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Hualin Temple 华林寺Huálín Sì
National heritage site · Fuzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Fuzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Hualin Temple
A small temple compound at the foot of Pingshan Hill whose main hall, built in 964 when Fuzhou was ruled by the Wuyue kingdom, is regarded as the oldest surviving timber building south of the Yangtze. Its tiers of bracket sets and single-eave hip-and-gable roof preserve early Song carpentry, a style thought to have influenced Japanese temple building in the Kamakura period. The gate and side halls around it were added when the hall was restored in the 1980s.
How to get to Hualin Temple
In central Fuzhou at the north end of Guping Road, next to the provincial government compound and about 2 km north of Dongjiekou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Sanfang Qixiang 三坊七巷 (under 10 km), Lin Zexu Memorial Hall 林则徐纪念馆 (under 10 km), Fuzhou Confucian Temple 福州文庙 (under 10 km), Black Pagoda (Wuta) 乌塔 (under 10 km), Tomb of Lin Zexu 林则徐墓 (under 10 km), Wushan and Yushan Hills 乌山、于山 (under 10 km).
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