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Mengding Dongjing Buddhist Temple is located in Dongjingzhai, Mengding Town, the port of Gengma County, Lincang City. It is a national and cultural relic protection unit.
The architectural structure and furnishings of Mengding Dongjing Buddhist Temple belong to the Theravada Buddhist Mountain School of the South, and it is famous in Southeast Asia for burying Sakyamuni's "relic". In the main hall, there are 22 golden Buddhas of Sakyamuni and Maitreya Sleeping Buddha, with different expressions. According to the historical records of Dongjing Buddhist Temple, after Sakyamuni passed away, he burned his body to obtain the crystal bone, that is, the "relic" crystal bone was divided into eight parts and spread all over the country. . Part of Sakyamuni's "relic" was introduced to Mengding and buried in Dongjing Buddhist Temple.
In 1994, when the pagoda was rebuilt, 69 Buddha statues, jewelry, bronze statues, small pagodas and other items were unearthed. A crystal oval Buddha bone about 3 cm long (Sakyamuni's "relic"). The discovery of "relics" cast a mysterious color on the Dongjing Buddhist Temple, which affected the entire Southeast Asia. Therefore, the Dongjing Buddhist Temple has formed a Buddhist holy place where the Buddha saves the world and saves all living beings.