Everyone in Beijing knows Tanzhe Temple. It is an ancient temple. It is said that Tanzhe Temple first existed, and then Beijing City. According to official textual research, Zhetan Temple was first built in the first year of Yongjia (AD 307) of Sima Chi, Emperor Huai of the Western Jin Dynasty, and it has been more than 1,700 years. The Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang I last visited was built during the Taining period of Sima Shao, Emperor Ming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 325), four dynasties later than this Tanzhe Temple. Don't worry about the emperors of the four dynasties, but it was actually only eighteen years. You can imagine how chaotic the world was at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Tanzhe Temple was originally called Jiafu Temple. A monk came to build a temple, erected a Buddha statue and lit incense. At that time, monks could only recite sutras and didn't know much about how many sutras there were or how many Buddhas there were. During the Wu Zetian period of the Tang Dynasty, an eminent monk named Monk Hua Yan came. He came with the Huayan Sutra in his arms, and Jiafu Temple followed the Huayan Sect. After Huichang destroyed Buddha, a Zen monk came back, built the temple again, and lit incense again. Jiafu Temple was renamed Longquan Temple after Zen. The real woman Jin Xuzong Wanyan Dan was the first current emperor to come to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense. That was the first year of the imperial system (1141 AD). Jin Xuzong renamed Longquan Temple Dawanshou Temple and awarded tens of thousands of silver to rebuild the temple. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a Prince Wanyan Yungong who had not become an emperor. He once came to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense. The abbot, Zen Master Chongyu, wrote a post and carved it into a stele and erected it under the back wall of the temple. It still exists today for more than 800 years. Wanyan Yungong's son became an emperor named Jin Zhangzong. Jin Zhangzong once built his daughter at the Xiangshan Temple in Beijing to worship Guanyin.

The Mongolian Great Khan killed countless people to seize the world. After Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, settled the world, his daughter Princess Miaoyan refused to enter the city. She insisted on living in Tanzhe Temple and kneeling on the ground in front of the statue of Guanyin every day to recite scriptures to atone for her father. Because Princess Miaoyan once became a monk in Tanzhe Temple, the Yuan Emperors easily dared not go to the temple to worship Buddha. They sometimes brought the chief monk of Tanzhe Temple to the palace for dinner. During the banquet, they would definitely ask the chief monk to worship Buddha regularly for them.

It is said that Yao Guangxiao, a monk from Daoyan, once lived in Tanzhe Temple in the early Ming Dynasty, but there is no official historical record. It is suspected that a Ming monk in Tanzhe Temple was attached to a powerful figure. Yao Guangxiao has been assisting Zhu Di, including his son Zhu Gaochi. How can he live in a place where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away? He has always lived in Qingshou Temple, not far from the Imperial Palace, but there is no more place near the Xidan Telegraph Building. It is rumored that after Yao Guangxiao retired, he lived in a monk's house in the corner of Tianning Temple next to the Second Ring Road. This matter is unfounded because Yao Guangxiao never retired at all. Tanzhe Temple was very popular in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor even sent his cronies to be the chief monk in the temple. This was called the "imperial abbot". Zhu Yijun, the Shenzong Sect of the Ming Dynasty, did this kind of thing. Emperor Ming also named Tanzhe Temple twice, which was "imperial gift". The first time was Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, who "granted Longquan Temple"; the second time was Zhu Qizhen, the unlucky Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, who "granted Jiafu Temple" after he ascended the throne for the second time. The advantage of playing fans with the emperor is that Tanzhe Temple's real estate business is not short of money. The top monks of Tanzhe Temple in the Ming Dynasty can often trick money from the palace, and then new people can often be seen in the temples.

In the Qing Dynasty, everything followed the Ming rules, and Emperor Kangxi followed the Ming rules to preside over Tanzhe Temple. He transferred a Zhenhuan monk from Guangji Temple in the city to become the temple chief of Tanzhe Temple. This monk Zhenhuan was proficient in Luzong, so Tanzhe Temple was converted to Luzong since then. Monk Zhen Huan took office with money, and the money was definitely more than 15 strings. During his term of office, he saw tall buildings build in the temple. Kangxi then went to inspect the work and named the temple "Chijian Xiuyun Zen Temple". You see, this monk Zhen Huan was not engaged in repairs, but rebuilt Tanzhe Temple according to royal standards. Since then, Tanzhe Temple has become the largest Han royal temple in the Gyeonggi region. Kangxi valued Tanzhe Temple very much, so his son Yongzheng, who did not often go out of the city, followed him, and his grandson Qianlong certainly couldn't be left behind. The Qing emperors all came to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense. This was a Han Buddhist temple they had to worship. Among the Tibetan houses were Yonghe Temple, and there were also shamans who made secret sacrifices in the palace.

