Chongming Temple, Gaoping 崇明寺Chóngmíng Sì

About Chongming Temple, Gaoping

A Buddhist temple in a hill valley, laid out in two courtyards, whose central hall was begun in 971 in the early Northern Song. The hall has deep eaves on large seven-tier bracket sets and no interior columns, and its main beams are each made of two equal short timbers joined end to end, a construction rare among surviving Chinese timber buildings. The rear hall, repaired in 1591, has stone column bases at its front carved with mounted warriors.

How to get to Chongming Temple, Gaoping

In Guojiazhuang village, Hexi town, about 12 km south-east of Gaoping.

Nearby

• Huangcheng Xiangfu 皇城相府 40 km
  A walled hillside estate of courtyards, towers and gardens built by a family of officials
• Wanxian Mountain (Guoliang) 万仙山 50 km
  A village that hand-cut a road through the cliff face
• Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 60 km
  Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car

Also within 20 km: Xilimen Erxian Temple 西李门二仙庙 (under 10 km), Sanzong Temple, Sanwang 三王村三嵕庙 (under 10 km), Tiefo Temple, Gaoping 铁佛寺 (under 10 km), Yuhuang Temple, Nanzhuang 南庄玉皇庙 (under 10 km), Xuansheng Temple, Shimo 石末宣圣庙 (under 10 km), Tanlingtou Dai Temple 坛岭头岱庙 (under 10 km).

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