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Qixia (栖霞) may refer to the following locations in China: *Qixia, Shandong (栖霞市), county-level city of Yantai, Shandong *Qixia District (栖霞区), Nanjing *Qixia Temple (栖霞寺), Buddhist temple in Nanjing *Qixia Mountain Qixia Mountain () is a mountain in the northeast part of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. In the Southern Dynasties The Northern and Southern dynasties () was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 ...

Qixia, Shandong
Qixia () is a landlocked county-level city of the Shandong Peninsula, and is under the administration of Yantai City, Shandong province. The population was in 1999. It borders Penglai to the north, Fushan District to the northeast, Muping District to the east, Haiyang and Laiyang to the south, Zhaoyuan to the west, and Longkou Longkou (), formerly Huang County (), is a port city in northeastern Shandong province, China, facing the Bohai Sea to the north and the Laizhou Bay to the west. Longkou, a county-level city, is administered by the prefecture-level city of Yant ... to the northwest. Administrative divisions As 2012, this city is divided to 3 subdistricts and 12 towns. ;Subdistricts *Cuizhan Subdistrict () *Zhuangyuan Subdistrict () *Songshan Subdistrict () ;Towns Climate References External links Official homepage {{authority control Cities in Shandong County-level divisions of Shandong Yantai ...
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Qixia District
Qixia District () is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, straddling both sides of the Yangtze River. It has an area of 80 km2 and a population of 400,000. Natural and historical sites Qixia Mountain is in Qixia District. Qixia Temple, a Southern Tang Buddhist temple, is there. During the Qing dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor praised it as the most elegant mountain in Jinling. A number of Liang dynasty tombs are in the district, primarily in and around the Ganjiaxiang section of the district. Among them, particularly well known is that of Xiao Xiu (475–518), containing one of the best surviving sets of the period's statuary. Geography Qixia District includes northern and northeastern parts of the greater Nanjing area, on the right (southeastern) side of the Yangtze River. Administration divisions Qixia District administers 10 subdistricts. They are: Subdistricts Economy Qixia Town is an important land and water transport hub. It is c ...
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Qixia Temple
Qixia Temple () is a Buddhist temple located on Qixia Mountain in the suburban Qixia District of Nanjing, Jiangsu, northeast of downtown Nanjing. It is one of Nanjing's most important Buddhist monasteries. The temple is the cradle of East Asian Mādhyamaka. History Built in AD 489, the 7th year of the Yongming era during the Southern Qi dynasty (479–502), the temple is known for its large collection of Chinese Buddhist visual art and sculptural art in the grounds. These consist of pagodas, murals and artwork that date back to the 10th century. It has had several names over the centuries, including the "Gongde Temple" (; Tang dynasty), "Miaoyin Temple" (; Southern Tang dynasty), "Puyun Temple" (; Song dynasty), "Yanyin Chongbao Chan Temple" (; Song dynasty), "Jingde Qixia Temple" (; Song dynasty) and "Huxue Temple" (; Song dynasty). In 1372, at the dawn of Ming dynasty (1368–1644), the temple was renamed "Qixia Temple" which is still in use now. In the lat ...
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