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Guangxiao Temple 光孝寺Guāngxiào Sì
National heritage site · Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangzhou
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Guangxiao Temple
Guangxiao Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, traditionally founded on the estate of the scholar Yu Fan after his death in 233, and is now the seat of the Guangdong Buddhist Association. Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, was tonsured here under a bodhi tree in 676, and a small brick pagoda said to hold his hair still stands. The grounds also keep two iron pagodas cast for the Southern Han court in the 960s, of which the eastern one survives intact.
How to get to Guangxiao Temple
On Guangxiao Road in Yuexiu District, central Guangzhou, about 10 minutes' walk from Ximenkou station on Metro Line 1.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 under 10 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Temple of the Six Banyan Trees 六榕寺 (under 10 km), Huaisheng Mosque and Guangta Minaret 怀圣寺光塔 (under 10 km), Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 中山纪念堂 (under 10 km), Guangzhou Uprising Memorial Museum (Guangzhou Commune Site) 广州起义纪念馆 (under 10 km), Temple of the Five Immortals 五仙观 (under 10 km), Nanyue King Museum (Mausoleum of the Nanyue King) 南越王博物院 (under 10 km).
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