introduce
Puning Temple, commonly known as the Great Buddha Temple, is located on the north side of Chengde Mountain Resort and is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in northern my country. The temple was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was a Tibetan Buddhist temple built by Emperor Qianlong for the Mongolian princes of the alliance. The entire temple building is magnificent and exquisite, and you can come to visit and take pictures. There have been many eminent monks visiting the temple for blessings, and it is also very good to come here to worship Buddha and pray for blessings.
Puning Temple has a large scale, about 250 meters in depth and 130 meters in width. It takes about 2 hours to walk and worship Buddha in the temple. The architecture of the temple is very unique. The front yard is all Han-style buildings. There are traditional Chinese-style mountain gates, Tianwang Hall, side hall and Daxiong Hall. The backyard is a typical Tibetan-style building, with the magnificent Mahayana Pavilion as the center, a group of buildings imitating the famous Samye Monastery in Tibet, where you can see Tibetan-style buildings with white walls and red roofs, and you can visit and take pictures .
Entering the temple, you can worship Buddha and pray for blessings in various halls. Generally, you need to pay about tens of yuan for incense. It is worth entering the temple to see the Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes located in the Mahayana Pavilion in the middle of the backyard. The Avalokitesvara statue is about 30 meters high. It is the largest wooden Buddha statue in the world. It is very precious and spectacular. It must be visited. pay homage.
In addition, there is Puyou Temple on the east side of the hall of Puning Temple, which is an affiliated temple of Puning Temple.
opening hours
April 1-October 31 08:00-18:00; November 1-March 31 next year 08:30-17:00
Preferential treatment policy
Service Facilities
must see tips
If you are interested in the history of the temple, you can hire a tour guide at the gate of the temple to explain it, and it costs about 80 yuan to explain it once.