Tantuo Temple

Tantuo Temple, also known as Tanzhe Buddhist Temple, is located in a mountainous area west of Beijing. It was built during the Jin Dynasty. The age of the temple is about 1700 years. Tantuo Temple covers an area of 6.8 hectares. At one time it was considered the main Buddhist temple in China.

Most of the surviving temple halls belong to the Ming and Qing dynasties. On the territory of the temple complex you can see pagodas of the times of Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing. The main hall in the temple is the Mahavira Hall. It is twenty-four meters long and thirty-three meters wide. In this hall Buddhist monks hold religious ceremonies.