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Baoguang monastery
Baoguang Monastery built in the Eastern Han Dynasty is a Zen Buddhist monastery of long history, large scale, complete structure and quiet environment and is one of the Four Zen Buddhist Monasteries in the Yangtze River Valley.
Baoguang Monastery is a complex of 'one tower, five halls and sixteen courts.' Its layout is well-knit and momentum grand. The Arhat Hall built in the Qing Dynasty is supported about one hundred stone pillars and its structure is very intricate. The five hundred and seventy-seven statues of Buddha, Arhat and Buddhist founder have different expressions on their faces. All these statues are covered with gold foil, which is rare nationwide.
Baoguang Monastery has many couplets with insightful meanings. The most well-known, one of 
the two most famous couplets of Chengdu.
the two most famous couplets of Chengdu.
There is a large and rich cultural relics collection of various kinds and great beauty in Baoguang Monastery, such as the 'three treasures of the monastery'-Sariras, Utpala and Pattra-Leaf Scripture, and more than 1,000 works of great masters such as Song Huizong, Tang Bohu, Zhang Daqian, and Xu Beihong.
Now Baoguang Monastery receives more than two million people of Buddhist circle and visitors both from home and abroad and attracts a large number of worshipers. It has become one of the musts of tourism scenic spots for people visiting Sichuan.
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