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Dayun Temple, Pingshun 平顺大云院Píngshùn Dàyún Yuàn
National heritage site · Changzhi, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changzhi
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dayun Temple, Pingshun
A hill temple founded in 938 under the Later Jin, whose Buddha hall and small stone Qibao Pagoda are Five Dynasties work and among the very few buildings of that period left in China. The hall has deep, gently sloping eaves and keeps about 29 sq m of Five Dynasties murals on its east wall and central screen, including a Vimalakirti scene; the other buildings are Qing. The pagoda, six metres high, was built in 954 and has five of its original seven storeys.
How to get to Dayun Temple, Pingshun
It stands in the hills near Shihui village in Beidanche township, about 19 km north of Pingshun county town. A heritage bus line links it with other old temples in the area.
Nearby
- Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 50 km
Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car
Also within 20 km: Yuanqi Temple 原起寺 (under 10 km), Tiantai An, Pingshun 天台庵 (under 10 km), Liaohetou Guandi Temple 潦河头关帝庙 (under 10 km), Lizhuang Confucian Temple 李庄文庙 (under 10 km), Lizhuang Martial Temple 李庄武庙 (under 10 km), Taihang Water Town (Chibi Xuanliu Gorge) 太行水乡·赤壁悬流 (under 10 km).
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