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Guangren Temple 广仁寺Guǎngrén Sì
4A scenic area · Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xi'an
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Guangren Temple
The only Tibetan Buddhist temple in Shaanxi, built on the Kangxi Emperor's orders in 1703–1705 just inside the north-west corner of Xi'an's city wall to lodge lamas travelling to and from the Qing court. It is an active Gelug monastery, largely rebuilt and enlarged since the 1950s, whose halls line one axis behind a gate bearing a plaque in the Kangxi Emperor's calligraphy, with a Thousand-Armed Guanyin among its images.
How to get to Guangren Temple
Inside the north-west corner of the city wall about 2.5 km from the Bell Tower, an 8-minute walk from Yuxiangmen station on Metro Line 1.
Nearby
- Muslim Quarter 回民街 under 10 km
Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower - Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 under 10 km
Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day - Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 under 10 km
Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall - Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 under 10 km
Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops - Daming Palace National Heritage Park 大明宫国家遗址公园 under 10 km
Earthen terraces and a rebuilt gatehouse marking out the lost palace of the Tang emperors
Also within 20 km: Xi'an City God Temple 西安都城隍庙 (under 10 km), Yisushe Theatre 易俗社剧场 (under 10 km), Hancheng Lake Park 汉城湖 (under 10 km), Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall 八路军西安办事处纪念馆 (under 10 km), Revolution Park 革命公园 (under 10 km), Tang West Market 大唐西市 (under 10 km).
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