The so-called Luobei - Japan refers to the "Luo" of the ancient Chinese capital of Luoyang to call Kyoto, so the central area of ​​Kyoto is called Luozhong, and the four sides are called Luobei, Luonan, Luodong, and Luoxi. It seems that there is a clear division.

We entered from the east. Several large buildings on the north side of the road are the main hall of Dadeji Temple. Dadeji Temple is the main mountain (which means the headquarters) of the Rinzai sect Dadeji sect (the Rinzai sect has 14 sects in Japan), and its name is Longbaoshan. It was founded by Zen Master Somine Myocho, the master of the Daiden Kingdom, in the 4th year of Showa (1315) at the end of the Kamakura period. It is the largest temple in Luobei and one of the Zen cultural centers. Later, it was burned during the war. The famous Ikkyu master (the wise Ikkyu) served as the abbot of Dade Temple at the age of 80 and rebuilt Dade Temple. To this day, Daitokuji Temple still preserves the ink written by Master Ikkyu.

In the ninth year of Meiji in Japan (1876), the Rinzai sects separated, and the Daitokuji system formed the Daitokuji sect. In the 27th year of Showa (1952), it was approved to become a religious legal person. Currently, there are 199 final temples including Sofukuji Temple (Fukuoka City), Nanshuji Temple (Kaishi), and Ryuhoji Temple (Kyoto), and there is a special dojo in Ryuhoji Temple.

The Royal Gate at the front is an important cultural relic of Japan, but it is blocked from entering. It is said that there are "Tangpofeng" on the front and rear, "Kiritsuzao" on the left and right, a gable-shaped eave, and a four-leg door with a hinoki cypress bark on the roof. It is said that they were all given by Emperor Mizuo.

Go past the Imperial Gate to the orange Sanmon Gate, which is also an important cultural relic of Japan. The inscription on it is "Golden Hair Pavilion". It is said that once you pass through the mountain gate and enter the temple, you will transform into a golden lion and transform all living beings. The so-called mountain gate refers to the gate of Longbaoshan; the so-called three gates refer to the three gates of liberation (the empty gate, the non-phase gate, and the non-composition gate). After the Onin Rebellion, Zen Master Ikkyu's disciple Lian Geshi Zongzong donated the first floor. Later, the Japanese "tea sage" Sen no Rikyu built a second floor and named it Jinmao Pavilion. However, it is said that there is also a gimmick in the history of this place. The shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who actually controlled the imperial court, committed suicide because the famous tea ceremony master, Sen Rikyu, known as the tea saint, erected a statue of himself on the red Golden Horse Pavilion. Because of Sen no Rikyu's status in Japanese tea ceremony, Daitokuji Temple's tea ceremony system is also famous in Japan. Every year on the anniversary of Sen Rikyu's death, tea ceremony ceremonies are held in all Daitoku Temple temples.

The third floor is the Buddhist hall, which is also an important cultural relic of Japan.

There is a huge cypress tree in front. It looks like it must be a thousand years old. It is very impressive. The Buddhist temple was founded by Daxian Guoshi, the first abbot of this mountain. After being destroyed during the Onin Rebellion, it was rebuilt by Ikkyu monk and others, and then rebuilt by Naha Tsuneyu in the 5th year of Kanbun (1665).

There are Tangmen (national treasure) and the chief abbot behind, but we did not go there. At the end of the road is Daisen-in, whose garden is a representative example of the early Edo dry landscape garden. But we didn't look.