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Lingyan Temple 灵岩寺Língyán Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jinan, Shandong
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinan
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Lingyan Temple
A Buddhist temple in a valley on the north-western edge of the Mount Tai range, counted among China's four famous temples. Its Hall of a Thousand Buddhas holds 40 painted clay arhat figures, 32 of them of Song date and 8 Ming, and the 11th-century Pizhi Pagoda rises about 55 m. The Stupa Forest of 167 memorial stupas, some from the Tang, completes a visit.
How to get to Lingyan Temple
In Wande subdistrict, Changqing District, about 33 km south of central Jinan and about 20 km north of Tai'an.
Nearby
- Mount Tai 泰山 20 km
China's most sacred peak, climbed by emperors and by night hikers chasing sunrise
Also within 20 km: Jiudingta Chinese Ethnic Park 九顶塔中华民族欢乐园 (10 km), Lianhua Cave Grotto, Changqing 莲花洞石窟 (20 km), Thousand-Buddha Cliff 千佛崖 (20 km), Four Gates Pagoda 四门塔 (20 km), Jinxiangshan Amusement Park 金象山乐园 (20 km).
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