Qinglong Temple
Qinglong Temple, also known as Shifo Temple, is a Buddhist temple located in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. In the mid-Tang dynasty, Huiguo taught Vajrayana at the temple, his Japanese disciple Kūkai introduced it to Japan, since then, Qinglong Temple became the cradle of Vajrayana of both Chinese and Japanese Buddhism.Photo: Kcx36, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Qinglong Temple.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Photo: Citycat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a monumental Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It was built c. AD 652 during the Tang dynasty, when Xi'an was the imperial capital. Big Wild Goose Pagoda is situated 3 km southwest of Qinglong Temple.
Qinglong Temple
Metro station
Photo: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qinglong Temple is a metro station, which is situated 470 metres southeast of Qinglong Temple.
Shaanxi History Museum
Park
Photo: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shaanxi History Museum, which is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi'an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China and one of the largest. Shaanxi History Museum is situated 3½ km west of Qinglong Temple.
Qinglong Temple
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: buddhist temple in Shaanxi, China
- Categories: historic site, place of worship, wayside shrine, and religion
- Location: Xi’an, Shaanxi, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.23398° or 34° 14′ 2″ northLongitude
108.98459° or 108° 59′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8P6C6XMM+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 310338331OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_shrineWikidata ID
Q10565990
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Qinglong Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “青龙寺”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد تشينج لونج”
- French: “temple Qinglong”
- French: “Temple Qinglong”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Qinglong”
- Japanese: “青龍寺 (西安市)”
- Japanese: “青龍寺”
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Highlights include 乐游原 and Qinglong Temple Ruins Park.
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