices are angled. On the upperpart of the wall, there are 17 dragons with different shapes carved between thestone beams and tiles. On the middle of the wall, nine green dragons hold theirheads and dance their claws, competing for the dragon ball and lifelike. Atfirst glance, it seems that it is carved from a whole piece of bluestone. But ifyou are careful enough, you will find that it is made of 60 pieces ofhigh-quality bluestone with a square of 70 cm. The stitching is perfect andthere is no trace. People have to admire its exquisite craftsmanship. Afterenjoying the nine dragon wall, we went to the Jade Buddha Hall on the secondfloor of Fayu temple through the Tianwang hall. It got its name because therewas a white jade statue of Sakyamuni from Burma at the end of the Qing rtunately, it was destroyed in the cultural revolution. Now the statue ofBuddha is from Yongle Palace in Beijing in 1985. On the platform railings behindthe Jade Buddha Hall, there are 24 filial piety pictures carved during theYongzheng period. The 24 filial sons in the picture, from the emperor to thecommon people, embody the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly andproviding for the aged of the Chinese nation, and also witness the integrationof Buddhism and Confucianism. Next, let's take a look at the most famous JiulongHall of Fayu temple. According to the records of Mount Putuo, in March of the38th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, the emperor went to Hangzhou to meet thedirector of Fayu temple, and issued an imperial edict to demolish the old hallof Jinling. As a result, 120000 glazed tiles were removed from the Ming Palacein Nanjing and sent to Mount Putuo to build the Royal Jiulong hall.
There are no beams or nails in the Jiulong hall, which is a unique ancientbuilding. One of the most distinctive features is the Jiulong caisson, which isa cultural relic left in the Ming Dynasty. Looking up, you can see a big pearlball hanging under the caisson. There are eight dragon rings and eight pillarson the top of the dragon plate. It's like trying to snatch the Pearl. It formsthe pattern of Jiulong Xizhu, which is lifelike and ingenious. It is said thatthe Jiulong caisson also has the function of fire prevention, because the dragoncan spit water, and the shape of the caisson can gather water. Therefore, if theworshipped incense accidentally ignites the Sutra flag in front of the Buddha,Jiulong on the temple will spit water to put out the fire. Therefore, theJiulong caisson has become the treasure of Mount Putuo. There is a 10 meter highstatue of Avalokitesvara in the hall, so it is also called JiulongAvalokitesvara hall. On both sides of the statue are eighteen Arhats inasceticism, and on the other side of the hall is a spectacular picture ofGuanyin on the island. In the middle of the picture, Guanyin Bodhisattva standson the back of a huge fish, holding a water purifying bottle in one hand and awillow branch in the other. The water purifying bottle and willow branch in theBodhisattva's hand originally meant to spread Dharma rain and promote Buddhism,but later evolved into a variety of meanings. It is believed that the willowbranch can eliminate disasters and diseases, and the dew in the net bottlespreads all over the world with the willow branch, implying that thecompassionate Guanyin uses pure water to help all living beings escape from thesea of suffering and reach the paradise on the other side. In this painting,there are also buildings such as Tianting, Longgong, etc. the layout of thewhole picture is reasonable, with many figures and vivid. If you are interested,you might as well have a closer look.
