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Yuquan Temple, Dangyang 玉泉寺Yùquán Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yichang, Hubei
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yichang
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yuquan Temple, Dangyang
A Buddhist temple on the eastern slope of Yuquan Hill, said to have been founded in the 6th century and given its present name in the Sui dynasty; it is counted as an ancestral seat of the Tiantai school and as one of the national key temples of Han Buddhism. Highlights are a cast-iron pagoda from the Song dynasty, a large Sui-period iron cauldron, a Tang-dynasty ginkgo tree over 1,300 years old and a stone carving of Guanyin attributed to the painter Wu Daozi. The temple was rebuilt between 2003 and 2008, and the surrounding forest park also has Three Kingdoms sites linked to Guan Yu.
How to get to Yuquan Temple, Dangyang
About 12 km south-west of Dangyang town by road, reached from the Dangyang West expressway exit.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Guanling (Guan Yu's Tomb), Dangyang 关陵 (10 km), Baibaozhai Rock Dwellings, Dangyang 百宝寨岩屋 (20 km).
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