What is the contact number of Yunju Temple (Shijing Mountain)?

Yunju Temple (Shijing Mountain) contact information: 010-61389612, at the foot of Baidai Mountain in Fangshan District, southwest of Beijing, 70 kilometers away from the city center.

Yunju Temple (Shijing Mountain) Attractions Introduction:

Yunju Temple is located in a small basin with undulating mountains in the southwest mountainous area of ??Fangshan County, Beijing. It is about 75 kilometers away from Beijing, with Zhu Zhu behind it. It is supported by mountains, with Shijing Mountain as a barrier on the opposite side, and is located in Zhulu Mountain. Yunju Temple is world-famous for its Buddhist relics and stone scriptures. It is a monument in the suburbs of Beijing with great cultural significance in epigraphy, calligraphy, art, ethnic history, and Buddhist history. It occupies an important position in many ancient temples and Buddhist circles in Beijing and even across the country. In 1992, the temple was rated as one of the "Top Ten Cultural Tourism Spots in Beijing". The mountainous area in the northwest of Fangshan County has been a Buddhist resort since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, such as Doushu Temple in Fangshan Mountain, Tianguan Temple in Liupin Mountain, Longquan Temple in Yunmeng Mountain, Jiudong Twelve Peaks and Seventy-Two Peaks with Toushua Temple as the center. There are many Buddhist relics and cultural relics such as nunneries, and Yunju Temple in Shijingshan is the most famous among them, and has always been known as "Beijing Dunhuang".

Yunju Temple was founded in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It has been renovated and expanded many times in the past dynasties, and has become one of the famous temples in North China. Part of the temple was destroyed by Japanese artillery fire during the Anti-Japanese War, and now only the ruins remain. There are nine Tibetan Jing caves on Shijing Mountain, 1.5 kilometers northeast of the temple. Inside the caves are preserved stone sutra tablets carved from the Sui to Ming dynasties, together with 14312 Liao and Jin Sutra tablets in the Tibetan Sutra Cave at the south end of the temple, with inscriptions on them. Tens of millions. Except for those who were repeatedly engraved, there are 1120 remaining parts of the sutra engraved. The carvings are exquisite and they are one of the treasures of Chinese Buddhist culture. It is the earliest, most complete and best-preserved stone Tripitaka in the world, and deserves a special mention in the history of Chinese Buddhism. The scale of the Yunju stone path carvings far exceeds that of the Yintang Mountain cliff stone scriptures and the Taishan Jingshi Valley carved scriptures in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The name of Yunju Temple was first seen on the stone carvings in the second year of Tang Zongzhang (669), and it had reached considerable scale in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, it was divided into upper temple and lower temple. The upper temple was located on Shijing Mountain. The site of the temple has not been verified. The lower temple is the current ruins. During the Liao and Jin Dynasties, Yunju Temple was famous for carving stone scriptures, so it was called the "Stone Scripture Temple". In the Ming Dynasty, Dongyu Temple was built at the eastern foot of Shijing Mountain, while Yunju Temple was located in the west of the mountain, so it was also called "Xiyu Temple". In the early Qing Dynasty, it was renamed "Xiyu Yunju Zen Forest", and the name Yunju Temple was still retained. Yunju Temple has been repaired many times in the past dynasties, and the last repair was in the 37th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1698). The temple before its destruction was large in scale. There was a five-story courtyard on the middle road of the temple and six halls. The temple is built on the mountain. The courtyards on each floor gradually rise. There are auxiliary halls next to the main hall on each floor. There are monks' dormitories on the north side of the middle road. The north and south pagodas are separated on the left and right. In front of the mountain gate, spring water flows through, with clear springs and weeping willows, and mountain fog. Surrounded by beautiful natural environment, it is indeed a good place for spiritual practice. After the July 7th Incident, the temple was reduced to ruins by Japanese artillery fire, and the South Tower was also destroyed at this time. Within the ruins of Yunju Temple, ten small stone pagodas in the north and four corners are the only relics left after the disaster. Fortunately, there were photos of Yunju Temple before it was destroyed. After the restoration of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the Japanese side returned the photos at that time. Since Buddhism spread eastward to China in 2 AD when Yi Cun taught scriptures, translating scriptures has been a "long-lasting" undertaking for many monks and believers. However, paper, silk, and wooden scriptures are not only vulnerable to damage by wind, fire, water, and insects, but also from man-made damage. During the two "Dharma disasters" in history, a large number of handwritten Buddhist scriptures were reduced to ashes, and wars and wars It also brought devastating disasters to Buddhist temples, Buddhist statues and scriptures. The creation of examples prompts monks to find ways to pass on Buddhism for a long time. In view of the preservation of sutras carved on cliffs in Taishan, Shandong, Gushan, Hebei and other places, Youzhou monk Jingwan believed that sutras carved on stone could last forever, so he inherited the legacy of his teacher Huisi and chose a place rich in white marble and mugwort bluestone that was far away from Youzhou. In Fangshan, the prefecture city, the arduous work of engraving scriptures on stones and hiding them secretly in rooms began. Jingwan first founded the Shi Jing Shan Sutra Cave and Yunju Temple. He vowed to create twelve stone sutras. This action was supported by all aspects of society at that time. From the middle of the Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, Jingwan continued to carve scriptures for 30 years. After each batch of stone scriptures, he dug holes and sealed them. In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan (639), Jingwan passed away. His fourth son, Xuandao, Sengyi, Huixian, and Xuanfa, successively presided over the engraving of scriptures. Princess Jin Xin gave more than 4,000 scriptures as the basis. More than a hundred parts of the sutra were engraved and hid in various sutra collection caves. From the Sui Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, nine Buddhist scripture caves were dug to hide 4,559 scripture tablets in nine stones; during the Liao and Jin Dynasties, caves were dug on the south side of the temple and 1,0611 scripture tablets were buried. In the seventh year of Tianqing's reign in the Liao Dynasty (1117), a pagoda was built next to the cave, which is the "South Pagoda of Yunju Temple", also known as the "Jingjing Pagoda".

