Baima Temple will be reopened to the public on February 1 day, 2022 (New Year's Day) in accordance with the spirit and work arrangement of the city's epidemic prevention and control notice and the recent epidemic prevention and control situation. Visitors and friends are requested to consciously abide by the relevant regulations on epidemic prevention and control and make reasonable arrangements to enter the temple.
First, actively advocate "Luoyang people travel to Luoyang". Local tourists in Luoyang must register in the temple with their real names. Foreign tourists who come to and return to Luoluo must have negative nucleic acid test certificates within 48 hours before entering the scenic spot.
Second, flow control. The total number of tourists received by temples shall be strictly controlled, and outdoor places shall not exceed 75% of the approved number, and indoor places shall not exceed 50% of the approved number. It is forbidden for people to get together and gather.
Third, strict prevention and control. According to the requirements of "limited quantity, appointment and peak shifting", all temple visitors must make an appointment in advance, obey the management of on-site staff, cooperate with real-name registration, temperature measurement, wearing masks and other work in an orderly manner, and show their real-time health codes and travel codes. When purchasing tickets and queuing, keep a safe distance above 1 meter, and reject those who do not meet the requirements.
Fourth, pay attention to etiquette. Please don't face others when coughing or sneezing. Cover your mouth and nose with a mask. Put the mask back and throw it into a special disposal box. Please don't take off your mask at will and do anything that doesn't meet the requirements of epidemic prevention and uncivilized tourism, such as spitting.
5. Open areas. The five halls on the central axis are temporarily closed, and the Sutra Pavilion, Magic Pavilion, Indian Temple, Zhiyu Tea Room and Zhaitang are temporarily closed to the public.
6. Suspend all large-scale religious activities. No large-scale religious activities will be held in this temple for the time being, and no fasting will be provided for the time being. Baima Temple will further strengthen and implement various epidemic prevention and control measures, which involves arranging special personnel to supervise each post and regularly killing all corners of the temple to ensure safety and order. I look forward to seeing you and us do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, abide by the regulations and visit in a civilized way. Thank you for your support and cooperation!
Luoyang Baima Temple
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Baima Temple was built in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 68). It was built by the government after Buddhism was introduced into China. It has always been regarded as "the ancestral home" and "the source of Buddhism in China". It is said that the name of the temple comes from the allusion of "White Horse Negative Classics". The White Horse Temple has experienced wars and been rebuilt several times. Nowadays, the area of Baima Temple is not large, so it is no problem to visit the whole scenic spot on foot.
Tourists enter the temple through the mountain gate. The mountain gate was built in the Ming Dynasty, and the stone carved horses on both sides of the mountain gate are relics of the Song Dynasty. There are five halls in the temple, which are located on the central axis. The main hall is the second hall, the Great Buddha Hall, and the main place to do business. The third hall, the Hall of the Great Hero, contains the "treasure of the town temple" of Baima Temple-the only "dry lacquer statue" of Yuan Dynasty in China. There are 23 Yuan Dynasty "dry paint with bamboo" statues in the temple, all made of silk and hemp, each weighing only 3 to 5 kilograms. Since the yuan dynasty, it has not been repaired for more than 700 years, and the color is still as new.
There are more than 40 stone tablets in Baima Temple since the Tang Dynasty, among which "Luo Jing Baima Temple Ancestral Temple" written by Zhao Meng, a calligrapher in Yuan Dynasty, is particularly precious (east of the mountain gate). There are also three cemeteries worth visiting in the scenic spot: the cemeteries of two Indian monks, Morten and Jufalan (on the east and west sides of the mountain gate), and the cemetery of Prime Minister Di Renjie. But there is also a saying that the tomb of Di was not buried by Di Zhu, but by Xue Huaiyi, the "noodle master" of Wu Zetian, who once presided over the White Horse Temple.
About 200 meters southeast of the mountain gate, there is a pagoda in Yun Qi, which was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty and rebuilt in the Jin Dynasty. It is one of the few ancient buildings in the Jin Dynasty in the Central Plains.