One-day Tour of Ciyun Temple in Qingdao

Ciyun Temple, formerly known as Beisi (North Temple), is located in the Jiaozhou City of Qingdao, Shandong Province, within the Dagu River Provincial Ecotourism Resort. It is situated in the Shaohai South Lake of the National Wetland Park. The original site was at the Shimen Shou Street, and it was first built in the first year of Tang Tianshun (890 AD). It is one of the four major Buddhist temples in Jiaozhou and one of the most magnificent and solemn temples of the Tang Dynasty. Ciyun Temple covers a total area of 18,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 6,177.9 square meters. The entire temple faces south and is symmetrically aligned along a central axis. It adopts a courtyard layout and consists of buildings such as the Mahavira Hall, Heavenly King Hall, Sutra Library, Bell and Drum Tower, Guanyin Hall, Ksitigarbha Hall, Samantabhadra Hall, and Manjusri Hall. It is a Chinese Buddhist religious site that integrates practice, leisure, charity, and culture, and it plays a positive role in the healthy development of Buddhism in Qingdao. In December 2016, Ciyun Temple was awarded the honorary title of "Advanced Collective in the Third National Creation of Harmonious Temples, Taoist Temples, and Churches".