Biyun Temple lies on the eastern slope of the Fragrant Hills in Beijing. Behind it stands the Vajrasana Pagoda, built in the Qianlong era of the Qing entirely of white stone: five close-eaved pagodas and two small Lamaist stupas rise from a high terrace, with relief carving covering the terrace walls and the pagodas. It follows the pattern of the Zhenjue Temple pagoda but is taller and busier, and Liang Sicheng thought its designs disordered and the carving weak, less simple and stable than the Zhenjue pagoda.
