Tongjiao Buddhist Temple

• Photographer
  Jacky Zhang
• Technical Info
  Fuji X-t3 And Xf/16-80mm
• Photo Date
  24Mar2024 and 31Mar2024

Tongjiao Buddhist Temple is the only convent in the city of Beijing, China, with a history of 500 years old. It's served as a practice center for Bhikkhuni. It’s said it houses a copy of Japan's Taisho Tripitaka. There were over 70 nuns in the 1960s. During China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Red Guards ruined the temple. Buddhist statues and scriptures were destroyed. It was built among traditional alleys, but now it is buried by tall buildings because of city development. Believers from local residence come to pray for health, happiness, luck, inner peace and seek their past time.

Beijing-based photographer. My themes of photography are society, culture, people and concept.