Baita temple in Jixian County

Together with dule temple, it is the treasure of ancient Ji City. There are three main halls in the temple with three groups of colorful Buddha statues. The famous white pagoda was built in 1058, which is one of the only seven white pagodas in China.

The style of the white pagoda is unique, which combines three styles: Pavilion style, dense eaves style (such as Xi'an Xiaoyan pagoda and Dali white pagoda) and covered bowl style (i.e. Tibetan Buddhism style, some in Beijing). The tower is 30 meters high and octagonal in plane. There are relief sculptures of wuyueji inside the gate of the tower. The carving is exquisite and lifelike. It is an important example of the study of music and dance in Liao Dynasty. The South Gate of the pagoda is built with a Buddhist niche and murals inside the wall; eight small pagodas with heavy floors are built at the corners, and the eaves and corners are made of bronze. There are also many valuable cultural relics in the tower, such as the crystal tortoise shaped box of Liao state, amber small square tower, etc. The stone flag in front of the tower also has a strong sense of historical vicissitudes.

Baita Temple

synonym

Baita temple in Jixian generally refers to Baita Temple (Baita temple, Jizhou District, Tianjin)

Baita temple, located in Jizhou District of Tianjin, is a famous Buddhist cultural heritage and tourist attraction. The White Pagoda, with its ingenious structure and exquisite shape, is a rare religious art.

Brief introduction of ancient temple

Baita temple, located in Jizhou District of Tianjin city, is an integral part of the early dule temple. It is octagonal in plane, snow-white in body and unique in shape. It is a product of the integration of Indian Buddhist culture and Chinese culture.

There are eight proverbs on the body of the pagoda in Baita temple, which is an important theory in Buddhism - the theory of origin. Buddhism calls it Dharma body and relic, also known as Buddhism. In xumizuo, there are 24 groups of terracotta figures, brick carvings, flute and zither playing in unison and dancing, forming a serious and joyful scene of worshiping Buddha.

White Pagoda Temple, each corner has a tough Han statue, the posture is vivid, as if trying to support the top of the tower, the lower octagonal tower has a small tower, but also foil the tall white tower, it has a sense of many towers. There are 24 jingniao bells in each corner of the upper and lower floors, jingling, crisp and pleasant. The white pagoda is decorated with brick carvings with various themes and vivid shapes. It is the best brick carvings of Liao Dynasty.

After more than a thousand years of hard work and frequent earthquakes, Baita Temple unearthed more than 100 cultural relics during its maintenance in 1983, of which 73 are intact. These artifacts are of exquisite workmanship and are rare treasures.

Layout structure

There are three main halls in Baita temple, with three groups of colored Buddha statues: Sakyamuni, Ananda and Kaya; Guanyin Bodhisattva, Dragon Girl and shancai boy; dizang Bodhisattva and Zhang Ming father and son. The nine statues are dignified, courteous, and kind-hearted, which perfectly show the identity of each character. Every Buddhist Festival, the courtyard is full of incense and pilgrims.

The White Pagoda in the "outlaws of the marsh", the 84th song Gongming soldiers fight Jizhou city, Lu Junyi battle Yutian county also recorded.

Biography of Temple Pagoda

Liang Sicheng's the story of the White Pagoda of Guanyin Temple in Jixian County, when he ascends to the top of Guanyin Pavilion in dule temple, he can see eleven Guanyin, who are always smiling, kind-hearted and gazing forward, as if enjoying the beautiful scenery of Jicheng. When visitors follow the Bodhisattva's eyes, the southern Li Xu towering, high crown the whole city, for thousands of years as the focus of Bodhisattva's eyes, Guanyin temple tower is also.

Great significance

The location of the pagoda seems to be on the North-South central line of the dule Temple by visual inspection. Looking from the pavilion, the pagoda is impartial. Before Bodhisattva, its construction must depend on the temple. It can be said that it is part of the plane configuration of the dule temple. In a broad sense, it can be said that it is also one of the works of Jicheng's urban design thousands of years ago, which covers the so-called grand plan today.

Address: No.8, Baitasi street, Jixian County, Tianjin (300m south of dule Temple)

Longitude: 117.283768

Latitude: 40.092878

Tel: 022-29142907; 022-291

Tour time: 1-2 hours

Traffic information: take a long-distance bus to Jixian at Tianjin Hebei passenger station, and walk for more than 10 minutes to Jixian passenger station; or transfer to 531, Jixian 1 ring line, Jixian 2 ring line bus; or take a tricycle to get there, the fare is 4 yuan; 2. Self driving: you can see the tip of white pagoda on the road next to dule temple, and there is a small alley beside it, with the finger of White Pagoda Temple on the mouth Shepai, about 1 km south along the Hutong, you can see the gate of Baita temple

Ticket information: the ticket is 4 yuan; the joint ticket of Baita, dule temple and Guanyin Pavilion is 40 yuan

Opening hours: all day

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