Dajue Si
The Dajue Si ( Dajue Temple , Chinese 大觉寺 , Pinyin Dàjué sì - "Temple of Great Enlightenment, Temple of Awakening") in the Beijing West Mountains in the Haidian district is a temple from the time of the Liao Dynasty (Kitan).
The temple is known for its springs, originally it was called Qingshui Yuan清水 院 - Temple of Clear Water. A ginkgo tree there is said to be a thousand years old, a Yulan magnolia three hundred years old. He served exclusively the imperial family. Most of his Buddha statues are from the Ming Dynasty .
The Dajue Si has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-303) since 2006 .
literature
- Heinrich Hildebrand: The temple Ta-chüeh-sy (temple of the great awakening) near Beijing . Berlin 1897 ( online )
Web links
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Coordinates: 40 ° 3 '4.6 " N , 116 ° 5' 58" E