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[2025 Hangzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Lingyin Temple (Updated Mar)

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Lingyin Temple, also known as "Yunlin Temple", is located at the foot of Lingyin Mountain west of West Lake. The temple has a quiet environment and is the earliest famous temple in Hangzhou. It retains many exquisite cultural relics from various dynasties. This is the place where Jigong became a monk. It is said that the wishes are very effective, and there is an endless stream of pilgrims coming to pray every day. After 1,700 years of wind and rain, Lingyin Temple has become a treasure house of history and culture: the plaque "Yunlin Zen Temple" hangs on the Heavenly King Hall, which was written by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty; the stone pagoda in front of the Main Hall and the stone sutra pillar in front of the Heavenly King Hall are relics from the Wuyue period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms; the Buddhist cultural relics collected in the temple include ancient palm leaf manuscripts, Eastern Wei gilded Buddha statues, the Diamond Sutra written by Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty, and the woodcut dragon collection of the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. Lingyin Temple is also the temple where the monk Dao Ji became a monk. The Buddha statue enshrined in the Dao Ji Zen Master Hall, with a broken fan in the right hand, a rosary in the left hand, and the right foot resting on a wine jar, is the statue of Ji Gong.Lingyin Temple is backed by Beigao Peak and faces Feilai Peak. Although Feilai Peak is not high, there are many fantastic and changeable caves and gullies on the mountain. There are more than 340 Buddhist cave statues from the Five Dynasties, which are rare ancient cave art treasures in Jiangnan, my country. The temple is prosperous all year round, especially on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month or the heyday of Buddhism, when believers come from all directions, and there are huge crowds of people.

Address:
No. 1 Fayun Lane, Lingyin Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-3 hours
Phone:
0571-87968665
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