Foguang Temple

Foguang Temple is a Buddhist temple located five kilometres from Doucun Town, , Shanxi Province of . The temple complex covers approximately 8.4 acres and contains over 120 structures dating from the Northern Wei dynasty to the Qing dynasty.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple
  • Also known as: “Foguang Si”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doucun and Jiangfang.

Town
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is a town, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Foguang Temple.

Town
Township is a rural township in , , . The township nestles snugly at the foot of . It is located in the south of Wutai County. is situated 8 km south of Foguang Temple.

Foguang Temple

Latitude
38.86893° or 38° 52′ 8″ north
Longitude
113.38728° or 113° 23′ 14″ east
Open location code
8PCMV99P+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4519464453
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q44615
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Foguang Temple” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Templu Foguang”
  • Burmese: “Foguang Temple”
  • Burmese: “ဖော်ကွမ်းဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Chinese: “佛光寺”
  • Czech: “Chrám Fo-kuang”
  • Czech: “Fo-kuang”
  • Dutch: “Foguang Temple”
  • Dutch: “Foguangtempel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد فوجوانج”
  • French: “temple de Foguang”
  • French: “Temple de Foguang”
  • German: “Foguang-Tempel”
  • Hungarian: “Fo-guang templom”
  • Hungarian: “Fo-kuang templom”
  • Hungarian: “Foguang templom”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Foguang”
  • Italian: “Fóguāng-sì”
  • Italian: “Tempio Foguang”
  • Japanese: “佛光寺”
  • Korean: “포광사”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Foguangtempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Foguangtempelet”
  • Persian: “معبد فوگوانگ”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Foguang”
  • Portuguese: “Templo Foguang”
  • Russian: “Фогуан”
  • Spanish: “Templo Foguang”
  • Turkish: “Foguang Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Фоґуан”
  • Yue Chinese: “佛光寺”

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