Xiangyan Temple
| Xiangyan Temple | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Xiangyan Temple | |
  Location in Henan | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Xichuan County, Henan |
| Country | China |
| Coordinates | 32°46′50″N 111°26′04″E / 32.78056°N 111.43444°E |
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Xiangyan Temple (simplified Chinese: 香严寺; traditional Chinese: 香嚴寺) is a famous Chinese Buddhist temple in Xichuan County in southeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China.[1][2][3]
History
The temple was first built in the year 767 by Nanyang Huizhong, the second year during Emperor Daizong's reign of the Tang dynasty period (618–907) and it was named "Changshou Temple" (simplified Chinese: 长寿寺; traditional Chinese: 長壽寺) then.
References
- ↑ Lu, Xin (2019-06-05). "Believers, and Their Dead, Too, Are Driven Out of Temples". Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ "Tourists Caught On Camera Scaling 1000-Year-Old Chinese Sculpture To Take Photos". NDTV. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Cool or dumb? 6 incidents where tourists pushed limits of sanity". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 2026-03-27.