Lingguang Monastery (灵光寺) is situated on the eastern foothills of Cuiwei Mountain (翠微山), a spur ranges of the Western Hills (西山) of Beijing. Revered worldwide for enshrining a Tooth Relic of Śākyamuni Buddha,...Lingguang Monastery (灵光寺) is situated on the eastern foothills of Cuiwei Mountain (翠微山), a spur ranges of the Western Hills (西山) of Beijing. Revered worldwide for enshrining a Tooth Relic of Śākyamuni Buddha, the monastery has long been one of the principal pilgrimage destinations for Buddhists both in China and abroad. In 1983, it was officially designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as a National Key Buddhist Monastery in Han Chinese Buddhism, and it is currently administered by resident monastics appointed by the Buddhist Association of China (BAC).展开更多
文摘Lingguang Monastery (灵光寺) is situated on the eastern foothills of Cuiwei Mountain (翠微山), a spur ranges of the Western Hills (西山) of Beijing. Revered worldwide for enshrining a Tooth Relic of Śākyamuni Buddha, the monastery has long been one of the principal pilgrimage destinations for Buddhists both in China and abroad. In 1983, it was officially designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as a National Key Buddhist Monastery in Han Chinese Buddhism, and it is currently administered by resident monastics appointed by the Buddhist Association of China (BAC).
