The national cultural relies in Baoguang Temple
More than 1,300 cultural relics, dating from the Han Dynasty, are kept in the temple, such as the sariras, Buddhist scriptures, pottery, paintings, works of calligraphy and tablets, 157 of which have been identified by experts as national cultural relies. The typical relics include a bronze tripod made 1,700 years ago, a tablet with one thousand Buddhas carved on it made 1,400 years ago, and the Tripitaka of over 6,000 valuable paintings and works of calligraphy are also stored here, such as Parrots painted by Emperor Song Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and Preface to Huayan Scriptures written by Monk Zhu Chan in the style of Jiufen Buddhist Calligraphy, Monkeys by Zhang Chuanshan in the Qing Dynasty, Guanyin by Zhang Daqian, the largest picture of horses ever painted by Xu Beihong, Letter to the Throne Before an Expedition embroidered in Hunan style by Zhuge Liang, and those by Tang Yin, Wen Zhengmin, Zhu Zhushan, Zheng Banqiao, Weng Tonghe, and Kang Youwei. They all contribute to the sightseeing value of Baoguang Temple.
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