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Luoyang, Province Henan Baima Si (White Horse Temple) Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) & later Founded in 68 AD, Ŧ Han Ming Di (58-75 AD) |
Comments: According to tradition, this is the first Buddhist temple in China, "the cradle of Chinese Buddhism". It commemorates the succe- ssful return from the West (Indo-Scythia) of the Emperor's emissaries, who used two white horses to carry the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters. |
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