Qinglian Temple in Jincheng, Shanxi | Experience the Buddhist charm of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

🙏 Qinglian Temple, originally known as Xieshi Temple, was founded during the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-559 AD) and is one of the earliest temples of the Maitreya Pure Land Sect in China. 🎈 Highlight 1: Qinglian Temple is famous for its 54 existing Tang and Song Dynasty colored sculptures. The most precious cultural heritage is the 6 Tang Dynasty colored sculptures, including the Maitreya Buddha with hanging legs, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. 🎈 Highlight 2: The Tibetan-style stupa built during the Jiajing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty is over 20 meters high. The base is an octagonal Sumeru style, the middle is a bowl-shaped pagoda body, and the top has thirteen layers of wheels. Every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, the shadow of the pagoda is not visible at any time, so it is called the "Shadowless Pagoda". 🎈 Highlight 3: Qinglian Temple has many steles, more than 80 in total. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been various fonts such as regular script, cursive script, official script, and seal script. 🕹️ Location: Suburban area of Jincheng City (at the foot of Jueshan Scenic Area) 🚘 Transportation: 30 minutes by car (it is easy to take a taxi on the way there, but it is not easy to take a taxi on the way back, and the taxi fare is about RMB 30) 🚌 Bus: Buy a ticket on the "Beautiful Taihang Jincheng Tour" bus, take bus No. 213 to Jueshan in Jincheng (RMB 1, 20 minutes) 🎫 Reservation method: Make a reservation on "Fengya Jincheng" and visit for free