Longxing Temple Dacheng Hall in Zhengding
Founded in the Sui and restored under Song Taizu, Longxing Temple holds the Moni Hall, a Song revolving sutra cabinet and a seated Guanyin often called the Goddess of Beauty of the East.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Zheng Ding County
Longxing Temple, Kaiyuan Temple, the city wall, and four ancient pagodas make Zhengding's Buddhist architecture and prefectural plan legible across the centuries.
Regional story
A place shaped through time
Longxing Temple, Kaiyuan Temple, the city wall, and four ancient pagodas make Zhengding's Buddhist architecture and prefectural plan legible across the centuries.
Zheng Ding County
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Kaiyuan Temple Xumi Pagoda & Bell Tower in Zhengding
Kaiyuan Temple preserves a Tang bell tower and the square Xumi Pagoda, plus one of China's largest stone bixi tortoises, a Five Dynasties carving weighing about a hundred tonnes.
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Linji Temple Chengling Pagoda in Zhengding
Master Yixuan founded the Linji school of Chan here in the Tang, and its Jin-dynasty octagonal brick pagoda is revered by Japan's Rinzai followers as their ancestral site.
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Changle Gate & Ancient Ramparts in Zhengding
Zhengding's restored southern gate tower and Ming brick walls recall an old saying about three hidden hills, nine dry bridges, nine towers, four pagodas and eight great temples.
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Related Literature
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- Old Book of Tang: Biography of Shi SimingClassical ProseLiu Xu (comp.)
Your honours will come later; strive on.
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- History of Ming: Annals of Chengzu (the Yongle Emperor), Part 1Classical ProseZhang Tingyu (comp.)
He appointed his own officials and called his army the 'Jingnan', the force to quell the troubles.
- Old Book of Tang: Biographies of Li Guangbi, Wang Sili, Deng Jingshan and Xin YunjingClassical ProseLiu Xu (comp.)
The walls are forty li around and the rebels are almost here; to start building now would be to tire ourselves before seeing the enemy.
- Old Book of Tang: Biography of Guo ZiyiClassical ProseLiu Xu (comp.)
When Ziyi and Li Guangbi came with all their forces to the travelling court, the army's fame revived, and the people began to hope for the restoration.