行游全国大大小小的寺庙,其方位一般都是坐北朝南,可江苏古城东台却有一座闻名大江南北的寺庙,其方位反其道而行之,坐南朝北,这就是东台泰山寺。它是中国佛教协会公布的江苏省名寺,是江苏省重点保护寺庙之一。《西溪镇志》里的有关记载可帮你解释东台泰山寺“坐南朝北”的迷团:“旧庙向南,元末张士诚兴兵之后,忽遭火焚,庙宇尽成灰烬,惟神象独存,而突然转向朝北,原 Travel around the country large and small temples, the general orientation is to take the North south, but the ancient city of Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, but there is a famous north-south of the temple, its opposite direction, sat south, this is the Taitung Taitai Temple. It is a famous temple in Jiangsu Province announced by the China Buddhist Association and one of the major temples in Jiangsu Province. The records in ”Xixizhi Zhi“ can help you to explain the mystery of Dongtai Taishan Temple and ”sit south toward the north“: ”The old temple was southward. After Zhang Shicheng was rejuvenated at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was suddenly set on fire and its temples were ashes. However, the idol alone, but suddenly turned North, the original