潭柘寺是北京古老的佛教圣地 ,始建于西晋（２６５—３１６）年 ,距今已一千六百多年 ,向有“先有潭柘寺 ,后有北京城”之说。因我国古代的高僧们是用银杏树来代替佛门圣树菩提树的 ,所以大多寺庙中都有古银杏 ,而且是一雌一雄种植在寺内的主殿前 ,潭柘寺就是典型的代表。在寺 Tanzhe Temple is an ancient Buddhist sacred place in Beijing. It was built in the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316) years ago, and has been one thousand six hundred years ago. It is said to have “the first Tanzhe Temple and the later Beijing City”. Because ancient monks in our country used ginkgo tree instead of Buddhism holy tree linden tree, most of the temples have ancient ginkgo trees, and are a representative of the mother temple built in front of the main temple in the temple. In the temple