毗卢寺

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Pilu Temple used to be a small temple iin MING. It was in QING when Zeng Guoquan, the government's ambassador in Naniing, expanded the temple's operation. Pilu temple was then the biggest temple in Nanjing. As a result, MIN GUO recognized it as the national buddhism research center and traditional chinese medicine research center. However, during both the war again Japan and the Cultural revolution, all buddha's sculptures were gone.

Luckily, the head of the buddhism association suggested people to restore the business of the temple. In 2006, for the first time in 40 years, a buddha master satrted to regulate the temple.

Today it still opens tothe public for religious service.

前身是明嘉靖年间建立的一个小庵，供奉毗卢遮那佛。清朝两江总督曾国荃扩建成大庙，冬至明故宫，西至总统府，北至珠江路、南至长江路，一跃成为南京第一大寺。民国时期的全国佛教中心和中医学研究中心。新中国文革期间寺内供奉的佛像全部散失，幸好当时中国佛教会会长赵朴初要求，才重续了毗卢寺的香火。2006年，40年以来第一人方丈再次管理起了毗卢寺，后续对公众开放。