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Cixiang Temple 慈相寺Cíxiàng Sì
National heritage site · Jinzhong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Cixiang Temple
A Buddhist temple in Jiguo village whose three courtyards run north from the gate through a Guandi shrine and bell and drum towers to the main hall and the Lutai Pagoda. The main hall is original Song-dynasty timberwork, three bays wide with an overhanging gable roof, and the octagonal nine-storey brick pagoda, 48.2 m high, was built under the Jin dynasty between 1123 and 1137. The temple goes back to the Tang dynasty and took its present name in the Northern Song, and most other buildings are Ming or Qing.
How to get to Cixiang Temple
In Jiguo village, Yancunbao township, about 11 km east of Pingyao. Like many village temples in Shanxi it is often locked, so ask in the village for the caretaker.
Nearby
- Pingyao Ancient City 平遥古城 10 km
An intact Ming walled town of courtyard inns, where China's first draft banks were born - Shuanglin Temple 双林寺 20 km
Some 2,000 painted clay Buddhas, saints and guardians crowded into ten temple halls - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 20 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern - Mount Mian 绵山 50 km
Cliff temples, plank walkways and gorges on the mountain of the Cold Food legend - Wang Family Compound 王家大院 50 km
Fortified courtyard 'castles' of a Qing merchant and official clan on a loess hillside
Also within 20 km: Puming Temple, Changze 长则普明寺 (under 10 km), Cisheng Temple, Xiangyuan 襄垣慈胜寺 (under 10 km), Yongfu Temple, Beiyijian 北依涧永福寺 (under 10 km), Zhenguo Temple 镇国寺 (under 10 km), Liyinghou Temple 利应侯庙 (under 10 km), Jinzhuang Confucian Temple 金庄文庙 (under 10 km).
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