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Yunzhao Temple
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Yunzhao Temple was formerly known as Jianglong An and was founded during the Taihe era of the Tang Dynasty by Master Daozong. Historically, the temple enshrined the Imperial Treasury’s Thousand‑Leaf Precious Lotus Buddha. In the thirtieth year of the Wanli reign, it was officially bestowed the name “Yunzhao Temple.” Perched atop a sheer summit, shrouded in clouds and veiled in mist, from below one can scarcely tell whether the cloud is the temple or the temple is the cloud—hence the name Yunzhao Temple. Standing proudly at the very peak of Panshan Mountain, the temple has long enjoyed a renowned reputation, regarded as the foremost among all the monasteries on the mountain and hailed as the “Buddhist Palace Amid the Clouds.” When clouds rise at the summit, its golden halls gleam with radiant splendor; when the clouds disperse, its jagged cliffs sparkle in the light. Ascending this sacred site evokes the sense of gazing upward at a lofty pagoda that seems close to the heavens, while looking down upon the world below, where earthly affairs seem to swirl and churn. Emperor Qianlong himself praised this place as “supreme and wondrous.”
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