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Hidden in the deep mountains, the most magical and evil temple in western Beijing.

🍁 Baipu Temple is located in the mountains of Yanchi Town, Mentougou District, Beijing. It was once granted the name "Jinyinshan Baipu Shoufeng Zen Temple" because it is backed by a waterfall. It was built in the early years of the Liao Dynasty and is a Liao Dynasty ancient temple with a history of more than 900 years, where Buddhism and Taoism coexist. 🍁 Baipu Temple faces south, and only the mountain gate, the Mahavira Hall, and the Linggu Pagoda of Master Yuanzheng remain, while the rest are newly built buildings. Among them, the pagoda of Master Yuanzheng, the founder of the temple and a high monk of the Huayan Sect, has been preserved since the Liao Dynasty, with a history of nearly a thousand years. It is also the only thousand-year-old cultural relic left in the temple. 🍁 The pagoda of Master Yuanzheng is stable in shape and rare in form. It is a masterpiece among the dense-eaves pagodas of the Jin Dynasty, providing physical materials for the study of modern Buddhist architecture. 📌 The architectural style of Baipu Temple is extremely unique. It is said that Baipu Temple is also called the evil temple because the offerings and statues here are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Many Buddha statues are built outside the halls or on the roofs of the halls, with exaggerated shapes, burly bodies, exquisite carvings, and rich colors. 📌 For example, in the Temple of the God of Cars, the God of Cars is not in the hall but on the roof of the hall, with a red body, glaring eyes, and exposed fangs. The shape is so terrifying and exaggerated, forming a sharp contrast with the kind-looking monks. 🍁 The statues of Baipu Temple have extraordinary mystery and magic, which makes people feel an unparalleled shock.
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Posted: Nov 9, 2024
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