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Puguang Temple 普光禅寺Pǔguāng Chánsì
National heritage site · Zhangjiajie, Hunan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangjiajie
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Puguang Temple
A Buddhist temple on Jiefang Road in central Zhangjiajie, founded in 1413 under the Ming by the military commander Yong Jian and renovated in 1733. Along its axis stand the gate, bell and drum towers, the Mahavira Hall, a Hall of Arhats with 18 arhat statues, a Guanyin Hall and the three-storey Yuhuang Pavilion. It is listed together with neighbouring old buildings, among them the Taoist Gaozhen Temple and a Wenchang pavilion.
How to get to Puguang Temple
On Jiefang Road in the centre of Zhangjiajie city (Yongding District), within walking distance of downtown hotels.
Nearby
- Tianmen Mountain 天门山 under 10 km
A cliff-top walk to a natural arch known as Heaven's Gate, above the city - Zhangjiajie National Forest Park 张家界国家森林公园 20 km
Thousands of sandstone pillars rising out of the mist like a stone forest
Also within 20 km: Former Site of the Hunan–Hubei–Sichuan–Guizhou Revolutionary Base (Dayong) 湘鄂川黔革命根据地旧址 (under 10 km), Tujia Folk Custom Park (Tusi City) 张家界土家风情园 (under 10 km), Tian Family Compound 田家大院 (under 10 km).
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