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Fengxue Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China. Located in the quiet valley of the southern foot of Shaomu, 9 kilometers northeast of Ruzhou City, Henan Province. =History= Fengxue Temple was built in 932AD. It is known as the four famous temples in Central Plains, together with Luoyang Baima Temple, Songshan Shaolin Temple, and Kaifeng Xiangguo Temple. There are many monuments in the temple, or chronicles, or inscriptions, which record the rise and fall of the Fengxue Temple, especially during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 400 zen houses in the temple of the Fengxue temple, and the number of monks reached more than 1,000. This is the most prosperous period of Fengxue Temple. The temple has experienced several rises and declines. It analyzes the historical development of Fengxue Temple and finds out the reasons for its rise and fall. =Architecture= Fengxue Temple has a variety of architectural forms. It is one of the few temples in the northern region of China that combines central axisymmetric and free-style garden layout. The buildings in the temple are relatively well preserved from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. The characteristics of this architectural era are obvious, the building structure is exquisite, and it has a high research value. It not only has ancient buildings of different dynasties, but also many unique styles of stone carvings, woodcuts, Buddha statues, paintings, calligraphy, and other artworks. Due to the remoteness of the temple, these ancient buildings and cultural relics have been preserved intact.

=Religion= Fengxue Temple was a Buddhist sacred place. It was the Tiantai sect during the Wei and Sui dynasties, and the Tiantai sect and Linji sect from the Tang to the post-Tang dynasty. From the late Tang Dynasty, the Zen Emperor has been the Linji sect until the liberation period. It is an important inheritance base of the Tiantai sect and Linji sect. Among them, many famous monks emerged to promote the Dharma. Firstly, Master Tiantai Sect ’s seven ancestor Zhen came to Fengxue Temple and spread the thought of “Hengyang Samadhi” which he inherited widely. Later, the four ancestors of Yanji, Linji, the Zen master of Wuzu province, and the Zen master of the 32nd Dharma came here and spread the "Bang" and "He" commonly used in the Linji Zen Method, which indicate a blow and a shout to waken one from error. =Recent events= On October 28, 2010, the consecration ceremony of the repaired Mahavira Hall was held. The ceremony was conducted by the great monk Shaoxing Yongxin of Shaolin Temple.