New life for old temple lane

0 Comment(s)Print E-mail Global Times, June 21, 2010
Adjust font size:  ZoomIn ZoomOut

Bai Lin Temple. Photo: Yin Yeping

Bai Lin Temple. Photo: Yin Yeping



Located near the old Pao Ju prison, Bai Lin Hutong offers a picture-perfect image of an ancient temple lane.

It was originally named Bai Lin Si Hutong, or Bai Lin Temple Lane, after Bai Lin temple that was built in 1347 during the Yuan Dynasty. Today the temple is closed to the public, but it went through several periods of reconstruction and expansion, the most significant of which were in 1713 and 1768, during the governing periods of the emperors Kangxi and Qianlong, when it was one of the eight main temples of Beijing. The signatures of one of emperors can be seen on a stele inside the temple, and Qianlong even wrote a poem for it.

Yet what makes this temple truly unique is its abundant collection of the Buddhist scriptures, including the Long Zang Jing, which was accomplished in 1738 during Qianlong's reign. It contains the research of monks during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The books were once kept in the Forbidden City, but later moved to Bai Lin Temple and remained there for more than 200 years until they were transferred to Zhi Hua Temple in 1982.

After the late Qing Dynasty, the temple went through several changes of occupancy, and at vari-ous times housed an army hospital, city library and a school. Now the Beijing Bureau of Culture has cemented its place as a historical landmark and restricted any outside visitors.

The hiding of a general's ashes

One of the temple's greatest stories is about General Tong Lin'ge, who died on the battlefield during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45). After the Japanese occupied the city, the general's ashes were secretly stored in this temple by an abbot who admired the general's devotion. He risked his life to keep the secret until the war was over.

1   2   Next  


Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)

No comments.

Add your comments...

  • User Name Required
  • Your Comment
  • Racist, abusive and off-topic comments may be removed by the moderator.
主站蜘蛛池模板: 又黄又爽又色又刺激的视频| 国产精品亚洲成在人线| 中文无遮挡h肉视频在线观看| 最近中文字幕mv图| 亚洲春黄在线观看| 激情婷婷六月天| 免费无码午夜福利片69| 美女奶口隐私免费视频网站| 国产午夜精品无码| 国产三级毛片视频| 国产精品伦理一二三区伦理| 97超级碰碰碰碰久久久久| 天天色天天射综合网| 两个人日本WWW免费版| 无翼乌全彩之可知子| 久久婷婷国产综合精品| 最近中文字幕2019高清视频| 亚洲人配人种jizz| 欧美日韩国产另类在线观看| 亚洲精品成人区在线观看| 男人j进女人p免费视频播放| 再深点灬舒服灬太大了添网站| 老司机午夜在线| 国产va免费精品观看精品| 萌白酱喷水视频| 国产亚洲成AV人片在线观看| 高清国产一级精品毛片基地| 国产成人精品一区二区三区 | 伊人a.v在线| 男女性色大片免费网站| 全彩侵犯熟睡的女同学本子| 精品无码中出一区二区| 午夜网站在线观看| 综合久久久久久久综合网| 嗯啊h客厅hh青梅h涨奶| 色偷偷亚洲第一综合网| 国产一级免费片| 色噜噜的亚洲男人的天堂| 国产v精品欧美精品v日韩| 色噜噜狠狠色综合日日| 国产99久久久久久免费看|