【Beijing Lingguang Temple 】Beijing Lingguang Temple灵光寺, or Temple of Divining Light, is Badachu’s main monastery. It was built in Tang Dynasty (618-907) and given its present name in Ming (1368-1644). The 1,200-year-old Buddhist Temple, Lingguang Temple, is situated in the famous Badachu (八大处), (Eight Great Sites) at the foot of Beijings Western Hills, features eight Buddhist temples and monasteries scattered across the slopes. Its most prominent building is the Buddha Tooth Relic Stupa, which houses the precious relic: the only other recognized Buddha tooth relic in the world is in Sri Lanka. The stupa, built in 1964, is seven stories high, and the relic is kept on its second floor. According to tales, the tooth relic was exhibited in Xi’an in Sui Dynasty (581-618), then sent to Beijing in late Tang. In Liao Dynasty (907-1125), it was housed at Lingguang Temple’s Zhaoxian, or Immortal Drawing, Stupa. In 56, a stupa was specially constructed for the relic. It was transferred there in 1964 once the building was finished. Lingguang is considered a sacred place by pious Buddhists. Since 1949, the tooth relic has been taken on a tour outside the mainland five times: three times in Myanmar and once in both Sri Lanka and Hong Kong.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:37:37 +0000
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