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Qingshan Temple and Scenic Area, Jiaxiang 青山寺Qīngshān Sì

4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jining, Shandong

Qingshan Temple and Scenic Area, Jiaxiang (青山寺)
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0
Time needed
1–2 hours
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Jining
Region
Shandong
Type
Heritage
Listed as
4A scenic area, National heritage site

About Qingshan Temple and Scenic Area, Jiaxiang

A hillside temple group on the western slope of Qingshan, south of Jiaxiang, which began as a shrine to the ruler of the Western Zhou state of Jiao and later became a joint Buddhist and Daoist temple. The surviving buildings are mostly Qing and Republican-era, rising up the slope from a Mount Tai palace archway through the Huijigong Hall to a ten-thousand-Buddha pavilion, with 58 stelae dating from the Song onwards. The surrounding hill is run as a 4A scenic area with several more temples and springs.

How to get to Qingshan Temple and Scenic Area, Jiaxiang

In Zhifang town, about 9 km south-south-west of Jiaxiang county town and about 27 km west-south-west of Jining city centre.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Wu Family Shrines 武氏祠 (under 10 km), Temple of Zengzi 曾庙 (under 10 km), Jinshan Scenic Area, Juye 金山 (10 km), Yangshan Battle Memorial, Jinxiang 羊山战斗纪念地 (20 km).

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