Daming Temple, Jiyuan 大明寺Dàmíng Sì

About Daming Temple, Jiyuan

A Buddhist temple at Zhicheng, south of Jiyuan, on the site of an ancestral shrine of the Western Han lords of Zhi; it became a monastery in 1040 and was rebuilt over thirty years from 1276. Thirteen Yuan, Ming and Qing buildings stand on a three-courtyard axis, and the Yuan middle Buddha hall is one of only four Yuan wooden halls left in Henan, with an ancient tree spreading in front of it.

How to get to Daming Temple, Jiyuan

In Zhicheng, about 6 km south of central Jiyuan and a few hundred metres from the Guandi Temple.

Nearby

• White Horse Temple 白马寺 30 km
  China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it
• Huangcheng Xiangfu 皇城相府 50 km
  A walled hillside estate of courtyards, towers and gardens built by a family of officials
• Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 50 km
  Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant

Also within 20 km: Guandi Temple, Zhicheng 轵城关帝庙 (under 10 km), Ancient City of Zhi 轵国故城 (under 10 km), Fengxian Taoist Temple 奉仙观 (under 10 km), Jidu Temple 济渎庙 (under 10 km), Yanqing Temple Pagoda 延庆寺塔 (under 10 km), Wanfoshan Grottoes 万佛山石窟 (10 km).

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