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Anguo Temple Sutra Pillars 安国寺经幢Ānguó Sì Jīngchuáng
National heritage site · Jiaxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiaxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Anguo Temple Sutra Pillars
Three octagonal stone pillars inscribed with a Buddhist dharani sutra, carved in 842, 844 and 865, are the chief survivors of Anguo Temple, founded in 713, which declined after 1894 and was cleared in 1978. Between 5.8 and 7 m tall, they rise in tiers of lotus, cloud and coiled-dragon carving with niches of seated Buddhas, and are among the oldest standing structures in Haining.
How to get to Anguo Temple Sutra Pillars
On Beisi Lane in Yanguan old town, about 1 km north-west of the riverside tide-watching park and 20 km south-west of central Haining.
Nearby
- Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 40 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - West Lake 西湖 40 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 50 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Chen Gelao Mansion 陈阁老宅 (under 10 km), Yanguan Tide-Watching Area 盐官观潮 (under 10 km).
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