The origin of Tanzhe Temple

Tanzhe Temple faces south. It is said that Tanzhe Temple was built according to the acquired bitmap, which is superior to the theory of harmony between man and nature. There is another story about the construction of Tanzhe Temple. It is said that one night a thousand years ago, the prefect of Youzhou was resting in a thousand places when he suddenly heard the voice of a monk chanting scriptures outside.

After two consecutive nights, the viceroy sent someone to inquire and found that it was a monk. The governor secretly marveled that the sound energy of his chanting spread to dozens of miles away, so he sent someone down to ask the monks to speak.

The monk's name was Hua Yan, and the governor admired the monk's profound magic and asked him what he needed. Hua Yan replied: I want to set up a temple at the foot of Mount Everest in the west of Beijing to worship Buddha. The governor agreed and issued a land occupation document for him.

Hua Yan returned to the peak to give lectures, and there was a big water pool in front of the peak, called Qinglong Lake. There is an old dragon in Qinglong Lake. Hua Yan listens in the pool every time he gives lectures, so he heard that Hua Yan is going to build a temple here to worship Buddha, so he took a fancy to Qinglong Lake. Lao Long was deeply impressed by Hua Yan's enlightenment, and took the lake to heaven at night, leaving a large space. On this basis, the prototype of Tanzhe Temple was built. This is the legend of the origin of Tanzhe Temple.

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Tanzhe Temple is located at the foot of Tanzhe Mountain in the southeast of Mentougou District in western Beijing, more than 30 kilometers away from the city center. The temple faces south, with its back on Mount Everest. Tanzhe Temple covers an area of 2.5 hectares, and outside the temple 1 1.2 hectares. Together with the surrounding forests and Shan Ye under the jurisdiction of Tanzhe Temple, the total area is more than 12 1 hectare.

Two treasures of Tanzhe Temple:

Treasure pot: There is a copper pot in front of Tianwang Temple, with a diameter of 1.85 m and a depth of 1. 1 m, for monks to cook. This pot was originally in the West Room of the North Room of the East Cross Hospital, where there was a bigger pot with a diameter of 4 meters and a depth of 2 meters. It can put 10 stone in porridge once, and it takes 16 hours to cook once. Because the bottom of the pot is thick and simmered slowly, the porridge is sticky and fragrant.

As for these two pots, there is also a saying that "splashing sand does not leak rice". It turns out that there is a "sand container" at the bottom of the pot. With the constant stirring when cooking porridge, sand and gravel will sink into the depression at the bottom of the pot.

Stone Fish: There is a Dragon King Hall on the west side of Guanyin Hall in Tanzhe Temple. There is a stone fish on the front porch of the hall. Length1.7m, weight150kg. It looks like copper, but it is actually a stone. It is said that it is a treasure of the Dragon Palace in the South China Sea and was given to the Jade Emperor by the Dragon King.

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