Fahua Temple

Datong Fahua Temple is located near the east gate of Datong Ancient City. The biggest feature of this temple is the front and the back. 🌟 Highlights: The front door of the Qianmen Fahua Temple is very small, but the Qianmen Liuli archway is a archway re-engraved from Beijing Beihai Xiaoxitian, with colorful colors. After entering the door, the pavilion-style bell tower and the drum tower are relatively rare. The round side door next to the hall creates a feeling of Jiangnan gardens. The last entry of Fahua Temple is Fahua Tower Courtyard. After entering, it suddenly became bright. The Fahua Tower in the middle was built in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty for the provincial protection of Shanxi Province. It is the only existing one in Datong City. This tower was built on a hexagonal high platform. A cave was built in the west of Gaotai. There was a small cave above the cave. Of course, the three stone inscriptions in this tower were the last of a Tibetan Jingdian. The Falun Palace of the Beijing Lama Temple was re-engraved. You will think this is a low-key and luxurious monastery. Every year, Fahua Temple will hold a Fa meeting at the Lantern Festival. Give people who come to visit a lantern ⏳ play time: although it is a free attraction, it is recommended to stay here for 30~40 minutes. Carefully feel the difference of each temple in Datong

＂ Fahua Temple ＂ is located in the ancient city of Datong and Yang Street. The Fahua Tower in the temple was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It is the only existing cladding-style glazed lama tower in Datong City. It is named after the tower with a "Fahua Sutra" in memory. ＂ Fahua Temple ＂ is a courtyard-style Buddhist building. The temple sits north and south, and there are four courtyards before and after. The entire temple building is scattered in height and low, with symmetrical left and right. The front yard has a glazed archway and a bell and drum tower; the second entrance has a Sanshi Temple, Jialan Temple, and an ancestor's temple; The third entrance to the courtyard has the Pilu Temple, the temple and the palace and the corridor; the backyard is the majestic white tower and the Tibetan Jinglou, etc. The Lama Tower is a masonry structure, the tower is 12 meters high, composed of the tower, the tower body, the tower temple, is the only ancient cultural relics preserved in the temple. The statues in the temple are vibrant and rich, vivid, rich in color, many characters, multi-ethnic integration and exotic color combination characteristics.

The summer breeze blew a new layer of skin out of the sky, as blue and shining as the sea. Birds burst from all sides, with a naive and determined noise, endless. Standing in front of Fahua Temple, the door building made up of red, yellow and green glaze is particularly atmospheric and brilliant against the clear sky. Compared with the fame of Huayan Temple, the elegant and chic of Fahua Temple seems to be more maverick. The Fahua Tower, which was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, is the only existing cladding-style glazed lama tower in Datong City. It is named after the tower with a "Fahua Sutra" in memory. The entire monastery is scattered in height and low, with symmetrical left and right. The statues in the hall are dynamic and rich and vivid. The murals are rich in color and have many characters. The characteristics of multi-ethnic integration and exotic color combination are strong. The ancients always wrote the most beautiful scenery in the world, the most beautiful imagination in the red wall, blue tiles, green leaves. The colors of China are beautiful, with glaze, frost and snow, Qingdai, and peach, each name is a painting. Restore Chinese colors, shrink under one side of the lens, and see the long and freehand of the eastern temperament. Walk in the Fahua monastery, calm and at ease. The high wall seemed to shield all the hustle and bustle. You could hear the staggering light and dark of the arched leaves. The red wall that never fades, always with vitality and vitality, from the history of hundreds of years ago, the wind and dust, unfolding a roll of old things, martyrdom for you. The grass and trees nourish the people. All things are overhauled, but those who practice are like pure heart. With the joy of grass and trees, all things are separated from all troubles; according to the empty nature of everything, all sufferings are met. Let us live in the small and quiet monastery of our hearts with kindness, peace, tolerance, compassion and gratitude. He ten 🙏📌 TIPS: 💰 Tickets: free 👚 Enter the temple and try to wear pants and no slippers. Whether it is a Buddhist or not, you must take off your hat to enter the temple to show respect. 💛 Fahua Temple is not far from the Dai Wangfu (currently only night tours, time: 18:30—22:00, not open on Monday), Kowloon Wall (relative to the Dai Wangfu across the road), and can be arranged to visit and play together. ⏰ Play time: 1-1.5h🚎 There is a bus stop sign in front of Fahua Temple. Road 17, 35, 38, 59, the traffic is very convenient. 🚲 If you want to ride a shared bicycle, you should pay attention to the fact that shared bicycles are not allowed to park in the ancient city. You need to park the car outside the ancient city and then walk into the ancient city.

The Fahua Temple is close to the city wall, and there is the only overlaid lama tower in Datong. The tower has a "Fahua Sutra" in memory of the temple.

No tickets, just enter, very good, especially clean

Very good place, long history, very worth seeing!