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Xilai Temple 西来寺Xīlái Sì
National heritage site · Zhangye, Gansu
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangye
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xilai Temple
A working Chan (Zen) Buddhist temple in the lanes of Zhangye's old town, said to date back to the Tang and rebuilt under the Ming, which took the name Xilai Si after a Qing restoration in the Kangxi reign. Its gate, Guanyin Hall, scripture library and Ming-period Jingang Hall stand round a courtyard that is now the seat of the Ganzhou District Buddhist Association.
How to get to Xilai Temple
In Xilaisi Lane in Zhangye's old town, about 500 m west of the Dafo Temple, reached on foot.
Nearby
- Zhangye Danxia (Rainbow Mountains) 张掖七彩丹霞 30 km
Mountains striped red, orange and yellow like the layers of a painted cake
Also within 20 km: Dafo Temple, Zhangye 张掖大佛寺 (under 10 km), Zhangye Drum Tower 张掖鼓楼 (under 10 km), Ganquan Red History and Culture Area 甘泉红色历史文化旅游区 (under 10 km), Zhangye East Granary 张掖东仓 (under 10 km), Zhangye National Wetland Park 张掖国家湿地公园 (under 10 km), Lushuiwan Scenic Area 芦水湾 (under 10 km).
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