New China opened Tanzhe Temple into a park for ordinary people to visit. In order to protect the ancient buildings, burning incense was not allowed in the hall, and incense burners were set outside the hall. In the late 1960s, Tanzhe Temple was closed for a period of time and reopened in 1980. Religious activities were restarted in the 1990s and were included in a national key cultural relic protection unit in 2001. In 2007, the 1,700 anniversary of the temple was celebrated.

When I came to Tanzhe Temple a few years ago, I could drive to the parking lot in front of the mountain gate. It's no longer possible now. The parking lot has been moved to a distance. The purpose is to pass through the shed market organized by local residents before and after visiting the temple. You can buy mahogany swords to ward off evil spirits, date sticks to climb mountains, vegetable dumplings to eat and slingshots to kill birds there. These goods were not what I wanted, but I saw an ancient site not far from Pengshi.

This one looks like a monk's tomb tower from the Liao, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties. Yes, this may be the tomb tower of Princess Miaoyan in the early Yuan Dynasty. She was called Master Miaoyan in the temple.

Further forward, there are still ancient relics to see, which is the more dilapidated.

Don't look at this dilapidated stone road, there are red walls on both sides. Look at the bluestone slab in the middle again. This is the configuration of the royal road. I don't know whether Jin Xuzong Wanyan Dan (Niandan) took this road to enter the temple, but Qianlong definitely took this road to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense. Of course, someone carried a sedan chair for him at that time.

In the past, monks lived in the temple, but now monks live outside the temple. There is a huge white pine tree in the monastery.

Walk to the gate of Tanzhe Temple.

Outside the mountain gate is an archway with four pillars and three floors, and yellow glazed tiles and a single eaves roof. This is the royal specification. On the front of the front, the words "Green Mountains and Danquan" are written, and behind it is "Fragrant Forest Pure Land". There are some ancient pines in front of the archway, and the key thing is that there are also the signboard trees of Tanzhe Temple.

The name of Tanzhe Temple has never been called "Tanzhe Temple". This Tanzhe Temple is a folk name. Because there is a dragon pool accumulated by spring water behind the temple and the curd-trees on the mountain, people call this temple Tanzhe Temple. The curder trees are called Huangsang in the south. Only because of the suitable feng shui of Baozhu Peak behind the temple, did some curder trees grow here. Some people with low medical skills said that this tree bark could help people grow young, so people kept going up the mountain to peel tree bark and go home to make medicinal wine for their wives to drink. In the long run, it will be difficult to continue the curd-tree in the mountains, but now it is hard to find other than this tree in the world.

There is a ravine beyond the archway. The mountain god dug it for flood discharge. There is a bridge above the ditch so that pilgrims can cross the ravine to the other side. The bridge is called "Huaiyuan" and seems to have been built in the Ming Dynasty. Look at the mountain gate behind the bridge.

Brick and stone structure, three-room arch gate, white marble gate ticket. The upper interior is a vault made of arches, the so-called beamless hall. The exterior is a yellow glazed tile with green trimmed edges on the top of the mountain. This should be a Qing Dynasty roof, decorated with ears. The "Imperial Order to Build Xiuyun Zen Temple" was hung in front of the door, written by Kangxi. In order to prevent tourists from going to the door and misunderstanding the plaque on it, the park management office also hung a vertical plaque of "Tanzhe Temple". Tourists will celebrate when they see this vertical plaque and say,"You're right." When monks first came to China, they had no fixed place. They often found caves to live and cultivate. Later, the gate doors of regular Buddhist temples still had to be built of masonry, with arched doors and arched roofs on the inside. Without using beams, they would simulate a cave so that future monks would never forget the roots. Baima Temple was once such a gate in the Han Dynasty, but later retained the form of a gate during its renovation.

Tanzhe Temple is very high-end, not only because of the support of royal families from past generations, but also because of the white pigeons.

It is said that in ancient Bingzhou, a monk was good at chanting scriptures, and a couple built a nest on the beam outside the temple and raised two young birds. After chanting the scriptures, the monk said to the white dove on the beam, If your second young family is plagued by evil things, I hope they will be saved. After a long time, the second chick suddenly fell to the ground and vomited blood and died. The monk shook his head and sighed. The next day, in his dream, the monk saw his two children coming to pay homage. He claimed that they were white doves on the beam who listened to the scriptures in the past. In fact, he was born into doves with a crime. Fortunately, the monk recited the scriptures and passed away, and now he is being given to the house of a member of a neighboring village. At sunrise, the monk went to visit a neighboring village. It turned out that a councilman had a set of twins recently. This is one of the stories in which Buddhism advises people to recite scriptures and do good.

