Baima Temple Ma Temple is located at the east of Luoyang 12km, and is known as "the first ancient temple in China". It is the first official temple after Buddhism was introduced into China. Built in the Eastern Han Emperor Yongping 1 1 year (AD 68), it has a history of 1900 years. According to legend, Liu Zhuang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, said, "Dream of gold at night, fly to the front of the temple and welcome it gladly. Ask the ministers tomorrow, why is this god? " A minister replied that this god is the "Buddha" and Ming Di sent ministers Cai Cheng and Qin Jing to Tianzhu (now Indian) to learn from the scriptures. Cai Qing and Qin Jing retrieved Buddhist scriptures and statues, and took photos of Morten and Zhu Falan to Luoyang with Tianzhu monks. They collect scriptures and translate them in the Fissure Temple. The following year, a temple was built and named White Horse Temple. The temple site is located at1.5km west of Yong Men, the ancient city of Luoyang in Han and Wei Dynasties. Baima Temple occupies an important position in the history of Buddhism in China, and is known as "the source of Buddhism" and "the ancestral hall", with a unique position. The original building of Baima Temple is very magnificent and has been rebuilt many times in past dynasties. However, due to repeated wars and defeats, there are few ancient buildings left. The people's government has carried out many repairs to protect this famous cultural relic. There are five halls, four courtyards and east and west wings. In front is the mountain gate, which is three arches side by side. There are a pair of stone lions and a pair of stone horses outside the mountain gate. On the east and west sides of the mountain gate, there is a tomb of two monks, She Moteng and Zhu Falan. From south to north, the five main halls are the Heavenly King Hall, the Giant Buddha Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the Jieyin Hall and the Pilu Hall. There are statues in every hall, mostly works from Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Pilu Hall is on the balcony, where Morten and Zhu Falan translated Buddhist scriptures. The east and west wings are symmetrical. The whole building is grand and solemn, with neat layout. In addition, there are more than 40 inscriptions, which are of great value for studying the history of the temple. The existing White Horse Temple, facing south, is a rectangular courtyard, covering an area of about 40,000 square meters. Outside the temple gate, there are stone archways, discharge ponds and stone arch bridges newly built in recent years in the south of the plant area, and there are green spaces on the left and right sides. There are two stone horses on each side, about the size of a real horse, and the image is gentle and docile. These are two stone horses from the Song Dynasty, which are excellent stone carvings. The White Horse Temple Gate was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. It is three arches side by side, representing three liberation doors. Buddhism calls it the gate of nirvana. Some coupons are engraved with the names of craftsmen, all of which are relics of the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are five halls in the temple, which are located on a straight central axis, and the temples on both sides are symmetrical to each other. There is a woodcarving niche in the center of the Tianwang Temple, and there are more than 50 gold-plated carved dragons with different postures on the top and around the niche. Maitreya Buddha in the niche is the "Happy Buddha". He smiled and meditated barefoot, and his image was vivid and interesting, which made people laugh. On both sides of the temple, there are four majestic kings, who are the patrons of Buddhism. After the statue of Maitreya, Wei Tuotian, the protector of Buddhism, stood proudly, showing the majesty of Buddhism. About 30 meters east of the White Horse Temple Gate, there is a 13-story Yun Qi Tower, which goes straight into the sky. Yun Qi Tower was built in the Five Dynasties. Originally a wooden tower, it was burned when the nomads from the northern song dynasty invaded. This tower has a history of more than 800 years since it was rebuilt during the Dading period of the Jin Dynasty. 196 1 year, the State Council designated Baima Temple as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. 1977, Baima Temple Cultural Relics Protection Institute was established. Now, Baima Temple is a national-level cultural relic protection unit and a 4A-level tourist attraction. Baima Temple, known as the "ancestral temple" of Buddhist temples in China, was founded in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (68). It was founded after Emperor Hanming sent Tianzhu monks back to Luoyang to "touch the dream and seek the dharma". It has been repaired and supplemented many times in the past dynasties and reached its peak in the early Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian once sent Xue Huaiyi, a confidant, as the abbot, which was damaged after the Anshi Rebellion. In the 30th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (155 1 year), it was rebuilt and became the present scale layout. The temple site is located in the west of Yong Men, the ancient city of Luoyang during the Han and Wei Dynasties. There are more than 0/00 temples/kloc, including the Heavenly King Hall, the Giant Buddha Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the Jieyin Hall and the Pilu Pavilion. Outside the mountain gate, the Tianzhu monks who came to China in the Eastern Han Dynasty reported the tombs of Morten and Zhu Falan, which were made of bluestone. There are also buildings from the Tang Dynasty in the temple. The stele of Luo Jing Baima Temple and the original stone statue of Maitreya Buddha inscribed by Hua Yan, a master of Yuan Dynasty, were stolen to the United States. Eighteen arhats dedicated to Sakyamuni, pharmacists and Amitabha Buddha in the temple are all made by dry lacquer technology since the Yuan Dynasty. There is a balcony behind the temple, on which Pilu Pavilion is built, and the statues of Morton and Zhu Falan are placed in the west annex hall. White Horse Temple has Yun Qi Tower, which was built in the 15th year of Jin Dading (1 175). This pagoda is square with dense eaves and is 25 meters high. Its body is quite beautiful.

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