{"id":9490,"date":"2012-07-14T23:41:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T15:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2022-04-08T14:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T06:49:02","slug":"buddhas-relics-at-yunju-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-attractions-tips\/buddhas-relics-at-yunju-temple","title":{"rendered":"Buddha’s relics at Yunju Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yunju Temple is not only famous for its storage of a large number of stone scrip<\/a>t<\/a>ures<\/a>, but also well known for the priceless Buddha\u2019s relics. Buddha\u2019s relics refer to the remains from the body of Sakyamuni, the founder of buddhism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legend has it that Sakyamuni left one skull relic, two shoulder blades relics, four teeth relics and 84-thousand corn-shaped relics. The grains like red Buddha body relics in Yunju Temple was discovered in the Leiyin Cave in 1981. The Buddha\u2019s relics at Yunjun Temple is one of the \u201cthree precious\u201d in China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other two kinds of precious buddha\u2019s relics are Buddha figure relics in the Fam<\/a>e<\/a>n Temple<\/a> in Xian and Buddha teeth relics in Beijing\u2019s Lingguang Temple. Now the two red Buddha body relics unearthed in Yunju Temple area are kept in Capital<\/a> Mu<\/a>seum<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1999, Buddha relics were returned to Yunju Temple on exhibition for only 10 days. Yunju Temple has 5 halls and 6 yards with Dabeidian Hall (Great Sadness Hall) in the northen end up to the hill. Yunju Temple is located on the hill facing to the east flanked by two pagodas on the north and south. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The side hall of Dabeidian Hall is now turned into the hall of Buddha\u2019s Relic Hall. But on exhibition are not the red Buddha body relics discovered in the Leiyin Cave of Yunju Temple. The Buddha\u2019s relics on show are the white bone relics unearthed under the Tiankai Pagoda in Fangshan D<\/a>i<\/a>strict <\/a>of Beijing. How to get there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entrance ticket: CNY40
By Bus: Take the bus 836 from Tianqiao (\u5929\u6865\uff09 in south of Beijing
Tel: 61389612 We are walking up to the last hall Yunju Temple \u2013 Dabeidian.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are walking up to the last hall in Yunju Temple – Dabeidian.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Now we are in the yard of Dabeidian Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This is the entrance to the Hall of Buddha’s relics<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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the two corn-shaped Buddha’s relics are kept inside a pagoda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
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Great Wall Tour<\/a>
Beijing City Tour<\/a>
Beijing Winter Tour<\/a>
Beijing Autumn Tour<\/a>
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China City Tours<\/a>
China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a>
How to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
How to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a>
Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
Gui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yunju Temple is not only famous for its storage of a large number of stone scriptures, but also well known for the priceless Buddha\u2019s relics. Buddha\u2019s relics refer to the remains from the body of Sakyamuni, the founder of buddhism. The legend has it that Sakyamuni left one skull relic, two shoulder blades relics, four…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,694,1853],"tags":[1851,1852,1850],"class_list":["post-9490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-attractions-tips","category-beijing-excursions","category-self-service-tours","tag-buddhas-relics-in-beijing","tag-buddhas-relics-in-china","tag-yunju-temples-buddhas-relics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9490"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31416,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions\/31416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}