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

• Guangji Temple (Wuhu)
• Langya Temple
• Mingjiao Temple (Anhui)
• Sanzu Temple
• Shangchan Temple
• Yingjiang Temple
• Zhenfeng Pagoda

Mount Jiuhua

• Baisui Palace
• Ganlu Temple (Mount Jiuhua)
• Huacheng Temple
• Shrine of Living Buddha
• Tiantai Temple (Mount Jiuhua)
• Zhantalin
• Zhiyuan Temple (Mount Jiuhua)

Beijing

The Tianning Pagoda in Beijing, built around 1120.

• Badachu
• Bailin Temple (Beijing)
• Big Bell Temple (or Juesheng Temple)
• Cheng'en Temple
• Cloud Platform at Juyongguan
• Dahui Temple
• Dajue Temple
• Dule Temple
• Fahai Temple
• Fayuan Temple
• Guanghua Temple (Beijing)
• Guangji Temple (Beijing)
• Hongluo Temple
• Jietai Temple
• Lingguang Temple (Beijing)
• Miaoying Temple
• Pagoda of Tianning Temple
• Tanzhe Temple
• Temple of Azure Clouds
• Tianning Temple (Beijing)
• Tongjiao Temple
• Wanshou Temple
• Wofo Temple
• Xifeng Temple
• Xihuang Temple
• Yonghe Temple
• Yunju Temple
• Zhenjue Temple
• Zhihua Temple

Chongqing

• Ciyun Temple (Chongqing)
• Luohan Temple (Chongqing)
• Shuanggui Temple

Fujian

• Chengtian Temple (Quanzhou)
• Chongsheng Temple (Fujian)
• Cishou Temple
• Dizang Temple (Fuzhou)
• Guanghua Temple (Putian)
• Guangxiao Temple (Putian)
• Hualin Temple (Fuzhou)
• Huayan Temple (Ningde)
• Jinshan Temple (Fujian)
• Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou)
• Linyang Temple
• Longshan Temple (Jinjiang)
• Nanshan Temple
• Pagoda of Cishou Temple
• South Putuo Temple
• Wanfu Temple
• Xichan Temple (Fujian)
• Yongquan Temple (Fuzhou)

Gansu

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

• Dafo Temple (Zhangye)
• Ta'er Temple (Suoyang City)
• White Horse Pagoda, Dunhuang

Guangdong

• Guangxiao Temple (Guangzhou)
• Hoi Tong Monastery
• Kaiyuan Temple (Chaozhou)
• Lingshan Temple (Shantou)
• Nanhua Temple
• Qingyun Temple (Guangdong)
• Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
• Yunmen Temple (Guangdong)

Guizhou

• Hongfu Temple (Guiyang)
• Qianming Temple

Hainan

• Nanshan Temple (Sanya)

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

• Geyuan Temple
• Kaishan Temple
• Liaodi Pagoda
• Lingxiao Pagoda
• Linji Temple
• Longxing Monastery
• Pagoda of Bailin Temple
• Puning Temple (Hebei)
• Putuo Zongcheng Temple
• Xumi Pagoda
• Guanghui Temple Huatai Pagoda

Henan

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

• Daxingguo Temple
• Fawang Temple
• Iron Pagoda
• Jidu Temple
• Jinshan Temple (Hebi)
• Pagoda Forest at Shaolin Temple
• Qizu Pagoda
• Shaolin Monastery
• Songyue Pagoda
• White Horse Temple
• Xiangyan Temple
• Youguo Temple

Hubei

• Guiyuan Temple
• Baotong Temple
• Wuying Pagoda
• Wuzu Temple

Hunan

Mahavira Hall in Puguang Temple in Hunan

• Baiyun Temple (Ningxiang)
• Fuyan Temple
• Grand Temple of Mount Heng
• Guangji Temple (Hunan)
• Kaifu Temple
• Lingsheng Temple
• Lushan Temple
• Miyin Temple
• Nantai Temple
• Puguang Temple (Zhangjiajie)
• Puji Temple (Ningxiang)
• Shangfeng Temple
• Shishuang Temple
• Yunmen Temple (Hunan)
• Zhaoshan Temple
• Zhusheng Temple (Hunan)

Hong Kong

Mahavira Hall of Tsz Shan Monastery

Chi Lin Nunnery in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

• Cham Shan Monastery (湛山寺), Clear Water Bay Peninsula
• Chi Lin Nunnery (志蓮淨苑), Diamond Hill, Kowloon
• Ling To Monastery (靈渡寺), Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District
• Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery (妙法寺), Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District
• Po Lin Monastery (寶蓮禪寺), Lantau Island
• Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (萬佛寺), Sha Tin[1]
• Tsing Shan Monastery (青山禪院) (also called Piu To Temple), Tuen Mun
• Tsz Shan Monastery (慈山寺), Tung Tsz, Tai Po District
• Tung Lin Kok Yuen (東蓮覺苑), Happy Valley
• Tung Po Tor Monastery (東普陀講寺), Lo Wai, Tsuen Wan District

