Tayuan Temple is one of the five major Zen sites in Wutai Mountain, and is also one of the ten monasteries listed as a cultural landscape in the World Heritage List. The temple of the temple is north-south, consisting of a horizontal temple and a Buddhist temple. The buildings on the central axis include shadow walls, archway, stone steps, gates, mountain gates, bell and drum towers, heavenly palaces, Daci Yanshou Temple, Pagoda Temple Tibetan Jingge. The main buildings in the temple, the Daxiong Palace in the front, the Tibetan Jingge in the back, and the Sheli Tower in the middle.

Tayuan Temple is one of the five major Zen places in Wutai Mountain, and is also one of the ten monasteries listed as a cultural landscape in the World Heritage List. To enter the temple, you need to buy another 10 yuan ticket. The temple of the Pagoda Temple is named after the big white tower of Wutai Mountain. The full name of the big white tower is Sakya Wen Buddha's true body Sheli Pagoda, also known as the big Ciyanshou Pagoda. When the big white tower was built, it is difficult to verify.

Where is the iconic landscape of Mount Wutai? The Great White Pagoda of Tayuan Temple is worthy of Top 1. The Great White Pagoda, full name is the true Sheli Pagoda of Sakya Wen Buddha. It is rumored that the Sheli Pagoda built by the Indian Ashoka King, has become the first holy place to worship Buddha in Mount Wutai. The Great White Pagoda was built in the Yuan-Dade period (1302) and was originally the pagoda courtyard on the south side of Xiantong Temple. In the Ming Yongle period (1407), the pagoda was rebuilt and the temple was called "Tayuan Temple", which became one of the five Zen places in Wutai Mountain. The white tower is56.4 meters tall (more than 20 meters higher than the white tower in Beihai Park in Beijing), towering into the sky, the tower is white, and the red wall gold tiles are intersected, and the spectacular, becoming the iconic landscape of Wutai Mountain. Wutai Mountain has many pagodas, only the white tower is famous, and other pagodas are surrounded by stars. Whether in the high Dailuoding, Bodhisattva top, or in the low Taihuai Town, its unique figure is extremely eye-catching and unforgettable.

Wutaishan Tower Yard Temple, Wutai Mountain sign big white tower!

Next to Wuye Temple, Wutai Mountain is a very representative place.

This is the right season to go, the right temperature for mountain climbing, we need to pay attention to sunscreen and water supplement! There are many people, many of whom come here early in the morning to pray. The temple is very fragrant and everyone is very pious. The environment is very quiet, so you can enjoy the quiet here very quietly.