introduce
The ancient city of Subash is actually called "Subashi Buddhist Temple", also known as "Zhaohukui Temple", and the rolling Kuqa River passes through the city. It is said that this river is the
journey to the west
"The lower reaches of the "Zimu River" in "Zimu River". The ruins of the ancient city were first built in the Eastern Han Dynasty (1st century A.D.) and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (6th to 8th century A.D.).The famous eminent monk Xuanzang went to India to learn Buddhist scriptures and traveled westward to this place. He saw monks gathered in the temple and the incense was very strong, so he stayed here for more than two months to preach the scriptures and promote the Dharma. In the middle of the 7th century, after Tang Anxi Dufu moved to Kucha, eminent monks from the mainland gathered here, and the Buddhist activities flourished in the evening drums and morning bells. In the 9th century, the Buddhist temple was burned by war, so it gradually declined, and it was completely abandoned in the early 14th century.
Subash East Temple and West Temple face each other across the river. The building scale of the East Temple is slightly smaller. There is a Buddhist hall on the ruins, and there are Buddhist niches on the remnant wall of the Buddhist hall. The body is a three-level structure, the upper part is a columnar round body, and the pagoda is about 8 meters high. There are Buddhist buildings such as monk's house and meditation room around.
Tips: Climb to the hill not far from the Pagoda Hall to take pictures of the symbol of the old city of Subash - the panorama of the Square Pagoda Hall in the West City
opening hours
March 16-December 31 10:00-19:00
