Huayan Temple - China Travel

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Huayan Temple, located in the center of Datong, was first built in the eighth year of Liao Qingning (AD 1062), and has been rebuilt many times since then. In the Ming Dynasty, Huayan Temple was divided into upper and lower Huayan Temples. The upper Huayan Temple is centered on the Daxiong Hall, and the lower Huayan Temple is centered on the Bojia Temple. The two temples are adjacent to each other. The Lower Huayan Temple is located in the south of the Upper Huayan Temple. . After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the two temples were merged into one again, and there was a small gate connecting the two temples.

When visiting Huayan Temple, you can first visit the upper Huayan Temple in the north, and then enter the lower Huayan Temple in the south through the small gate of the temple. Both places can be visited along the central axis. It should be noted that the two central axes of Huayan Temple are different from the "north-south direction" of most temples in the Han area of the Central Plains. This is related to the beliefs and customs of the Khitan people in the Liao Kingdom who worship the sun and put the east first.

When you come to the Daxiong Hall of Shanghuayan Temple, you can see the foundation of the Liao Dynasty, the buildings of the Jin Dynasty, as well as the statues of the Ming Dynasty and the murals of the Qing Dynasty in the hall. Standing in front of the main hall and looking up, you can see the glazed owl kisses at both ends of the main ridge of the hall (one of the nine sons of the dragon in legend, who can spray water to put out fires), the owl kiss at the north end is a relic of the Jin Dynasty, and the owl kiss at the south end was prepared in the Ming Dynasty. Slightly different. The hall enshrines the five directions and five Buddhas of Tantric Buddhism in the Ming Dynasty, and there are 20 statues of gods on both sides. Among them, the "statues of the gods" are all leaning forward about 15 degrees. This is done to show the majesty and tolerance of the Dharma Protector King;

The Bhagat Tibetan Hall in Huayan Temple is the only surviving Liao Dynasty building in the temple, and the 31 Liao Dynasty statues in the hall are particularly precious. The postures and expressions of the Buddha statues are different. The dignified Buddha, the benevolent Bodhisattva, and the ferocious heavenly king all have their own characteristics. Among them, the most admirable one is the "Bodhisattva with closed palms and teeth". The Buddha statue stands on a lotus flower with beautiful lines. She smiles and reveals her inner joy. This kind of smiling Buddha statue is extremely rare.

In the Bhagavan Tibetan Hall, in addition to the exquisite statues of the Liao Dynasty, there is a double-layer pavilion-style scripture cabinet behind the statues in the hall, which is also a national treasure. There are 38 Buddhist scripture cabinets built along the walls around the hall. The upper floor is for Buddha statues and niches, and the lower floor is for the wall collection of scriptures. The railings surrounding the main hall have various patterns, all of which are hollowed out and carved exquisitely. Craftsmen also built a circular arch bridge between the scripture cabinets, and built "Tiangong Pavilion" on the bridge, which coincides with the legendary "Treasure of the Heavenly Palace" in Buddhism. After seeing it, the famous architect Mr. Liang Sicheng praised it as "a thousand-year national treasure, a supreme national treasure, and a rare national treasure".

Other buildings and statues in the temple are also very precious cultural relics. The entire Huayan Temple is a treasure of ancient Chinese architecture and Buddhist culture.

opening hours

April 1-October 31 08:30-18:00; November 1-March 31 next year 08:00-17:30; the first session 8:30-12:30 (3500 people) ; The second session 12:30-17:30 (4000 people)

Preferential treatment policy

elder:60 years old (included) and above, with ID card, free of charge

child:Children under 6 years old (inclusive) or under 1.2 meters (inclusive) are free; children aged 6 (inclusive) to 18 years old (inclusive) are half price

the disabled:Disabled persons present their ID cards and the second-generation "Disability Certificate of the People's Republic of China"; disabled soldiers present their ID cards "Disabled Soldiers Certificate", free

soldier:Active soldiers (including teachers and students of military schools) can get free admission with their "Military Insurance Card", "Military Officer ID" and "Soldier ID"

police, religious citizens:Datong local public security police with "Police Officer Certificate"; religious citizens holding legal and valid certificates such as abstinence certificate and conversion certificate, free of charge

student:Full-time undergraduate and below degree students, with student ID card, half price

Supplementary Note:The above information is for reference only. For specific information, please refer to the disclosure of Wulian Mountain Scenic Spot on the day.

