Luoyang White Horse Temple is such a treasure

📍Location: No. 6 Luobai Road, Baima Temple Town, Luolong District ⏰Hours: Summer 07:40-18:40 | Winter 08:00-17:30 🎫Tickets: 35 RMB, half price for students/teachers, free with Luoyang annual pass, guided tour itinerary can be exchanged at the manual window 🚗Transportation: Metro Line 1 Yangwan Station, 8 RMB taxi direct ride Taxi destination: "White Horse Temple Visitor Center" 📞 Useful Tips: Add electronic guide for 9.9 RMB Tour Guide: Follow the route “Qiyun Pagoda → Di Lianggong Tomb → Chinese-style Ancient Temple → International Buddha Hall → Exit Cultural and Creative Area” to avoid backtracking, core attractions can be covered in 3 hours Qiyun Pagoda: Originally named Shakyamuni Relic Pagoda. Built during the Eastern Han Yongping era, it is the oldest standing building in Luoyang. Qing dynasty monks gave it the powerful name “Qiyun Pagoda,” its silhouette piercing the sky can be seen from afar. 📕Hidden facts in the pagoda courtyard: Henan’s only Bhikkhuni monastery: a place for female monastics to practice Historical mystery under the pagoda: On the way to the pagoda courtyard, you’ll pass Di Lianggong Tomb, with a stele inscribed “Tomb of the Great Tang Prime Minister Di Lianggong” ⚔️ Controversy: Xue Huaiyi’s tomb 🔥Highlights of the Four-Nation Buddha Halls: Chinese-style ancient building area: Must touch the 108 nipple nails on the mountain gate wall! The Ming dynasty wooden Buddha statue in the Mahavira Hall is extremely precious. Don’t miss the Dharma assembly event on September 19🙏🙏 Thai Buddha Hall Garden: The golden pagoda modeled after Bangkok’s Grand Palace is dazzling, and there is a monk chanting ceremony at 10 AM on Saturdays. Indian Buddha Hall Garden: 1:1 replica of the Sanchi Stupa Burmese Buddha Hall Garden - same style as Bagan: 32-meter tall golden pagoda 📸Top photo spots: ▫️Mountain gate stone lions: Low-angle shot capturing the "White Horse Temple" plaque and stone lions together, best in morning slanting light ▫️Second floor of Thai pagoda: Stand in the corridor wearing a light-colored long dress ▫️Second floor platform of Burmese pagoda: Overhead shot showing pavilion and golden pagoda layers ▫️Window of Zhiyu Teahouse: Blue tiles and bamboo shadows in frame, place a rustic tea bowl ▫️Qiyun Pagoda mirror pool: Take reflection shots of the pagoda body at 3 PM 💡Hidden activities: ✅ Get 3 free incense sticks next to the bell tower, no need to buy incense ✅ Drink free Zen tea at Zhiyu Teahouse! Tea cups are printed with the story "Go Drink Tea," maintain silence throughout ✅ Sutra copying experience requires advance booking, you can take your completed copy as a souvenir ✅ 10 RMB glass bottle of old-style yogurt, supermarket price is 5 RMB ✅ Buy it at the Dharma goods counter on the left side of the Heavenly King Hall 🍜【Nearby connections】: ▫️Vegetarian restaurant inside the temple: 28 RMB Luoyang Water Banquet vegetarian swallow dish, carrots carved to look like "bird’s nest" so realistic ▫️2 km to Guanlin, visit the Martial Saint Hall ▫️2 km to Han and Wei Luoyang Ancient City Ruins, perfect for a one-day itinerary to check off historical sites~ History and culture check-in