For the monks of Yonghe Palace, the first day of the first month marks the beginning of a new year. By the Qing Dynasty, at this time of year, the Qing Palace would send 36 monks from the Yonghe Palace to recite the "Welcome New Year's Joy Scripture" in the central hall. Now at 2:00 a.m. on the first day of the first month of the year, the monks get up and go to the temple to recite the Dawei De Vajra Sutra, and the Sutra of Returning Offerings to the Auspicious Heavenly Mother, which they recite until dawn. On the morning of the first day, the monks walk through the courtyard to the Hall of the Wheel of Law, accompanied by the deep sound of bells, and recite the Sutra of Eternal Protection and other scriptures, praying for world peace, national prosperity, the peace of the people, and a good year.

Yonghegong, located in the northeastern corner of the inner city of Dongcheng District, Beijing, that is, east of Yonghegong Street, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing. it was designated by the State Council as a national key Buddhist temple in Han Chinese area in 1983. The temple mainly consists of three exquisite pagodas and five magnificent halls. It covers an area of 66,400 square meters and has more than a thousand halls, ranging from the east and west pagodas with flying eaves and arches to the ancient east and west Shunshanlou. It was first built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of 300 years. After the death of Yongzheng, Qianlong converted the Yonghe Palace into the Tibetan Yonghe Palace. Qing Kangxi thirty-three years (1694), the Kangxi Emperor built in this House, giving four sons of Prince Yong, known as the Palace. Yongzheng three years (1725) to change the Palace for the Palace, said Yonghe Palace. Yongzheng thirteen years (1735) Yongzheng death, the hub had stopped here. So, the main hall of the Yonghegong original green glazed tiles replaced by yellow glazed tiles. Because Emperor Qianlong was born here, Yonghegong was born two emperors, become the 'dragon before the blessed land'. So the temple is yellow tiles and red walls, the same specifications and the Forbidden City. Qianlong nine years (1744), Yonghegong changed to Yonghegong, appointed special prime minister affairs king management palace affairs, no quota. It can be said that the Yonghegong is China's highest specification Buddhist temple.

Opening time: 9:00 to 17:00

Tips: 62, 44, 2 bus in the Yonghegong get off, 13, 116, 684 bus in the Guozijian get off. Take bus No. 13, 116, 117, 807 or 44 and get off at Yonghegong Station.

Must enjoy the scenery:

1. The three best wood carvings: the five hundred Luohan Mountain, Sandalwood Buddha, and Nanmu Shrine.

2. Bronze casting of Xu Wei: In the courtyard in front of the main hall of Yonghe Palace, there is a 1.5-meter-high bronze Xu Wei in a stone pool on an oval white jade pedestal. In Buddhism, Mount Sumeru is the highest mountain in the world, the Indra sky on the top of the mountain is naturally the highest sky in the world, is the paradise of heaven. Because Mount Sumeru is the "center of the world", Buddha Shakyamuni often preached here.

3. Ancient acacias in the Yonghe Palace: Beijing, once the capital of six dynasties, has a large number of ancient trees, of which the acacia tree is a feature of Beijing, since the Yuan Dynasty has been the dominant species of street trees in Beijing. This native tree species is hardy, drought-resistant, adapted to Beijing's climatic conditions and natural environment, has a majestic shape and grows rapidly, so it is widely planted. Nowadays, ancient Chinese pagodas with hundreds to thousands of years of history can often be seen in Beijing, such as the Tang Dynasty Chinese Pagoda in the Fanghua Mansion in Beihai Park, and the Chinese Pagoda next to the dilapidated Rainbow Bridge on the east side of the Forbidden City's Wuying Hall. Still flourishing despite the vicissitudes of life, the Chinese pagoda at Yonghegong, an ancient temple in Kyoto, is also a sight to behold.

Tanzhe Temple in Beijing

Old people often say, "Tanzhe Temple came first, then the city of Beijing". With the release of Feng Xiaogang's New Year's Eve drama "Do Not Disturb 2", the ancient Tanzhe Temple has become one of the "six new scenic spots in Beijing", taking on a new lease of life. In the movie, Roi and Ann, played by Ge You, worship the gods and burn incense at Tanzhe Temple, which perfectly demonstrates the tranquil and peaceful side of Tanzhe Temple. The temple was built in the first year of the Western Jin Yongjia (307 AD), the first name "Kafka Temple", the Qing Emperor Kangxi named "Jinyun Temple". However,

Tanzhe Temple is located at the foot of Mount Tanzhe in the southeastern part of Mentougou District in western Beijing, more than 30 kilometers from the city center. Sitting in a south-facing temple with Mount Everest at its back, there are nine tall peaks surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped circle, as if supported by nine dragons. The tall peaks block the cold currents coming from the northwest, so the climate here is warm and humid. Inside the temple, there are sky-high old trees and pagodas with lofty halls. The entire temple building is skillfully laid out and staggered according to the topography, and the environment is extremely beautiful during the period when it is embellished by the famous bamboo flowers.