Service Facilities

PARKING LOT:[Huayan Temple Parking Lot] Reference price: ¥15/time; Address: Underground parking lot of Huayan Temple Scenic Area; Storage space: 300

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This temple is well maintained, showing the long vicissitudes and magnificence of Chinese culture. Huayan Temple is quite big, so you have to take a closer look inside, especially at the bottom, there is a mysterious scenic spot hidden, go and see for yourself Look, take a look. The pagoda of Huayan Temple can be seen from the top. The whole Datong thinks it is very magnificent. This is its advantage.

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📍Detailed address: Huayan Temple is located in the southwest corner of Datong Ancient City, No. 459, Xiasipo Street, Pingcheng District, Datong City. 🚗Traffic strategy: There is a bus station next to Huayan Temple, and there is also an underground parking lot, which is convenient for parking. 🕙Opening hours: 08:30-18:00 in peak season; 08:30-17:00 in off-season. 💰Ticket price: 50 yuan per person for adults, 25 yuan for half price for children, free for children and the elderly. ❤Recommendation reason: Huayan Temple was first built in the Liao Dynasty (1038 A.D.), named after the Buddhist classic "Huayan Sutra", and has the nature of the imperial temple of the Liao Dynasty. Later, it was damaged due to the war and was rebuilt in the Jin Dynasty. 🌟Highlights and features: Huayan Temple is composed of the Upper Huayan Temple and the Lower Huayan Temple. With the main hall as the center, the upper temple is divided into two courtyards, including Shanmen, Guodian, Guanyin Pavilion, Dizang Pavilion and hatchback corridors, with a strict layout. The lower Huayan Temple is centered on the Bhagavan Tibetan Hall, with statues of the Liao Dynasty, stone scripture buildings, pavilion-style scripture cabinets, and Tiangong pavilions. ✅Must experience: The glazed kiss on the main ridge of the Daxiong Palace is large in scale and consists of eight glazed components. The North Kiss is the original of the Jin Dynasty; the South Kiss was made in the Ming Dynasty and is also the largest glazed kiss in ancient Chinese architecture. Among the statues of Bodhisattvas on the Buddhist altar in the Bhagavat Temple, a smiling Bodhisattva statue with "folded palms and teeth" is the most vivid, which can be called "Oriental Venus". The statue puts its hands together, smiles, wears a hollow corolla on its head, hangs ribbons from its elbows, and stands barefoot on a lotus platform. The image is very vivid. 📌Small Tips: The Huayan Pagoda is the second largest square wooden pagoda with a pure wood tenon and tenon structure in the country after the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. It is 43 meters high and needs to wear shoe covers to visit. The underground palace is made of pure copper, the pagoda is four stories high, and the steps are steep. Friends who climb the pagoda remember to wear sports shoes.

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"Huayan Temple" is located in Xiasipo Street, the ancient city of Datong. It was built in the seventh year of Liao Chongxi (1038). name. It also has the nature of the ancestral temple of the royal family of the Liao Kingdom and has a prominent status. It was destroyed by war during the Baoda Rebellion (1122), and was rebuilt at the same site in the third year of Jin Tianjuan (1140). It is an earlier and more complete preserved temple complex in Liao and Jin Dynasties in China. "Huayan Temple" sits west and faces east. More than 30 individual buildings, including the Shanmen, Puguangdian Hall, Daxiong Hall, Bhagavat Temple, and Huayan Pagoda, are arranged on the two main axes of the north and south, with a rigorous layout. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the whole temple was divided into upper and lower temples, each with its own gate, forming a whole. The upper Huayan Temple is resplendent and resplendent, and the lower Huayan Temple is antique. It was only in 1963 that they were merged into one temple.

