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Mahakala Carving at Baocheng Temple 宝成寺麻曷葛剌造像Bǎochéng Sì Máhégélà Zàoxiàng
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Mahakala Carving at Baocheng Temple
A small temple on the south-eastern slope of Wu Hill, founded under the Wuyue kingdom, whose cliff niches hold a carving of Mahakala dated 1322, the only dated Mahakala image in China. The fierce protector deity of Tibetan Buddhism, worshipped by the Yuan court as a god of war, is flanked by Manjushri and Samantabhadra, with a Chinese inscription beside the niche.
How to get to Mahakala Carving at Baocheng Temple
On the south-eastern slope of Wu Hill about 700 m south of Hefang Street, reached on foot by the hill paths.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Hu Qing Yu Tang & Hu Xueyan's Former Residence 胡庆余堂 (under 10 km), Qinghefang Historic District 清河坊 (under 10 km), Southern Song Capital Lin'an & Deshou Palace Museum 临安城遗址 (under 10 km), Hangzhou Confucian Temple & Forest of Steles 杭州孔庙碑林 (under 10 km), Zhejiang Art Museum 浙江美术馆 (under 10 km), Phoenix Mosque 凤凰寺 (under 10 km).
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