Yuantong Bridge
Yuantong may refer to: * Yuantong Temple Yuantong Temple () is an ancient Buddhist temple in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located in a protected natural depression and in recent years it has been expanded with funding from Thailand. In the 1950s, it hosted a grand ceremony to greet and ... (圆通), the most famous Buddhist temple in Kunming, Yunnan province, China * Yuantong Station (元通), a railway station on lines 1 and 2 of the Nanjing Metro, in Jiangsu province, China {{dab ...
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Yuantong Temple
Yuantong Temple () is an ancient Buddhist temple in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located in a protected natural depression and in recent years it has been expanded with funding from Thailand. In the 1950s, it hosted a grand ceremony to greet and send on the sacred teeth of the Buddha and so became important in Southeast Asia. History It was first built in the late 8th and early 9th century, the time of the Nanzhao Kingdom in the Tang dynasty. After two major restorations and expansion in the Chenghua period (1465-1487) of the Ming dynasty and in 1686 during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in the Qing dynasty, the temple took on its present design, with covered corridors, bridges and grand halls. Architecture The extant buildings include the Yuantong Wonderful Realm (), Octagonal Pavilion (), Yuantong Hall (), Copper Buddha Hall (), etc. Yuantong Wonderful Realm This old temple is noted for its unusual structure which is high at the front and low at the back, From the front ar ...
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