What ancient temples are there in Changping District?

1 Yinshan Tower Forest

Yinshan gets its name from the thick accumulation of ice and snow in winter, which is as white as silver. It is also called Iron-walled Yinshan because there are stone cliffs at the foot, all of which turn black. Thirteen hundred years ago, the eminent monk Deng Yinfeng of the Tang Dynasty gave lectures here and built the Huayan Temple. In the Liao Dynasty, the Baoyan Temple was built in front of the mountain. In the Liao Dynasty, Baoyan Temple was built in front of the mountain. It can be described as an ancient temple in Changping.

2. Walk along the Ming Tombs toward Yinshan Pagoda Forest and you will pass by Yanshou Temple.

Located in Heishanzhai Village, Heishanzhai Township, north of the Ming Tombs in Changping, there is the ruins of the Yanshou Temple, an ancient temple from the Ming Dynasty, in the valley next to Beizhuang Village in the north of the village. According to legend, this place was originally the imperial mausoleum selected by military advisor Liu Bowen for the Zhu family in the early Ming Dynasty. Later, it was changed to the Shoushan Ming Tombs for some reasons. Military Master Liu couldn't bear to give up this geomantic treasure, so he built the Yanshou Temple here. Yanshou Temple is very famous in the local area because there is a huge "Coiling Dragon Pine" with a unique posture in the temple. It is known as "the most extraordinary pine in North China" and "the most extraordinary pine in the suburbs of Beijing".

3. The little-known Shengen Temple is located in Xiangtang Cultural Village, Changping, Beijing.

It has held many Dharma conferences and has a resident abbot.

4. The Peace Temple was given by imperial decree.

The imperial decree to grant Heping Temple was supervised by Wei Chigong, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, and was personally written by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. There is an ancient saying that "there was Heping Temple first and then Tanzhe Temple." The temple has beautiful scenery, backed by green mountains and facing the Beijing North Plain. It has pleasant seasons and abundant fruit and food. The temple is quiet and quiet, with birds chirping and flowers fragrant in the spring, and green trees in the summer. According to legend, the Chici Peace Temple was built more than 1,000 years ago at the end of the Three Kingdoms and the beginning of the Jin Dynasty. Legend has it that there was a sister-in-law's nunnery in Shuangshan, Aries City, which was destroyed due to war. The monk raised two white pigeons and released them, which landed on the top of Longfeng Mountain. Later, the Peace Temple was built at the foot of the mountain.

5. Pingan Temple, Changping District, Beijing,

Located on the West Street of Wayao Village, commonly known as the West Temple, Wayao Pingan Temple was built in the 42nd year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty and has existed since then. With a history of 440 years, it was rebuilt in 2004 and completed in 2006.

6. Shuangquan Temple

Located in Xixincheng Village, Xingshou Town, east of Changping (1 mile north of Xixincheng Village, Xingshou Town), it was built in the Liao and Jin Dynasties , it has been repaired many times since then, the most recent one was in 1998. The temple maintains its original main structure, facing north and south, with two courtyards and a quadrangle layout. There are three ancient trees, which are more than a thousand years old. They are all first-class ancient trees in Beijing. Nearby are the remaining walls of Dongyanzhou City built in the Tang Dynasty.