Built in Yongzheng Year 11 (1733) as a Buddist temple named Juesheng Temple in the Qing Dynasty. This was the place for the emperors to pray for rainfall since the time of Qianlong to the end of Qing Dynasty. There is a frontal gate and the hall of Heavenly Kings.
Its name was changed to the Big Bell Temple in 1743 when a Huayan Bell originally kept at the Longevity Temple was moved to this place. Huayan Bell also named as "Yongle Bell'was cast during the years of Yongle Period in the Ming Dynasty, lasting over 500 years.
The bell is 6.75m high, 3.3 m in diameter, and 46.5 tons in weight and the 230,000 characters of more than 100 Buddist sutra in Chinee and Sanskrit were cast on both sides of the bell body. Sound of the bell can be heard at the distance of over 40 km. Ticket: 10 Yuan

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