Ride along the Yunjusi Road for 10.2 kilometers to reach the Yunju Temple.

2023-06-08

Located in Dashiwo Town, Fangshan District, Beijing, 65 kilometers from downtown, Yunju Temple is a famous monastery in Beijing. The temple was built during the Daye period (AD 605-618) of the Sui Dynasty and houses a large number of sutras recorded on paper, wood and stones, which are collectively known as the "Three Wonders of Yunju Temple". Over 16 generations of inheritance, spanning over six dynasties for more than a thousand years, the monks in Yunju Temple carved sutras on 14278 pieces of objects in 3572 volumes, sorted in 1,122 collections, all found hidden in nine caves and the cellar of Yunju Temple. The discovery of these sutras is a remarkable event in world sutra-engraving history, and they have been regarded as the "Dunhuang of Beijing", or the "Great Wall of Stone Scriptures".


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