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Cheng'en Temple

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Closed Business hours TBA
Recommended sightseeing time:1-2 hours
Address:
East Of Moshikou Main Street, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100043, ChinaMap
Phone: 010-68611900
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Finally entered the "high cold mystery" Cheng'en Temple Cheng'en Temple is a very "high cold", "mystery" monastery, it was built in Ming Zhengde five years, it is said that in the Tang Dynasty Wude years have built a monastery, Ming Dynasty eunuch Wen Xiang on the original site reconstruction, Ming Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao Qin gave " Giving Cheng'en Temple" , Zong Yong was the monk Lu Si Zuo Chueyi and abbot, and Cheng'en Temple was renovated in Qing Qianlong 22 years and Qingdao Guang 23 years. It is said that Cheng'en Temple "high cold mystery" because it has been "three no" since its construction: do not open the temple door, do not incense, do not do the Taochang, this is very different from the purpose of most monasteries, very "high cold". In addition, Cheng'en Temple has the characteristics of "three highs": the first is the high engineering level of Cheng'en Temple, which is the key Royal project supervised by the eunuch Wenxiang personally; the second is the high abbot of Cheng'en Temple, and the monk Lusi Zuo Jueyi is also the abbot of the hospital; Third, Cheng'en Temple has a high status. After Cheng'en Temple was built, Zhu Houzhao made a holy order and warned the local government, the garrison and the surrounding people not to interfere with everything inside and outside Cheng'en Temple, which means that Cheng'en Temple will not be opened to the outside world on the day it is built. Therefore, what is inside Cheng'en Temple? What happened, of course, is very mysterious. Cheng'en Temple also has "five absolutes": six Ming murals inherited from the Temple of Heavenly Kings for more than 500 years, the temple's four corners of the tower, the bell and drum tower built on the roof, the rare human word cypress, the ordinary monastery did not have the upper and lower horse stone. These are obviously different from the high-standard things of other monastic buildings, and highlight the uniqueness and mystery of Cheng'en Temple, so that there is a legend that Cheng'en Temple is actually the secret stronghold of Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not empty to think about it carefully. To this day, Cheng'en Temple is still "mysterious". Although the development and promotion of the cultural and creative scenic spot of the model mouth "Camelling Ancient Road", the fame and popularity here are getting higher and higher, but because the "Yanjing Bajie Museum" is located in the temple, and only 90 individual tickets are open every day, which is a "difficult appointment" for the word. Therefore, tourists who can enter Cheng'en Temple are also very rare. Tourists who visit the ancient road of camel bell can only look at the gate of the temple that is always closed through the fence, but don't they feel that Cheng'en Temple is very mysterious? Today, I still took the opportunity to visit the museum for free on my birthday, and finally entered Cheng'en Temple to visit this ancient temple of the Ming Dynasty that entered the courtyard. First look at the upper and lower bus stones in front of the mountain gate, then enter the temple from the small gate next to the mountain gate, look at the Bell and Drum Tower built on the roof, and then look at the tall tower, of which there is a national tower in the southeast corner, 200 years of banyan trees broke through the 500 years of banyan tower, it is really a spectacle, It is said that there are tunnels under the four corners of the monastery, and it can directly reach the West Mountain, which is really a person to think about. The purpose of the Temple of Heavenly Kings is to close the purpose of protecting cultural relics, so I have no chance to see the Ming Dynasty murals in it. It is a pity, but I have enjoyed the exquisite Ming Dynasty palace murals in the nearby Fahai Temple before, which is also a comfort. Since Cheng'en Temple was a high school building until the 1990s, religious-related content in the temples almost disappeared.

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