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It was built in the seventh year of Liao Chongxi and named after the Buddhist classic "Hua Yan Jing". It also has the nature of the ancestral temple of the royal family of the Liao Kingdom and has a prominent status. After it was destroyed in the war, Jin Tianjuan was rebuilt in three years. The scenery is still good

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There is a saying in the Buddhist classic "Avatamsaka Sutra": "The flower of compassion will surely bear the fruit of solemnity." Huayan Temple got its name from this. This Huayan Temple, which was built in the seventh year of Liao Chongxi, is an earlier and more complete Liaojin temple complex in China. After the middle of Ming Dynasty, it was divided into upper and lower temples. Daxiong Hall—Shangsi takes the Daxiong Hall as the center and is divided into two courtyards, including Shanmen, Guodian, Guanyin Pavilion, Dizang Pavilion and hatchback corridors. The Bhagat Tibetan Hall——The main hall of the lower temple is the Bhagavan Tibetan Hall, which means the Buddhist scripture hall. There are statues of the Liao Dynasty, stone scripture buildings, Tiangong pavilions and so on. Huayan Pagoda - the second largest square wooden pagoda with pure wood tenon and tenon structure in the country after the Yingxian wooden pagoda, with a golden plate on the top and a lotus pond on the bottom. The bottom of the tower with an area of nearly 500 square meters is made of 100 tons of pure copper. When it was completed, it was the largest and pure copper underground palace in China. There are four main Buddhas and 448 small offering Buddhas enshrined on the four walls of the Thousand Buddhas Underground Palace, plus more than 1,000 relief Buddha statues on the walls and towers. In the crystal relic pagoda in the center of the underground palace, there are relics of eminent monks in the Buddhist world. Strolling in the thousand-year-old Buddhist temple, Minglan, there are traces everywhere, and everything is ordinary. Ancient wood carvings, endless firewood, crisp wooden fish, weathered rubble, each frame is the rich cultural heritage left to us by that distant country. They are neither far nor near, impartial, with the calmness and tranquility baptized by the long river of time, looking at every tourist who comes here for fame, weaving the past into the story, embedding the history into the cultural relics, and engraving the beacon smoke and war flames on the historic sites middle. We worship, or listen, or look at each other, or touch, hoping that a ray of light will shine out in the gap between time and space, and let us return to Liaojin. The solemnity and reverence of Huayan Temple is also the place where every devout Buddhist is happy to see it. It illuminates the Buddha's nature and talks to the Buddha's mind. The joys and sorrows of all living beings, the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of the world, are all natural, inescapable, inescapable, inescapable, and inescapable. When we pay homage to the Three Jewels of our guru and visit every monastery, we are actually cultivating our minds. Cultivation is for knowing. Ten thousand dharmas return to one, Pure Land Zhenzong. Ultimate Bodhi, where body and mind return. Namaste. TIPS: Tickets: 25 yuan / person. Although you can make an appointment to buy tickets online, you cannot enter directly with the code at the entrance. You need to exchange the code for paper tickets at the ticket window in advance. Play time: 2-3h Whether you are a Buddhist or not, try to wear trousers and no slippers when you enter the temple. When entering the hall, the hat must be removed, and photos are not allowed in the hall. There is no need to purchase additional tickets for the pure copper underground palace and pagoda loft of Huayan Pagoda, which can be directly entered. If you enter Huayan Temple in the afternoon, you must pay attention to the time. You cannot enter after 5:30, and you must arrange the time in advance. Sometimes there will be Buddhist events in the Buddhist hall behind the Daxiong Hall. If you encounter it, don’t enter it at will, let alone take pictures or videos. There are bus stops near Huayan Temple, such as No. 15, No. 35, No. 38 and No. 61. The transportation is very convenient. If you want to visit the ancient city by bicycle, please note that shared bicycles can only be parked outside the ancient city.