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Xingjiao Temple 兴教寺Xīngjiào Sì
National heritage site · Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xi'an
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xingjiao Temple
A Buddhist temple on the Shaoling plateau south of Xi'an, founded in 669 to house the remains of Xuanzang, the monk whose pilgrimage to India inspired Journey to the West. Its west courtyard holds his five-storey brick pagoda, about 21 m tall, flanked by the smaller pagodas of his disciples Kuiji and Yuance, and the three were inscribed in 2014 as part of the Silk Roads World Heritage site. The temple halls themselves were burnt in the 19th century and rebuilt during the Republican period, and it remains an active monastery.
How to get to Xingjiao Temple
About 20 km south of central Xi'an in Chang'an District, roughly 45 minutes by road.
Nearby
- Datang Everbright City 大唐不夜城 20 km
A lantern-lit, Tang-themed avenue of street performers, sculptures and evening crowds - Big Wild Goose Pagoda 大雁塔 20 km
A Tang-dynasty pagoda built for scriptures a monk carried home from India - Shaanxi History Museum 陕西历史博物馆 20 km
Tang gold and silver, original tomb murals and finds from Shaanxi's Zhou, Qin and Han past - Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔 20 km
A slender Tang brick pagoda, cracked by earthquakes, in the grounds of the Xi'an Museum - Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 20 km
Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops
Also within 20 km: Huayan Temple Pagodas 华严寺塔 (under 10 km), Erlong Pagoda 二龙塔 (under 10 km), Guanzhong Folk Art Museum 关中民俗艺术博物院 (under 10 km), Duling, Tomb of Emperor Xuan of Han 杜陵 (under 10 km), South Wutai Mountain 南五台 (10 km), Shengshou Temple Pagoda, Nanwutai 圣寿寺塔 (10 km).
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