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Jingyin Temple 净因寺Jìngyīn Sì
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jingyin Temple
A Buddhist temple below Mount Jueweishan whose founding date is uncertain; a plaque of 930 is recorded, and it was rebuilt in 1205 under the Jin and repaired several times in the Ming and Qing. Its Great Buddha Pavilion is set into the hillside and holds an earthen Buddha more than 9 m high with two attendant bodhisattvas, inside a niche about 10 m high. Old cypresses grow in the grounds, and the temple faces Dou Dafu Temple across the Fen River valley.
How to get to Jingyin Temple
In Tutang village, about 17 km north-west of central Taiyuan; it is run with Duofu Temple and Dou Dafu Temple as the Jueweishan Museum.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 20 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: Dou Dafu Temple 窦大夫祠 (under 10 km), Duofu Temple 多福寺 (under 10 km), Xuanquan Temple 悬泉寺 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Forest Park 太原森林公园 (10 km), Taiyuan Zoo 太原动物园 (20 km), Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan 太原天主堂 (20 km).
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