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Kaiyuan Temple, Xingtai 邢台开元寺Xíngtái Kāiyuán Sì
National heritage site · Xingtai, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xingtai
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Kaiyuan Temple, Xingtai
A Buddhist temple in the north-east corner of Xingtai's old city, known as the East Temple, which takes its name from the Kaiyuan era (713–741) of the Tang dynasty and became an imperial temple under the Yuan. The old western compound keeps Ming and Qing halls, a Tang pillar with sixteen faces carved with a Buddhist dharani text, a second dharani pillar of 915 and a Jin-dynasty iron bell cast in 1184, while a large new temple built after 2006 stands to the east. It pairs well with Qingfeng Tower, Tianning Temple and the Xingtai Museum a few hundred metres away.
How to get to Kaiyuan Temple, Xingtai
On Kaiyuan North Road in central Xingtai, about 1 km north-north-east of Qingfeng Tower and a short taxi ride or walk from the city centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Qingfeng Tower, Xingtai 清风楼 (under 10 km), Tao Te Ching Pillar, Xingtai 道德经幢 (under 10 km), Tianning Temple, Xingtai 天宁寺 (under 10 km), Delong Steel Culture Park 德龙钢铁文化园 (10 km), Song Jing Stele 宋璟碑 (10 km), Nanhe Agricultural Carnival 南和农业嘉年华 (20 km).
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