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Yong'an Temple, Hunyuan 浑源永安寺Húnyuán Yǒng'ān Sì
National heritage site · Datong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Datong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yong'an Temple, Hunyuan
A Yuan-dynasty temple compound in the old town of Hunyuan, begun under the Jin, burned down and rebuilt in the early Yuan, with extensions and repairs under the Ming and Qing. Its main hall, the Chuanfa Zhengzong Hall, dates from 1315 and has a hip roof covered in yellow glazed tiles, and its interior walls carry large murals of the Buddhist water-and-land ritual and the ten Wisdom Kings.
How to get to Yong'an Temple, Hunyuan
In the old town of Hunyuan, on Gulou North Lane.
Nearby
- Hanging Temple 悬空寺 under 10 km
A wooden temple pinned to a sheer cliff, seemingly propped up on stilts - Yingxian Wooden Pagoda 应县木塔 50 km
A Liao-dynasty timber pagoda of 1056, five storeys outside and nine within - Datong Ancient City 大同古城 50 km
Rebuilt Ming ramparts around genuine Liao–Jin temple halls and a glazed dragon screen
Also within 20 km: Yuanjue Temple Pagoda, Hunyuan 圆觉寺塔 (under 10 km), Hunyuan Confucian Temple 浑源文庙 (under 10 km), Tomb of Li Yumei 栗毓美墓 (under 10 km), Lülüshen Temple, Hunyuan 律吕神祠 (under 10 km), Mount Heng (Beiyue Hengshan) 北岳恒山 (under 10 km), Dayun Temple, Jingzhuang 荆庄大云寺 (10 km).
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