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Gaodu Jingde Temple 高都景德寺Gāodū Jǐngdé Sì
National heritage site · Jincheng, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jincheng
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Gaodu Jingde Temple
Jingde Temple is a two-courtyard Buddhist temple of about 3,400 sq m in Nanjie village, founded in 572 and long counted among the four great old temples of Zezhou. Its rear hall (the Fatang), first built in 1087 and repaired in 1205, keeps four of its six octagonal front columns from the Song, with a timber frame in Jin manner and a roof edged with Ming green-glazed ridge ornaments. The village is part of Gaodu old town, a historic town with Ming and Qing courtyard houses.
How to get to Gaodu Jingde Temple
It is in Nanjie village in Gaodu old town, about 15 km north-east of central Jincheng.
Nearby
- Huangcheng Xiangfu 皇城相府 40 km
A walled hillside estate of courtyards, towers and gardens built by a family of officials
Also within 20 km: Jidu Temple, Xidun 西顿济渎庙 (under 10 km), Xuezhuang Yuhuang Temple 薛庄玉皇庙 (under 10 km), Yinxi Dongyue Temple 尹西东岳庙 (under 10 km), Beiyicheng Yuhuang Temple 北义城玉皇庙 (under 10 km), Fucheng Yuhuang Temple 府城玉皇庙 (under 10 km), Fucheng Guandi Temple 府城关帝庙 (under 10 km).
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