Opening time: 8: 20--16: 30

Tips: You can reach the temple directly from the front gate, Fuchengmen, Bus No. 7, or change to Bus No. 931 at Apple Park. From downtown, go west along Fuchengmen Road at Wukongqiao, and 108 National Highway can take you directly to Tanzhe Temple. From Nosanpo Scenic Area, take National Highway 108, and go through Maguozhuang, Xiayunling, and Fozizhuang to Tanzhe Temple directly.

Bishang Landscape

Da Xiong Bao Dian: It is the grandest building in the temple, and it is the style of heavy-eaved hall with the highest grade in ancient architecture. The horizontal plaque "Fuhai Zhu Lun" is handwritten by Emperor Qianlong. Kiss on both sides of the four "gold-plated sword light kissing belt" is the Kangxi Emperor's royal gift, for the Tanzhe Temple unique in the country.

Liu Bei Pavilion: The floor of Liu Bei Pavilion is paved with huge white jade, carved with winding water troughs, which skillfully forms the pattern of "South Dragon and North Tiger". Visitors can enjoy the fun of "curving water".

Stone Fish: It is one of the "Four Treasures of Tanzhe Temple". By touching the stone fish, you can pray for "elimination of calamities and illnesses".

Emperor: It is said that in the Qing Dynasty, a new branch grew every time a new emperor succeeded to the throne. The Emperor named this tree the "Imperial Tree".

Vishnu Pavilion: It is the last building on the central axis of the temple and the tallest building in the temple. It is very rare to see the pattern of "upper phoenix and lower dragon" on the back of its kiss.

Shanxi Wutai Mountain

Wutai Mountain is one of the earliest Buddhist temple buildings in China. Since Yongping (58 ~ 75) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, temples have been built one after another, with towering pagodas and majestic halls, where all the buildings in China are gathered. Sculptures, stone carvings, murals and calligraphy are all over the temples, all of which are of high artistic value. Wutai Mountain is a famous Buddhist resort both at home and abroad. It is the dojo of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Great Wisdom. Wutai Mountain has a long history of building temples on a grand scale. It is ranked as the first of the four famous Buddhist mountains(---), so it is called Golden Wutai Mountain, and enjoys a great reputation in Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal and other countries. Wutai Mountain Temple was built in the period of Emperor Ming of Han Dynasty. By the Tang Dynasty, there were as many as 360 temples due to the flourishing of Manjushri faith. In the Qing Dynasty, with the introduction of Lamaism to Wutai Mountain, two temples, Qing and Huang, each with its own distinctive characteristics, emerged. The area enclosed by the tops of the five platforms on Wutai Mountain is called the inner platform and its periphery is called the outer platform.

There are more than 30,000 Buddha statues in Wutai Mountain, including not only Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Lohans, mighty attendants, patrons and protectors, but also Confucianism, Taoism, local religions, emperors and generals, and monks and laymen. There are eight kinds of Buddha statues here: clay, metal, stone carving, wood carving, burnt porcelain, stripped yarn, embroidery, and human statues.

Wutai Mountain off-season admission price: 140 yuan per person (November 1 to March 31 for the off-season)

Wutai Mountain peak-season admission price: 168 yuan per person (April 1 to October 31 for the peak season)

Tips:

Take the K601 train from Beijing Station to Wutai Mountain (22:22 --04: 31) to pick up the tour group, then take the ferry bus and arrive at Wutaishan in about an hour. Return: Wutaishan take the shuttle bus to the train station and then take K602 back to Beijing; visitors from Beijing can take the train to Wutaishan Station (under Fan's Blind, formerly known as Shahe Station) and then change the bus. Visitors from Hohhot, Baotou and Datong can get off at Yuanping and Xinzhou stations and then change buses to Wutaishan. If you want to go to Wutaishan from Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, xi and Zhengzhou, you can first take an express train to Taiyuan, which is a long way away

Famen Temple is located in Famen Town, 10 kilometers north of Fufeng County. It was founded at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, originated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Sui Dynasty, and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. It is known as the "Royal Temple", and has become a Buddhist holy place that the whole country looks up to because of the placement of the Buddha's finger bone relics.