Jingwan originally carved 146 pieces of stone sutra, some of which were inlaid on the walls of the fifth cave. The fifth cave, named "Leiyin Cave", is the largest of the nine caves and the only open scripture cave. There is a door in front of the cave for entry and exit. It is about ten meters long and wide. There are four octagonal stone pillars supporting the cave. On the top, there are 1,054 small Buddha statues carved on each side of the stone pillar, so it is called "Thousand Buddha Pillar". The rest of the caves are closed, with stone sutra boards stacked inside, and the cave doors are sealed so no one can leave.

The Fangshan Stone Sutra is a treasure house of stone sutras in my country and a precious cultural heritage in the world. It is of great value and significance to the study of ancient Chinese culture, history, art, and Buddhist history and classics. The stone scriptures carved in the Liao and Jin Dynasties were originally based on the "Khitan Collection", but the "Khitan Collection" has long been lost. In recent years, fragments of the "Qi Yong Zang" have been discovered from a wooden pagoda in Ying County, Shanxi Province. They are identical to those of the Fangshan Stone Sutra. The Fangshan Stone Sutra perfectly preserves the Khitan Collection of Buddhist scriptures, which is a major event in the history of world Buddhist scriptures.

The Fangshan Stone Classic is an original engraved stone tablet, without the kind of errors that are easily caused by writing and copying the scriptures, and the value of version correction is extremely high. At the same time, it preserves more than 50 kinds of scriptures that are not available in various editions of the Tripitaka. The engraving technique is exquisite and the calligraphy is beautiful. It is not only a valuable Buddhist cultural relic, but also a masterpiece of Chinese calligraphy and sculpture art. So after it came out, it became famous far and wide. In terms of the art of calligraphy, sutra engravings in the Sui Dynasty were already written by masters, and sutra engravings in the Tang Dynasty had the graceful style of Sui and Tang calligraphy. From the Stone Classics, we can also see the changes in my country's calligraphy style and the evolution of characters (such as vulgar writing, variant characters, simplified characters, newly coined characters in the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, etc.). There are many verses in the Stone Classics with inscriptions attached to them. These inscriptions are valuable information for studying the politics, economy, culture and folk customs of the past dynasties. Since 1956, the Buddhist Association of China and relevant departments have conducted a comprehensive investigation, excavation and arrangement of the Fangshan Stone Scriptures. Currently, some of the Stone Scriptures have been numbered and put on display.

