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Temple of Great Compassion (Dabei Yuan) 大悲禅院Dàbēi Chányuàn
4A scenic area · Tianjin, Tianjin
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianjin
- Region
- Tianjin
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Temple of Great Compassion (Dabei Yuan)
Tianjin's largest surviving Buddhist monastery, a working Chan temple founded in the mid-17th century, expanded in 1669 and extended with a large eastern compound in the 1940s. Its halls hold a Ming-dynasty bronze Shakyamuni, a hall of three Burmese jade Buddhas completed in 2000, and hundreds of older statues in stone, wood and bronze. A memorial hall to the monk Hongyi stands in the grounds.
How to get to Temple of Great Compassion (Dabei Yuan)
On Tianwei Road in Hebei District, about 2.6 km north-west of Tianjin Railway Station.
Nearby
- Five Great Avenues 五大道 under 10 km
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
Also within 20 km: Tianjin Eye 天津之眼 (under 10 km), Former Site of the Juewu Society (Awakening Society) 觉悟社旧址 (under 10 km), Sanchakou Confluence (Grand Canal) 三岔河口 (under 10 km), Our Lady of Victory Church (Wanghailou) 望海楼教堂 (under 10 km), Former Qianxiangyi Silk Store 谦祥益绸缎庄旧址 (under 10 km), Tianhou Palace (Tianjin Mazu Temple) 天后宫 (under 10 km).
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