当您看到眼前的这片茂密的紫竹以及同样为紫色的石头时，我们就来到紫竹林景区了，您也许觉得"紫竹林"这个名气非常耳熟吧?看过《西游记》的朋友应该都记得，紫竹林就是观世音菩萨的住所，唐僧师徒在取经路上好几次遇到危难，孙悟空都是翻筋斗到南海紫竹林求助的观音大士。
紫竹林中有一座始建于明朝的紫竹林禅院，因为建在海边，涛声阵阵，所以最初也叫"听潮庵"，民国八年即公元1920xx年，康有为为这里题写了"紫竹林禅院"的匾额，禅院内供奉着"紫竹观音"坐像，是普陀山重要的历史文化景点之一。
往海边走，您可以看到前面的一块石碑上，刻着""，是明代万历年间官府所设。原来，过去许多善男信女到普陀山朝拜时，为表虔诚，在自己的手指上缠上棉花，沾上烛油点燃，作为香烛，希望能求见观音现身，引渡自己到西方极乐世界去。明朝驻当地的一位督军觉得这种做法有违佛家慈悲为怀、普渡众生的本意，便颁令禁止并立此碑，言明如果再有人这样做，就一定要缉办。从此，这种风气才慢慢被禁止下来。随着历史的变迁，石碑上的裂纹随处可见，碑文也有些残缺不全了。
石碑旁边有一堵黄色矮墙围着三间朴质的佛堂，这就是普陀山著名的"不肯去观音院"，相传在唐咸通年间，日本僧人慧锷大师从五台山请得观音像乘船归国，经过普陀莲花洋的时候，突然风浪大作，船不能通行，此时慧锷省悟到，可能是观音菩萨不肯离开中国故土去日本。于是他祈祷说，如是观音菩萨不肯去日本，那么就在船到之处建庙供奉。船在普陀山下平安靠岸后，慧锷与岛上居民便在紫竹林中建了一座"不肯去观音院"，这也就是普陀山作为观音道场的来历。 潮音洞 各位团友?大家看?这里有一个天然的石洞?岩石旁刻着“潮音洞”三个字。它是由清朝的康熙皇帝御赐的?相传这是菩萨现身的地方。大家看?这个洞是因为山石裂缝而形成的?从崖至洞底深大约有10米?这个洞的洞底通海?一半浸于海中?洞上方这两条缝隙形成的二门称为“天窗”?涨潮时?潮水涌入洞中?海浪和石头相撞击发出的声音好象打雷一样?而且晴天时?洞内像七彩霓虹闪现?非常壮观?这就是普陀十二景之一的“古洞潮音
洛迦山 各位团友请朝东面看?对面就是洛迦山?它的形状很像一尊观音菩萨安详地躺在莲花洋上面?头?颈?胸?腹?足都很清楚?这叫“睡观音”?也称“海上佛”。 大家往山顶看?有一座塔像巨人一样立在那里?这就是新建的五百罗汉塔。洛迦山虽近在眼前?但海中波涛汹涌?古时有朝拜者须经过24个莲花浪方能得渡彼岸的传说。
Hello, all the tourists. "The victory of mountain and lake is the WestLake; the victory of mountain and sea is Putuo." Now we come to Mount Putuo,which is known as the "sea heaven Buddha kingdom" and the "holy land of theSouth China Sea". Putuo Mountain is a famous Guanyin Taoist temple. Togetherwith Wutai Mountain, Emei Mountain and Jiuhua Mountain, it is known as the fourfamous Buddhist mountains. Putuo Mountain has a long history of Buddhism, whichwas founded in the Tang Dynasty as a Taoist temple of Guanyin. During the reignof Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Indian monks came to the mountain to worshipBuddha. It is said that they witnessed the appearance of Guanyin in Chaoyincave. In the fourth year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, master hui'e, aJapanese monk, invited the statue of Guanyin to return to China by boat fromMount Wutai. When he arrived at Lianhua Ocean near Mount Putuo by boat, hethought that Guanyin would not go eastward because of the resistance of wind andwaves. So he went ashore in Chaoyin cave and built "Guanyin Temple", whichbecame the beginning of Putuo Buddhism. In song and Yuan Dynasties, Buddhism inPutuo Mountain developed rapidly. In 967 ad, Zhao Kuangyin sent eunuch Wang GUIto Mount Putuo to offer incense, and gave him a brocade flag, which was thefirst time that the Imperial Court went to Putuo to offer incense. In 1080, theimperial court granted silver to build Baotuo Guanyin temple. At that time,people from Japan, South Korea and other countries who came to China to dobusiness and pay tribute also began to pay homage to the Buddha and Mount Putuogradually became famous. In 1131 ad, Zen master Zhenxie, the abbot of GuanyinTemple in Baotuo, asked for the permission of the imperial court to change thelaw to Zen. More than 700 fishermen moved out of the mountain, and PutuoMountain became a pure land of Buddhism. In 1214, the imperial court gave moneyto build Yuantong hall, and designated Mount Putuo as the Taoist temple forGuanyin.
