China's top ten temples introduced

Buddhism and Taoism have long been the traditional religions of China, and there are many temples in China that have a long history of incense and have been passed down for many years. Each of these temples has its own unique features, and therefore also very popular with everyone, the following we will look at the very famous ten temples in China.

Dazhao Temple

Dazhao Temple was built in the 21st year of the Tang Dynasty. The main temple for the Sakyamuni like Princess Wencheng into the tomatoes brought in, it has the supreme status in the Buddhist community. The reason why Lhasa has a "holy land" reputation, is related to this statue. The Da Zhao Temple was originally called "Jasa", and later Jasa became the name of the city, and evolved into today's "Lhasa".

Lingyin Temple

Lingyin Temple is a must-see for many people in Hangzhou, and is best known for the story of Jigong, who, according to legend, became a monk here, and whose temple is still enshrined in Lingyin Temple today.

Shaolin Temple

Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Shaolin Kung Fu in China, is almost universally known in China. Perhaps the Shaolin Temple is so famous that many children and young people come here to learn martial arts.

Songshan Shaolin Temple was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty Taihe nineteen years (A.D. 495, Emperor Xiaowen in order to place his admiration for the Indian monk Tremendous, in the northern foothills of Songshan Shaoru Mountain Edict to build a temple, because it was built in the jungle under the Shaoru Mountain, so the name Shaolin Temple.

White Horse Monastery

White Horse Monastery is China's first ancient temple, first created in 68 AD, has been more than 1,900 years of history. The tombs of the two monks who returned with Buddhist scriptures are still on the temple grounds, and it's a regular destination for many scholars of East Asian history.

Hanshan Temple

Talking about Hanshan Temple, many people should have heard of the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji's poem "Night Mooring on the Maple River", which is about the Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, and the sound of the bells arriving at the passenger boat at midnight. This poem fire Cold Mountain Temple.

Damingsi Temple

There is a tall and simple pagoda in front of Damingsi Temple, with a seal script banner of "Suring Ruins" in front of it, which is because there is a nine-story "Suring Pagoda" inside the temple. This pagoda is well known in the Tang Dynasty, where famous poets such as Li Bai, Gao Shi, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, etc. have visited it to write poems and make famous stories. In Tang Huichang five years (845 years, the tower was destroyed by fire, this place has become the ruins of Su Ling.

Longhua Temple

Longhua Temple is the oldest and largest temple in Shanghai. Longhua Temple was founded in the Three Kingdoms during the reign of Chiu of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, and the temple was formally established in the Tang Dynasty to form a certain scale of temple.

Ci'en Temple

Ci'en Temple in Xi'an is also a famous temple in China. The Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang had by the imperial court of the holy orders, in this translation of Buddhist scriptures for more than ten years, is then Chang'an famous translation of the scriptures place. Do you know why this temple is named "Ci En"?

The Daxiangguo Temple

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Daxiangguo Temple was y respected by the royal family, and became a "royal temple" and the center of Buddhist activities in the country. After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiangguo Temple was seriously damaged, and later generations have been repeatedly rebuilt, sometimes flourishing, sometimes declining. Now the main buildings of Xiangguo Temple are relics of the Qing Dynasty.

Da Bei Zen Temple

Da Bei Zen Temple, also known as Da Bei Yuan, is currently the only ten jungle temple in Tianjin. As for the age of its construction, has not been able to study, but according to the relevant historical evidence that it was created in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and then built.