Tanzhesi, located in the southeastern part of Tanzhe foothills west Beijing's Mentougou District, 30 kilometers from the city center. Temple faces south, perched Po Everest, surrounded by nine tall peaks horseshoe-shaped retaining ring, like in under nine dragon crowned. Tall mountains block the cold hit from the northwest, so here climate is warm, humid, temple towering old trees, Fota Lin Li, towering temples whole temple construction according to the terrain and clever layout, patchwork, more bamboo name during the flower embellishment, the environment is very beautiful.

Tanzhesi was built in the Western Jin Dynasty Yongjia first year (AD 307 years), the monastery beginning of "Ka Fuk Temple," the Qing Dynasty Kangxi Huang Dici called "Xiuyun Temple", but Longtan temple, the mountain has Zhe tree, so people have been referred to as "tanzhesi." It now has nearly 17 years of history, known as "first tanzhesi, after Beijing," the Minyan.

Tanzhesi scale, the temple covers an area of ​​2.5 hectares, outside the temple area of ​​11.2 hectares, plus the surrounding forests and mountains tanzhesi governed by the field, with a total area of ​​more than 121 hectares. Hall with the mountain height and build, well-proportioned. Beijing's Forbidden City Room 9999 half, tanzhesi has 999 rooms half in the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, the Forbidden City is like a microcosm of the early Ming Dynasty is said construction of the Forbidden City, and is modeled on tanzhesi built. Tanzhesi now houses a total of 943, of which 638 ancient palace, the building maintained a style of Ming and Qing dynasties, Beijing is the largest suburb of a temple of ancient buildings. The entire building fully embodies the aesthetic principles of ancient Chinese architecture, with a central axis which runs through the left and right sides of basic symmetry, so that the whole complex seem rules, rigorous, prioritize, clear layer. Its architectural form of Temple, Church, House, fasting, Villa, kiosks, buildings, altar and other diverse. Tayuan calmly walked up and down, something Cave, Anyue Yan Sau Tong, Longtan and many other buildings and attractions, like Zhongxingpengyue, spread the meantime, formed a radius of a few years, numerous attractions, diverse style, taste different tourist attractions area. Tanzhesi cultural landscape not only rich, but also very beautiful natural landscape, the seasons have their own beauty, morning, lunch and evening taste different night, early in the Qing Dynasty, "Tanzhe sites" has been famous Capitol.

Today tanzhesi, towering temples, quiet courtyard, temple, church, altar, distinctive rooms, House, House, Pavilion, Chai extraordinary scenery, trees, flowers and bamboo all over the temple, rockery Pinnacle, Qushui Liuchang side by side, red tile, cornices nestled among cypress pine, neat hall, stately. The late president of the Buddhist Association of China, Mr. Zhao Puchu had written with praise, saying: "Taihang air intake and a half, the provision Youzhou first."

Tanzhesi not only to many monuments, scenic attract universal friend, Octagon tourists, but in recent years has built a modern tourist service facilities, the implementation of transportation, accommodation, meals, sightseeing, entertainment, shopping and one-stop service, the scenic area become a world famous tourist destination. In 1997, approved by the Beijing Municipal Government, he entered the Sangha, tanzhesi resume religious activities.

Tanzhesi temple faces south, in the main building can be divided into east and west road, the main building there Road gate, King Hall, Main Hall, the dining hall and Pilu Court. There abbot East Hospital, Yan Qing Court, palace courtyard, Longevity Palace and too Hou Temple. There are strict West froze DU (no longer exist), and the ring station GuanYinDian like, solemn. In addition, located on the slopes of the mountains outside Letang and upper and lower Tayuan built in a quiet room and a small division of the mountain, rest pavilion, Longtan, Yu Bei and so on. Tayuan total of 71 monks buried stone or brick.

Mountains outside the third floor is a wooden arch column 4, there are two pines in front archway, take the rope leaves each other, like a green ceiling, a pair of stone lions in front archway, mighty and majestic. St. Paul is a hole through the stone arch bridge, the name "Huaiyuan bridge", the bridge is the gate.

TianWangDian house for Maitreya, Skanda image for the back, sides plastic height of about 3 meters four kings statues. King Hall for the bell tower on both sides, followed by the Main Hall. Palace Miankuo five, Zhong Yan veranda Dianding, yellow glazed tile green trim, eaves on the amount of questions "solemn quiet," under the eaves amount of title "Fuhai bead round." Both ends of each main ridge of a massive green glass owl kiss, a relic Yuan, based on glittering gilt to long chain. Inside the middle dedicated huge Buddha statue, solemn expression, the backlight, the backlight has Garuda carving, dragon, lion, elephant, sheep, and other flame pattern. About Buddha discrete "Ananda", "gamma leaf" like, are relics of the Qing Dynasty. The main hall is the dining hall after school, a place to eat is the monks, after three Temple Church, but the Second Temple had been dismantled. Only two sal trees and two ginkgo trees, tall tree. Axis endpoint is a pavilion-style building, the name Pilu Court, high two-story, wooden structure. Standing on the Pilu Court Zongmu overlooking the panoramic view of mountains and temples.