In June of the third year of Dade reign of Yuan Dynasty (1299 A.D.),Yishan, the abbot of Guanyin Temple of Baotuo, was granted the title of mastermiaozhongji. He took the national documents to Japan to promote Buddhism andmake friends with Japan. From then on, Mount Putuo became more and more ror Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty granted "Puji qunling" to the front templeand "tianiao Fayu" to the back temple, from which "Puji Temple" and "FayuTemple" came. The period from the end of Qing Dynasty to the eve of the AntiJapanese war was the heyday of Buddhism in Putuo Mountain. Every year, on the19th birthday of Guanyin in February, the 19th of June, and the 19th ofSeptember, the believers gather in the Buddhist kingdom. Mount Putuo is full ofsmoke and candle fire. It's amazing to chant Buddhist scriptures all night y time the Buddhists pray for worship, the celestial phenomena show theirauspiciousness, which adds to the magical, sacred and mysterious color of MountPutuo. The thousands of years of Buddhist activities have accumulated profoundBuddhist culture in Putuo Mountain. The great master of Guanyin is connectedwith all over the world, "everyone Amitabha, every family Guanyin". The beliefof Guanyin has been called "the belief of half Asia" by scholars. "
Surrounded by the sea, Putuo Mountain has beautiful scenery. As the onlyBuddhist resort on the sea among the four famous Buddhist mountains, it is knownas "the first pure place on earth". In addition to the pagodas, cliffs, rocksand trees full of the mysterious color of the Buddha Kingdom, the island is richin trees, birds and flowers. There are not only ancient camphor trees nearly onethousand years old, but also the unique Carpinus pubescens in China. The islandis surrounded by white waves, fishing sails, silver waves and sands, surroundedby green peaks and quiet ancient temples.
"There are fairy mountains on the sea, and the mountains are in the void."o Mountain, with its sacred position of Guanyin Taoist temple and beautifulnatural scenery, has become a famous tourist attraction at home and abroad. Ibelieve you can't wait to embark on this pilgrimage. Now, please take ourcarefully designed tour strategy of Mount Putuo and the tour guide words ofscenic spots, and walk into the land of sea and sky Buddha with me. That's theend of my explanation. Thank you.
More than ten miles northwest of Jinzhou, a historical city, there is afamous mountain resort with winding peaks and ravines, and beautiful scenerywith flying springs and clouds. This is Beiputuo mountain in Jinzhou, the firstFoshan outside the pass, which is famous in Liaohai and Beijing.
Beiputuo mountain has a long history and rich cultural heritage. Up to thefirst year of Wude in Tang Dynasty, Zhuduan temples have been built. The morningbell and evening drum, the Sanskrit sound and the Dharma name are slim for manyyears. The auspicious clouds are like rain, the dragon is clear, and the haze isdense for hundreds of generations. Therefore, people all over the world call itthe north courtyard of Luojia mountain in Putuo, South India. In the LiaoDynasty, it was also famous for the fact that yelubei, the emperor of the state,lived in this mountain for a long time and was formally named Beiputuo mountainafter the Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty was invited by the eminent monkDeshao. Among them, Shitang Songxue, Fenglin Xuri, Cangshan Guanhai, HongshiWolong, Dishui Guanyin, Hongchi Chenghui, beacon tower sunset, etc., which arefamous among the Sixteen States of Yanyun, are famous in the world. In the Mingand Qing Dynasties, it was also known as the "first cave" in the west ofLiaoning Province. It was a holy land for eminent monks, masters and believersof Buddhism and Taoism.
