Jie Tai Temple Beijing

The capital city of China, Beijing is a beautiful cultural city and a huge attraction of China. The city has grown in many folds in the recent past and has developed itself as a popular tourist destination in the South East Asia.

Jie Tai Temple is one of the famous tourist attractions in Beijing. It has long been a reason of the huge crowd of people that flocks in Beijing as tourists from all over China and other countries.

Jie Tai Temple takes pride as the largest Buddhist altar in all of China. The temple was once a forum that was used as a place to teach Buddhist monks in China. It was, in fact, used for the schooling of monks in China.

There are about 18 statues of arhats in the Jie Tai Temple that look more like having life with accurate facial expressions. The temple has ten old pine branches that point towards the heaven. It is said that under these branches, writers, poets, and emperors have engraved their writings.

Tourists coming to visit this temple can see three types of inscriptions and tablets of the past. These historical writings are of great value and are treated by the local people as of high esteem.

The Jie Tai Temple also does various Buddhist services on the 1st and 15th of each lunar month. These days see a large crowd flocking in to be a part of the special proceedings.

Beijing boasts of many other such temples that are huge attractions for tourists. Some such temples include Yunju Temple, Yonghegong lama temple, Guangji temple, Confucius temple and the list goes on.

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