Abbey Road by a courtyard-style buildings, there abbot homes, YanQing Court and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty palace courtyard, the main building has Longevity Palace, too Hau Temple. House of quiet elegance, glazed tile Zhu Lan, Flowing gurgling, tall bamboo clumps, mood quite some southern gardens. Hospital has a flow cup pavilion, name Yi Xuan pavilion.

Abbey Road is mostly monastic-style palace, the main building has altar, Kwun Yam Temple and the Dragon King Temple, etc., are layered, magnificent stately. Altar is the monks ordained place, like Sakyamuni stage, there are three chairs as before, on each side of a bench, three division seven certified to sit at; Guanyin Hall is the highest point of the temple, there are Qianlong handwritten Lin Chi Hong industry, for within Bodhisattva, grabbing mesh together even Juanxiu dignified.

Tanzhesi numerous monuments, with gold-plated owl, poetry Jin Dynasty stone tablet, flesh Buddha Qing Dynasty, the magic stone fish is a rare heritage treasures.

Tanzhesi main ridge ends each having a massive main hall green glass owl kiss, a relic Yuan, based on glittering gilt to long chain. Owl kiss as the town was emerging, is one of the legendary dragon have nine sons, is water, fire, and therefore placed in the roof in order to avoid the town fire. It is said that to Dichu tanzhesi Kangxi Huang, see owl kiss tempted to move, a great potential piercing fly, then ordered to create gold chain to lock it, and inserted sword, this owl kiss "plated jianguang kiss band "Kang Xi is done.

Abbey Road, there is a square flow cup pavilion, the name "Yi Xuan Pavilion." Kiosks have huge carved serpentine shaped waterway Beaulieu group on white marble, when the spring is flowing into the lug of the glasses, with which any water floating rotating, somewhere beyond, take and drink, and alcohol poetry, which is the ancient Chinese famous "pipa" practices.

Tanzhesi two treasure

Treasure pot: King Dianqian a copper pots, 1.85 meters in diameter and 1.1 meters deep, is used by the monks cooking. This original pot between East campus-wide facing the South West plays, where there is now a bigger pot, diameter of 4 meters, 2 meters deep, a rice porridge can put 10 stone, need 16 hours to cook. As the pot outsole thick, slow fire slow boil, boil porridge therefore both sticky and fragrant. On both the pot, there are "throwing sand does not leak meters," said the original, bottom of the pot with depression "Yung sand filter," With the continuous agitation when the porridge, will sink into the sand bottom of the pot.

Stone Fish: tanzhesi GuanYinDian the west side of Long Dian, porch before the house there is a stone fish, 1.7 meters long and weighs 150 kg, copper seems, in fact, stone, hit the pentameter can be made, the legend of the South China Sea underwater treasure Dragon King sent to the Jade Emperor. Later drought earth, the Jade Emperor sent tanzhesi misfortunes. When night driving rain, stone fish fell from the sky, out in the courtyard. It is said that the stone fish 13 sites on behalf of 13 provinces, which have provincial drought, parts of the province can tap rain. Now fish stone temple was later copied.

Car lines

· The front door, Fuchengmen, travel by 7, or turn in the apple orchard Road 931 can reach. From the city, it can be directly tanzhesi five-hole bridge walking along State Road 108 west Fushi. From Yesanpo out on scenic State Road 108, the horse Coal, Xia Yunling, Buddha Zhuang direct tanzhesi.

· Apple orchard subway line station, the station transfer to 931 bus on the west side of the bus station, the terminus that is. (recommend)

· Tourist season Saturday and Sunday, in Tiananmen West "Beijing tourism hub" There go tanzhesi tourist shuttle bus.

· Lotus Bridge along the West Third Ring Lin Shi Expressway west to Mentougou shimenying roundabout turn left, traveling along State Road 108 to 15 minutes (before the West Fourth Ring Road passes through shawo Bridge, rings Yamen bridge, roundabout shimenying there tanzhesi scenic road signs)

· Space Bridge West Third Ring Road, west along the Fu stone quickly, to Mentougou double valley roundabout turn left, go straight to shimenying roundabout, traveling along State Road 108 to 15 minutes (along the way through the West Fourth Ring Dinghuiqiao, rings Jinyuan bridge, Jin'anqiao, twin valley around the island, shimenying roundabout)