North Putuo Mountain has a unique and spectacular range of mountains, avariety of peaks and rocks, springs hidden by emerald cypresses and Bodhi, andcliffs hung by ancient trees. Famous peaks, ancient temples and precipices areon the move, and the scenery is natural. In spring you can hear the warblerssinging, in summer you can hear the cicadas singing in the mulberry forest, inautumn you can see the red and frost stained trees, and in winter you can seethe pines and snow in the stone hall. The scenery of the four seasons is morecolorful than a smile. There are more than 50 landscapes in the nine scenicspots, including cloud, stone, water, cave, forest, flower, fish and bird. Theyare magnificent, dangerous, strange, quiet, dynamic, quiet, beautiful andwonderful. In fact, it is a paradise in the world. The national AAA scenic spotis the Grand View of the top 50 scenic spots in Liaoning Province.
Jinzhou North Putuo Mountain four seasons beauty, I wish you all have agood time!
陀山是著名的观音道场，与五台山、峨眉山、九华山并称为佛教四大名山。它位于浙江省东部，是舟山群岛中的一个小岛，全岛面积12.5平方公里，形似苍龙卧海，素有"海天佛国"、"南海圣境"之称。
唐咸通年间，日本僧人慧锷大师从五台山请观音像乘船归国，乘船行至普陀山附近的莲花洋时，因为风浪所阻，触礁，以为观音不肯东渡，于是便在潮音洞上岸，建"不肯去观音院"，成为普陀佛教开山之起始。后历代皇帝拨币累建，全盛时期，曾有3大寺，88庵院，128茅蓬，僧尼达4000余人。
每年农历二月十九观音诞辰日、六月十九观音得道日、九月十九观音出家日，四方信众聚缘佛国，普陀山香烟燎绕、烛火辉煌;诵经礼佛，通宵达旦，其盛况令人叹为观止。每逢佛事，信众求拜，时有天象显祥，更增添了普陀山的神奇、神圣、神秘的色彩。绵延千余年的佛事活动，使普陀山这方钟灵毓秀之净土，积淀了深厚的佛教文化底蕴。观音大士结缘四海，"人人阿弥陀，户户观世音"，观音信仰已被学者称为"半个亚洲的信仰。"
