Jingyin Temple

Jingyin Temple

Jingyin temple, located in Tutang village, 20km northwest of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units

. Sit north to south, East Fenshui, cypress towering, miscellaneous trees cross shade. According to the inscriptions, in the Han Dynasty, the earth mountain collapsed and collapsed into a cave. The mound in the cave is ten feet high and looks like a Buddha statue. It is said that it is the cause of the pure land of Buddhism, so the temple was built here. According to research, the temple was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty, rebuilt in 1205, and rebuilt many times in the Ming Dynasty.

Building specifications

Apart from the two stone lions at the bottom of the hanging band carved in the Jin Dynasty, the rest are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are Tiantu hall and dongpeidian in the front yard, kaqiang and chuihuamen in the middle, Daxiong hall, Luohan hall and dizang hall in the back yard. The statues in each hall were decorated and painted in the Qing Dynasty, but they have lost their style. On both sides of the temple site, a pavilion with double eaves and Xieshan style was built on the cliff in the 20th year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1541). The Buddha is 9 meters high and sits down at the beginning. There are two Bodhisattvas in front of him. They are all Mingwu. The ancient cypresses beside the temple grow strangely and strangely. They are commonly known as "strange cypresses in the earth hall". They are a great spectacle in Taiyuan and also a scene in Jinyang.

honor

On May 25, 2006, it was approved as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council

Address: Tutang village, Jiancaoping District, Taiyuan City

Longitude: 112.44124758244

Latitude: 37.999007430327

Chinese PinYin : Jing Yin Si