[2024 Taiyuan Attraction] Travel Guide for Chongshan Temple (Updated Sep)
Temples
Address:
No.9 Chongshan Temple, Dilianggong Street, Yingze District, Taiyuan City
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Phone:
0351-2029035
Visit the mysterious Chongshen Temple, a popular place for prayer.
Address: Chongshen Temple Road, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi. Chongshen Temple is located behind the museum and is a bit far from the train station. You can take tram 104 to get there. It is recommended to visit on the first and fifteenth day of each month or on major holidays. Not only are there more visitors on these days, but sometimes you can visit for free. The usual ticket price is CNY 2. There is a place to get incense at the entrance, and you can exchange your ticket for three sticks of incense. You can ask the master inside to guide you in burning incense and visiting. Although only the original Dabeidian remains in the temple, you can still see the style of the royal courtyard.
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Travel guide to Chongshan Temple
Chongshan Temple is located in Dilianggong Street, Yingze District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, separated by a wall from the Confucian Temple and Chongshan Shrine. According to the 'Yangqu County Chronicle' in the 23rd year of the Daoguang era (1843), Chongshan Temple was originally the palace of Emperor Yang of Sui, and was called Baima Temple in the early Tang Dynasty, and later renamed Yanshou Temple and Zongshan Temple. 🏯✨
First of all, the architectural style here is really beautiful! The simple and elegant glazed tiles, the carved beams and painted rafters of the eaves, as if traveling back to the ancient palace. 🏰😍
And when you walk into the temple, you will be infected by the solemn and solemn atmosphere.
It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the third son of Ming Taizu, Zhu Yuanzhang, expanded the original site in the 14th year of Hongwu (1381) in memory of his mother. The construction was completed in the 24th year of Hongwu (1391), covering an area of 140,000 square meters. It was expanded in the 16th year of Chenghua (1480) and renamed Chongshan Temple during the Jiajing period (1522-1566). In the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1864), the temple was burned down, leaving only the main buildings of the Great Compassion Hall and some buildings in the rear hall.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government has allocated funds for the maintenance of Chongshan Temple many times, and has sorted out and identified a large number of historical relics in its collection. The existing main building structure is from the Ming Dynasty, facing north and south, 119.2 meters long from east to west, 71.7 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of 8547 square meters.
Now there are mountain gates and the Great Compassion Hall on the central axis, with bell and drum towers on both sides of the mountain gate, bell and drum pavilions on both sides of the Great Compassion Hall, and east wing rooms on the east side, which is one forty-sixth of the original temple.
However, there has been a large-scale renovation project inside Chongshan Temple recently, and the entire Great Compassion Hall is being renovated. You can't see the Buddha statue, you can only light incense and pray, if you are sincere, you will be spiritual! But it's still quite comfortable to stroll around, because there are not many tourists. The cats in the temple are super cute! Finally, don't forget to leave your footprints at Chongshan Temple! Take beautiful photos and share them with your friends! 📸🤗
📍Address: Dilianggong Street, Yingze District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province
Michael Foster
The most popular temple in Taiyuan, which has been closed for three years, has finally opened
What a divine luck, I went for a walk on Di Lianggong Street and saw that Chongshan Temple was open, with many people burning incense and praying. Taking advantage of the opening, it was also the first time in recent years to step into Chongshan Temple again. The temple is currently under renovation, mainly repairing the Great Compassion Hall.
I went there after four in the afternoon, and there were endless people coming to pray, as well as people reading scriptures. The dog was lying quietly, and when the wind blew the wind chime, the sun shone down, everything was so peaceful. The temple has taken in three dogs and a big black cat, prepared food for the pigeons, and a big tree at the entrance of the temple is full of sparrows.
The mountain gate of the temple is a beamless dense eave style, with green glazed tile roof, three rooms wide, three doors open, the door plaque reads 'Great Compassion Victory', the left reads 'Tang Dynasty Relics', and the right reads 'Jinyuan Divine Scenery'.
On both sides of the door, a pair of iron lions squat, cast in the Ming Hongwu period, majestic, and are excellent works among the lions of the Ming Dynasty. Stepping into the ancient mountain gate, you can see a courtyard full of fragrant grass and falling flowers. Along the flower path is the Great Compassion Hall.
Inside the temple, a pair of iron lions cast in the 24th year of Ming Hongwu, and a big bell cast in the 14th year of Ming Zhengtong, along with the above-mentioned treasures, are all valuable materials for studying the art of the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties in China.
The cultural relics of Chongshan Temple have extremely high historical and artistic value, with distinctive features, and are very precious.
✨Tips:
1. The temple is a very quiet place, even if we visit and take pictures, we should not disturb others.
2. Some areas in the temple are not open to tourists.
⏰Opening hours: 8:00-16:30
📍No. 9, Chongshan Temple Road, Yingze District, Taiyuan City