Atlas of China
Luohou Temple 罗睺寺Luóhóu Sì
National heritage site · Xinzhou, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xinzhou
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Luohou Temple
A Tibetan Buddhist temple of the Gelug school in Taihuai, beside Xiantong and Tayuan temples and named for Rahula, the Buddha's son. Founded in the Tang dynasty, rebuilt in the Ming and converted to the Yellow Hat school in 1705, it is laid out in three courtyards, from a Hall of Heavenly Kings with a pair of Tang stone lions to a rear scripture pavilion. The pavilion holds a mechanical lotus that opens to reveal a Buddha.
How to get to Luohou Temple
In Taihuai, the temple village at the centre of Mount Wutai, just east of Xiantong and Tayuan temples.
Nearby
- Mount Wutai 五台山 under 10 km
Temples, a towering white stupa and yellow-tiled roofs below five flat-topped holy peaks - Foguang Temple 佛光寺 20 km
A Tang timber hall of 857 on a quiet hillside, still filled with its Tang clay statues
Also within 20 km: Nanshan Temple, Mount Wutai 南山寺 (under 10 km), Fanshi Glazed Pagoda 繁峙琉璃塔 (under 10 km), Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Headquarters Site, Jingangku 金岗库村晋察冀军区司令部旧址 (10 km).
On the map
Open Luohou Temple on the illustrated map to see the terrain around it and what else is close, and to add it to a trip.
Open Luohou Temple on the map