2022山西太原景点打卡之天龙山石窟02- 天龙寺和蟠龙松｜Tianlong Temple, Over 1,000 Years Old Sculptures and Pine Tree

The biggest pie I have ever seen in my life. We're in front of the Tianlong Temple. Tianlong is a heavenly dragon. Originally built in the Beiqi Dynasty, over 1,500 years old. But it was destroyed by fire in the 1940s. But there are still some old relics left. For example, this pair of lions and these beautiful warrior statues. This is over 1,000 years old statue. The head is gone. The body is damaged. But this is still a very muscular warrior. Clay sculpture. Strong arms, strong legs. The first row is a heavenly king's hall. Second is a medicine buddha hall. The statue of medicine buddha. The buddha in the eastern world. People come here to pray to be free of any pains and disease. Twelve guardians flanking on both sides. They also are guardians for 12 different Chinese zodiacs. This is the third row, third courtyard of the Tianlong Temple. Very few tourists. Beautiful serenity. Some really old, like this piece of stone. It's a base for a stone tablet, I believe. This looks very old. And this is beautiful. Another beautiful pine tree. At least hundreds of years. This stone structure is like a shelter for the stone tablet. This is from day one. So it's over 1,500 years old. Stone pillars with a roof. And this is the main dynasty build, grand hall. We're in shrine, the buddha statue. Three statues of buddha. Has different names. The best thing is it's not hot today. It's cloudy, which works good for us. This place is notable for beautiful trees, like this pine tree. Panlong pine tree. Panlong means crouching dragon. The dragon pine, over 1,000 years old. Okay, I thought it was 100 years. 1,000 years old. Offers a shade of 300 square meters. It's much bigger than an apartment. A normal size apartment unit for Chinese. Some new constructions. And a very old seven pines. This was planted by a monk in Ming dynasty. So over 500, 600 years old. It resembles a big dipper. Lots of steps, over a thousand steps.