Guanlin Temple 关林Guānlín

About Guanlin Temple

The traditional burial place of the head of Guan Yu, the Three Kingdoms general later worshipped as a god, which Cao Cao is said to have buried here with princely honours in 220. Behind the temple, rebuilt from 1592 with Ming and Qing halls along a long axis, rises the tomb mound; it is traditionally regarded as the only Guan Yu temple entitled to the rank of 'lin', a term otherwise used for the Confucius cemetery in Qufu. Guan Yu's cult and its temple fair are a listed national intangible heritage, and the complex is one of the 'Guan Yu Cultural Sites' put forward for World Heritage.

How to get to Guanlin Temple

In Guanlin, about 7 km south of the Old Town on the road to the Longmen Grottoes; city buses stop at the Guanlin Temple bus terminus by the gate.

Nearby

• Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 under 10 km
  Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
• White Horse Temple 白马寺 20 km
  China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it
• Shaolin Temple 少林寺 40 km
  The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song

Also within 20 km: Luoyang Lavender Manor 薰衣草庄园 (under 10 km), Dahehui, Luoyang 大河荟 (under 10 km), Peony Pavilion and Luoyang Peony Museum 牡丹阁 (under 10 km), Sui–Tang City Site Botanical Garden 隋唐城遗址植物园 (under 10 km), China National Flower Garden 中国国花园 (under 10 km), Longmen Fengxiang Hot Spring Resort 凤翔温泉 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

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