Atlas of China
Fengguo Temple 奉国寺Fèngguó Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jinzhou, Liaoning
- Time needed
- 1–1.5 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhou
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Fengguo Temple
A Liao-dynasty temple founded in 1020 in the old town of Yixian, whose main hall, nine bays wide and raised on a 3 m platform, is one of the largest surviving timber Buddhist halls in China. Inside sit seven Liao-period Buddhas of the past, each over 8 m high with its base and attended by bodhisattvas, with painted flying figures on the roof beams. The gates, an arch and a smaller hall are Qing-dynasty additions, and the main hall has been on China's tentative list for World Heritage status since 2013, together with the wooden pagoda at Yingxian.
How to get to Fengguo Temple
In the old town of Yixian, about 49 km north-north-east of central Jinzhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Guangsheng Temple Pagoda, Yixian 广胜寺塔 (under 10 km), Wanfotang Grottoes 万佛堂石窟 (under 10 km).
On the map
Open Fengguo Temple on the illustrated map to see the terrain around it and what else is close, and to add it to a trip.
Open Fengguo Temple on the map