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Zishou Temple 资寿寺Zīshòu Sì
National heritage site · Jinzhong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zishou Temple
A Buddhist temple in Suxi village, founded in the Tang, burned at the end of the Jin, rebuilt in 1467 after lying derelict in the early Ming and brought to its present scale in 1622. The front courtyard has the gate, an inner gate, and the Vajra and Heavenly Kings halls with bell and drum towers, while the rear courtyard is centred on the main hall and ringed by halls of Amitabha, the Medicine Buddha, Dizang, Erlang, Maitreya and the Three Great Bodhisattvas. The halls hold about 248 sq m of murals and some 100 painted clay figures.
How to get to Zishou Temple
In Suxi village, Jingsheng town, about 6 km north-east of Lingshi and about 3.5 km west of the Wang Family Compound. Like many village temples in Shanxi it is often locked, so ask in the village for the caretaker.
Nearby
- Wang Family Compound 王家大院 under 10 km
Fortified courtyard 'castles' of a Qing merchant and official clan on a loess hillside - Mount Mian 绵山 10 km
Cliff temples, plank walkways and gorges on the mountain of the Cold Food legend - Shuanglin Temple 双林寺 40 km
Some 2,000 painted clay Buddhas, saints and guardians crowded into ten temple halls - Pingyao Ancient City 平遥古城 50 km
An intact Ming walled town of courtyard inns, where China's first draft banks were born
Also within 20 km: Houtu Temple, Jingsheng 灵石后土庙 (under 10 km), Jingsheng Confucian Temple 静升文庙 (under 10 km), Jinci Temple, Lingshi 晋祠庙 (under 10 km), Huiluan Temple 回銮寺 (under 10 km), Dongyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休东岳庙 (10 km), Hongya Canyon 红崖峡谷 (10 km).
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