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Chongshan Temple 崇善寺Chóngshàn Sì
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Chongshan Temple
A royal temple built by Zhu Gang, Prince of Jin, in memory of his mother and completed in 1391, which was almost wholly burnt down in 1864 and now covers about a forty-sixth of its original area. The survivor is the Dabei Hall, about 20 m high with a double-eave roof, whose three Ming clay bodhisattvas, 8.3 m high, include a Thousand-armed Guanyin; an iron bell of 1506 hangs in the bell tower and a pair of Ming iron lions flank the gate. The temple is the seat of the Shanxi Buddhist Association and keeps a large collection of Song-to-Ming printed sutras.
How to get to Chongshan Temple
On Chongshan Temple Street in the old city, about 3 km east of central Taiyuan.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 under 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 20 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 50 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Taiyuan Confucian Temple 太原文庙 (under 10 km), Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall) 山西大学堂旧址 (under 10 km), Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 (under 10 km), Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 (under 10 km), Changjing Tower 唱经楼 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Ancient Mosque 太原清真古寺 (under 10 km).
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