Zhangye museum
Zhangye museum is a museum in Ganzhou, Zhangye, Gansu. Zhangye museum is situated nearby to the library 张掖市图书馆, as well as near Big Buddha Temple Square.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 and is reputedly the largest reclining Buddha clay statue in China. 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, formerly romanized as Changyeh and also formerly known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China.
Zhangye museum
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “张掖市博物馆”
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Ganzhou, Zhangye, Gansu, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
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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