Temple of the Azure Clouds
The Temple of Azure Clouds ( Chinese 碧云寺 , Pinyin Bìyún Sì , English Temple of Azure Clouds ) is a Buddhist temple monastery in the eastern part of the Beijing West Mountains (Xīshān 西山) just outside the north gate of the Fragrance Mountain Park (Xiangshan Gongyuan 香山 公园) in district Haidian , a northwestern suburb of Beijing , China , about 20 km from the city center.
Names
Erich Haenisch calls the complex “Monastery of the Emerald Clouds”. In Manchurian it is called niowanggiyan tugingge juktehen ᠨᡳᠣᠸᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡨᡠᡤᡳᠩᡤᡝ
ᠵᡠᠭᡨᡝᡥᡝᠨ, in Mongolian köke egületü süm-e ᠬᠦᠬᠡ
ᠡᠭᠦᠯᠡᠲᠦ
ᠰᠦᠮᠡand in Tibetan sprin sngon can lha khang སྤྲིན་ སྔོན་ ཅན་ ལྷ་ཁང་.
history
It was built in the 14th century, in 1331 during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and was expanded in 1748 .
The temple has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-203) since 2001 .
literature
- Erich Haenisch: The four-language founding inscription of the Pi-yün-szĕ monastery near Beijing. In: Ostasiatische Zeitschrift , New Series 1 (1924), pp. 1–16.
Web links
- Monastery of the Azure Clouds
- Temple of the Azure Clouds
- Article about Temple of Azure Clouds
- Azure Clouds Temple
- Pagoda on Vajrasana at Biyun Temple in Beijing
Footnotes
- ↑ Which in Chinese is also 香山 碧云寺 Xiāngshān Bìyún Sì (Fragrant Hills Temple of Azure Clouds). Other German names include the Temple of the Azure Clouds or the Baiyun Si Temple Monastery .
Coordinates: 39 ° 59 ′ 45 ″ N , 116 ° 11 ′ 7 ″ E