| 摘要 | Chapters: Bailin Temple, Zhenjue Temple, Yonghe Temple, Dajue Temple, Tianning Temple, Fayuan Temple, Temple of Azure Clouds, Zhihua Temple, Tanzhe Temple, Badachu, Big Bell Temple, Miaoying Temple, Wanshou Temple, Yunju Temple, Wofo Temple, Fahai Temple, Guangji Temple, Changchun Temple, Hongluo Temple, Cheng'en Temple, Dahui Temple, Jietai Temple, Guanghua Temple. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Bailin Temple (Chinese: ; pinyin: Bilín Sì), also known as the "Monastery of the Cypress Grove", is a temple and monastery located in Beijing, China. Construction of the Bailin Temple started in 1347, under the reign of Emperor Shundi () of the Yuan dynasty, in an open tract of land east of the Temple of Confucius. The temple, the largest of its kind in the capital of Dadu, was occupied by the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism, which enjoyed great power under the Mongol emperors. The fortunes of the temple, though, were short-lived: in 1355 the Sakya were overthrown in Tibet by local warlords, and the Yuan dynasty would suffer the same fate only 13 years later: in 1368 Dadu was taken by a rebel army and pillaged. The structure of the Bailin Temple mostly survived the event but the monastery fell into disrepair in the following decades, even though since 1421 the Ming dynasty moved the capital back to the North, naming it Beijing. Only in 1447 Emperor Zhengtong ordered a renovation of the monastery, and in the following years a small square developed in front of the temples main gate. A view of Bailin Temple's inner yard in spring, with a stone stele and a blooming peach treeIn 1644 Beijing was again taken by a rebel army, and shortly afterwards occupied by the Manchu. Apparently the Bailin Temple did not suffer heavy consequences from the wars. I...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18992920 |
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