Fahua Temple Review

＂ Fahua Temple ＂ is located in the ancient city of Datong and Yang Street. The Fahua Tower in the temple was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It is the only existing cladding-style glazed lama tower in Datong City. It is named after the tower with a "Fahua Sutra" in memory. ＂ Fahua Temple ＂ is a courtyard-style Buddhist building. The temple sits north and south, and there are four courtyards before and after. The entire temple building is scattered in height and low, with symmetrical left and right. The front yard has a glazed archway and a bell and drum tower; the second entrance has a Sanshi Temple, Jialan Temple, and an ancestor's temple; The third entrance to the courtyard has the Pilu Temple, the temple and the palace and the corridor; the backyard is the majestic white tower and the Tibetan Jinglou, etc. The Lama Tower is a masonry structure, the tower is 12 meters high, composed of the tower, the tower body, the tower temple, is the only ancient cultural relics preserved in the temple. The statues in the temple are vibrant and rich, vivid, rich in color, many characters, multi-ethnic integration and exotic color combination characteristics.

The summer breeze blew a new layer of skin out of the sky, as blue and shining as the sea. Birds burst from all sides, with a naive and determined noise, endless. Standing in front of Fahua Temple, the door building made up of red, yellow and green glaze is particularly atmospheric and brilliant against the clear sky. Compared with the fame of Huayan Temple, the elegant and chic of Fahua Temple seems to be more maverick. The Fahua Tower, which was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, is the only existing cladding-style glazed lama tower in Datong City. It is named after the tower with a "Fahua Sutra" in memory. The entire monastery is scattered in height and low, with symmetrical left and right. The statues in the hall are dynamic and rich and vivid. The murals are rich in color and have many characters. The characteristics of multi-ethnic integration and exotic color combination are strong. The ancients always wrote the most beautiful scenery in the world, the most beautiful imagination in the red wall, blue tiles, green leaves. The colors of China are beautiful, with glaze, frost and snow, Qingdai, and peach, each name is a painting. Restore Chinese colors, shrink under one side of the lens, and see the long and freehand of the eastern temperament. Walk in the Fahua monastery, calm and at ease. The high wall seemed to shield all the hustle and bustle. You could hear the staggering light and dark of the arched leaves. The red wall that never fades, always with vitality and vitality, from the history of hundreds of years ago, the wind and dust, unfolding a roll of old things, martyrdom for you. The grass and trees nourish the people. All things are overhauled, but those who practice are like pure heart. With the joy of grass and trees, all things are separated from all troubles; according to the empty nature of everything, all sufferings are met. Let us live in the small and quiet monastery of our hearts with kindness, peace, tolerance, compassion and gratitude. He ten 🙏📌 TIPS: 💰 Tickets: free 👚 Enter the temple and try to wear pants and no slippers. Whether it is a Buddhist or not, you must take off your hat to enter the temple to show respect. 💛 Fahua Temple is not far from the Dai Wangfu (currently only night tours, time: 18:30—22:00, not open on Monday), Kowloon Wall (relative to the Dai Wangfu across the road), and can be arranged to visit and play together. ⏰ Play time: 1-1.5h🚎 There is a bus stop sign in front of Fahua Temple. Road 17, 35, 38, 59, the traffic is very convenient. 🚲 If you want to ride a shared bicycle, you should pay attention to the fact that shared bicycles are not allowed to park in the ancient city. You need to park the car outside the ancient city and then walk into the ancient city.

This is a free and open Buddhist monastery, located in the east gate of Datong Ancient City, the scale is large, the front and back four into the courtyard, the Fahua Tower in the temple and the Liulishan Gate at the door are all built in the Ming Dynasty, and other buildings are rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty.

The Fahua Temple is close to the city wall, and there is the only overlaid lama tower in Datong. The tower has a "Fahua Sutra" in memory of the temple.

No tickets, just enter, very good, especially clean

Very good place, long history, very worth seeing!