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| CHINA
- Shanghai |
| Ling Yin Temple |
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This
is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China
dating back to the Song dynasty about 1000 years. There is a
local saying in china that "there is a temple in every hill,
in the case of Lingyin temple, the hill is in the temple
compound". Towering over the foot of the statuesque mountain
of the same name, Lingyin (Soul's Retreat) Temple is a major
ancient Buddhist sanctuary in the possession of a rich trove of
cultural treasures.
Construction
began in AD 326, or the founding year of the Xianhe reign of the
Eastern Jin. Enshrined with 330 stone sculptures wrought during
the Five Dynasties and the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Feilai
Peak (Peak that Appears out of Nowhere) in front of the temple
figures prominently in classical Chinese history. Various Chinese
Emperors visited this temple in its history - Qing's Emperor Qian
Long visited this temple some 300 years ago.
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on the picture to have a larger version
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the entrance we were met by lots of Buddah statues |
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| It is
a huge temple area |
| Various
odds and ends that you will find in the temple area |
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