You can enter Tanzhe Temple by walking in front of the two generals, Heng and Ha, in the gate. Behind the gate is of course the Hall of Kings, but although you look at such a simple truth, it is not the temple that follows it. The gate and Tianwang Hall of many temples are combined into one gate hall. Tanzhe Temple is built against a mountain, and the Tianwang Hall beyond the gate is on the platform on the upper floor. Look at the Hall of Kings.

The incense burner in front of the Tianwang Hall is used by pilgrims, and the incense pavilions on both sides of the incense burner are used by monks for their own use. The Tianwang Hall has three rooms wide, with doors open in the morning, and windows in the top room. The doors and windows are all partitions. They are specially made for the royal family. Since it was a temple built by imperial decree, no one went to the palace to report it when he used this three-crossed and six-framed lattice flower. Above it is a bucket arch and beam lifting structure, with green glazed tiles and single eaves resting on the top of the mountain. Under the forehead is hung a golden plaque of the "Tianwang Hall" decorated with seven dragons, inscribed by Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. But looking at this handwriting does not seem to be the original work of Kangxi. It should have been rewritten by later generations.

The Tianwang Hall must be dedicated to Maitreya Buddha. Here is a woodcut golden statue. Maitreya Buddha is a future Buddha and will not be born from Tusita Heaven until 5.6 billion years later. In this case, where did the Maitreya Buddha statue in the temple come from? The earliest Maitreya Buddha statue was a Buddha statue sitting in half a lotus position, and later it was mostly the image of a big-bellied Buddha. This big-belly Buddha is actually the image of Budai Monk. There were sixteen Arhats in Han Buddhism at first and continued to be there until the Tang Dynasty. Later, after the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, two monks, Damodoro and Budai, were added. Damodora was added to the Tibetans, and Budai monks were added to the Han tradition. I once saw the Buddha statue of Maitreya in the Gate Hall of Xihuang Temple. It was not Vituo, but Damodoro standing behind them. The two brothers stood on the same shrine one after another.

The interior is a gold-plated pan-dragon-flat chess ceiling, and the Buddhist niche is quite gorgeous, all of which are gold-plated woodcut embossed.

There are four great kings standing on the kang on both sides of the Hall of Kings. This is not new. There are also murals of Han generals on the wall, which are the four heroes of duty: the year, month, day and hour. They are all gods. The four-valued meritorious officers belong to the heavenly generals among the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, and the protective god in Taoism. When the Jade Emperor set up a network to capture Sun Wukong, the four meritorious officers contributed. Take a look at the value moon god Huang Chengyi below. It is not uncommon for a small temple to be built in a Buddhist temple. There are such things as Guan Gong Hall and Financial Hall, but it is really rare to see a statue hanging in a Buddhist temple like Tanzhe Temple.

Large copper pots are now on display in the small courtyard on the east side of the Hall of Kings.

This is a small pot of the three copper pots in Tanzhe Temple. It was used for frying vegetables in the past. The big pots for boiling porridge and steaming steamed buns were lost, and the two pots were even bigger. It is said that the porridge pot is so big that a cook monk needs to build a ladder down to brush the pot. If a monk passing by comes to the temple to rub the rice, the cook monk will add water into the pot without adding any more. The door of the furnace is engraved with "Tanzhe Temple", which is said to be for fire prevention. Let these three words expose Tanzhe Temple to smoke here, and the fire will no longer burn the main hall. This is a bit like Dayu's control of water, changing blocking into dredging.

There are courtyard walls on both sides of the Hall of Kings and doors on the walls. Between the gate and the Tianwang Hall is the first courtyard in the temple, which is the Tianwang Hall Square. After the Hall of Kings and one more floor is the square of the Second Entrance Courtyard's Daxiong Hall.

There are two auxiliary halls on both sides of the steps, and the Jialan Hall to the east. The Jialan Hall has a width of three rooms and a depth of two rooms. It has a beam lifting structure above, gray tiles, single eaves and a hard mountain top, and an eaves corridor in front. The Jialan Hall is dedicated to the Buddha's protective god. This protective god is not Weituo, but King Nisi of Persia. His crown prince is called Prince Zhituo (Prince Nianqituo). A Jingshe was built in the garden of Prince Zhituo, King of Persia. Sakyamuni gave lectures here, which was the Gion Jingshe.

There are several peace flowers in front of the Jialan Hall, which are in full bloom. Peace flower was originally a flower in the south and was found in Sichuan. There were people from Shu who once laid flowers to Emperor Ming and planted them in the back garden of the Imperial Palace. They are still in the flower beds in front of the Jiangxue Pavilion in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City. The Peace Blossom is very fragrant when it blooms. Tourists all smell it fiercely and then shout "What flower is so fragrant"?

Opposite the Jialan Hall is the Ancestral Hall, and volunteers are wiping the plaque in front of the hall.

