Famous attractions in Beijing, China: Baita Temple, suitable for checking in and taking photos📸

#Mainland Travel Beijing, China is a world-famous tourist resort city. Every day, thousands of tourists come here for sightseeing and vacation. There are many tourist attractions in Beijing. This time I would like to introduce a very famous local attraction: White Pagoda Temple. Beijing Baita Temple generally refers to Miaoying Temple. The following is a detailed introduction about it: 1. Historical Origin: • Its history can be traced back to Yong'an Temple, which was founded in the second year of Shouchang in Liao Dynasty (1096 AD). A Sakyamuni stupa was built in the temple. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, Yong'an Temple was destroyed by war, leaving only the tower base. • During the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan built a large capital city in the northeast of Jin Zhongdu City. Legend has it that someone saw a strange light flashing near the old tower of Liao Yong'an Temple. Later, the underground palace of the old pagoda was opened and 20 relics were found inside. In order to "ensure the prosperity of his great cause", Kublai Khan ordered the Nepalese architect Ani Ko to design and build a white pagoda in Tibetan Buddhist style on the site of the old Liao pagoda, and the imperial teacher Yi Lianzhen was responsible for the decoration of the pagoda. After the White Pagoda was completed in 1279 (the 16th year of the Yuan Dynasty), Kublai Khan built the Dashengshou Wan'an Temple with an area of ​​about 160,000 square meters. It became a place for officials to practice rituals, a royal religious center, and a Buddhist scripture translation center in the Yuan Dynasty. • In 1368 AD, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Dashengshou Wan'an Temple was destroyed by lightning and fire, and only the tower survived. It was not until the fourth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1468) that the temple was rebuilt and renamed Miaoying Temple. 2. Architectural features: • White Pagoda: It is the oldest and largest existing Lama pagoda in China, and the only intact cultural relic from the Yuan Dynasty preserved in the Yuan capital. The White Pagoda is a Tibetan-style pagoda, 51 meters high and covering an area of ​​810 square meters. It consists of three parts: the base, the body and the top. The base of the pagoda is a square Sumeru pedestal with folded corners; the body of the pagoda resembles an inverted bowl, so it is also called an inverted bowl-style pagoda; on the body of the pagoda are 13 heavens (also known as the wheel of life), representing the highest level, enshrining the relics of Sakyamuni Buddha; above the 13 heavens is a canopy with a diameter of 9.7 meters, with 36 copper garlands hanging around it and wind chimes hanging below each; above the canopy is a copper plowshare and gold top, which is about 4.2 meters high and weighs 4 tons. • Temple layout: Miaoying Temple faces south and covers an area of ​​about 13,000 square meters. It consists of two parts: the main courtyard and the pagoda courtyard. On the central axis from south to north are arranged in order: the mountain gate, bell and drum tower, Hall of Heavenly Kings, Hall of Great Awakening, Hall of Seven Buddhas and pagoda courtyard. The mountain gate is three rooms wide, with eight-character screen walls on the east and west sides. On the middle archway is a stone horizontal plaque with the words "Imperially Bestowed Miaoying Zen Temple" inscribed on it. The current mountain gate was rebuilt in 1998.