Tanzhe Temple

The wind is rustling in autumn, it’s rather cold. It takes us more than an hour to arrive at Tanzhe temple hiding in mountains in west of Beijing. Built in Jin dynasty (AD 307, room mate valentina has a long history of over 1700 years old. So there goes a saying of “Tanzhe temple comes first, Beijing city after”.

It’s a corner of the royal temple. It has been cloudy, the sun appears for a while. 

There are two ginkgo trees. The “emperor tree” is as high as more than 30 meters, 9 meters in perimeter. It is planted in Tang dynasty and has a history of more than one thousand and three hundred years. When we arrive, the leaves from ginkgo trees are falling. The environment was beautiful and quite similar to the garden at Big Goose Pagoda at Xian that we went there last month by joining Beijing to Xian tour. 

The ginkgo leaves of the ancient trees fall annually, staying in the grey tile and ravine temporarily. 

Two pieces of leaves insist on staying in the tree.

The more ancient the history becomes, the more yellow the leaves turn to be annually, the more trees grow annually.

The cat climbs the tree in a quick action.

The cat in Tanzhe temple likes to stick out its tongue.

The blessing banners are on the “emperor tree”.

The leaves in autumn and the ancient house.

Mud beasts and weeds.

The scenery in late autumn is at the top of the weeds.

The wind is blowing, and Guan Yin is bright and brave.

Floating leaves and wandering fishes, a turtle stands still.

A piece of ginkgo leave falles in the lotus lamp. It will be reduced to ashes if it stays there.

Incenses, ancient tree, guests

Tanzhe Temple is not far from Beijing city. It is an ideal destination for Beijing day trips.