I went to White Horse Temple in Luoyang with my parents and children after public holiday. There are few visitors here, we only met a group of travelers from Sichuan. We took bus No.58 from Luoyang downtown to White Horse Temple, fare of which is 1.5 yuan. We arrived at 8:30am at the gate, as the journey cost one hour. There are many vendors who sell candles which can be brought into the temple. Entrance ticket is 35 yuan, free for soldier, senior over 60 and children under 1.4 meters. We entered into White Horse Temple Scenic Area from the west gate, first glance is the green stone gate of Ming Dynasty and two stone horses of Song Dynasty, where people take photos here. The stone horses at the front of the temple are in the Ming architectural style, representing the white horses which carried the scriptures and the Indian monks to China. Between the archway and gate lies a pool with fountains, crossed by three stone bridges. Then we visited the cemeteries of two eminent Indian monks, Maoteng and Zhuflan who first introduced Buddhism into China (in the Eastern Han Dynasty), translated the earliest Buddhist scriptures "42 Chapters of Sutra" and built the first Buddhist temple in Luoyang, capital of China, namely White Horse Temple. I learned from the guide, White Horse Temple is the first Buddhist temple in China, having been first established in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han dynasty. The temple, although small in comparison to many others in China, is considered by most believers as "the cradle of Chinese Buddhism". The first large hall in the temple complex is known as "The Hall of Heavenly Kings," where a statue of the Maitreya, known in China as the laughing Buddha, is the main deity located in the hall's front. The Hall of Changing Ge, built in 1995, is a repository of ancient scriptures, which has more than ten types of Buddhist texts, including the Longzang Jing Dazong Jing, the Dazeng Zong Jing, the Tibet Jing and so forth. In the ‘Hall of Mahavira”, there are statues of three principal Buddhas. The central image is of the Sakyamuni Buddha. In the Main Hall, at the altar, there are three statues, the central statue is that of Sakhyamuni Buddha flanked by statue of Manjushri and Samantabhadra. The living quarters of the monks are in an exclusive pagoda, with restricted entry, called the "Qiyun Ta," or Qiyun Pagoda. It is approachable after crossing the manicured garden and a bridge to the left of the main temple. This pagoda was built in the 12th century in the fifteenth year of the Dading reign of the Jin dynasty. It is a 13 tiered, 25 meters, high cubic shaped brick tower. It has been renovated in subsequent periods. The tomb of the famous Tang dynasty official Di Renjie is also located in the eastern end of the complex. Under international funding, the temple has undergone many changes, both structurally and internally. The most recent cooperative project, with India, was completed in 2008 when the Sanchi Stupa and the Sarnath Buddha statue were erected. The geographical landmarks to the south are Manghan mountain and Lucoche River. We finished visiting around 11am, then took the bus no.58 back to Lijing Gate. I highly recommend that you should come to Lijing Gate at night, as there is night market here.