In November 1981, when Luo Yan, a Buddhist scholar from the Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was studying in the cave, he found a square stone five centimeters below the original worship stone, with a cave underneath and a stone letter. , silver letters, jade letters, etc., are all sealed in a set of letters. White jade letter No. 1 has 172 characters engraved on the cover and 83 characters inside. These texts describe the first discovery of Buddhist relics from the Sui Dynasty in Shijing Mountain during the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1592). Bluestone Letter No. 2 is slightly smaller than the previous letter; the cover of the letter is engraved with 36 words: "On the eighth day of the fourth month of the twelfth year of the Great Sui Dynasty, Bingzi, April 10th, Jiazi placed three pieces of the Buddha's relics in this letter, the original abbot will last forever." inscription. It shows that Buddha relics have been collected here for 1300 years. The white marble letter No. 3 has a wedge-shaped bucket cover with "Buddha's Relic" and 26 characters in the upper and lower sections. No. 4 gold-plated silver letter, surrounded by four engraved patterns of green dragon, white tiger, red bird and black basalt. There is a flower pattern on the cover. There is a wooden painted fragrant bead and 11 pearls inside. The No. 5 white jade letter is very delicate, measuring 12 centimeters in length and 17 centimeters in height. There are two Buddha relics the size of red millet grains placed inside, accompanied by two pearls.

As for the origin of these Buddha relics, it is recorded that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty once obtained the Buddha relics from an Indian monk, and in the first year of Renshou (601), the second year of Renshou (602), and the fourth year of Renshou (604) Buddha relics were awarded three times to various states across the country, and Hongye Temple and Zhiquan Temple in Youzhou were both lucky enough to receive them. Both of these temples are not far from Yunju Temple. At the same time, the founder of Yunju Temple, Master Jingwan, was originally a monk of Zhiquan Temple and a disciple of Huisi, the Tiantai Sect of Buddhism. It seems likely that the emperor at that time also gave the Buddha relics to Yunju Temple. "Dream Travel Collection of Master Hanshan" and "Scenery of the Imperial Capital" recorded that three Buddha relics were discovered in the Leiyin Cave of Shijing Mountain in Yunju Temple in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the mother of Emperor Wanli believed in Buddhism, so she welcomed her into the palace to make offerings to her for three days and then placed them in the Leiyin Cave. However, only two of the three recorded Buddha relics exist. According to expert inference, one of them may have been in Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor's mother accidentally lost it or kept it privately when she came to the palace to make offerings. The two Buddha relics and related cultural relics are currently being kept by the Buddhist Association of China. Once the Yunju Temple is restored, they will be returned to the Yunju Temple and placed there for people from all walks of life to pay their respects.