有人曾经对普陀山的美景作出这样的评价："以山而兼湖之胜，则推西湖;以山而兼海之胜，当推普陀。"普陀山四面环海，风光旖旎，作为四大佛教名山中唯一坐落于海上的佛教胜地，被誉为"第一人间清净地"。除了充满佛国神秘色彩的寺塔摩崖、山石林木以外，岛上林木丰茂、鸟语花香，不仅有树龄近千年的古樟树，还有我国特有的普陀鹅耳枥。而岛四周白浪环绕、渔帆竞发，银涛金沙环绕着青翠的峰峦、幽静的古刹精舍，构成了一幅绚丽多姿的画卷。
"海上有仙山，山在虚无缥渺间"。普陀山以其观音道场的神圣地位，以及优美的自然风景，成为驰誉中外的旅游胜地。相信您也已经迫不及待地想踏上这次朝圣之旅了，现在就请带上我们精心为您打造的普陀山游览攻略，以及景点导游词，随我一同走进这海天佛国吧。
普济寺导游词我们现在来到的是普陀山的第一大寺--普济寺。普济寺又名"前寺"。它的前身是有名的"不肯去观音院"。宋嘉定七年，皇帝御书"圆通宝殿"匾额，把这里定为专供观音的寺院。后来这里多次被毁，到了明神宗万历三十三年，朝廷派太监张千扩建宝陀观音寺，并赐额"护国永寿普陀禅寺"，寺院规模宏大，一时甲于东南。康熙三十八年，赐额"普济群灵"，到了雍正年间，基本形成了现在的规模，如今的普济寺，共有十殿、十二楼、七堂、七轩等共231间。
普济寺前有一个高约20米的石牌坊，四柱三门，柱上横眉雕刻有精致的云绫和石葫芦。坊内北侧，树有一块石牌，写着"文武官员军民人等到此下马"。据传这是皇帝下达的圣旨，过去官吏到此，文官下轿，武官下马，以示对观音菩萨的崇敬。
石牌坊后是一个约15亩的莲池，名叫"海印池"，也叫"放生池"，建于明朝。"海印"是指佛的智慧能像大海一样，印现一切之法，而"放生"，则是与佛教的"慈悲"、"不杀生"等教义融合，进而发展成为的一种普遍的佛事活动。
海印池上有三座桥，走过中间的一座，您便可以来到御碑亭，它建于雍正年间，御碑的碑文上记载了普陀山的历史，碑额上雕龙栩栩如生，书法遒劲刚健，可谓双绝。当然，要是您感兴趣的话，还可以到东面的"观自在菩萨"墙看看，相传观音菩萨除了有大慈大悲的心肠外,还有广大的智慧可以看清世间万物,所以有时被称作"观世音",指她能听到人民的疾苦声音，有时又被称为"观自在",是指她体察世间万物的能力。
当您来到寺前肯定会奇怪的问："寺庙的正门关着，怎么进去呢?"这里还有一个故事。相传乾隆皇帝夜游普陀山竟然忘了回去，当他返回到普济寺的时候寺院大门已经关了，他要求开门却遭到了拒绝。把门的小和尚说："国有国法，寺有寺规"，乾隆没有办法只能从东山门进入寺内。乾隆回宫后对此极为恼怒，下了圣旨：从今以后，此门不能开。这也就延续到了现在，只有在国家元首、寺院菩萨开光或者方丈第一次进门时才能打开，平时的游客们就只能从旁边的侧门进入了。
经过供奉着弥勒佛的天王殿，我们便可来到普济寺中供奉观音菩萨的主殿--大圆通殿。殿堂面宽七间进六间，宏大巍峨，可容数千人，有"百人共进不觉宽，千人共登不觉挤"的说法，于是也被称为"活大殿"。走进大殿，可以看到正中供奉的一座毗卢观音像，高约九米，头戴毗卢天冠，天冠上有阿弥陀佛像，眉慈目善，慈祥含笑，身边还站立着善财和龙女，神态天真活泼。
在中国，观音菩萨可谓家喻户晓，妇孺皆知。据佛经记载，遇到危难时只要念诵其名号，菩萨就能听到，并前往拯救解脱，所以叫做"观世音"。唐时因避唐太宗李世民的讳，略去「世」字，简称「观音」，沿用至今。对大多数老百姓来说，不一定知道佛教的创始人释迦牟尼佛，但却很少有人不知道观音菩萨，观音实际上已成为民间佛教乃至整个民间宗教信仰的核心人物。
