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Huijian Temple 慧剑寺Huìjiàn Sì
National heritage site · Deyang, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Deyang
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Huijian Temple
A Buddhist temple at Huijian village in Huilan, just east of Shifang city, traditionally said to date back to the Tang. Its present halls, among them the Great Buddha Hall, the Juehuang Hall and a sutra library, are of the Ming and Qing periods and keep early painted decoration on their beams, ceilings and brackets; it was listed as a national heritage site in 2013.
How to get to Huijian Temple
About 15 minutes by road east of Shifang city, which is roughly an hour by road north of Chengdu.
Nearby
- Sanxingdui Museum 三星堆博物馆 10 km
Goggle-eyed bronze masks and a towering bronze tree from a lost Bronze Age kingdom - Chengdu Giant Panda Base 成都大熊猫繁育研究基地 40 km
Watch giant pandas munch bamboo and tumble about among the trees - Wenshu Monastery 文殊院 50 km
An active Buddhist monastery of incense-filled courtyards, a teahouse and vegetarian food - Kuanzhai Alley 宽窄巷子 50 km
Three restored Qing-era lanes of courtyard gateways, teahouses and Sichuan snacks - People's Park & Heming Teahouse 人民公园与鹤鸣茶社 50 km
Bamboo chairs, jasmine tea and roving ear cleaners in Chengdu's favourite park
Also within 20 km: Xiaoquan Old Town 孝泉古镇 (20 km), Deyang Confucian Temple 德阳文庙 (20 km), Luocheng Ruins and Fanghu Park 雒城遗址（房湖公园） (20 km), Mianzhu New Year Print Village 绵竹年画村 (20 km).
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