Jinshan Temple

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Jinshan Temple is one of the national famous temples. This temple can be traced back as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420), and has had a history of more than 1,600 years. The temple was known as Zexin Temple or Longyou Temple; however, people have been calling it Jinshan Temple since the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907).

A popular legend

A widely spread legend, "the White Snake", happened in the temple. This story mainly tells about the love story between Bai Suzhen, who was a magic snake and changed herself into a beautiful girl, and Xu Xian who was forced to be a monk in Jinshan Temple at the latter part of the story.

"The Flooding of Jinshan Temple"

"The Flooding of Jinshan Temple" concerns Jinshan Temple a lot. In the folk tale, Fa Hai, a monk of Jinshan Temple, destroyed the marriage between the white snake and her husband. Failing to ask the monk for her husband, the white snake, with her magic power, flooded the temple. It is this story that makes most Chinese people get to know Jinshan Temple.

Enjoy the beautiful scenes

Jinshan Temple was built according to the mountain features. All the pavilions, terraces and towers are in harmony with their surroundings. The buildings on the premises are arranged in layers that hug the hillside in an original fashion. Buildings are attached to buildings to form a group of classical structures whose crimson walls gleam invitingly against the blue sky. The result is a spectacle in which the entire hill looks as if wrapped up by the temple's thick cluster of buildings.

A Buddhist temple

Jinshan Temple is also a Buddhism holy land. It is amongst the four most famous Buddhist temples in China. The temple was visited by many emperors who left their calligraphy as praise for this temple; for example, the tablet at the entrance of the temple was written by Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911).

When to visit

Opening Hours: 6:00a.m. - 6:00p.m.

Getting there

By bus: 2, 8, 34, 102, 104.

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