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Kaiyuan Temple, Chaozhou 开元寺Kāiyuán Sì
National heritage site · Chaozhou, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chaozhou
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Kaiyuan Temple, Chaozhou
Founded in 738 under the Tang emperor Xuanzong and known since the Ming as Kaiyuan Zhenguo Chan Temple, this is the main Buddhist monastery of Chaozhou's old town and a nationally designated key temple. Along its central axis stand the gate hall, the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Mahavira Hall and the sutra library, many of them keeping their early form, while side halls include a Dabei Hall of 2005 lined with statues of Guanyin and a Thai-style hall with a bronze Buddha.
How to get to Kaiyuan Temple, Chaozhou
On Kaiyuan Road in the centre of Chaozhou's old town, a few minutes' walk west of Guangji Bridge.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jilüe Huang Ancestral Hall 己略黄公祠 (under 10 km), Historic Residences of Chaozhou Old Town 潮州老城古民居建筑群 (under 10 km), Guangji Bridge 广济桥 (under 10 km), Xu Fuma Mansion 许驸马府 (under 10 km), Han Wengong Temple 韩文公祠 (under 10 km), Danfu Yuan 淡浮院 (under 10 km).
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