South Putuo Temple
South Putuo or Nanputuo is a famous Buddhist temple founded in the Tang dynasty in the Chinese city of Xiamen. It is so named because it is south of the Buddhist holy site Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province.- Type: Religious organization
- Description: building in Fujian, China
- Also known as: “Nanputuo Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Overseas Chinese Museum and Xiamen Botanical Garden.
Overseas Chinese Museum
Museum
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Overseas Chinese Museum is situated 650 metres west of South Putuo Temple.
Xiamen Botanical Garden
Garden
Photo: 大禾花, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xiamen Botanical Garden founded in 1960, is located in the Siming District of Xiamen Island, covering an area of 493 hectares. Over 9,000 species of plants are preserved in its living collections. Xiamen Botanical Garden is situated 1½ km northeast of South Putuo Temple.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
Hospital
Photo: HualinXMN, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University is situated 1½ km northwest of South Putuo Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaiyuan and Zhonghua.
Kaiyuan
Suburb
Kaiyuan Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It covers an area of 5.7 square kilometres and has a registered population of 63,362.
Zhonghua
Suburb
Zhonghua Subdistrict is a township-level division of the Siming District of Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.
Gulangyu
Gulangyu is an island in Xiamen, a few minutes by ferry from downtown. It has a population around 17,000 and an area of about 2 km². It was a foreign enclave from the 1840s until the 1930s, and is now a residential suburb, a major tourist area, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
South Putuo Temple
- Categories: Buddhist temple and religion
- Location: Xiamen, South Fujian, Fujian, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.44362° or 24° 26′ 37″ northLongitude
118.09165° or 118° 5′ 30″ eastOpen location code
7PPWC3VR+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 151181439OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousWikidata ID
Q2416831
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“South Putuo Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Nán Pǔtuó sì”
- Chinese: “南普陀寺”
- Dutch: “Nanputuotempel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد جنوب بوتو”
- French: “Temple Nán Pǔtuó”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Nanputuo”
- Japanese: “南普陀寺”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm-phó͘-tô-sī”
- Polish: “Nanputuo si”
- Thai: “วัดหนานผู่ถัว”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 厦大(南普陀) and Library, Amoy University.
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