The temple is situated on the north side of the Third Ring Road. The big bell in the temple history of more than 500 years, was built in the Yongle reign of Ming Dynasty. The bell is 6.94 meters high and weighs 46.5 tons. The inner and outer side of the bell is inscribed with the Buddhist sutras, contain more than 2270,000 characters. The bell is known as the king of the bells in China. The has more than 100 bells in different shapes from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The temple is named as museum of ancient bells in China.
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