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Duofu Temple 多福寺Duōfú Sì
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Duofu Temple
A hill temple near the top of Mount Jueweishan, founded in 786 in the Tang dynasty and rebuilt in the early Ming. Its main hall holds Ming painted clay figures of three Buddhas and four bodhisattvas and 84 wall paintings of the Buddha's earlier lives. The scholar Fu Shan, who lived through the Ming–Qing transition, studied in a cave beside the temple, and the slopes around it are known for autumn colour.
How to get to Duofu Temple
On Mount Jueweishan, about 15 km north-west of central Taiyuan; paths climb to it, including one from Huyan village.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 30 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs
Also within 20 km: Jingyin Temple 净因寺 (under 10 km), Dou Dafu Temple 窦大夫祠 (under 10 km), Xuanquan Temple 悬泉寺 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Forest Park 太原森林公园 (10 km), Fen River Scenic Area 汾河景区 (10 km), Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan 太原天主堂 (10 km).
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