Beilin;
Forest of Stelae
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 The
scenery is lovely outside the temple; while inside stelae are like
forest. When you pass the Entrance you are first greeted by a large
number of stelea, or tablets, tall and short and in perfect order.
Four rows of stone tablets stand neatly in perfect order. Four rows of
stone tablets stand neatly on both sides as if welcoming visitors. |
 A
poem from Jing Rizhen (Qing Dynasty):
Ancient steleat crowd the yard as if to
comb the skies
Some tall, some short, some lean or
slant, all boast great memories.
Dim light 'neath shades of pines come
flick'ring o'er the mystic lands
Believe or not, here most inscriptions
came from masters hands
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| The stelea tells the visitor about
important events from the past, poems about the temple, its
surroundings and its martial arts and stelea in memory of master monks.
There is a stelea that was unearthed in front of the Daxiong Hall in
1980. |
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of Stelea |