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Lingyin Temple
Lingyin Si
Hangzhou
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China
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: $45
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Hangzhou
Shanghai & Around
China
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: $45
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Back on the main thoroughfare, continue for a few more minutes and you’ll reach the grand Lingyin Temple. Lingyin Si means “Temple of the Soul’s Retreat” and, although it’s hard to find any kind of retreat in the ever-crowded temple, it is definitely worth a visit. The temple follows the standard Buddhist temple layout Visiting Temples, and, despite the vast number of visitors, is still a fully functional place of worship with hundreds of monks in attendance.
On entry you’ll be greeted by the evers miling face of Maitreya, flanked by the imposing Four Heavenly Kings. The temple’s most impressive hall contains a 78-foot-tall statue of Sakyamuni, which was rebuilt in 1956 after the central beam fell onto it. In fact, few parts of the temple are original and it has been restored and reconstructed countless times through history, although Lingyin managed to survive the Cultural Revolution intact, thanks to the intervention of Zhou Enlai.
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