Linji Joss House

Located in the center of Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, Linji Temple is beautifully built and free tickets. The main buildings are Tianwang Palace, Chengling Tower and Grand Palace. Among them, Chengling Tower is well known nationwide. There are monks in the temple, very characteristic.

It was dark after the city wall, and Linji Temple was closed. At first I didn't know where it was, but when I stood on the wall and looked good, I came. It turned out to be Linji Temple. Both the distance and the close look are very beautiful and solemn.

Linji Temple is located at No. 9 Linji Road, Zhengding County. It is the only temple with monks in the ancient city of Zhengding. Linji Temple is not only the birthplace of the Linji School of Zen Buddhism in China, but also the ancestral court of the Rinzai Sect of Japanese Buddhism. The Chengling Pagoda in the temple was built in the Tang Dynasty.

Visit Chengling Pagoda of Zhengding Linji Temple. Chengling Pagoda of Linji Temple is located in Linji Temple in the southeast corner of Zhengding City, also known as the Qing Pagoda. It was built in the eighth year of Tang Xiantong (867). This pagoda has some origins: the monk Yixuan of the Tang Dynasty founded the Linji Sect of Buddhism in Zhengding, which became one of the important sects of Chinese Buddhism and was introduced to Japan in the Song Dynasty. Yixuan died in the seventh year of Tang Xiantong (866). In the following year, Buddhists built a tower in the southeast of Zhengding City and buried him. Linji Temple was moved and built here. The temple was destroyed early, and the blue pagoda was rebuilt during the Jin Dading reign. This temple is still the birthplace of Linji Sect and there are many believers. The green pagoda is 33 meters high and has nine levels. The tower is made of bricks and has an octagonal shape.

Linji Temple, formerly known as Linjiyuan, is now located on the east side of Shengmin Street, Zhengding County, Hebei Province. Zhengding Linji Temple was first built in the second year of Emperor Xiaojing in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (540 AD). Among the several temples in Zhengding County, it is the ancestral court of Linji Sect, one of the five Buddhist Zen schools of Linji Sect.