The Temple of the Sleeping Buddha in Beijing

The Temple of the Sleeping Buddha is located near the Fragrant Hills Park in northwest Beijing, because the temple has a Buddha-like statue of the famous sleeping.
The official name of Reclining Buddha Temple, the ten general sense, founded in Zhenguan Tang period (627-649), born Tusita Temple, the Yuan name Akitaka Temple, also known as Hong Guang Temple. Because this temple is built and backed by life Ansan, it has changed its name to the Ming dynasty Buddhist temple life safety. Years of the Qing Emperor Yongzheng (1734), renamed the Temple of the ten common sense. Reclining Buddha is known as the monastery.

Reclining Buddha from the gate started the whole layout, stretching north restated the four halls, enclosed by a gallery veranda on both sides. Side hall. Reception room and the abbot room, the three courtyards into an integrated whole, the main temple building from south to north for the king Hall. III Buddha. lying Buddha and Buddhist scriptures floor.

Reclining Buddha hall has a cast bronze statue of Buddha Nirvana (1330-1331), copper Buddha for sleeping like, head south to the west, the natural horizon on the left leg, right hand Qugong care first. Reclining Buddha sitting behind the clay with 12 disciples of Buddha, a one acted with a heavy heart sad, constitute a Buddha Nirvana under a tree in Borneo, to its 12 Buddhist disciples asked vivid pictures of the corpse. Huge reclining Buddha cast body with ease, the performance of the Buddhist art in the pure and clean.