Case file · Apparition / miracle
Jajang brings the Buddha's relics
The monk Jajang is said to have received relics of the Buddha from the bodhisattva Manjusri on China's Mount Wutai and enshrined them at Tongdosa, founded in 646.
646 CE · 35.49, 129.06 · status: legend
The account
Because the relics stand for the Buddha himself, the main hall has no statue, only a window onto the relic stupa. Legend adds that Jajang drove nine dragons out of the pond where the temple stands, leaving one as its guardian.