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Puji Temple 普济寺Pǔjì Sì
National heritage site · Zhoushan, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhoushan
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Puji Temple
The 'front temple' and principal Guanyin shrine of Mount Putuo, which grew out of the shrine founded for a Guanyin image that the Japanese monk Egaku left on the island, and took its present name from a plaque given by the Kangxi Emperor. Its halls, largely rebuilt in 1731–34, cover about 37,000 m², and the main Yuantong Hall holds a Vairocana Guanyin surrounded by the bodhisattva's 32 manifestations. Beside it stands the Duobao Pagoda, a three-tier stone pagoda paid for by a Yuan prince in 1333–34 and the oldest surviving structure on the island.
How to get to Puji Temple
In the south of Mount Putuo, with an island bus stop beside the temple; the Duobao Pagoda is a few minutes' walk south-east.
Nearby
- Mount Putuo 普陀山 under 10 km
A Buddhist island in the East China Sea, home of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion
Also within 20 km: Fayu Temple 法雨寺 (under 10 km), Shenjiamen Fishing Port Town 沈家门渔港小镇 (10 km), Nansha Beach, Zhujiajian 朱家尖南沙 (10 km).
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