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Yunju Mountain and Zhenru Temple 云居山真如寺Yúnjūshān Zhēnrú Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jiujiang, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- Half a day to a day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Jiujiang
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yunju Mountain and Zhenru Temple
A Buddhist mountain in western Yongxiu, one of the three sections of the Lushan Xihai 5A scenic area, rising to about 970 m, with cool summers and wooded valleys that hold waterfalls, among them a 120 m drop at Five Dragon Pool. At its centre is Zhenru Chan Temple, founded in the early 9th century in the Tang dynasty and the ancestral temple of the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism, with halls rebuilt from 1953. A short walk east of the temple, the pagoda court holds memorial pagodas of Chan masters from the Tang to the Yuan dynasties, which form the nationally listed Zhenru Temple Pagoda Forest.
How to get to Yunju Mountain and Zhenru Temple
On Yunju Mountain, about 26 km west-north-west of Yongxiu town and about 73 km south-south-west of Jiujiang.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Longyuan Gorge, Yongxiu 龙源峡 (under 10 km), Lushan Xihai International Hot Spring Resort 庐山西海国际温泉度假村 (10 km), Lushan Xihai (Lushan West Sea) 庐山西海 (20 km), Mazu Pagoda Pavilion, Baofeng Temple 马祖塔亭 (20 km).
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