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Baoguo Temple 保国寺Bǎoguó Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Baoguo Temple
A hillside temple north-west of Ningbo whose main hall, built in 1013, is one of the few Northern Song timber buildings surviving south of the Yangtze. The hall predates the Song building manual Yingzao Fashi by 90 years yet matches it closely, with melon-ribbed pillars and three caisson ceilings, while the outer eaves were added in 1684. There are no monks now: the halls form an architecture museum explaining how the building was made.
How to get to Baoguo Temple
About 15 km north-west of central Ningbo on Lingshan hill near Hongtang, best reached by taxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jiulong Lake, Zhenhai 九龙湖 (under 10 km), Cicheng Ancient Town 慈城古县城 (under 10 km), Liangzhu Culture Park 梁祝文化公园 (under 10 km), Dapeng Mountain 达蓬山 (under 10 km), Baiyunzhuang (Baiyun Manor), Ningbo 白云庄 (10 km), Tianning Temple Pagoda 天宁寺塔 (10 km).
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