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Zunsheng Temple 尊胜寺Zūnshèng 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 Zunsheng Temple
A hillside temple of seven courtyards on the old southern route to Mount Wutai, founded in the Tang dynasty and given its present layout in the Republican period. The courtyards rise from the Hall of Heavenly Kings to a pagoda at the top, and the east courtyard has two stone sutra pillars, one dated 1026 and one a Republican-era copy. Much of the temple was rebuilt from 1986 after damage in the Cultural Revolution.
How to get to Zunsheng Temple
In Rucun township, about 13 km north-east of Wutai county seat; like many village temples in Shanxi it is often locked, so ask in the village for the caretaker.
Nearby
- Foguang Temple 佛光寺 under 10 km
A Tang timber hall of 857 on a quiet hillside, still filled with its Tang clay statues - Mount Wutai 五台山 30 km
Temples, a towering white stupa and yellow-tiled roofs below five flat-topped holy peaks
Also within 20 km: Eighth Route Army Headquarters Site, Nanru 南茹八路军总部旧址 (under 10 km), Guangji Temple, Wutai 五台广济寺 (10 km), Bethune Model Ward, Songyankou 白求恩模范病室旧址 (20 km).
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