Jinling Scriptural Press 金陵刻经处Jīnlíng Kèjīngchù

About Jinling Scriptural Press

A Buddhist publishing house founded in 1866 by the lay scholar Yang Wenhui (Yang Renshan), often called the father of China's modern Buddhist revival, who taught figures such as the monk Taixu and the scholar Zhang Taiyan here. It still makes Buddhist books entirely by hand, carving the text on woodblocks, printing it and thread-binding the volumes, a craft listed as national intangible heritage in 2006 and included in China's block-printing entry on the UNESCO intangible heritage list in 2009. Staff can be seen at work in its craft display area.

How to get to Jinling Scriptural Press

At 35 Huaihai Road in Qinhuai District, under 1 km south-east of Xinjiekou; it is a working Buddhist press rather than a museum, so check whether visitors are admitted before going.

Nearby

• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Liji Lane Comfort Station Exhibition Hall 利济巷慰安所旧址陈列馆 (under 10 km), Nanjing Great Hall of the People 南京人民大会堂 (under 10 km), Presidential Palace, Nanjing 南京总统府 (under 10 km), Meiyuan Xincun Memorial Hall 梅园新村纪念馆 (under 10 km), Chaotian Palace 朝天宫 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Gan Xi 甘熙故居 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)