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Temple of King Ashoka 阿育王寺Āyùwáng Sì
National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Temple of King Ashoka
A Buddhist monastery at the foot of Mount Mao east of Ningbo, traditionally founded in the Western Jin and named by Emperor Wu of Liang, and known for a relic said to come from the Buddha's skull. The monk Jianzhen stayed here in 744 between attempts to reach Japan; the temple was fifth of the Five Mountains under the Southern Song and is regarded as an ancestral temple of Japan's Rinzai school. Most of its halls were rebuilt in the Qing dynasty, and it remains an active monastery.
How to get to Temple of King Ashoka
About 20 km east of central Ningbo, roughly 15 minutes' walk from Baozhuang station on Metro Line 1.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tiantong Temple 天童寺 (under 10 km), Ningbo Wildlife Park 宁波野生动物园 (under 10 km), Jiufeng Mountain, Beilun 九峰山 (under 10 km), Erling Pagoda 二灵塔 (10 km), Ningbo Science Exploration Center 宁波科学探索中心 (10 km), Southern Song Stone Sculpture Park, Dongqian Lake 南宋石刻公园 (10 km).
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