Inner Mongolia

• Five Pagoda Temple (Hohhot)

Jiangsu

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

• Chongshan Temple
• Daming Temple, Yangzhou
• Dinghui Temple
• Gaomin Temple
• Guangjiao Temple, Nantong
• Hanshan Temple
• Huiji Temple, Nanjing
• Huqiu Tower
• Jiming Temple
• Jinshan Temple, Zhenjiang
• Lianxing Temple, Yangzhou
• Linggu Temple
• Lingshan Buddhist Temple
• Lingyanshan Temple
• Longchang Temple
• Qixia Temple
• Tianning Temple, Changzhou, with the tallest pagoda in the world
• Tiger Hill Pagoda, Suzhou
• Xingfu Temple, Changshu
• Xiyuan Temple
• Yunyan Temple, Suzhou

Jiangxi

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

• Donglin Temple
• Jingju Temple (Ji'an)
• Nengren Temple (Jiujiang)
• Puning Temple (Jiangxi)
• Zhenru Temple (Jiangxi)

Jilin

• Banruo Temple (Changchun)
• Dizang Temple (Changchun)
• Guanyin Ancient Temple

Liaoning

• Banruo Temple (Shenyang)
• Ci'en Temple (Liaoning)
• Fengguo Temple
• Zhiyuan Temple (Panjin)

Macau

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

Ningxia

• Baisigou Square Pagoda
• Haibao Pagoda Temple
• Hongfo Pagoda
• One Hundred and Eight Stupas
• Pagoda of Chengtian Temple

Shaanxi

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

• Caotang Temple
• Daci'en Temple
• Daxingshan Temple
• Famen Temple
• Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
• Guangren Temple
• Jianfu Temple
• Jingye Temple
• Qinglong Temple (Xi'an)
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda
• Wolong Temple
• Xiangji Temple (Shaanxi)
• Xingjiao Temple

Shandong

• Four-gates pagoda
• Lingyan Temple (Jinan)
• Pizhi Pagoda
• Xingguo Temple (Jinan)
• Zhanshan Temple (Shandong)

Shanghai

A hall in Longhua Temple (Shanghai)

• Baoshan Temple
• Chenxiang Pavilion
• Donglin Temple (Shanghai)
• Hongfu Temple (Shanghai)
• Jade Buddha Temple
• Jing'an Temple
• Longhua Temple
• Yuanming Jiangtang
• Zhenru 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

• Chongshan Temple (Shanxi)
• Huayan Temple (Datong)
• Pagoda of Fogong Temple
• Puhua Temple
• Qifo Temple
• Shuanglin Temple
• The Hanging Temple
• Xuanzhong Temple
• Yanqing Temple
• Yuanzhao Temple
• Zhenguo Temple

Mount Wutai

• Bishan Temple
• Dailuoding
• Foguang Temple
• Great White Pagoda
• Guangzong Temple (Mount Wutai)
• Gufo Temple
• Jile Temple
• Jinge Temple
• Longhua Temple
• Mimi Temple
• Nanchan Temple
• Puhua Temple
• Pusading
• Qixian Temple (Mount Wutai)
• Shifang Temple
• Shuxiang Temple
• Tayuan Temple
• Wenshu Temple (Mount Wutai)
• Xiantong Temple
• Yanshan Temple
• Youguo Temple
• Zunsheng Temple

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

• Bao'en Temple (Pingwu)
• Baoguang Temple
• Luohan Temple (Shifang)
• Qiongzhu Temple
• Wenshu Temple (Chengdu)
• Wuyou Temple
• Zhaojue Temple

Mount Emei

• Baoguo Temple (Mount Emei)
• Hongchunping Temple
• Huazang Temple
• Wannian Temple
• Xixiang Chi

Tianjin

• Guangji Temple (Tianjin)
• Temple of Great Compassion

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.

• Chongshan Temple (Yunnan)
• Foguang Temple (Mangshi)
• Guangyun Temple
• Huating Temple
• Jinlong Temple
• Mange Temple
• Puti Temple
• Qiongzhu Temple
• Three Pagodas
• Tongwadian (Dali)
• Yuantong Temple
• Zhusheng Temple (Yunnan)

Zhejiang

Hall of Bhaisajyaguru in Lingyin Temple in Zhejiang

• Baoguo Temple (Former temple)
• Dafo Temple
• Guoqing Temple
• Jingci Temple
• Jiangxin Temple
• Jingju Temple
• Lingyin Temple
• Liuhe Pagoda
• Mingjiao Temple
• Qita Temple
• Temple of King Ashoka
• Tiantong Temple
• Yanfu Temple (Wuyi County)

Mount Putuo

• Huiji Temple (Mount Putuo)
• Fayu Temple
• Puji Temple

See also

• Buddhism in the People's Republic of China
• Chinese architecture
• Kyaung
• List of Buddhist architecture in China
• List of Buddhist temples
• National Key Buddhist Temples in Han Chinese Area

Notes

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

External links

• BuddhaNet's Comprehensive Directory of Buddhist Temples sorted by country
• Buddhactivity Dharma Centres database