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开元寺

Kaiyuan Temple

A Tang temple with twin stone pagodas and Hindu carvings on the pillars. Free.

Kaiyuan Temple · 开元寺
China Unhurried editorial team · Owner-authored
Kaiyuan Temple · 开元寺
China Unhurried editorial team · Owner-authored
Kaiyuan Temple · 开元寺
China Unhurried editorial team · Owner-authored
Kaiyuan Temple · 开元寺
China Unhurried editorial team · Owner-authored
Kaiyuan Temple · 开元寺
China Unhurried editorial team · Owner-authored
Kaiyuan Temple · 开元寺
China Unhurried editorial team · Owner-authored

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Practical notes

Founded in 686. The two thirteenth-century pagodas are the tallest stone pagodas in China; the main hall's columns came from a demolished Hindu temple. On the 26th of each lunar month the temple holds a fair and the whole town turns up.