Qiongzhu Temple
The Qiongzhu Temple or Bamboo Temple ( Chinese 筇竹寺 , Pinyin Qióngzhú sì , English Qiongzhu Temple / Bamboo Temple ) in Kunming in the Chinese province of Yunnan is a Buddhist temple. It is located in the northwest of Kunming on the Yu'an Shan 玉 案 山. It is in Yunnan, the first temple of from the Zhongyuan (the central regions of China) introduced -region Chan - Buddhism ( Chan zong ), he was at the beginning of the Mongol dynasty built. The current facility dates from the Qing Dynasty . The facility consists of the main hall, the Luohan hall, the Huayan pavilion and the like. a.
The sculptor Li Guangxiu黎 广 修 from Sichuan created the famous sculptures of the Five Hundred Arhats (Chinese: Wubai Luohan 五百 罗汉) there from 1883 to 1890 with some students : 216 in the Fanyin Pavilion, 216 in the Tiantailai Pavilion and 68 in the main hall.
The Qiongzhu Temple ( Qiongzhu si ) has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-406) since 2001 . It is one of the national focus temples of Buddhism in Han Chinese areas .
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Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
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Coordinates: 25 ° 4 ′ 8 ″ N , 102 ° 37 ′ 22 ″ E