Mystery of Ancient Temples—A Journey Through Eighteen Famous Temples in China

Author: Xie Hongbo
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Bizarre legends of Buddha statues, invaluable Buddhist ritual objects, fascinating Buddhist tales, mysterious and magical Buddhist legends—all in "Mysteries of Ancient Temples—A Journey to Eighteen Famous Temples in China." Unravel the enigmatic mysteries of ancient temples and step into the magnificent and magical Buddhist world, fully experiencing the profound Buddhist civilization! After two thousand years of vicissitudes, what are the once prosperous famous temples and ancient monasteries like today? How many people's good wishes are in the ancient relics? In the form of popular literature, this book deciphers the mysteries of each temple, travels through the wheels of history to rediscover every ancient temple, and restores its true face—this is the surprise brought by deciphering temple mysteries.
Why can the Hanging Temple, the only existing temple that integrates Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, hang without collapsing? The saying "There was Tazhu Temple before, and then the Youzhou City" has been around since ancient times—is this statement accurate? Where does the profound Shaolin martial arts originate from? Did the earliest foreign culture in China really start with the Emperor's dream? Why did Emperor Qianlong convert the former Yongqin Royal Mansion into a Tibetan Buddhist temple? How did Famen Temple make the entire Tang Empire go crazy, and what kind of divine secrets are buried in its underground palace?