The Ancestral Hall is in the same architectural form as the Jialan Hall opposite it. I asked the volunteer who was the ancestor serving in this temple? He said he really didn't know. According to Tanzhe Temple, he might be the founder of the Luzong School? Luzong originated from Jingye Temple in Xi'an, and the actual originator was Tang Priest Daoxuan. Dao Xuan once assisted Xuanzang in translating Western Heaven scriptures and later entered Zhongnan Mountain. In fact, the ancestral halls in temples in the world today usually worship Dharma, the Zen ancestor, Bodhi Dharma, who lived in the cave behind the mountain of Shaolin Temple for ten years during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Why did Dharma face the wall for ten years? It was because he wanted to localize Buddhist theories. He thought in the cave for ten years and came up with a set of theories that allowed him to understand the principles of Buddha without having to read. This is Zen Buddhism. Dharma thus became the first Zen person in China and the early ancestor of Zen. Don't say, his theory is quite useful. When it was passed down to the Sixth Generation, the Zen master was called Monk Tang Monk Huineng, and he was illiterate. Monk Huineng is a Zen monk of the Southern School. When he sees words, he needs someone to read them to him, and he also needs to ask a scholar to write them on the wall when he comes up with a gaza. His most famous work is "Bodhi has no trees, and a mirror is not a platform; there is no thing in it, where can it cause dust?"

Standing in front of the east and west auxiliary halls and climbing up the ladder, you will see the wide platform of the Daxiong Hall. There is a circle of white marble handrails around the platform.

This Daxiong Hall has a width of five rooms and a depth of three rooms. It has a double-arched and beam structure. It has yellow glazed tiles and green trimmed edges and has a double eaves on the roof of the hall. There are seven ridged beasts, decorated with gold dragons and seals. The specifications are quite high, showing the identity of the royal imperial government. The front open room and the east and west secondary room open the door, and the top room has sill walls and windows. The doors and windows are all covered with three-crossed and six-colored lattice flowers, and there are actually gold stickers. The east and west gables are solid walls without windows, and behind them are open rooms that open doors. There are two plaques hanging in front of them. On the top is the gold-covered plaque titled "Daxiong Hall" written by Mr. Zhao Puchu, and on the bottom is the paper plaque titled "Fu Haizhu Wheel" written by Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. Then I looked back and looked at the plaque on the forehead of the Hall of Kings. It should also be Mr. Zhao Puchu's key topic.

The most amazing thing about the Daxiong Hall is the pair of kisses on the main ridge.

This was redone during the Qing Dynasty according to the original Yuan Dynasty kiss. It was also tied with an iron sheet, and a gold chain was tied to the iron sheet. That gold chain is thicker than the gold chain around the neck of China's richest men. Legend has it that Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty came to the temple to burn incense. When he walked to the Daxiong Hall, he looked up and found the kiss on the main ridge Too Old. He took off the gold chain around his neck and gave it to the chief monk in the temple, asking him to turn around and choke the kiss so that it wouldn't fall off and hit anyone. Only Tanzhe Temple has this gold chain on the lips of all buildings. This is the only example in the world at home and abroad. It is one of the treasures of Tanzhe Temple. Fortunately, this was from the Qing Dynasty. If it had been given by the emperor of the Song Dynasty, it would not have been left here and would have been taken away by Shi Qian. After the shift of time, there were no thieves in the world.

On the Buddhist niche in the Daxiong Hall are statues of one Buddha and two Bodhisattva. These are the Three Saints of Hua Yan. In the middle is a clay golden statue of Piluzhana Buddha, and on both sides are Kasyapa and Ananda. Piluzhana Buddha is a Dharmakaya Buddha. He sits in a lotus position, applies the Zen Meditation Seal on his left hand and the Fearless Seal on his right hand.

On his left is Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

On the right hand side is Manjusri Bodhisattva.

Tanzhe Temple was built by the Huayan Sect during the earliest Tang and Wuzhou periods. The statue of the Three Saints of Huayan Sect in the Daxiong Hall should be a temple rule passed down from that period. Although it was later converted to Zen and Luzong, the Buddha statues in the Daxiong Hall have not changed. Some temples will have a special hall for the Three Saints of Huayan, called Huayan Hall. For example, there is a Huayan Hall in Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou.

Along the platform under the eaves of the Daxiong Hall, you can walk to the back of the hall and climb to the next platform. There are also ladders on both sides of the platform of the Daxiong Hall to allow you to climb to the next platform.

The platform on the lower floor is very wide. It doesn't seem to be a simple square in front of the palace. There must be a hall missing in the middle.

I found a sweeping monk from a bypass road. After consultation, I learned that there was indeed a Three Sacred Temple here and a monk's canteen called Zhaitang, which collapsed during the Qing Dynasty. Since the Daxiong Hall in front already houses the Three Saints of Hua Yan, the Three Sacred Temples here in the past should have served the Three Saints of the West, right? Among the three Western sages in the Three Holy Temples is a sitting statue of Amitabha, and on both sides are statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva and General Trend Bodhisattva. If the Amitabha in the middle is a statue, it is the Guiding Buddha, and the main hall will be called the Guiding Buddha Hall.

