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Tiantong Temple 天童寺Tiāntóng Sì
National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tiantong Temple
A large Chan monastery in the forested Taibai Mountains east of Ningbo, traditionally founded in the Western Jin, ranked third of the Five Mountains under the Southern Song and regarded as the cradle of Japan's Sōtō Zen school. Its oldest surviving hall dates from 1631, and an avenue of more than 200 old ginkgo trees turns gold in late autumn. It remains an active monastery.
How to get to Tiantong Temple
About 30 km east of central Ningbo; Baozhuang station on Metro Line 1 is about 7 km away, so most visitors continue by taxi or drive.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Temple of King Ashoka 阿育王寺 (under 10 km), Jiufeng Mountain, Beilun 九峰山 (under 10 km), Ningbo Wildlife Park 宁波野生动物园 (10 km), Erling Pagoda 二灵塔 (10 km), Southern Song Stone Sculpture Park, Dongqian Lake 南宋石刻公园 (10 km), China Port Museum 中国港口博物馆 (10 km).
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