The Guangsheng Temple (

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: 广胜寺) is a Buddhist temple, located at the southern foot of Mt. Huoshan, 17 km northeast of

Hongtong County Hongtong County () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,494 square kilometers, and has a population of approximately 766,579 as ...

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, China. The temple was built in 147 and was changed to its present name in the

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. It has three parts: the upper temple, the lower temple and the Shuishen Temple (Temple of Water God). The world-renowned drama murals from the

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are kept in the lower temple.Important Relic under National Protection The famous '' Zhaocheng Jin Tripitaka'' was discovered at the Guangsheng Temple in 1933.

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