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| Traditional Chinese | 華 林 寺 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华 林 寺 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Flourishing Forest Temple Temple of the Flowery Forest | ||||||||||
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| Xilai Monastery | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西 來 庵 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西 来 庵 | ||||||||||
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Hualin Temple, also known as the Temple of the Five Hundred Genii [1] [2] or Gods, [3] or Hualinsi Buddhist Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Guangzhou, China.
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