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Nanguo Temple (Nanshan Scenic Area) 南郭寺Nánguō Sì
4A scenic area · Tianshui, Gansu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianshui
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Nanguo Temple (Nanshan Scenic Area)
A Buddhist temple in a fold of the hills about 2 km south of central Tianshui, already a sizeable monastery in the Tang dynasty and visited by the poet Du Fu in 759, who wrote verses about it. Its courtyards hold ancient cypresses estimated at more than 2,000 years old, celebrated as one of the Eight Views of Qinzhou, old pagoda trees at the west gate and a shrine to Du Fu set up in 1904. From the hillside there are views over the whole city.
How to get to Nanguo Temple (Nanshan Scenic Area)
On the hillside about 2 km south of central Tianshui, a short taxi ride from the centre.
Nearby
- Maijishan Grottoes 麦积山石窟 30 km
Painted clay Buddhas in caves hung high on a haystack-shaped cliff
Also within 20 km: Ji Xin Temple, Tianshui 纪信祠 (under 10 km), Hu Family Residences (Tianshui Folk Museum) 胡氏古民居 (under 10 km), Houjie Mosque 后街清真寺 (under 10 km), Yuquan Taoist Temple 玉泉观 (under 10 km), Fuxi Temple, Tianshui 伏羲庙 (under 10 km).
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