Mengle Great Buddhist Temple 勐泐大佛寺Měnglè Dàfósì

About Mengle Great Buddhist Temple

A large Theravada Buddhist temple complex on the southern edge of Jinghong, built from 2005 on the site of Jingpiao Temple, a royal temple of the old Dai kingdom destroyed in war in the 19th century; when it was consecrated in 2007 it was billed as the largest Theravada temple in China. Its halls climb a hillside, and since 2020 they have been in the care of the local Buddhist association. It is a modern reconstruction rather than a historic monument.

How to get to Mengle Great Buddhist Temple

About 5 km south of central Jinghong, 15 minutes by taxi; since 2020 the site has officially been called the Mengle Cultural Tourism Area.

Nearby

• Xishuangbanna & Jinghong 西双版纳与景洪 under 10 km
  Gilded Dai temples, a Mekong-side night market and April's Water-Splashing Festival
• Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden 中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园 50 km
  China's largest botanical garden, with giant banyans, palms and true primary rainforest

Also within 20 km: Xishuangbanna Southern Medicine Garden 西双版纳南药园 (under 10 km), Xishuangbanna Tropical Flower Garden 西双版纳热带花卉园 (under 10 km), Xishuangbanna Sunac Theme Park 西双版纳融创乐园 (10 km), Xishuangbanna Primeval Forest Park 西双版纳原始森林公园 (10 km), Dai Ethnic Park 西双版纳傣族园 (20 km).

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