According to Biography of Song Toutuo in Shi Wen Ji and Yiwu County Records (Jiaqing), during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a Song Toutuo in Tianzhu, Nanliang (502-5 19 AD), whose name was Dharma, who lived in the jungle of Xiangshan Rock Valley. Later, Dharma came to Qiao Song and met Lou Yan, assistant minister of Liang Dynasty. They have similar interests and talk very speculatively. The Dharma invited Lou Yan to go back to Wu Shang in the second year to raise money to build Xiangshan Temple, and Lou Yan readily agreed. After the completion of the temple, Dharma became the abbot of the temple.
On March14th, the second year of the Liang Dynasty (AD 52 1 year), Dharma went to a nearby village to attend a fast meeting. After the fasting meeting, Dharma refused to return to the temple, and everyone lived alone. Dharma said, "The poor monk came and died." When everyone saw that Dharma was determined to go, they had to send it away with tears in their eyes.
Dharma went south to Jinshan. At that time, due to the continuous rainstorm for several days, the river surged, some banks had burst through the gap, the flood mercilessly flooded the fields, and low-lying villages were also immersed in the water. Some villagers climbed the roof, some climbed the trees, and some were washed away by the flood. The situation is very critical. Although there are several wooden boats on the river, they are all moored on the shore and cringe in the face of stormy waves.
Dharma is a powerful monk. Faced with this situation, he read a spell and threw the iron fish (a fish-like instrument made of iron) into the air. I saw that the iron fish green released thousands of rays of light and turned into a wooden boat floating into the river. Dharma reached a finger again, and the wooden boat quickly sailed to the people trapped by the flood. The ship advanced in rough waves and twists and turns. It was not until all the victims were rescued and sent to the levee that Dharma recovered the iron fish, threw an umbrella on the water and floated across the river to enlighten Fu Yi (later stone) in Jitingtang.
In order to thank the great kindness of Buddhism in saving lives, people built a Du Qing Temple for people to worship. There is a couplet in the temple: "Buddha's light is handed down from generation to generation, and the church candle shines everywhere." People call this place "Buddhist Temple", and Du Qing Temple is also called the Ancient Buddha Hall.
People in Buddhist temples cherish this ancient temple very much. After several repairs and reconstructions, the Du Qing Temple in the west of the town is still intact. (Lou Yisheng Collection)