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Cao'an 草庵Cǎo'ān
National heritage site · Quanzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Quanzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Cao'an
A small granite shrine in Luoshan, Jinjiang, long regarded as the only intact Manichaean temple in the world, with a relief of Mani as the 'Buddha of Light' carved into the rock face behind it in 1339. The seated figure, about 1.5 m high in a round niche, has a beard and a halo of 18 rays, and was later venerated as a Buddhist image. It is one of the components of the Quanzhou World Heritage site.
How to get to Cao'an
On a hillside in Luoshan subdistrict, about 20 km south of central Quanzhou by road; it is an uphill walk from the nearest bus stop.
Nearby
- Gulangyu Island 鼓浪屿 60 km
A car-free island of old villas, banyan trees and drifting piano music
Also within 20 km: Wulin Traditional Village 梧林传统村落 (under 10 km), Wudianshi Historic Quarter 五店市 (under 10 km), Longshan Temple, Anhai 安海龙山寺 (under 10 km), Ding Family Ancestral Hall, Chendai 陈埭丁氏宗祠 (under 10 km), Nantian Temple Stone Buddhas 南天寺 (10 km), Cizao Kiln Sites (Jinjiaoyi Hill) 磁灶窑址 (10 km).
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