Hanshan (Cold Hill) Temple

The temple was built in the period 502 to 519, and located in Fengqiao Town, five kilometres west of Suzbou City, Jiangsu Province. It is so named after hanshan, one of two high priests of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) who said to have live and conducted prayer services here. And ever since the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji wrote in his poem these lines: "From Hanshan Temple in the outskirts of Suzhou. the bell peals Forth to the passengers sail at midnight. The temple, along with the Verse, became known far and wide. Among the relics here are the famous bell of Hanshan Temple, stone statues of hanshan and his friends as well as an archive of Buddhist scriptures. Longxing Temple Also known as Big Buddba Temple. Longxing Temple was located within Zhengding County, Hebei Province. It was first built in 586 in Ihe Sui Dynasty (1581-6181), with a history of mare than 1,400 years. The twenty-two-metre-high and 42-arm bronze statue of the Great Mercy Bodhisattva in the temple is one of the highest bronze statues still in existence in China. In the temple there are some precious steles left from Sui (581-618), Song (1060-1279), Jin (1115-12341), Yuan (1279-1368), Ming(1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Qingjing Mosque Located on the Tumen Street, Quanzhou city, Fujian Province, Qingjing Mosque was built in the Northern Song Dynasty in 1009, and it is one of the oldest mosques in China. Encompassing 2, 100 square meters, the mosque is a copy of the mosque in Damascus of Syria. Its main entrance, 20 metres high and 4.5 metres wide. consists of three gates, one inside the other. All the three gates are in arched form with a dome ceiling but the outer and the middle gates have a pointed summit against the west wall lies an altar. The niches in the exterior of the south wall and in the wall of the altar are inscribed with passages from Koran in Arabic.