Zhangye museum
Zhangye museum is a museum in Zhangye, Gansu. Zhangye museum is situated nearby to the library 张掖市图书馆, as well as near Big Buddha Temple Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Reclined Buddah Temple.
Reclined Buddah Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Leuband, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dafo Temple or Great Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in Zhangye, Gansu, China, notable for its gigantic reclining Buddha statue made around 1100 during the Western Xia period, which is thirty-five metres long. Reclined Buddah Temple is situated 350 metres northeast of Zhangye museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zhangye.
Zhangye
Photo: Dcpeets, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zhangye is a city in Gansu Province with striking and beautiful mountain scenery nearby. As for most Chinese cities, the name "Zhangye" is somewhat ambiguous since it can refer either to the city itself or to the prefecture with that city at its center.
Zhangye museum
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Zhangye, Gansu, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
38.92846° or 38° 55′ 43″ northLongitude
100.45108° or 100° 27′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8PC2WFH2+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 11768211669OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 张掖市图书馆 and Big Buddha Temple Square.
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