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Huishan Temple 会善寺Huìshàn Sì
National heritage site · Zhengzhou, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhengzhou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Huishan Temple
A Buddhist temple below Jicui Peak that began as a Northern Wei detached palace, became a temple in the 6th century and took its present name under the Sui; it counts as one of the four great monasteries of Mount Song. Its main hall is a Yuan-dynasty timber building with large bracket sets, and the compound keeps steles from the Eastern Wei to the Tang. Just to the west stands the brick pagoda of the Tang monk Jingzang, built after his death in 746 and described as the only surviving Tang octagonal brick pagoda imitating timber construction, with several Qing brick pagodas nearby.
How to get to Huishan Temple
About 5 km north-west of central Dengfeng on the road towards Shaolin, around 15 minutes by taxi.
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 40 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), Shaoshi Que Gates 少室阙 (under 10 km), Fawang Temple 法王寺 (under 10 km), Sanzu Hermitage Pagoda 三祖庵塔 (under 10 km), Songyang Academy 嵩阳书院 (under 10 km), Yongtai Temple 永泰寺 (under 10 km).
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