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Gongzhu Temple 公主寺Gōngzhǔ Sì
National heritage site · Xinzhou, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xinzhou
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Gongzhu Temple
A three-courtyard temple covering about 4,300 m², named for Princess Chengxin, a daughter of the Northern Wei emperor Wencheng, who is credited with founding it; the present buildings date from a rebuilding in 1503 and from the Qing. The Mahavira Hall and the hall behind the gate are Ming, and the Mahavira Hall has about 90 m² of frescoes and thirty Ming statues. Sakyamuni, Amitabha and the Medicine Buddha sit on the altar, with eighteen arhats along the side walls.
How to get to Gongzhu Temple
In Gongzhu village, Fancheng town, about 10 km south-east of Fanshi. Like many village temples in Shanxi it is often locked, so ask in the village for the caretaker.
Nearby
- Mount Wutai 五台山 20 km
Temples, a towering white stupa and yellow-tiled roofs below five flat-topped holy peaks - Foguang Temple 佛光寺 30 km
A Tang timber hall of 857 on a quiet hillside, still filled with its Tang clay statues - Yanmen Pass 雁门关 40 km
A Ming fortress gate on the Inner Great Wall, its ramparts running up the mountain ridges - Yingxian Wooden Pagoda 应县木塔 50 km
A Liao-dynasty timber pagoda of 1056, five storeys outside and nine within
Also within 20 km: Mimi Temple 秘密寺 (under 10 km), Zhengjue Temple, Fanshi 繁峙正觉寺 (10 km), Huyuan Riverside Park, Fanshi 滹源景区 (10 km), Fanshi Glazed Pagoda 繁峙琉璃塔 (20 km).
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