Fangshan Yunju Temple (English name)

Japanese: 房山雲居寺 - ぼうざんうんごじ（英語表記）Fáng shān Yún jū sì

A temple located in the western valley of Baidai Mountain (Shijing Mountain), about 25 km southwest of Fangshan County, Hebei Province, China. Yunju Temple is also known as Xiyu Temple and Xiyu Temple. Located at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains, the area is home to many ruins and remains from the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, making it a strategic location historically and geographically. It is also famous for housing the stone-carved "Complete Buddhist Scriptures," for which it was named. It is the largest of all stone scriptures, and was carved by Jing Wan (?-639) of the Sui dynasty during the Daye era (605-617) at the urgency of the hope that the scriptures would remain after the extinction of the Dharma. It has continued to be carved ever since.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の河北省房山県の南西約25km，白帯山(石経山)の西谷にある寺院。雲居寺はまた西峪寺，西域寺と別称される。太行山脈東麓にあり，隋･唐から遼･金･元までの遺跡遺物が一帯に多く，歴史地理上要衝にあるが，名のおこりとなった石刻の《一切経》を蔵することで名高い。石経中もっとも大規模なもので，隋代の静琬(？‐639)が大業年中(605‐617)に法滅後に経典の残ることを期して発願し創刻した。以後も続刻された。

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