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Uvs Nuur Basin
The Uvs Basin (1,068,853 hectares) is the northernmost enclosed basin in Central Asia. It takes its name from Lake Uvs, a large, shallow salt lake important for migratory birds, waterfowl and seabirds. The area consists of twelve protected areas representing the major biomes of Eastern Eurasia. Steppe ecosystems support a rich diversity of birds, and the deserts are home to many rare gerbils, jerboas and great spotted weasels. The mountains are important refuges for the globally endangered snow leopard, mountain goat (argali) and Asiatic wild goat.
Yunju Temple
Yunju Temple is located at the southwest foot of Baidai Mountain (also known as Shijing Mountain) in Fangshan District, more than 70 kilometers southwest of Beijing, 70 kilometers from the city center. It covers an area of more than 70,000 square meters. Yunju Temple, Shijing Mountain Sutra Cave, and Tang and Liao Pagoda Group constitute a treasure house of Chinese Buddhist cultural characteristics. It is famous for the rare treasure of Chinese cultural heritage, the stone-carved Buddhist Tripitaka - "Fangshan Stone Sutra". Yunju Temple is a place where Buddhist scriptures are gathered. The temple treasures stone scriptures, paper scriptures, and woodblock scriptures, which are known as the "three wonders". The "Stone-carved Buddhist Tripitaka" was first engraved during the Sui Daye period (605), and the monk Jingwan and others engraved the scriptures on stone to protect the Dharma. The sutra engraving business has gone through six dynasties, namely the Sui, Tang, Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Ming, and lasted for 1,039 years, engraving 1,122 Buddhist scriptures, 3,572 volumes, and 14,278 pieces. Such a large-scale engraving and such a long history are indeed rare feats in the history of world culture. They are comparable to the Great Wall and the Grand Canal of Beijing-Hangzhou in the civilized world, and are rare and precious cultural heritages in the world. They are known as "Dunhuang of Beijing" and "the best in the world". "Fangshan Stone Sutra" is a Buddhist classic that has lasted for thousands of years since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It not only contains extremely rich historical materials in Buddhist studies, political history, social economy, culture and art, but also has important cultural and artistic value in calligraphy art. Yunju Temple not only houses the three wonders of Buddhism and the thousand-year-old pagoda, but also treasures the Buddha's relics that have attracted worldwide attention. Relics (a Buddhist term) means corpse or body bones. According to legend, it is a bead-like object formed after the cremation of Sakyamuni's body. On November 27, 1981, two red flesh relics were excavated in Leiyin Cave. These are the only relics in the world that are treasured in caves instead of being enshrined in pagodas. They are called "Three Treasures of China" together with the Buddha's tooth in Badachu, Beijing, China and the Buddha's finger in Famen Temple, Xi'an, Shaanxi. They add a touch of auspiciousness to the thousand-year-old temple. Today, Yunju Temple has become a famous Buddhist temple and a famous religious venue at home and abroad, enjoying the reputation of "the Great Temple in the North". Yunju Temple has a unique quiet geographical environment, unique and charming beautiful scenery, and contains rich Buddhist cultural characteristics. It is a place to store scriptures and treasures, and a place to pray for blessings and usher in auspiciousness.