There are currently six stone pagodas from the Tang and Liao Dynasties and brick pagodas from the Liao Dynasty surrounding Yunju Temple, guarding each other, thus forming a special Buddhist cultural landscape of Yunju Temple. Among them, the square stone pagoda built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) was exquisitely carved from the famous white marble of Fangshan Grottoes. The tower is divided into single-story and dense-eaves styles. It has a square plane, a pointed arched door on the front, and vivid and lifelike carvings of armored Vajra warriors on both sides of the interior. Among them, the image of a donor with full eyes and a high nose carved on the two walls of the stone pagoda built in the 15th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (727) reflects the prosperity of national unity during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. These stone pagodas are the earliest existing ancient pagodas in Beijing and have become precious physical materials for studying the cultural history and Buddhist history of Youzhou in the Tang Dynasty. After 1949, the People's Government excavated and organized the stone scriptures stored in Yunju Temple. There are 14,278 pieces of stone scriptures that are still well preserved, which are hidden in 9 caves on the stone scripture mountain opposite and in the Yunju Temple cultural relics depository. In March 1961, the State Council listed the ruins of Yunju Temple, two Liao pagodas, eight Tang pagodas, the Sutra Cave and the Stone Scripture as nationally protected cultural relics. In order to protect these precious cultural relics, the North Pagoda of the Liao Dynasty was successively inspected. Reinforcement and repairs were carried out, lightning protection facilities were installed, and a stone scripture library was built to protect the stone scripture boards, so that these thousands of ancient precious cultural relics can be passed down from generation to generation. The Beijing Municipal People's Government decided to restore Yunju Temple on April 1, 1935. The first phase of the project, Tianwang Hall and Pilu Hall have been completed and opened. The majestic round gate carved in white marble, a millennium relic of the original Yunju Temple, has also been restored. In order to better protect the stone scriptures and avoid weathering and erosion, it has been decided to secretly re-seal all the stone scriptures underground at 9 hours, 9 minutes and 9 seconds on September 9, 1999. The Stone Sutra is hidden and the world is at peace. This initiative will surely become a major event in the history of Buddhism.

Yunju Temple is known as "Beijing's Dunhuang" for its collection of more than 15,000 stone Buddhist Tripitakas. Within the two square kilometers surrounding Yunju Temple, Nei Yunju Temple, Shijing Mountain Buddhist Cave, and the Tang and Liao pagodas constitute a great treasure house of ancient Chinese Buddhist culture. The Buddhist Tripitaka carved on stone at Yunju Temple in Fangshan was first engraved during the Daye period of the Sui Dynasty. It went through six dynasties of Tang, Liao, Jin, Yuan and Ming for more than a thousand years. It has 1,122 scriptures, 3,572 volumes, and 14,278 carved stones, which are collected in the Stone Scriptures. Among the nine Buddhist scripture caves in the mountain and the crypt of Yunju Temple.

Now, more than 77,000 pieces of the wooden "Longzang Sutra" and more than 20,000 volumes of Ming Dynasty scriptures have been transported to the temple. The stone scriptures, the paper scriptures, and the wooden scriptures have been called the "three wonders" of the world. The display exhibition includes "Stone Scripture Exhibition".

Yunju Temple has five courtyards and six halls. It is connected to Fangfang Mountain in the east and Juma River in the west. It covers an area of ??more than 70,000 square meters. On both sides are side halls, imperial palaces, monks' rooms, and north and south. The two towers face each other, with a long history and vicissitudes of life. After liberation, Yunju Temple underwent two large-scale restorations to regain its dignity. Yunju Temple was also known as the "Sea of ??Steles and Pagodas" in ancient times. There are more than 20 steles and more than 10 towers in existence, which are its precious cultural heritage.

Shijing Mountain is located two miles east of Yunju Temple and is commonly known as Xiaoxitian. 450 meters above sea level. This is not only the origin of Fangshan stone scripture carvings, but also the place where Buddha relics were unearthed. 4,196 stone scriptures from the Sui and Tang Dynasties are national treasures. Many historical relics, such as Leiyin Cave and Jinxian Princess Pagoda, are of extremely high value.

According to research, the Stone Sutra was first carved in the twelfth year of Daye in the Sui Dynasty (AD 605). The monk Jingwan engraved the Sutra on the stone in order to safeguard the righteousness of the Dharma. The sutra engraving business lasted for 1,039 years during the six dynasties of Sui, Tang, Liao, Jin, Yuan and Ming dynasties. 1,122 Buddhist sutras, 3,572 volumes, and 14,278 pieces were engraved, which are stored in 9 sutra collection caves in Shijing Mountain and the crypt of Yunju Temple. , with its large scale and long duration, it is a rare feat in the history of world culture. It is comparable to the world-famous Great Wall and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is a rare and precious cultural heritage in the world.