而我们眼前的这座观音殿为什么叫做"圆通殿"呢?其实啊，正是因为观音只要听到苦难的呼救声，便能眼观，表示"耳根通，即眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意六根通"。于是"圆通"便成为了观音的代名词，其意是"不偏倚，无阻碍"，圆满通达。
毗卢观音两旁还各塑有16尊不同服饰和形态的观音菩萨，称为"观音三十二应身"，这些都是观音以不同身份教化世人的现身说法形象。三十二应身观音只能以整体形式供奉，不能单独出现，加上中间供奉的观音佛身，这种塑法也正是观音道场的独特之处。
主殿两边还各有一个配殿，东配殿供奉文殊菩萨，西配殿供奉普贤菩萨，另外在法堂中还建有地藏殿，供奉地藏菩萨。
游览完普济寺的大小殿堂，您还可以到位于其东南的"多宝塔"看看。多宝塔建于元朝，是由普陀山僧人从江南带回的太湖石堆砌而成，取《法华经》中的"多宝佛塔"之义定名。塔的外观朴拙，稳重端庄，不像中国传统的塔玲珑小巧，每层塔的四面都雕有佛龛，里边供奉着全跏趺坐式佛像，属于古代蒙古族统治者信仰的佛教密宗造型，极富元代风格。据考察，这样的塔在中国只有两座，另一座在洛阳龙门石窟，所以它也有很高的文物价值。
多宝塔东面，就是普陀山著名的海滨浴场百步沙，这里沙质纯净、滩形优美，浪花连绵不绝，时间充裕的话你不妨前去感受一番。
慧济寺导游词亲爱的朋友，现在您来到的就是普陀山的最高处--佛顶山了。这里又叫做"菩萨顶"，是信徒们顶礼膜拜的圣地，此外，由于其独特的地理位置，有时在这儿还可以欣赏到罕见的海市蜃楼和佛光景象，所以历来也有"不上佛顶，等于未到普陀山"的说法。
佛顶山上的慧济寺是普陀山最高的寺院，它雄踞山巅，倚天面海，仙云缭绕，风光壮阔，但因为建于山谷之间，占地面积有限，所以慧济寺的布局便以天王殿和大雄宝殿为短轴线，向两侧作不完全对称地展开，左右殿堂、钟楼、厢房等建筑，均以游廊相接，加之中间的天井，便组成多个院落。尤其是东院新建的汉白玉荷花池，雕栏玉砌，水亭曲桥，别有一番江南园林的风味。
慧济寺的主殿--大雄宝殿中，供奉着佛祖释迦牟尼和他的两位弟子阿难与迦叶。在主殿中供奉佛祖，与普陀山中其他寺院主殿供奉观音菩萨不同。原来啊，在山顶供奉佛祖而不是观音菩萨，暗示了佛祖至高无上的地位，即使在观音菩萨的道场，也是不能例外的。大殿两侧的厢房里，塑有"二十诸天"，简单点讲呢,他们是佛教的护法神。佛教认为，佛陀济世传播佛法之时，如果没有得力的护法人，则会佛道陨落，所以佛国中才有许多的护法天神存在。他们都具有非凡的神通能力.可以帮助佛陀传法，也可以震慑那些危害佛法的人。但是佛教的护法神可不仅仅是这二十诸天,而是一支庞大的队伍,这支队伍的名字叫做"天龙八部"，代表了八支部队,其中天部和龙部是最为重要的，而我们面前的二十诸天，就属于"天部"。为了表示这些护法天神对佛祖的尊敬，他们的姿态都是往前倾斜15度的，除了普陀山慧济寺以外，塑有这二十诸天的寺庙还有杭州的灵隐寺、北京大慧寺、以及大同的华严寺等。
当然，作为观音菩萨道场普陀山的三大寺庙之一，慧济寺也有专门供奉观音菩萨的殿堂，叫做"观音殿"，与其他寺庙的观音殿不同，这儿除了供奉有一尊2.7米高的观音菩萨像以外，四壁还镶嵌着总共100多尊线刻观音像，汇集了唐、宋、元、明、清五朝名家的绘画杰作，这些珍贵的观音宝像石刻，也是慧济寺重要的文物珍品。