Famen Temple, the tower built for the relics, the temple built for the tower. Originally known as Ashoka Temple, it was renamed Shicheng Daoba in the Sui Dynasty and renamed Famen Temple in the early Tang Dynasty. Yuan Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty have expanded the temple, Xianqing years in the Tang Gaozong built Guilin Palace No. 24. The architecture is spectacular. The pagoda was originally known as the "Holy Sepulchre". During the Tang Dynasty Zhenguan years, it was rebuilt as a four-stage wooden tower, collapsed in the Ming Dynasty in Longqing, Wanli 7-37 years and built a thirteen-stage eight-sided brick tower, 47 meters high. Qing Shunzhi eleven years, the Republic of China at the end of the twenty-eighth General Zhu donated funds to repair the tower, due to days of rain on August 24, 1981 collapsed.

Over the past ten years, under the guidance of the religious policy of the party and the government, under the guidance of Venerable Cheng Guan and Venerable Jing Yi, under the efforts of the four monks, has built the auditorium, the promenade corner pavilion, bell and drum towers, Zen room, the old room, such as the visit to the Tang place. 1998, the pagoda dungeon was decorated, so that the solemn reproduction of the supreme Buddha, reflecting the supreme Buddha, the infinite dharma, combining the history, religious beliefs, the social sciences and art. It also serves as a large-scale mandala altar for the Buddha's finger relics, reproducing the essence of Tommy's Mandala, making the Famen Temple the first Buddhist area in China. In the scenic area, there is the Avenue of Buddha's Light, which is 1,230 meters long and 108 meters wide, covering an area of about 140,000 square meters. It is a road to Buddhahood and the landscape axis of the scenic area.

Tickets: one ticket system is practiced, 120 RMB can visit Famen Temple, Famen Temple Museum, Hepu Pagoda.

Opening time: 8: 00-18: 00 every day.

Warm tips: Baoji - Famen Temple Scenic Spot Route

1. From Baoji Kouchi Station take the high-speed shuttle bus to Fufeng Bus Station, 6: 20 in the morning, the last bus 18: 40, 90 minutes a trip, every 15 minutes. One trip every 15 minutes. The ticket price is 22 RMB per ticket. 2. Take a bus, shuttle bus or minibus from Fufeng Bus Station to Famen Temple Scenic Spot. The fare is 3 yuan, 10 minutes away.

Take a shuttle bus from Baoji Long-distance Bus Station to Famen Temple, departing at 7:30 a.m. and 16:30 a.m., every hour, taking the Guanzhong Ring Road, 150 minutes away. Tickets cost 19 yuan each.

In Xi'an, you can take bus No. 2 at the Railway Station Plaza, or take a bus to Fufeng County from the City West Bus Terminal. In Baoji, you can take a bus to Fufeng County from the long-distance bus station next to the train station. When you arrive at Fufeng County, take a minibus to the Famen Temple Museum.

Must enjoy the scenery:

The Buddha's finger relics unearthed in the underground palace (one gold bone and three shadow bones) are the relics of Sakyamuni Buddha found in the world, which have been confirmed by documents and inscriptions, and they are the highest holy relics in Buddhism.

Famen Temple underground palace is the world's oldest, largest and highest grade stupa found in the underground palace.

The Folding Stupa of Famen Temple, built in three years, is 148 meters high, shaped like folded hands, with the hollow part in the middle being a traditional Tang pagoda. In front of the pagoda there is an avenue of Buddha's light, 1,230 meters long and 108 meters wide. The two sides of the avenue are dotted with landscape vignettes and statues of golden bodhisattvas derived from Buddhist classics. At both ends of the avenue are the Pilgrimage Square and the Mountain Gate Square, which can accommodate 100,000 people.

