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Hanshan Temple 寒山寺Hánshān Sì
4A scenic area · Suzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Hanshan Temple
A Buddhist temple at Fengqiao, about 5 km west of Suzhou's old city, facing the old canal; tradition dates it to 502–519 and names it after the legendary monk-poet Hanshan, said to have been its abbot in the Tang. It owes its fame to Zhang Ji's Tang poem 'A Night Mooring by Maple Bridge', in which the temple's midnight bell reaches a traveller's boat. Destroyed in 1860 during the Taiping war, it was later rebuilt and today has a bell tower and a large bronze bell cast in 2007.
How to get to Hanshan Temple
About 5 km west of the old city in Gusu District, by taxi or city bus; Maple Bridge (Fengqiao) is next to the temple.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 under 10 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 30 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Also within 20 km: Lingering Garden 留园 (under 10 km), Tiger Hill & Yunyan Temple Pagoda 虎丘 (under 10 km), Shantang Street 山塘街 (under 10 km), Garden of Cultivation 艺圃 (under 10 km), Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty 环秀山庄 (under 10 km), Beisi Pagoda (Bao'en Temple) 北寺塔 (under 10 km).
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