List of Buddhist temples in the People's Republic of China

A hall in the Shrine of Living Buddha on Mount Jiuhua in Anhui

This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the People's Republic of China. In this list are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location.

Anhui

Mount Jiuhua

Beijing

The Tianning Pagoda in Beijing, built around 1120.

Chongqing

Fujian

Gansu

35 meter (115 ft) long statue of a reclining Buddha, made during the 12th-13th century, in Dafo Temple in Gansu

Guangdong

Guizhou

Hainan

Hebei

The Tower of Great Mercy in Longxing Temple in Hebei, as well as the 21.3 metres (70 ft) tall statue of the Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Guanyin (Chinese: 千手千眼觀音; pinyin: Qiānshǒu Qiānyǎn Guānyīn) enshrined within it, which was cast in the year 971 AD during the Song dynasty

Henan

A monk practicing Shaolin Kung Fu in front of a hall in the Shaolin Monastery in Henan

Hubei

Hunan

Mahavira Hall in Puguang Temple in Hunan

Hong Kong

Mahavira Hall of Tsz Shan Monastery
Chi Lin Nunnery in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Inner Mongolia

Jiangsu

Tianning Temple (Changzhou) in Jiangsu, the tallest pagoda and tallest wooden structure in the world.[1]

Jiangxi

Statues of Amitabha (left), Gautama Buddha (center), and Bhaisajyaguru (right) in Donglin Temple in Jiangxi

Jilin

Liaoning

Macau

  • Kun Iam Temple, (also known as Pou Chai Temple, Chinese: 普濟禪院)

Ningxia

Shaanxi

Statue of Xuanzang in front of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Shaanxi

Shandong

Shanghai

A hall in Longhua Temple (Shanghai)

Shanxi

The Hanging Temple, a temple built into a cliff 75 meters (246 ft) above the ground near Mount Heng in Shanxi in 491 AD
A hall and courtyard at Huayan Temple in Shanxi

Mount Wutai

Sichuan

Huazang Temple (or Jinding; lit. "Golden Summit") at the summit of Mount Emei, in Sichuan. Mount Emei is one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Chinese Buddhism.
A paifang at the entrance of Hongchunping Temple

Mount Emei

Tianjin

Tibet Autonomous Region (Xizang)

Main article: List of Buddhist temples in the Tibet Autonomous Region

Yunnan

The Three Pagodas of Chong Sheng Temple, Dali City, Yunnan, dating to the 9th and 10th centuries.

Zhejiang

Hall of Bhaisajyaguru in Lingyin Temple in Zhejiang

Mount Putuo

See also

Notes

  1. ^ China Daily. (April 30, 2007). World's Tallest Pagoda Inaugurated. Chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
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