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The LingYing Temple |
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The Lingyin Temple is Hangzhou's most famous site, aside
from the West Lake. This ancient temple was built in 326AD
during the Jin Dynasty but the temple at the site now has
been restored sixteen times. The buildings you see today are
restorations made during the Qing dynasty. The Temple itself is one of the most famous Buddhist temples
in the whole of China. The Indian Monk Huili, thought
Hangzhou so beautiful that he believed this must be a place
that gods live. Hence, he founded this temple in honor of
the beauty and spiritual richness of the place, and named it
"The place where gods rest in seclusion" or Lingjin. This is
a huge place so it's best to just pick a few of the more
interesting areas to look at. On entering the Temple, tun
left and you will be confronted with huge stone statues that
are reproductions of famous Buddhist statues located all
over China such as the Buddha at Leshan. Slightly behind the
Temples in the woods up here are a lovely collection of stone carved Buddha who sit in the niches of the cliffs. The
most impressive of these is a huge, fat "Laughing Buddha".
In the Temples themselves are various gold statues of
Buddha, posing in different positions and adopting a warrior
stance. Behind the largest gold Buddha is a collection of
delightful figures and deities, carved into a huge piece of
wood. The Temple is filled with incredible statues and
monuments to Buddha- laughing, standing and sitting!
This place is usually mobbed with tourists so try and go
early in the day or late afternoon when there are less
people here. You should allow at least a couple of hours to
do this place real justice. There is a nice vegetarian
restaurant next to the Temple, The Lingyin Si Vegetarian. |
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You may want to contact our partner, SuZhou China Youth Travel Service CO., for tour assistance service. |
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