White Horse Temple

White Horse Temple is a Buddhist temple in that, according to tradition, is the first Buddhist temple in China, having been first established in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han dynasty.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Han-Wei Luoyang Dynasties Ancient Capital Site Museum.

Museum
The Old City of Luoyang is a site located 15 kilometers east of the urban area of modern . It was the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty. Emperor Yang of Sui rebuilt the city in 605. is situated 1 km east of White Horse Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pingle.

Town
is a town in Mengjin County, , . As of 2020, it administers Residential Community and the following 19 villages:… is situated 3 km northwest of White Horse Temple.

White Horse Temple

Latitude
34.72388° or 34° 43′ 26″ north
Longitude
112.59811° or 112° 35′ 53″ east
Open location code
8P6JPHFX+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1028861022
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q1264618
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“White Horse Temple” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Zaldi Zuriaren tenplua”
  • Bengali: “শুভ্রাশ্ব মন্দির”
  • Chinese: “洛阳白马寺院”
  • Chinese: “洛陽白馬寺”
  • Chinese: “白馬寺”
  • Chinese: “白马寺”
  • Czech: “Chrám bílého koně”
  • Dutch: “Baimatempel”
  • Dutch: “White horse temple”
  • Dutch: “Witte paard-tempel”
  • Dutch: “Witte paardtempel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد وايت هورس”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de la Blanka Ĉevalo”
  • French: “Baimasi”
  • French: “temple du Cheval blanc”
  • French: “Temple du Cheval blanc”
  • German: “Tempel des weissen Pferdes”
  • German: “Tempel des weißen Pferdes”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Λευκού Αλόγου”
  • Hindi: “श्वेत अश्व मंदिर”
  • Hungarian: “Fehér Ló templom”
  • Hungarian: “Fehér Ló-templom”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Baima”
  • Italian: “Báimǎ-sì”
  • Italian: “Monastero Baima”
  • Japanese: “白馬寺”
  • Korean: “백마사”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baima-tempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Baima-tempelet”
  • Polish: “Baima si”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Białego Konia”
  • Portuguese: “Templo do Cavalo Branco”
  • Romanian: “Templul Calului Alb”
  • Russian: “Баймасы”
  • Russian: “Храм Белой Лошади”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram belog konja”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram bijelog konja”
  • Slovenian: “Tempelj belega konja”
  • Spanish: “Templo Caballo Blanco”
  • Spanish: “Templo del Caballo Blanco”
  • Thai: “วัดแป๊ะเบ๊”
  • Thai: “วัดไป๋หม่าซื่อ”
  • Thai: “วัดม้าขาว”
  • Tibetan: “ཧོ་ནམ་ཧུར་པའི་མའི་སའི་ལྷ་ཁང་”
  • Ukrainian: “Баймаси”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Білого Коня”
  • Urdu: “سفید گھوڑے کا مندر”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Bạch Mã”
  • Wu Chinese: “白马寺”

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