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Wansong Temple
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Wansong Temple is the largest monastery on Panshan Mountain. Originally known as Li Jing’an, it was named after the renowned Tang‑dynasty general Li Jing, who once resided here. In the early Qing period, the poet and imperial censor Song Luo argued that “it would be improper to address a revered predecessor by his given name,” and thus renamed it Weigong’an. Wansong Temple is celebrated for its “green hills and clear waters, misty moonlight among the vines, and pine‑scented breezes”; its “stately temple façade and solemn Buddhist statues make it truly one of the foremost monasteries in eastern Beijing.” The Chan master Puzhao once served as its abbot, reciting the four‑character Buddha mantra and guiding others toward virtuous conduct. In the spring of the forty‑third year of the Kangxi reign (1704 AD), Emperor Kangxi, during another imperial tour, bestowed an imperial edict renaming the temple Wansong Temple. Today, though Wansong Temple still echoes with the ancient chime of its bells and stands beneath towering pagodas, it no longer bears the poetic imagery of its name—no thousand pines casting their shadows, no myriad valleys filled with the rustling of pines—nor does it possess that same exquisite charm.
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