Is Luoyang White Horse Temple the earliest temple in China? Maybe not! Today, there is a Shaohua Mountain in Weinan, Shaanxi. Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was hunted down and hidden here. After Emperor Ming of Han ascended the throne, he ordered peopl

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Is Luoyang White Horse Temple the earliest temple in China? Maybe not! Today, there is an Shaohua Mountain in Weinan, Shaanxi. Eastern Han Dynasty founding emperor Liu Xiu was chased and hidden here. After the Han Ming Emperor succeeded to the throne, he ordered people to build a large-scale construction on Shaohua Mountain and build a " Qianlong Temple ". This temple is also considered to be the same period as Baima Temple .

In addition, there is a "Baiyun Temple" in Hefei, Anhui today. It was built in in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. It was two hundred years earlier than Baima Temple, but it is less famous.

When did Buddhism be introduced to China seem to add another layer of fog, but what we can confirm is that Buddhism emerged through Silk Road during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At this time, there was a historical background. At that time, the world was in chaos and dynasties changed frequently. The "cause and effect", "reincarnation", and "endurance of real pain" in Buddhism were just in line with the control of the people at that time and had a certain positive effect. Therefore, many emperors chose to worship Buddha at that time. During this period, Buddhism was the most prosperous on Hexi Corridor . Because of its specific geographical location, it caused the prosperity of Buddhist culture . Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes was known as the "Oriental Louvre", the Maijishan Grottoes of Tianshui , and the Mati Temple Grottoes of Zhangye were all the leaders of that era.

At that time, the number of monks from the west gradually increased, and there were endless believers who went to India to obtain scriptures from the east. It is worth mentioning that monks at that time were not only able to drink and eat meat, but also get married and have children. In the Hexi Corridor, the Hu people in the Western Regions were selling spices, and merchants in the Central Plains wholesale silk. In ordinary wine shops, there were pedestrians and monks in company. They talked about Buddhism and drank the long-standing "Jinhui Wine", either going east or returning west.

After them, a monk from India who went east to Chang'an and a monk from Tang Dynasty who traveled west to seek scriptures will pass through the Hexi Corridor and embark on the Silk Road, completely pushing Buddhism to the top in China! Our history will also remember those who were traveling west to seek scriptures for the first time. When they looked back, they walked alone, and every time they moved forward, they were to make the distance closer.

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