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Yunmen Temple 云门寺Yúnmén Sì
4A scenic area · Shaoguan, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoguan
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Yunmen Temple
Founded in 923 by the Chan master Wenyan, Yunmen Temple is the birthplace of the Yunmen school, one of the five houses of Chan (Zen) Buddhism. Most of its present halls were rebuilt under the monk Xuyun between 1943 and 1951 in traditional Qing style, and the temple keeps a Southern Han stele of the 10th century honouring its founder. Around it, the Yunmen Mountain eco-cultural tourism area adds a water park, go-karts and a Guoshan Yao village.
How to get to Yunmen Temple
About 6 km north of Ruyuan town and roughly 50 km by road west of Shaoguan city.
Nearby
- Mount Danxia 丹霞山 50 km
Red sandstone cliffs and flat-topped peaks that gave the 'Danxia' landform its name
On the map
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