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Gude Temple 古德寺Gǔdé Sì
National heritage site · Wuhan, Hubei
- Time needed
- About 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuhan
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Gude Temple
An active Buddhist temple in Hankou, founded in 1877 as a small hermitage and expanded in the early twentieth century into one of Wuhan's four main monasteries. Its halls, built mainly between 1916 and 1934, are an unusual mix of styles, and Jawaharlal Nehru noted its cluster of Indian-style pagodas on a visit in 1954. In 1911 its monks tended wounded soldiers of the Wuchang Uprising, and the remains of more than 3,000 fallen revolutionaries were buried beside it.
How to get to Gude Temple
In Jiang'an District, Hankou, about 1.5 km north of the Eighth Route Army Office, so it pairs easily with that museum and the nearby Beijing–Hankou Railway union site.
Nearby
- Hubei Provincial Museum 湖北省博物馆 under 10 km
Marquis Yi's ancient bronze bells, played live, and the sword of King Goujian - Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼 under 10 km
A tower rebuilt many times over, made immortal by a single Tang poem
Also within 20 km: Site of the Beijing–Hankou Railway General Union 京汉铁路总工会旧址 (under 10 km), Tomb of the Soviet Air Volunteers, Wuhan 苏联空军志愿队烈士墓 (under 10 km), Eighth Route Army Office in Wuhan 八路军武汉办事处旧址 (under 10 km), Site of the New Fourth Army Headquarters, Hankou 汉口新四军军部旧址 (under 10 km), Site of the CPC Central Committee Offices in Wuhan 武汉中共中央机关旧址 (under 10 km), Site of the August 7 Conference 八七会议会址 (under 10 km).
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