Although the Three Sacred Temple is gone, the two Merit Steles in front of it are still there. When I stepped forward and took a look, the writing on the stele was basically illegible. A copper censer is now placed in the Buddhist niche of the Third Temple.

There are still relics from the past on both sides of the Three Sacred Temple. They are four ancient trees. There is a saha tree on the side ahead.

There is also a ginkgo tree behind the saha trees.

There is a saying about planting Bodhi trees in Buddhist temples, because Sakyamuni meditated under the Bodhi tree for seven days and seven nights, and finally gained great enlightenment and became Buddha. Compared with Dharma who faced the wall for ten years, Buddha became Buddha in seven days after meditation, so it is conceivable that Sakyamuni's skills are very powerful. But Beijing cannot cultivate Bodhi trees. What should we do? Buddhist temples in Beijing grow saha trees, a seven-leaf tree. I also saw this tree last time in Yunju Temple, but the staff in that temple falsely claimed it to be a Bodhi tree. The two saha trees in Tanzhe Temple are said to be 600 years old, but the two ginkgo trees behind them are more than 1,000 years old. The ginkgo tree in the east is called the Imperial Tree, which is the one in my picture above. Volunteers in the temple said that every time a new emperor ascends the throne, a new branch will grow from the roots; every time an emperor dies, a branch will fall from the tree. I asked him which dynasty did this miracle start? He said he forgot. I asked him whether foreign emperors count? He said it didn't seem to count. I can't ask further. I walked to the foot of the ladder on the next platform and looked up.

Above is the second-floor Pilu Pavilion. Pilu Pavilion has a width of seven rooms and a depth of two rooms. It has a double-arched beam structure, with yellow glazed tiles and green trimmed edges and a hard mountain top. There are eaves corridors above and below, and a horizontal plaque of "Pilu Pavilion" is hung on the upper eaves and below, which is said to be written by Kangxi; a horizontal plaque of "Yuanling Zongjing" is hung on the lintel of the lower level, which is said to be written by Qianlong. Go in and have a look.

There are five Buddhas in the temple, which is a Han Tantra rule. In the middle is the Piluchana Buddha, which is called the Tathagata Buddha in Tantra. On the inner side of his left hand is the southern Baoxiang Buddha, representing equal wisdom; on the outer side is the Eastern Aji Buddha (Nian Aji Buddha), representing the wisdom of the Omniscient Mirror. On the inner side of his right hand is the Western Amitabha Buddha, representing the wisdom of wonderful observation; on the outer side is the Northern Buempty Buddha, representing the wisdom of Chengyu. The four Buddhas represent the four wisdoms of the Buddha, and the Tathagata represents the spiritual wisdom of the Dharma realm, which adds up to the five wisdoms. Therefore, the Buddha of the Five Directions is also called the Tathagata of the Five Wisdom.

The east and west walls on the first floor of Pilu Pavilion are full of panoramic murals and comic strips of Buddhist stories. Look at the mural on the west wall.

The brightest part is the story above called "The Shepherd Girl Delivers Mi". It tells the story of Sakyamuni's six-year ascetic retreat from having a meal during the solar eclipse, to having a meal every seven days, and finally without eating, he became skinny. Two cowherd girls by the river saw how miserable he was, so they took milk and boiled it into minced milk and presented it to Sakyamuni. After eating chyle, Sakyamuni regained his strong body. He said that he would preserve his wisdom and longevity to save all living beings. In the picture, the shepherd girl holds a bowl of chyle, and Sakyamuni places a palm seal with both hands to express her appreciation.

The following story is called "The Demon Army Refuses to Fight". It is said that after six years of ascetic meditation, Sakyamuni was extremely powerful and ate chylous, and he met the devil king. The demon king wanted to prevent Sakyamuni from becoming a Buddha and organized several battles, but all failed. No matter how the demon king's army attacked, Sakyamuni used the golden light behind his head and behind him to make him fall to the ground, and the demon king had no choice but to admit defeat. In the end, the Great Protector appeared and dispersed all the demon army. In the picture, Sakyamuni sits in a lotus position with a meditation seal on his left hand to show contempt for the devil king, and a demon-subjugating seal on his right hand to show subjugating the devil king.

If there are pavilions in a Buddhist temple, it is usually a Buddhist scripture gallery, with Buddha statues on the lower level and Buddhist scriptures on the upper level. This Pilu Pavilion in Tanzhe Temple is not a Buddhist Pavilion. I guess its second floor should also house Buddha statues. Since the first level is dedicated to the Five Directions Buddhas, the second level should be dedicated to the Three Bodies Buddha of the Huayan Sutra, and the center should also be the Virochana Buddha, which is the Dharmakaya Buddha; the left side is Lushana Buddha, which is the Shin-Shin Buddha; and the right side is Sakyamuni Buddha, which is the Shin-Shin Buddha. The second floor of Pilu Pavilion is not open now, so I was unable to visit it.

