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Zhaohua Temple 昭化寺Zhāohuà Sì
National heritage site · Zhangjiakou, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangjiakou
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhaohua Temple
A Ming-dynasty Buddhist temple in the old town of Huai'ancheng, founded in the late 14th century and rebuilt in the 1430s and 1440s, and a national heritage unit since 2001. Its main hall holds 47 water-and-land ritual murals painted in 1562, showing Buddhist and Daoist deities. The compound also keeps its heavenly kings' hall, a stele and side halls, and is of interest mainly for the Ming murals.
How to get to Zhaohua Temple
On the main west street of Huai'ancheng town in Huai'an County, about 53 km south-west of Zhangjiakou city; a taxi or private car is the practical way.
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