Why is Yunju Temple called "Dunhuang in Beijing"?

Yunju Temple Stone Sutra has become the largest existing stone tripitaka in China. The preservation of the Millennium inscription has become a rare feat in the history of world culture, even comparable to the Great Wall of Wan Li and the majestic Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and it is definitely a rare and precious cultural heritage in the world.

Yunju Temple not only has stone scriptures and Millennium stupa, but also treasures the Buddhist relics. And it is the only relic in the world that is not enshrined in the tower, but in the cave. The cultural relics here, together with the Buddha's teeth in the Eight Great Places and the Buddha's fingers in the Anfamen Temple in Xi 'an, are called the Three Treasures of the Sea. Because of this, it is known as Dunhuang in Beijing, ranking first in the world.

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There are more than 22,000 paper scrolls in Yunju Temple, all of which are engraved and handwritten in Ming Dynasty, including Tibetan in southern Ming Dynasty, Tibetan in northern Ming Dynasty and single-engraved Buddhist scriptures. Among them, the Huayan Sutra of Dafang Guangfo was written by Zuhui, a monk of Mingren Temple, who stabbed the blood on the tip of the tongue. It is known as the "True Sutra of Tongue Blood" and is particularly precious.

Shijingshan is 450 meters above sea level, and there are nine Tibetan scriptures caves on the mountainside, among which Lei Yin Cave is as wide as a temple, and most of its walls are inlaid with scriptures carved by Jingwan in his early years. There are four stone pillars in the cave, and the stone pillars are engraved with 1056 Buddha statues, so it is called the Thousand Buddha Pillars, and the Nine Cave Scriptures are 4 196. There are two Tang pagodas in Shijingshan, and there are a large number of historical remains such as ancient stone wells and inscriptions in Sui and Tang Dynasties. In order to facilitate tourists to visit Range Rover, Yunju Temple opened the 830m-long Shijingshan cableway on1October 24th, 1999.

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