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Guǎngzhōu Sights

Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

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  • Address
    • 87-89 Liurong Lu
  • Price
    • admission Y15
  • Hours
    • 8am-5pm

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Lonely Planet review for Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

This Buddhist temple was built in AD 537 to enshrine Buddhist relics brought over from India. The relics were placed in the octagonal Decorated Pagoda (Huā Tǎ). The temple was given its current name by the exiled poet Su Dongpo in 1099, who commemorated the banyan trees in the courtyard with a poem. The banyan trees are long gone but you can see the characters (liùróng) he wrote hanging above the temple's gateway. To get here, take bus 56.

 

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    Pagodatastic!

    chrooth recommends this,

    Very classic Buddhist tourism stop. Incense burning everywhere, people prostrating. Good place to sit down and have a meal in one of the courtyard table areas. Quite a few beautiful statues and a small but lovely fountain complete w/coy fish. The streets are lined with shops that sell Buddhist statues and other nicknack's. BEWARE OF TOUTS! While about a block away from the temple, a man in monks clothing asked me to sign a registry and had a message proclaiming his authenticity from the "Boss" of the temple and that he had been sent into the public to collect donations, so I wrote down 100 yuan and told him as best as I could that I would be donating my 100 Yuan at the monastery to which he was apparently very opposed, very persistent and even aggressive until I made myself very clear. But overall this is a wonderful temple to visit while in Guangzhou

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