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Fengxue Temple 风穴寺Fēngxué Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Pingdingshan, Henan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Pingdingshan
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Fengxue Temple
A hillside temple north-east of Ruzhou that keeps about 140 bays of buildings dating from the Tang to the Qing, laid out like a garden among streams and cliffs. Its oldest structure is the nine-storey Qizu Pagoda of 738, built for the remains of the monk Zhen; other highlights are a bell tower holding an iron bell cast in 1125, a Jin-dynasty middle hall and two pagoda forests with more than 80 monks' stupas from the Yuan to the Qing.
How to get to Fengxue Temple
In the hills about 9 km north-east of central Ruzhou by road.
Nearby
- Shaolin Temple 少林寺 30 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song - Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 50 km
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
Also within 20 km: Faxing Temple Pagoda 法行寺塔 (under 10 km), Ruzhou Confucian Temple 汝州文庙 (under 10 km), Taishan Temple, Houwan 侯湾泰山庙 (10 km), Dahongzhai Scenic Area 大鸿寨 (20 km), Nanyue Temple, Dengfeng 南岳庙 (20 km), Zhaixinglou Scenic Area 摘星楼 (20 km).
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