Píngjí

Pingji was an old county seat on the Hebei plain, later known as Zhaozhou. Its Bailin Monastery honours the Chan master Congshen, remembered as Zhaozhou Chan Master. A brick pagoda raised in his honour in 1330 preserved his memory under the Yuan. The monastery continued to receive attention in later centuries, and its Heavenly Kings and Vajra halls were rebuilt in 1503 during the Ming dynasty.