Tour to White Horse Temple in Luoyang in 2010

White Horse Temple in Luoyang City, East 12 km, was built in the year sixty-eight years Han Yong Ping, Buddhism came to China, first established by the state temple, has been nineteen hundred years of history , has been revered as a Buddhist China, "China's first temple", "Forefathers", "release the source."
According to historical records, Emperor Ming sent Cai Daniel Han, Jing Qin led a delegation to Tianzhu Method to worship. Da Yueshi them west to the area, the case of two photo Mount Tianzhu Tang and Zhu Falan monk, and get Buddhist scriptures and statues, so with the two monks in the year 1978 a return to Luoyang! The following year, the Han Emperor Ming ordered the construction of the White Horse Temple.

White Horse Temple in the history of Buddhism have a very important position, the creation of many of the first: China's first temples, China's first Zen monk living in India, the White Horse Temple, the first pass of the Sanskrit Buddhist collections in the White Horse Temple, the first translation the White Horse Temple, the temple in the cool table, the first Buddhist scriptures of the Chinese language translated at the White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist battle occurred in the White Horse Temple, the first Han Chinese monk ZHU line ordained in the White Horse Temple, first to the White Horse Temple, Buddhist sutras, starting from ... and so on. Sui and Tang Dynasties, the unprecedented prosperity of the White Horse Temple, Emperor Li Shimin, the poet Wang Changling, Zhang ... and so on, all visited the White Horse Temple, and left poems, inscriptions.

White Horse Temple today after a total of five into the hall, east and west sides respectively, bell tower, reception room, meditation, scripture library, magic cabinet and other ancillary buildings. Qiyun Tayuan located southeast of the White Horse Temple Mount outside the 200 meters, was first built in the year Sixty-nine years, is one of China's most ancient stupa! Thai Buddhist temple being built and is located in the Indian style Buddhist temple on the west side.