Qinglong Temple () is a

Buddhist temple A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in Buddhism represen ...

located in

Jishan County Jishan () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Yuncheng Yuncheng is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng mun ...

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The temple is renowned for its

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s which were painted in both Yuan and Ming dynasties (1127–1644). The temple occupies an area of and the total area including temple lands, forests and mountains is over .

History

Qinglong Temple was first constructed by Minister of Public Works Wang Zheng () in 662, namely the 2nd year in the reign of Emperor Gaozong in the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

(618–907). Qinglong Temple has been rebuilt numerous times since the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

(1127–1368). On June 25, 2001, it has been listed among the fifth batch of "

Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shaanxi Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

" by the

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Architecture

Qinglong Temple consists of more than 10 buildings including shanmen, Main Hall, Middle Hall, Hall of Ten Kings of Hell, Hall of Guru, Hufa Hall, Hall of Sangharama Palace, east wing-room, west wing-room, etc. The temple still maintain the style of the Yuan and Ming dynasties (1127–1644).

National treasure

Inner walls of the Main Hall, Middle Hall and the Hall of Sangharama Palace are fully painted with

s, most of them were made in the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

(1368–1644), and the most famous are the Eighteen Arhats, Three-Life Buddha, Ten Kings of Hell, and Ten Thousands of Taoist Gods.

References

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