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Fawang Temple 法王寺Fǎwáng Sì
National heritage site · Zhengzhou, Henan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhengzhou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Fawang Temple
A Buddhist temple at the foot of Taishi Mountain that by tradition was founded in AD 71, which would make it one of the earliest in China; its halls are Qing buildings and rebuilds made after 1987. On the slope behind stand six old pagodas, led by a fifteen-tiered square brick pagoda about 35 m tall, dated to the Sui or early Tang, with smaller Tang and Five Dynasties pagodas and a Yuan pagoda of 1316. The notch between two peaks east of the temple frames the rising moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the traditional sights of Mount Song.
How to get to Fawang Temple
About 5 km north of central Dengfeng, a short walk up the valley from the Songyue Pagoda.
Nearby
- Shaolin Temple 少林寺 under 10 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song - White Horse Temple 白马寺 50 km
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it - Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 50 km
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
Also within 20 km: Songyue Pagoda 嵩岳寺塔 (under 10 km), Sanzu Hermitage Pagoda 三祖庵塔 (under 10 km), Huishan Temple 会善寺 (under 10 km), Songyang Academy 嵩阳书院 (under 10 km), Chongfu Palace 崇福宫 (under 10 km), Qimu Que Gates 启母阙 (under 10 km).
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