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Guangde Temple, Suining 广德寺Guǎngdé Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Suining, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suining
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Guangde Temple, Suining
Guangde Temple is a working Buddhist monastery on Wolong Hill at the western edge of Suining, founded in the Tang dynasty and renamed several times by imperial order before receiving its present name in the Ming. Its protected buildings span the Song to Qing periods. Suining promotes itself as the legendary home of Guanyin, and the same scenic area includes Lingquan Temple on a hill across the Fu River.
How to get to Guangde Temple, Suining
On the western edge of Suining, a short taxi ride from the centre; Suining is about an hour by high-speed train from Chengdu.
Nearby
- Anyue Rock Carvings 安岳石刻 30 km
Tang and Song Buddhas carved into quiet hillsides, led by a 23-metre Buddha at rest
Also within 20 km: Guanyin Lake and World Lotus Expo Garden, Suining 观音湖·世界荷花博览园 (under 10 km), Longfeng Ancient Town, Suining 龙凤古镇 (under 10 km), Huiyan Temple Main Hall 慧严寺 (10 km), Qicai Mingzhu Rural Park, Anju 七彩明珠 (10 km).
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