Yunju Temple | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhism |
Location | |
Country | China |
Location in Beijing municipality | |
Geographic coordinates | 39°36′29″N 115°46′04″E / 39.60806°N 115.76778°E |
Yunju Temple (simplified Chinese: 云居寺; traditional Chinese: 雲居寺; pinyin: Yúnjū Sì) is a Buddhist temple located in Fangshan District, 70 kilometers (43 mi) southwest of Beijing and contains the world's largest collection of stone Buddhist sutra steles. Yunju Temple also contains one of only two extant woodblocks for the Chinese Buddhist Tripitaka in the world as well as rare copies of printed and manuscript Chinese Buddhist Tripitakas. It also has many historic pagodas dating from the Tang and Liao dynasty.