Jueyuan Temple

The Jueyuan Temple ( Chinese  觉 苑 寺 , Pinyin Jiàoyuàn sì , English Jueyuan Temple ) is a Buddhist temple in the Wulian community (武 连 连) of Jiange County in the prefecture of Guangyuan in the north of the southwest Chinese province of Sichuan . It dates from the Tang Dynasty and is famous for the Buddhist murals in its main hall from the Ming Dynasty . Scenes from the life of Sakyamuni are shown on over 200 square meters .

The Jueyuan Temple has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-387) since 2001 .

literature

• Mu Xueyong, et al .: Jiange Jueyuan si Mingdai Fozhuan bihua 剑阁 觉 苑 寺 明代 佛 传 壁画 (wall paintings from the life of the Buddha from the time of the Ming Dynasty in the Jueyuan Temple in Jiange County). Sichuan People's Publishing House 2004, ISBN 7-220-06799-2 (Chinese)
• Ann Elizabeth Barrott Wicks: Children in Chinese art , University of Hawai'i Press 2002

Web links

• Wulian Jueyuan Temple - English

Coordinates: 31 ° 53 ′ 16 ″  N , 105 ° 16 ′ 26 ″  E