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Kaishan Temple, Yingjing 开善寺Kāishàn Sì
National heritage site · Ya'an, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ya'an
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Kaishan Temple, Yingjing
A Buddhist temple in Yingjing county town, now home to the county museum, whose main hall, built in the Chenghua reign of the Ming in the late 15th century, is one of the few Ming timber buildings left in Sichuan. Some of the hall's bracket timbers are carved as elephants and dragons, and traces of Ming painted decoration survive on its beams. It can be combined with the Yandao ancient city site on the western edge of town.
How to get to Kaishan Temple, Yingjing
In Yingjing county town, under an hour by expressway from Ya'an.
Nearby
- Mount Mengding 蒙顶山 40 km
Misty tea terraces and an imperial tea garden where tea growing is said to have begun - Mount Emei 峨眉山 60 km
A sacred Buddhist mountain of mist, monasteries and a golden summit above the clouds
Also within 20 km: Yandao Ancient City, Yingjing 严道古城 (under 10 km), Yunfeng Mountain & Yunfeng Temple 云峰山 (under 10 km), Longcanggou Forest Park 龙苍沟 (20 km), Mount Wawu 瓦屋山 (20 km).
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