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Qiongzhu Temple 筇竹寺Qióngzhú Sì
National heritage site · Kunming, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kunming
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Qiongzhu Temple
A Buddhist temple on Yu'an Mountain north-west of Kunming, known as the first Chan (Zen) temple in Yunnan: tradition dates it to the Tang, and it rose to prominence when the monk Xiongbian taught here in the early Yuan dynasty. Most of the present buildings date from late Qing rebuilding. It is famous for its 500 painted clay arhats, each about a metre tall, made between 1883 and 1890 by the Sichuan sculptor Li Guangxiu and his students, which line the main hall and two side pavilions.
How to get to Qiongzhu Temple
About 10 km north-west of central Kunming in the hills, around 40 minutes by taxi.
Nearby
- Green Lake Park 翠湖公园 under 10 km
Kunming's favourite park, where wintering gulls wheel over willow-lined causeways - Western Hills & Dragon Gate 西山龙门 10 km
Taoist grottoes and a single-file ledge path cut into a cliff high above Dianchi Lake - Chengjiang Fossil Site & Fuxian Lake 澄江化石地与抚仙湖 60 km
Half-billion-year-old fossils of early animals beside one of China's deepest lakes
Also within 20 km: Kunming Sunac Ocean World 昆明融创海世界 (under 10 km), Daguan Lou and Daguan Park 大观楼 (under 10 km), Former Site of National Southwest Associated University 国立西南联合大学旧址 (under 10 km), Yunnan Military Academy 云南陆军讲武堂 (under 10 km), Huize Hall, Yunnan University 会泽院 (under 10 km), Lu Han's Mansion 卢汉公馆 (under 10 km).
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