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Tiefo Temple (Dayun Temple), Linfen 铁佛寺Tiěfó Sì
National heritage site · Linfen, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Linfen
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tiefo Temple (Dayun Temple), Linfen
A temple in the south-west of Linfen's old town, founded in 632 and now run as a museum, with a gate, an entrance hall, a sutra library and a brick pagoda that was begun in 1715 and finished in 1728. The pagoda's hollow ground floor holds an iron Buddha head 6.8 m high that is dated to the Tang, and the upper floors cannot be climbed. The present buildings are Qing, rebuilt after the earthquake of 1695.
How to get to Tiefo Temple (Dayun Temple), Linfen
It is in the south-west of central Linfen. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- Guangsheng Temple 广胜寺 40 km
A 13-storey glazed-tile pagoda above Yuan halls and murals, among them a theatre scene
Also within 20 km: Fenhe Culture and Ecology Scenic Area, Linfen 汾河文化生态景区 (under 10 km), Yao Temple, Linfen 尧庙 (under 10 km), Wangqu Dongyue Temple, Linfen 王曲东岳庙 (10 km), Xiangling Confucian Temple 襄陵文庙 (10 km), Dongyang Houtu Temple 东羊后土庙 (10 km), Lingguang Temple Glazed Pagoda 灵光寺琉璃塔 (10 km).
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