Shaolin Temple in Henan Province

Shaolin Temple is located at the western foot of Mt. Songshan, located in Dengfeng County, belongs to the Furniu Mountain range, stretching nearly 100 kilometers from east to west, and is one of the five mountains in China. *** There are 72 peaks, the peaks of the group of Herculean. East Taishi Mountain, there are 36 peaks such as Taibai, Wangdu, Jade Maiden, etc.; the west is Shaoru Mountain, there are 36 peaks such as Luohan, Luohan, Daiwan, etc.. The main peak is Jijunfeng, 1492 meters above sea level, like a giant lying in the Central Plains. There are 72 temples successively in Songshan Mountain. There is the oldest Songyue Temple Pagoda

Tip: To go to Songshan, you can first take a train or plane to Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, and then take a bus from the long-distance bus station opposite Zhengzhou Railway Station to Dengfeng at the foot of Zhongyue Songshan, and then take a bus from Dengfeng to the major attractions, such as Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue Temple, and Stargazer's Terrace. From Zhengzhou to Shaolin Temple on Mt. Songshan, it takes only one hour via Dengfeng to the Zhengzhou-Shaoshan highway. Zhengzhou Railway Station has a one-day shuttle bus to visit Xinmi City Dahuting Han Tomb, Dengfeng Zhongyue Temple, Songyang Academy, Shaolin Temple, round-trip ticket to 40 yuan.

Must enjoy the scenery:

1. The Bell Tower and Drum Tower are located on both sides of the Daxiongbao Hall, with the Bell Tower in the east and the Drum Tower in the west. Both buildings are four-story, skillfully modeled and majestic. They are treasures in the history of Chinese architecture. The original building was destroyed in 1928. Later in 1994 and 1996, the local government rebuilt the second floor in its original form. After nearly 70 years of silence, the morning bell and the evening drum once again echoed in the Central Plains.

2. Tallinn: deep in the mountains hiding ancient temples, Bixi lock Shaolin. Shaolin Temple is located in the western part of Songshan Mountain, Shao Shi Mountain, by the Shaolin Temple, Tallinn, Chu Zu An, Dama Cave, Zu'er An, Yongtai Temple, Shao Shi Que door and other famous attractions. Surrounded by mountains, streams, cypresses and beautiful scenery, it is one of the first batch of AAAA level scenic spots announced by the National Tourism Administration.

3. The Hall of a Thousand Buddhas, also known as the Hall of Vishnu, is located behind the Li Xue Hall. This is the last hall in the temple. The frescoes in the temple are very famous and are the jewel of Shaolin Temple frescoes.

Dazhao Temple

Dazhao Temple is located on Barkhor Street in the center of the old town of Lhasa. It was built in 647 AD. Legend has it that before building the temple, Princess Wencheng deduced, using the yin and yang and five elements, that the land of Tibet was like a witch lying on her back, and that the Wotang Lake in Lhasa happened to be the witch's heart. Only by filling the lake and building a temple here could she exorcise the witch. So Songtsen Gampo built the Da Zhao Temple for the Princess of Wencheng in Tibet according to her last wish.

Dazhao Temple, the Tibetan language known as "Jokhang", meaning to meet the Muni Buddha Temple. After seven repairs and expansion, formed today's huge building. Dazhao Temple covers an area of 20,000 square meters, there are more than 20 halls. The main hall is in the center, four stories high and covered with a golden roof. Churches, Buddhist temples and summoning institutions are all built around the temple. There are many precious cultural relics in the Da Zhao Temple, the most famous of which is the golden Buddha of Ying Shi Muni, which was brought to Tibet by Princess Wencheng.

In the center of the main hall of the Dazhao Temple, there is a gilded bronze statue of Sakyamuni brought by Princess Wencheng from Chang'an. Four Rex statues stand on either side, with different postures and costumes identical to those of the Han Chinese in the Tang Dynasty. According to the Tibetan records, they were the statues that transported the Buddha statues for Princess Wencheng, so the Tibetan people also made statues to honor them. On the west side of the hall, there are group portraits of Songtsen Gampo, Princess Wencheng and Princess Shakuzon, a Nepali, created in the 13th century. The statue of Songtsen Gampo wears a Yu Cong ring on his left index finger. It is said to be a souvenir of Princess Wencheng's wedding and a symbol of Tibetan-Chinese friendship. Every day, many believers come here to kowtow and recite sutras, offer ghee that they can't afford to eat in front of the statue, and light thousands of ghee lamps day and night.

Opening hours: 07: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-18: 30.

Tips: You can walk to the city center, take a Chinese bus to the Tibet Hospital and get off, and take a tricycle for about 4.00 yuan.

The Golden Roof of the Da Zhao Monastery - the ticket office on the first floor, with stairs leading to the second and third floor platforms. Overlooking from the platform: Potala Palace, the magnificent building in the dazzling sunlight radiant, glittering. Overlooking: the crowded Da Zhao Temple Square, with a view of Barkhor Street, full of Tibetan life. There's also a teahouse here to rest in the summer.