There are many brick carvings on the main ridge of Pilu Pavilion, which are extraordinary. Brick carved ridges such as the Northern Palace are very rare.

The brick carvings on the front of the ridge are swimming dragons playing with beads, and the back are phoenixes playing with peonies. The front is invisible, too high. The picture above is the back. The phoenixes look like big roosters no matter how you look at them. Although you may look at the brick carving of a phoenix playing peony, the kisses at both ends of the main ridge are extremely exquisite.

There is a high embossed of a flying phoenix on the body of the kissing owl dragon, and it is painted with gold. Such a beautiful kiss is extremely rare. If you go to Tanzhe Temple, you must not miss it. Similarly, it is difficult to see the details of this ridge kiss from the front. I only saw its autumn appearance like this when I walked to the mountain behind Piluge.

Pilu Pavilion is the last building on Tanzhe Temple Middle Road and the tallest pavilion. Behind the Three Sacred Houses is Pilu Pavilion, and there is also a small courtyard to the east.

This is the Abbot's Courtyard. The Abbot's Courtyard is a courtyard house. The main room faces north and has a width of five rooms. The abbot's courtyard lives. Ancient cypresses stand tall in the courtyard and there is also a bronze water tank. The abbot does not have to travel far to collect water.

There is also a small courtyard deep in the abbot's courtyard, which is very secluded. There is a square pavilion in the courtyard. Under the eaves is a horizontal plaque titled "Yiyi Pavilion (Nianyigan Pavilion)" inscribed by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. This is the pavilion commonly known as Liubei Pavilion.

There are Su style paintings on the beams in the pavilion. Look at this one.

In the painting, there is a group of people sitting there eating a banquet. In front of it is a red rabbit sitting on a horse and a beautiful bearded man dancing with a big sword. Is this "Guan Gong Wines Wine to Kill Hua Xiong"?

Yi Yi Ting,"Yi" is Lang Yi, also beautiful stone. "Yi" is great beauty. That means that there is a large piece of jade beautiful stone in this pavilion. I stepped forward to take a look.

"There are mountains and mountains here, lush forests and lush bamboos, and clear streams that shine around the left and right, leading them to the flowing wine and winding water, ranking second." How is it? You will definitely think of Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting, right? Qianlong cut such a good stone into a groove to make a winding water for the flowing wine cups. Qianlong and the abbot sat opposite each other. An eunuch and a young monk placed wine cups on the winding water, and the emperor and monk took the wine beside them and drank it. Qianlong must drink Shaoxing aged carvings, and the abbot wants to pick the Coca-Cola drink from the wine cup. A palace maid beside Qianlong held a plate of drunken shrimps, and a young monk beside the abbot held a bowl of edamame. Qianlong built such a pavilion here to coerce the old monk into being arty. Tanzhe Temple does not lack "mountains and mountains". If so, there must also be "lush forests and bamboo trees". There are indeed.

You see that bamboo is golden and think it is dead bamboo? Actually, it's not. It's a very high-grade "jade inlaid with gold" bamboo. In addition to lush forests and bamboo trees, Wang Xizhi also mentioned that "clear waters stimulate turbulent waters." Qianlong also found someone to make one. Otherwise, how would there be a Qushui?

Oh, the winding water flowing in this groove turns out to be dragon saliva. It first drives the wine cups in the pavilion, and after flowing out of the pavilion, it fills them into the copper vat of the abbot's courtyard. The abbot drinks every day is the emperor's wisdom.

Qianlong would not easily sleep on the same bed as the old monk. No matter how deep the old monk was, he could not do it. Qianlong was used to lying alone on the cold kang. Where is his kang? It was in the small courtyard above the bamboo cultivation just now. There is now a Qianlong throne in the main room. The person sitting in the middle looks like an old man in Mentougou, and on both sides are young men in Mentougou.

This is the chief officer's seat on the east side of the Three Sacred Temple. High-rise buildings have also been built on both sides of the Three Holy Temple, where ordinary people can drink tea. The epidemic has not completely disappeared and is currently closed.

If you go east from Pilu Pavilion, you will also have to climb the steps. The platform above is almost equivalent to the height of the second floor of Pilu Pavilion. There are two ancient cypresses on the platform.

That house is Yuantong Hall.

In the middle woodcut golden-covered Buddhist niche in the Yuantong Hall, there is a clay body golden statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and on the surrounding walls are thirty-two portraits of Guanyin Bodhisattva's body. There is a banner on the shrine, and it actually says "Give to Guanyin Bodhisattva". Who is this with such a big tone?

