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Yongtai Temple 永泰寺Yǒngtài Sì
National heritage site · Zhengzhou, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhengzhou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yongtai Temple
A Buddhist nunnery on the western side of Mount Song, founded in 521 and, by local tradition, named after Princess Yongtai, a sister of the Northern Wei emperor who became a nun here; most of its halls are modern rebuilds. Its chief monument is the Tang-dynasty Yongtai Temple Pagoda, an eleven-tiered square brick pagoda about 24 m tall, joined by a small Jin pagoda of 1209 and a Ming lama-style pagoda of 1638.
How to get to Yongtai Temple
About 9 km west of central Dengfeng off the road to Shaolin, roughly 20 minutes by taxi.
Nearby
- Shaolin Temple 少林寺 under 10 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song - White Horse Temple 白马寺 40 km
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it - Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 50 km
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
Also within 20 km: Shaoshi Que Gates 少室阙 (under 10 km), Sanzu Hermitage Pagoda 三祖庵塔 (under 10 km), Huishan Temple 会善寺 (under 10 km), Songyue Pagoda 嵩岳寺塔 (under 10 km), Fawang Temple 法王寺 (under 10 km), Songyang Academy 嵩阳书院 (under 10 km).
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