Wulong Temple in Yucheng

Wulong Temple in Yucheng

Wulong Temple in Yucheng is a cultural tourism attraction.

Originally built during the Tang and Song dynasties and destroyed in the early Jian Tong period, it was once a famous Buddhist sacred site within Yucheng. The temple is located in Cui Li Village, Fangsi Town, and is the northern temple among the village’s three temples (West Temple, South Temple, and North Temple). It sits in the northeast of the village and consists of a front hall and a rear hall (each with three rooms). The central shrine of the front hall houses the Tathagata Buddha, and the two door pillars, as well as the rear beam and ridge purlin, are each carved with a coiled dragon, giving the temple its name — Five Dragons Temple. The South Temple stands adjacent to the North Temple and is called the Temple of the Three Holy Grandmothers; the West Temple is located southwest of the village and is known as the Guan Di Temple. Wulong Temple had 50 mu of temple land, primarily using the rental income from this land as its main operating funds. After the liberation, during the land reform, the temple land was distributed among local villagers. Wulong Temple was the longest-surviving, best-preserved temple after the liberation, and the one with resident monks managing temple affairs for the longest period (in 1955, only two such temples remained in Yucheng).

Source: Yucheng City Local Chronicles Compilation Committee