page_title: Temple of Great Compassion
section_title: Old and new
hierarchical_section_title: Temple of Great Compassion / Old and new
caption_attribution_description: English: 19th Century Mongolian distemper with highlights of gold, depicting Shakyamuni flanked by Chenrezig and Manjushri Русский: Монгольская золчёная клеевая живопись XIX века, изображающая Будду Шакямуни сидящего между бодхисатвой Ченрезигом и бодхисатвой Манджушри
context_page_description: The Temple of Great Compassion or Dabei Yuan is a Zen Buddhist temple in Tianjin, China.
context_section_description: The old monastery refers to the three great halls in the west yard. The construction of the old monastery was started in the beginning of the Qing dynasty and was renovated in the eighth year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in the Qing dynasty. The east yard features the new monasteries. The statue of Sakyamuni oblated in the Daxiong Palace from the east yard was created during the Qing dynasty. The whole Sakyamuni statue is 7 meters high, 6 tons in weight, with 9,999 small Buddhas carved on its lotus throne. Inside the Great Compassion hall is a 3.6 meters high mud statue of the Thousand-hand Kwan-yin is oblated.
caption: A thanka painting of Sakyamuni
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