Must-see view:

Shakyamuni's 12-year-old body image

There are only three statues of Shakyamuni Buddha in the world. Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, opposed idolatry when he was alive and did not set up temples for idols. On his deathbed, Siddhartha only agreed to make three statues of himself at different ages and painted them h

The "capsule silhouette" along the Thousand Buddhas Corridor around the "Jokhang" temple is complete. This is the 'inner circle' of the inner, middle and outer turning lanes of Lhasa. Lhasa's main change of scripture activities to the Shakyamuni Buddha in the Da Zhao Temple as the center, the middle circle around the Da Zhao Temple, that is, "Barkhor Street", is an ancient and lively commercial street, in addition to the inner circle. Da Zhao Temple, Wang Yao, Potala Palace, Da Zhao Temple for the "outer circle", that is, "forest profile", has been around half of Lhasa.

Tang Fan Hui Mengbei

Enter the small square in front of the Dazhao Temple, you can see the full picture of the Dazhao Temple. The first thing you see are two stone monuments surrounded by a wall. On the south side is the famous monument to the Tang-Fan alliance, 3.42 meters high, 0.82 meters wide and 0.35 meters thick. It was engraved in Tibetan and Chinese characters in the third year of Tang Changqing (823).

Qiqihar Zhongling Temple

Zhongling Temple, founded in 1911, is located in Qiqihar, located in the Wudalianchi Scenic Area 1 4 one of the most famous mountains of the medicine spring mountain. The original name Zhongling Temple, renamed Zhongling Temple due to the lack of Taoist clergy, is now a place for Buddhist activities. The whole temple is built according to the shade, there are 1 main hall, 2 main halls, 4 auxiliary pavilions, covering an area of 6000 square meters, building area of 600 square meters, all of them are brick and wood structure, the wall is carved with sunflower, peony and other patterns. The hall is solemn and simple, the environment is quiet and enjoys a unique reputation, which makes tourists stop and watch.

Must enjoy the scenery:

The representative artifact of Zhongling Temple is an ancient bronze bell with a height of 1.3 meters and a diameter of 0.8 meters. The bell consists of 23 templates with 1,500 Yang Wen seal texts, describing in detail the whole process of bell casting. Look at this bell, it is beautiful and well made. Whenever the dawn breaks, the melodious sound of the bell will spread everywhere. Ancient saying, "the morning bell, the world has a few celebrities wake up". As a bronze civilization and a superb smelting technology, this ancient bell is rare in northern China and has high ornamental and research value, so Zhongling Temple has become a local attraction.

Origin of Burning Incense for Blessing at Spring Festival:

As the most lively traditional festival in China, Spring Festival has a history of more than 4,000 years. There are various theories about the origin of burning incense at the Spring Festival, i.e. burning the first incense during the Spring Festival, but one of the widely accepted stories is that the Spring Festival began with Yu Shun. On a day over 2000 BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth. After Buddhism was introduced to China from India, the custom of burning incense during the Spring Festival gradually took shape. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of the year. This is said to be the origin of the Lunar New Year, which later became known as the Spring Festival. Burning incense on Chinese New Year means burning incense on the head. After midnight of the Spring Festival, the moment the market opens, families burn incense and worship the gods, first sacrificing to their ancestors and welcoming the New Year, in order to welcome the joy and avoid disasters. It is a ritual from the oldest to the ninth worship, extremely sincere.

Temple travel notes:

Famous temples are widely distributed, is the focus of tourists to visit. However, tourists should keep in mind four major taboos when visiting temples to avoid disputes and unpleasantness.

First, avoid inappropriate address. Monks and Taoist priests in the temple should be called "master" or "master", the presiding monk should be called "elder", "abbot "Abbot", "Zen Master". The monks in the Lama Temple call him "Lama", which means "Master". It is forbidden to call him "monk", "monk" or even other insulting names.

Second, avoid improper etiquette. A common way to meet a monk is to fold one's hands and bow one's head slightly, or to place one's palm on one's chest with one hand and one's head slightly lowered. Avoid improper etiquette such as shaking hands, hugging and touching the monk's head.

3. Don't say inappropriate things to monks and Taoists. Don't mention words like killing, marrying or eating red meat, so as not to arouse the monk's resentment.

4. Avoid inappropriate behavior. When traveling to temples, do not make loud noises, make comments, say ridiculous things, walk around the temple or move things around. In particular, scratching the statues is forbidden. You should stand or leave quietly during Buddhist activities