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Dafo Temple, Xinchang 新昌大佛寺Xīnchāng Dàfó Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Shaoxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Dafo Temple, Xinchang
A Buddhist temple in the Shicheng hills on the edge of Xinchang town, founded in 345, whose great hall encloses a seated stone Maitreya carved into the cliff of Xianji Rock and completed in 516 after the work of three successive monks. Nearby, the Thousand Buddha Cliff (Qianfoyan) carries rows of small Buddha figures from the same Southern Dynasties period, and the grounds also hold a reclining Buddha hall, cliff inscriptions and a petrified forest.
How to get to Dafo Temple, Xinchang
On the south-western edge of Xinchang town, about 10 km by road from Shengzhou Xinchang high-speed station.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Dali Silk World, Xinchang 达利丝绸世界 (under 10 km), Chuanyan Nineteen Peaks 穿岩十九峰 (20 km), Wang Clan Ancestral Halls, Huatang 华堂王氏宗祠 (20 km).
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