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Shrine of Living Buddha 肉身宝殿Ròushēn Bǎodiàn
National heritage site · Chizhou, Anhui
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chizhou
- Region
- Anhui
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Shrine of Living Buddha
The hall on Shenguang Ridge above Jiuhua Street that houses the remains of Kim Gyo-gak, the Silla prince-monk who died in 794 and was venerated as Ksitigarbha; his body was placed in a stone stupa, around which the hall was later built. Inside the iron-tiled, pagoda-like hall a seven-storey octagonal wooden pagoda enshrines the stupa, surrounded by statues of Ksitigarbha and the Ten Kings of Hell. Unusually, the hall faces north, towards Kim's homeland in Korea.
How to get to Shrine of Living Buddha
On Shenguang Ridge just west of Jiuhua Street on Mount Jiuhua, reached by a stepped path from the street.
Nearby
- Mount Jiuhua 九华山 under 10 km
A Buddhist sacred mountain where 99 temples cling to granite peaks and mist - Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) 黄山 50 km
Granite spires, wind-bent pines and a sea of clouds straight out of an ink painting - Hongcun Village 宏村 60 km
A merchant village planned in the shape of an ox, mirrored in its own pond
Also within 20 km: Huacheng Temple 化城寺 (under 10 km), Zhiyuan Temple 祇园寺 (under 10 km), Baisui Palace 百岁宫 (under 10 km), Dayuan Cultural Park 大愿文化园 (under 10 km), Jiuhua Shenlong Valley 九华神龙谷 (under 10 km), Jiuziyan 九子岩 (under 10 km).
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