Tanzhe Temple is located at the foot of Tanzhe Mountain in the southeast of Mentougou District, Beijing. Because there is Longtan behind the temple and Zheshu on the mountain, it is commonly known as Tanzhe Temple. Tanzhe Temple covers an area of 0.025 square kilometers inside and 1. 12 square kilometers outside. Together with the surrounding mountain forest Shan Ye under the jurisdiction of Tanzhe Temple, the total area exceeds 1.2 1 km2. It is the oldest and largest Buddhist temple in Beijing.
Tanzhe Temple has a long history. Founded in the first year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 307), it has a history of 1700 years. It was originally named "Kafka State". In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi named it "Yun Xiu Temple". At that time, Tanzhe Temple had a high status and was the largest royal temple in Beijing.
Brief introduction of famous collections of Tanzhe Temple
1, stone fish
Stone Fish is located in the front porch of the Dragon King Hall on the west side of Pu Xian Hall. Stone fish is1.7m long and150kg heavy. It looks like copper, but it is actually a stone. Legend has it that this stone fish is a treasure of the Dragon Palace in the South China Sea and was given to the Jade Emperor by the Dragon King. The Jade Emperor sent this stone fish to the mortal world to help the victims and eliminate disasters and diseases for the people.
2, copper pot
There is a copper pot in front of Tianwang Temple, with a diameter of 1.85 m and a depth of 1. 1 m, which is used by monks for cooking. This pot was originally in the West Room of the North Room of the East Cross Hospital, where there was a bigger pot with a diameter of 4 meters and a depth of 2 meters. It can put 10 stone in porridge once, and it takes 16 hours to cook once. Because the bottom of the pot is thick and simmered slowly, the porridge is sticky and fragrant.
3. Cooper
Cooper Cooper is located in the abbot's courtyard of Tanzhe Temple. A total of two plants, more than 30 meters high, were planted in Liao Dynasty. Its tree age is more than 1000 years, so it is called "Millennium cypress". It is thick, straight trunk, straight into the sky, thick and straight, very spectacular. It is said that these two thousand-year-old ancient cypresses, the same age as Tanzhe Temple, are the oldest Platycladus orientalis in North China and are known as the "kings of cypresses".
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