Baima Temple, located at 3 10 National Road, Baima Temple Town, Chanhehuizu District, Luoyang City, Henan Province, was founded in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the first official temple built after Buddhism was introduced into China, and it is the source and ancestral home of China, Viet Nam, Korea, Japan, Europe and America. The White Horse Temple spread Buddhism to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia, making Buddhism popular in Asia and then entering Europe and America.
Therefore, from the end of the 20th century, Japan donated money to rebuild the bell tower of Baima Temple and erect an empty sea statue. The governments of Thailand, India and Myanmar successively invested in the construction of a Buddhist temple in Baima Temple, making it the only international temple with Chinese, Indian, Myanmar and Thai styles. Korea, Singapore and Malaysia all came here to be ordained, and the abbot of the temple was promoted to the Dharma Association of the United States, Germany and Canada. As the most internationalized temple, Baima Temple can be described as.
The Architectural Pattern of Baima Temple
The original building of Baima Temple is very magnificent and has been rebuilt many times in past dynasties. However, due to repeated wars and defeats, there are few ancient buildings left. The people's government has carried out many repairs to preserve this famous cultural relic, including five halls, four courtyards and east and west wings. The ancient building area of Baima Temple faces south, with symmetrical central axis, regular layout and clear priorities. The main buildings in the temple are distributed on the central axis. From south to north, they are the mountain gate, Tianwang Hall, Giant Buddha Hall, Daxiong Hall, Jieyin Temple and Balcony.
On both sides are the Bell and Drum Tower, the gatehouse, the Yunshui Hall, the Guest Hall, the Zhaitang, the Ancestral Hall, the Zen Hall, the Abbot and other ancillary buildings, and the mountain gate is the temple gate. It is a three-door archway with a middle door of 3.08 meters high, 2.35 meters wide and 3.60 meters deep. The openings on both sides are not big, and the white horse temple plaque is inlaid on the front, which was inscribed by Mr. Zhao Puchu, the former president of the Chinese Buddhist Association. Shanmen is the main entrance of Buddhist temples in China, which generally consists of three doors, symbolizing the three liberation doors of Buddhism: empty door, no phase door and no wish door.
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