On the east side of Yuantong Hall is the Vajra Longevity Tower. There are no relics in this tower, so don't call it a relic tower.

They said that the tower was built by Zhu Zhanyong, King of Yuejing of the Ming Dynasty, in the second year of Zhengtong of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1437). This Zhu Zhanyong was Zhu Di's grandson and the younger brother of Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. During the Yongle Period, Zhu Di was granted him the title of King of Yue and his vassal was in Quzhou, Zhejiang. Although Zhu Zhanyong was granted the title of king, he never went to Quzhou to become a vassal, and has been wandering and eating in the capital. Zhu Zhanyong was the first King of Yue. Because he had no descendants, he was also the only King of Yue in the Ming Dynasty. After his death, the posthumous title "Jing" was revoked. Zhu Zhanyong had nothing to do in the capital, so he came to Tanzhe Temple to build this Vajra Life Extension Tower. It contained the birth characters and Buddhist scriptures of his mother, Empress Dowager Zhang, to pray for the Empress Dowager's birthday. But somehow, this tower does not work well. The tower was completed in the second year of Zhengtong, Zhu Zhanyong died in the fourth year of Zhengtong, and Empress Dowager Zhang also died in the seventh year of Zhengtong.

There is a stone tablet on the wall behind the Jingang Life Extension Tower. It is the above-mentioned gold Wanyan Yungong burning incense and praying Buddha sticker. It was honorably produced by Zen Master Chongyu, the great monk of Tanzhe Temple. It has been eight hundred years old. Because it was behind the tower, and the tower was surrounded to prevent it from approaching, I did not see the real appearance of the monument. However, even if I saw me, I wouldn't recognize the words on it, because those words have been weathered and no one can recognize it. It doesn't matter. The words on this monument are written down in "Old News Kao of Sunset":"A forest of yellow leaves and thousands of mountains and autumn, and the staff and ginseng accompany you to win the journey. The jade tiger crouched in the strange rocks, and the old pine trees curled and lay on the green dragon. Looking down on the ravine and resting in the meditation room, you quickly fall off dangerous cliffs and discharge waterfalls. You can laugh at the people running around in the world, and a few of them will rest here for a while."

To the east, we pass the Vajra Life Extension Tower, which is the Tibetan Temple. The statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is provided in the Ksitigarbha Hall, and its side walls are also covered with multicolored woodcuts, which are very beautiful. Take a look at one of the pictures "Six Paths of Reincarnation".

After seeing the Tibetan Temple, I climbed up from it and ran through the mortal world. In the red dust, you can see the back of the Jingang Life Extension Tower and the back slope of the roof of Pilu Pavilion, including the exquisite ridge kisses. Walking on the mountain to the West Road of Tanzhe Temple, there are three halls side by side. In the middle is a large, Guanyin Hall.

The Guanyin Hall has a width of three rooms and a depth of two rooms. It has a bucket arch and beam lifting structure, yellow glazed tiles with single eaves resting on the top of the mountain, and five ridged beasts. Below is a foot-high white stone platform with a circle of white marble handrails on the platform. Because there was no eaves corridor, eaves braces were added at the four corners. A plaque with the forehead of "Lotus Realm Cihang" is hung under the eaves, inscribed by Qianlong. On the shrine in the center of the hall is a clay body golden statue of Guanyin, and there must be a good fortune boy and a dragon girl standing beside him. There are several colored woodcuts hanging on the walls on both sides. They are the story of the fifty-three-pronged boy. This story is also told in the Huayan Sutra. It is said that the good fortune boy listened to the teachings of Manjusri Bodhisattva and wanted to visit the wise men of the world to cultivate the Bodhisattva path. Along the way, he met fifty-three great people and also met Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Finally, he was educated by the Guanyin Bodhisattva in Luojia Mountain and stayed with the Bodhisattva.

On the left hand of Guanyin Hall is the smaller Manjusri Hall.

On the right hand is the slightly smaller Temple of Praxian.

There is also a temple to the west of these three halls, the Dragon King Hall.

There should be a Dragon King statue in the Dragon King Temple, but there is no one here, and there may have been one before. The most amazing thing about the Dragon King Hall is the stone fish hanging on the west side of the front eaves corridor.

This is not a fish fossil, but a fish stone carving. This stone is very special. It looks like ebony, but it has the sound of gold and jade when struck. Some people say that this stone came from the sky, so it was a meteorite. Take it for testing and say it contains copper. This is one of the treasures of Tanzhe Temple. It is said that as long as you are sincere, touching the stone fish can cure all diseases. In the past, patients often came to Tanzhe Temple to touch stone fish, but now they are not allowed to touch it. They are not allowed to touch them even if they are sick or not. I don't know if the hospital made suggestions and affected other people's business.

