Xuan'gu Temple

The Xuan'gu Temple lies on Mountain Xuan'gu, which is more than sixty-six meters high. To the left rests the Mingyu Spring dug in the Sui Dynasty. The spring water tastes cool and sweet all the year round; besides, drinking the water can relieve pain and fatigue. In front of the temple there is a place called Taihangmen. An enormous stone under the deep valley of Taihangmen is carved with regular scripts in Chinese calligraphy. Each Chinese character on the scripts is as big as one square kilometer.

Over one of the gigantic stones on Mountain Xuan'gu stands the Taiping Cliff, where there are more than 1,300 statues of Buddha, the biggest of which stands as tall as 2.5 meters, while the shortest is only 9 centimeters in height. In addition, there are 1,251 statues of Buddha in the One-thousand-Buddha Cave and each of them has a definite name. They are valuable materials for researches into Chinese Buddhism and art.

Pagoda forest is located at a terrace to the west of the Yunyuan River, which lies to the east of the Qingjing Palace. There are three square-shaped sealed pagodas of 4-6 meters, built in Tang Style successively in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Parts of the stone pillar established in Song Dynasty in 1030 A.D. and eight tablets are also found in some of the historical sites which are preserved till today.

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