慧济寺后门，有一株"普陀鹅耳枥"，据说它最早是古代一位缅甸僧人来普陀山朝拜时带来的，树高13米多,从地表处开始分两叉，往上分叉均一分为二,很有规则，并且雌雄同株，每年五月开花，十月中旬果子成熟。但因为其繁殖率极低，在其原产地缅甸早已绝迹，属世所稀有。因此它也就成了普陀的象征，成了佛界的菩提。
要是您对普陀山的其它珍贵植物感兴趣的话，不妨再到寺后坡下的新姜子木看看，这是一种仅见于浙江的珍稀树种，被誉为"佛光树"，每当春季农历二月十九观音诞辰之日，它的嫩梢枝叶上就披上金黄色的绒毛，在阳光里熠熠闪光，好像一个报春的使者，为海天佛国增光添彩。
从慧济寺出来，您还可以站在海拔300多米的佛顶山上远眺壮阔的海景，要是天气晴朗的话，可以看到舟山群岛中大大小小的岛屿像一朵朵莲花般点缀在中国东海之中，在这些群岛中，最著名的就是不远处的洛迦山。您看，洛迦山的形状像不像一尊慈眉善目的观音菩萨安详地躺在海面之上呢?要是仔细辨认的话，还可以分辨出她的头、颈、胸、足等等，所以它也被人们称为"睡观音"或"海上卧佛"。据说，观音当年就是在洛迦山修炼得道后，飘洋过海来到普陀山开辟了道场，所以不少前来普陀山的虔诚信徒都会乘船去洛迦山朝拜一番。
好了，佛顶山慧济寺就为您介绍到这里，如果您往南步行下山前往法雨寺的话，途中可以欣赏到不少石刻，其中刻在一块巨岩之上的"海天佛国"四个大字最为有名，传说是出自明代抗倭名将侯继高的手笔，已经成为了普陀山的一大代表性景观，有兴趣的话您不妨去拍照留念。
普陀山紫竹林位于浙江省舟山市普陀山东南部的梅檀岭下。山中岩石呈紫红色，剖视可见柏树叶、竹叶状花纹、因称紫竹石。后人也在此栽有紫竹。五代后梁贞明二年。日僧慧锷从五台山请得观音像，归国途中在此遇风受阻，在此建“不肯去观音院”于紫竹林中。观音院前有潮音洞。紫竹林旁有光明池，南有观音眺，对岸可见洛迦山岛。
紫竹林景区(包括不肯去观音院、潮音洞、紫竹林)
不肯去观音院据历代山志记载，后梁贞明二年(公元920xx年)，日僧慧锷从五台山奉观音像回国，船经普陀洋面受阻，以为菩萨不愿东去，便靠岸留下佛像，由张姓居民供奉，称为“不肯去观音院”，是为普陀开山供佛之始。
潮音洞在普陀山紫竹林景区内、龙湾之麓，距停车场仅200米。“潮音洞”这个名称其实是一语双关，一方面因洞穴日夜吞吐海潮，声若雷音;另一方面借“潮音”比喻“佛音”，洞口日夜浪涛不绝，声如观音讲经说法，又如千僧诵经，妙响洗尘，故名。潮音洞为山石裂隙所成，从崖至脚高数十米，半浸于海中。洞有二门，通明如天窗，潮水奔驰入洞，浪石相激，声如轰雷。涨潮时倚岩俯视，仿若蛟腾足下，险怪百出，声若雷鸣;晴天时洞内七彩霓虹闪现，蔚为奇观。是为普陀山十二景之一的“古洞潮音”。
石崖上刻有“潮音洞”三大字，系清康熙帝手书。传说此处原来题字为“现身处”，古代信徒们叩求观音大士现身者多在此膜拜。据记载，宋元时期来普陀朝圣香客，多在潮音洞前叩求菩萨现身赐福，其中常有人在此跳海舍身，藉以往生西方极乐世界，也曾有人在此燃指，以求菩萨灵验。到明代时明令禁止在此跳海燃指，明万历年间参将董永燧在此建“莫捨(舍)身”亭以戒舍身燃指者;都督李分、参将陈九恩竖“禁止捨身燃指”碑于亭中，现在亭已毁坏，碑犹在。
音洞左侧上方的岩壑中有一天然小型石泉，石壁上刻有“光明池”三字，此处旧名“甘露潭”，山民称“慧泉”，佛家信众常在此祈求圣水以疗眼疾。据说明正德年间，皇太后遣使取此池水治疗眼疾，得以康复，遂改名为“光明池”。潮音洞旁还有一小洞，名善财龙女洞，相传是观音身边的善财、龙女所居之处。