Go down the steps from the Dragon King Hall, and there is a building on the west side of the Three Holy Temple, which is also a large courtyard.

Facing south in the north of the courtyard is the Guangshan Commandment Altar.

Standing at the door and looking for a moment.

The Buddhist altar is a three-story white jade shumi seat with a Buddha statue on it. There is not much space on the platform, and it is quite crowded for all three certificates and seven teachers to sit down. This altar is not as big as the altar in Jietai Temple next door, but because Tanzhe Temple is a large temple, monks can also be given bhikhu ordination here, which is also a big ordination. There is a copper censer hidden behind the Jietan Hall. It is very high-grade. I don't know why it is hidden behind the Hall.

There are also some small rooms in this courtyard.

In the middle of the courtyard is the most important Shurangyan Temple.

This is an octagonal pavilion with double eaves, with octagonal angles on the bottom and rounded spires on the top. It is gilt-covered ridge temples, and a roof with yellow glazed tiles and green trimmed edges. Doors open from east to west to north and south. On the other sides, there are sill walls and windows, door and window, and three intersections and six lattice flowers. Shurangama Altar sits on a two-foot-high white stone platform with a circle of white marble handrails on it. Look at the structure under the eaves.

This kind of architectural form with a circle at the bottom is called an "umbrella". This Shangyan Altar was built during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. Due to its long disrepair, it was put off for protection in the 1970s. It was rebuilt as it was in 2013. It looks very new and must have been heavily heavy in the past two years.

The altar is the place where eminent monks preach scriptures. The round hall is called the altar, and the square hall is called the hall. Shurangama Altar is a special venue for senior monks of Tanzhe Temple to teach the Shurangama Sutra. The Shurangama Sutra is recited every morning in the temple. The Shurangama Sutra is a Buddhist Dharma that is compulsory for all sects to reveal secrets.

Go in and have a look.

There is also an inner room inside the room, with a painted woodcut sitting statue of Sakyamuni in the middle. In a dull blue tone, the warm Buddha statues and canopies are very eye-catching and extremely beautiful. Look up at the structure above.

Multi-layer four-column lifting beams, with one column rotating on each floor and rising in a staggered manner, which is a bit similar to Douba Caisson. I can't say for sure this beam structure, but it looks dazzling anyway. The canopy has some kind of lighting and appears very bright in the dark interior. This Shurangama Temple is very beautiful both inside and outside, and it is a must-see item in Tanzhe Temple now.

Facing north to the south of the courtyard is the Wutan Hall, which houses a Wutan Buddha statue.

It is said that the Wutan Buddha statue was the first woodcut statue of Sakyamuni when he was alive. Because the sculptor carved it according to Sakyamuni's reflection on the water, there were water ripples on the body. This style of Buddha statue has been passed down, but it is very rare because sandalwood is very rare. I have seen a sandal hall in Dailuoding on Mount Wutai, where the water-rippling sandal Buddha statue is dedicated. This Tan Buddha statue in Tanzhe Temple has no water ripples, and the temple calls it the Amitabha Buddha statue. The sandal is also called white sandal. The large Buddha statue of Yonghe Palace is carved from a single piece of white sandal wood. It is very precious and holds the Guinness Book of Records. The Lama Temple Buddha is a woodcut golden statue of Maitreya Buddha, not a water-rippled sandalwood Buddha.

In Tanzhe Temple, in addition to the Tianwang Hall and the Daxiong Hall formatted in the middle road, the buildings in this courtyard are very important, including Shangyan Altar in the middle, Yutan Hall in the south, and Jieping Altar in the north. Because of this courtyard, Tanzhe Temple is more complete than most temples, making it the most important Han Buddhist temple in the capital.

There are also some caves in the mountains around Tanzhe Temple. The caves are all filled with statues of Guanyin, so it is called Guanyin Cave, with everything. In order to save energy, I stayed until lunchtime, but none of the holes were gone. All monasteries with a long history will have tombs and towers of eminent monks. After a long period of time, the towers will become forests. Tanzhe Temple also has Tallinn, which is said to have more than seventy towers. I didn't visit it for the same reason.

After visiting the temple, some villagers on the roadside had already set out lunch for sale. When I came forward and asked, I found that they were all vegetarian dumplings, which I didn't like. I went down the mountain to find a village-level restaurant to eat village food and ate meat food. Many years ago, I was eating in a farmhouse here. My sister-in-law really went to the village and bought a chicken. The hostess was very sorry to say that there were no old hens, just a reed chicken, and then used a pressure cooker to make us a big bowl of chicken stewed mushrooms. That meal was really good and I was deeply impressed. Even if I was full today, I forgot how much I ate three days later. After the meal, he burped three times, drank a pot of coffee he brought with him, and went home.