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Zhongyan Temple Cliff Carvings 中岩寺摩崖造像Zhōngyán Sì Móyá Zàoxiàng
National heritage site · Meishan, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Meishan
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhongyan Temple Cliff Carvings
Buddhist cliff carvings dating from the Tang to the Qing, some 48 niches spread among the upper, middle and lower temples of Zhongyan, a wooded hill on the east bank of the Min River south of Qingshen town. Zhongyan is associated with Su Dongpo, who studied here as a young man, and rock inscriptions attributed to him and to Huang Tingjian survive on the site.
How to get to Zhongyan Temple Cliff Carvings
About 20 minutes by road south of Qingshen town, which is roughly 40 minutes from Meishan.
Nearby
- Leshan Giant Buddha 乐山大佛 30 km
A 71-metre Buddha carved from a riverside cliff where three rivers meet - Jiayang Little Steam Train 嘉阳小火车 60 km
A coal-era steam train puffing through rapeseed fields to an old mining town - Mount Emei 峨眉山 60 km
A sacred Buddhist mountain of mist, monasteries and a golden summit above the clouds
Also within 20 km: Bao'en Temple, Meishan 报恩寺 (20 km).
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