Yunju Temple

The Fangshan Yunju Temple Pagoda and Stone Sutras, located in the Yunju Temple in Shuitou Village, Dashiwotown, Fangshan District, Beijing, are a group of cultural relics composed of Buddhist pagodas and stone sutras. The earliest Buddhist pagoda was built in the second year of Tang Jingyun (711), which is the oldest Tang pagoda in Beijing. There are also four Tang pagodas and one Liao pagoda. The stone sutras were carved from the Sui Daye period (605~617) to the Ming Dynasty, lasting for more than 1000 years. The stone pagodas and brick pagodas of the Tang Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty preserved near the Fangshan Yunju Temple, and the carved Buddha statues, donors, Vajra warriors, etc. inside the pagoda, are vivid and smooth, showing the high achievements of the architecture and sculpture art of the Tang and Liao Dynasties. The quantity is large and the carving is exquisite, which is rare in Beijing. The stone sutras are the cultural treasures of the Chinese nation and extremely precious world cultural heritage, with extremely high academic value, cultural value and historical value. They are known as the 'national treasure' and 'the Great Wall of Stone Sutras'. Through the stone sutras of different calligraphy styles in different dynasties, we can see the evolution of Chinese calligraphy. Some of the artistic images of Buddha, Bodhisattva, Heavenly King, attendant, flying sky, flowers and plants that appear on some sutra plates vividly and richly express the style of folk art in the Youzhou area at that time.

🌟Highlights: Yunju Temple, located in Shuitou Village, Dashiwo Town, Fangshan District, Beijing, was built at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. It was destroyed in the fire of the Japanese invasion in the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), leaving only a pair of stone lions and a solitary tower. It was rebuilt in the 1980s. Yunju Temple covers an area of about 74 acres. The buildings are built according to the mountain terrain. All the buildings are divided into south, middle, and north routes. The main halls are all built on the central axis. There are six halls in the middle route, including Pilu Hall, Shijia Hall, Yaoshi Hall, Amitabha Hall, Dabeiyuan and the Sutra Pavilion and the Dharma Hall, etc. Each main hall has side halls and side rooms. The main building of the south route is the Ancestor Hall and the Earth Store Hall. The main building of the north route is only the Thousand Buddha Hall, and the rest are palaces or temple rooms. There are three groups of palaces, each of which is a four-sided architectural group, with corridors connecting the buildings in the courtyard. 👍Most Recommended: 1. Brick Pagoda The pagoda of Yunju Temple is an important part of the temple and an indispensable Buddhist cultural building. There are more than ten pagodas of various types and materials built within the scope of Yunju Temple, with the South Pagoda and North Pagoda as the main ones. 2. Sutra Cave The Stone Sutra Mountain, also known as Bai Dai Mountain, which Yunju Temple leans against, is a branch of the Taihang Mountains, commonly known as Xiao Xitian. There are nine sutra caves carved into the mountain at two levels, north and south. Of the nine caves, eight are closed, with stone sutra boards inscribed on both sides stacked inside. One of them is open and is the largest of the nine caves, called Leiyin Cave. There are doors and windows in front of the cave, and four octagonal stone pillars supporting the cave roof, each face of the pillar is carved with Buddha statues, a total of 1054, hence the name Gan Buddha Pillar. The cave is an irregular square, each side about 10 meters. The 146 stone sutra boards originally carved by Master Jingwan are embedded in the cave wall. 3. Three Uniques of the Temple The stone sutras, paper sutras, and woodblock sutras treasured in Yunju Temple are known as the 'Three Uniques'. The 'Stone Carved Buddhist Tripitaka' began to be carved in the Sui Dynasty, and monks such as Jingwan carved sutras on stone to maintain the Dharma. The sutra carving project lasted through the Sui, Tang, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, six dynasties, spanning 1039 years, carving 1122 Buddhist sutras, 3572 volumes, 14278 pieces. There are more than 22,000 volumes of paper sutras, which are printed and handwritten copies of the Ming Dynasty, including the Southern Ming Tripitaka, the Northern Ming Tripitaka, and single carved Buddhist sutras. Among them, the 'Great Buddha's Flower Garland Sutra' was written in blood from the pierced tongue of the monk Zu Hui of Miaolian Temple, and is known as the 'Tongue Blood True Sutra'. The 'Dragon Tripitaka' wood sutra began to be carved from the 11th year of Yongzheng to the 3rd year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1733-1738), and there are now more than 77,000 pieces, which is a collection of translations of Buddhism in China for 2000 years. It is known as the best of Chinese woodblock sutras. 💰Average consumption: Adult ticket 40 yuan 📍Detailed address: Yunju Temple is located in Shuitou Village, Dashiwo Town, Fangshan District, Beijing 🚉Transportation strategy: Take bus F12, F19, F31 from Fangshan and get off at Yunju Temple Station. It takes about an hour to drive from the city center.

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Yunju Temple is located in Shuitou Village, Dashiwo Town, Fangshan District, Beijing. It was built in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and was destroyed in the artillery fire of the invading Japanese army in the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), leaving only a pair of stone lions and a solitary tower, and was rebuilt in the 1980s. The Yunju Temple covers an area of about 74 acres, and the buildings are built according to the mountain. All the buildings are divided into south, middle, and north routes, and the main halls are all concentrated on the central axis. There are six halls in the middle road, from the mountain gate there are Pilu Hall, Shijia Hall, Yaoshi Hall, Amitabha Hall, Da Bei Hall and the Sutra Pavilion and Dharma Hall, etc. Each main hall has side halls and side rooms on both sides. The main building of the south road has the Ancestor Hall and the Dizang Hall. The main building of the north road only has the Thousand Buddha Hall, and the rest are palaces or temple rooms.