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Miyin Temple 密印寺Mìyìn Sì
4A scenic area · Changsha, Hunan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changsha
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Miyin Temple
A Chan Buddhist monastery on Mount Wei (Weishan) in western Ningxiang, founded in the early 9th century by the monk Lingyou, whose teaching gave rise to the Weiyang (also romanised Guiyang) school of Chan, and named Miyin by imperial grant in 849. It has burned and been rebuilt many times, most recently after a fire in 1918, and its halls, including the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas, stand within the Weishan national scenic area of forested hills, also known for Weishan Maojian tea. A giant statue of the thousand-armed Guanyin stands on the hillside in the same scenic area.
How to get to Miyin Temple
In Weishan township, far western Ningxiang, about 100 km west of central Changsha; roughly 2 hours by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tanheli Site 炭河里遗址 (10 km), Former Residence of Xie Juezai 谢觉哉故居 (10 km), Former Residence of He Shuheng 何叔衡故居 (20 km).
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