The Longdong Nunnery hidden in pines and cypresses, backs on to the mountain and faces south. It was built during Wuping years in North Qi dynasty, more than 1400 years ago. It used to be a temple named Longxing Temple in Tang dynasty. In Ming dynasty, it became a nunnery and was renamed as Longdong Nunnery. It is dedicated to Sakyamuni and his two disciples, Kasyapa, A’nan, and Bodhisattva Guan Yin. In the yard, there is ancient cypress and Chionanthus tree, which were about one thousand year. There also an ancient well called Ganlu Spring, the water of which is clear and sweet, and it is famed far and wide.
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