旃檀佛=the Sandalwood Buddha; 優填王佛=the Udayana Buddha; 蒙古佛教=the Buddhism of Mongolia; 清代=the Qing dynasty; 北京旃檀寺（弘仁寺）=Beijing temple of Zhantansi or Hongrensi; 朝聖地=the site of pilgrimage; 印度佛像=the statue of Indian Buddha
Through a short "biography" of the statue of the Sandalwood Buddha and description of the last Beijing temple that enshrined it,the paper discusses the construction of Beijing as a site of pilgrimage for Mongols,tries to understand how the Sandalwood Buddha legend circulated in Mongolia through popular tales and official narratives.At last,it presents different replicas of the statue in Qing dynasty Beijing,in Tibet and in Mongolia to highlight the different interpretations of this image common to Tibetans,Mongols,and Chinese Buddhists.
