The legend of "Snow in the Pine Forest" is spread in the area around Jinpu Mountain in Daji Town, Zezhou, Shanxi Province. It is a local folk legend based on the "Snow in the Pine Forest" (one of the four major landscapes in Jincheng) and has long been famous among the local people. Songlin Temple is the location of the "Snow in the Pine Forest" landscape. The temple is also known as Lingyan Temple. It is the largest 0 Zen temple in Zezhou County. It is located on the eastern hillside of Jinpu Mountain. It was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty and rebuilt by Huiguan Tou Tuo during the Sui Dynasty. It was repaired in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. The mountain gate is a 0-style building with three courtyards. The entire building is large in scale and unique in style. The Mahavira Hall is built in the backyard of the ancient temple. There are statues of Sakyamuni, Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Eighteen Vajra, Thousand-handed Guanyin, etc. in the hall. There is a deep well behind the Buddha statue. In the hot summer, the well mouth is white frost like snow and the water is cold. The ancients praised this unique landscape as "Snow in the Pine Forest". It is said that the water in the deep well is "rootless holy water" and only "virtuous people" who are filial to their parents and have high moral character can drink it. Those who can drink the "holy water" are particularly favored by God. Therefore, every time there is a temple fair, good men and women go together, either in twos or threes, to burn incense and make wishes, to the well to ask for holy water, and pray for God to bless themselves and their families. For thousands of years, the temple has always been prosperous and famous. The legend of the snow in the pine forest is a folk literature work that gradually formed from the unique natural landscape of Songlin Temple. The main contents include: the legend of the flat-topped pine in Songlin Temple, the legend of the snow in the pine forest, the origin of the snow in the pine forest, the legend of the golden bull, etc. Most of these legends have clear tendencies, run through the moral evaluation of the people, and reflect the aesthetic views of most people. Because of the legendary interpretation, the landscape makes the inanimate natural objects seem to have spirituality and life, making them more ornamental and more attractive to tourists; because the legend is attached to a certain landscape, it enhances its credibility and becomes popular. The two complement each other and complement each other. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)