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Daming Temple 大明寺Dàmíng Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yangzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yangzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Daming Temple
A Buddhist temple on the Shugang hills, founded in the Daming era (457–464) that gave it its name, where the monk Jianzhen taught before his voyages to Japan, which he finally reached in 753 after five failed attempts. Its sights include the Jianzhen Memorial Hall, designed by Liang Sicheng after the main hall of Tōshōdai-ji and completed in 1973, Pingshan Hall, built in 1048 by the Song writer Ouyang Xiu, the nine-storey Qiling Pagoda, rebuilt in 1995, and a spring in the West Garden once ranked fifth in China for making tea.
How to get to Daming Temple
On the Shugang hills about 4 km north-west of Yangzhou's old city, near the northern end of Slender West Lake; bus or taxi.
Nearby
- Slender West Lake 瘦西湖 under 10 km
A ribbon of willow-fringed water lined with the pavilions of Qing salt merchants
Also within 20 km: Song Jiacheng Archaeological Park (Yangzhou City Ruins) 宋夹城 (under 10 km), Tomb of Emperor Yang of Sui 隋炀帝墓 (under 10 km), Han Guangling Tomb Museum (Hanling Yuan) 汉陵苑 (under 10 km), Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Memorial Hall 扬州八怪纪念馆 (under 10 km), Ge Garden 个园 (under 10 km), Yipu Garden 逸圃 (under 10 km).
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