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Biluo Temple 碧落寺Bìluò Sì
National heritage site · Jincheng, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jincheng
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Biluo Temple
Biluo Temple is a Buddhist temple built into the hillside at the foot of Biluo Mountain, founded in the Northern Qi and laid out in east, middle and west courtyards. Surviving remains include a Northern Qi grotto, two Tang-dynasty grottoes, more than ten Tang and Wu Zhou niches, two Ming stone bridges and over a hundred inscriptions and steles. It was once ranked first of the four great old temples of Zezhou, and its view of clouds on the mountain is first among Zezhou's eight views.
How to get to Biluo Temple
It stands east of Nanlianshi village, Bagong township, about 8 km north-west of central Jincheng.
Nearby
- Huangcheng Xiangfu 皇城相府 20 km
A walled hillside estate of courtyards, towers and gardens built by a family of officials
Also within 20 km: Huaitan Guild Hall 怀覃会馆 (under 10 km), Situ Town 司徒小镇 (under 10 km), Hedi Chengtang Temple 河底成汤庙 (under 10 km), Shicun Dongyue Temple 史村东岳庙 (10 km), Fucheng Yuhuang Temple 府城玉皇庙 (10 km), Xuezhuang Yuhuang Temple 薛庄玉皇庙 (10 km).
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