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It's not Southeast Asia, it's the White Horse Temple in Luoyang.

It's not Southeast Asia, it's the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. The White Horse Temple stands quietly among the green mountains and rivers of Luoyang. At dawn, the temple is bathed in a soft light, like a wise man in meditation. The winding path seems to be tracing the footsteps of a thousand years. The sunlight falls gently on the ground, the light and shadow interweave, as if telling the stories of the past. A building full of exotic style, you can feel the tolerance of Buddhism in China. 1⃣️White Horse Temple is located in Bai Ma Si Town, Chanhe Hui District, Luoyang City, next to National Highway 310. It is the birthplace of Buddhism in China. It was built in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the first official temple built after Buddhism was introduced to China. It is the "source of release" and "ancestral court" of China, Vietnam, North Korea, Japan and European and American countries. 2⃣️The White Horse Temple spread Buddhism to North Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia, popularizing Buddhism in Asia, and later entered Europe and America, becoming a holy place for Buddhists around the world to worship. 3⃣️Since the end of the 20th century, the governments of Thailand, India and Myanmar have successively funded the construction of Buddhist temples in the White Horse Temple, making it the only international temple in the world with Chinese, Indian, Burmese and Thai style Buddhist temples. South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia have all come here to be ordained, and the United States, Germany, and Canada have all attended the abbot's promotion ceremony at the temple. As the temple with the highest degree of internationalization, the White Horse Temple can be called the "first temple in the world" in name and in fact. 4⃣️The cultural relics collected in the White Horse Temple mainly include 2 relics of Sakyamuni Buddha, ancient Chinese Buddha, and 18 Arhats of the Yuan Dynasty. 5⃣️In 1961, the White Horse Temple was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1983, the White Horse Temple was designated by the State Council as a national key temple of Chinese Buddhism. In January 2001, the White Horse Temple in Luoyang was named by the National Tourism Administration as the first batch of AAAAA-level scenic spots.
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Posted: Oct 18, 2024
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