Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple is a Buddhist temple located in West Street, Quanzhou, China, and is considered as the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian province with an area of 78,000 square metres.Photo: Tyg728, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Fujian, China
- Also known as: “Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou)”
- Address: 西街 176号, 泉州市, 鲤城区, 福建省
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qingjing Mosque and Chengtian Temple.
Qingjing Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Qingjing Mosque, also known as the Ashab Mosque or Shengyousi Mosque, is a mosque located on Tumen Street, in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China. Qingjing Mosque is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Qingjing Mosque is situated 1½ km southeast of Kaiyuan Temple.
Chengtian Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chengtian Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Licheng District, Quanzhou, Fujian, China. Chengtian Temple is considered one of the Three Great Buddhist Temples in Quanzhou, alongside Kaiyuan Temple and Chongfu Temple. Chengtian Temple is situated 1¼ km southeast of Kaiyuan Temple.
Quanzhou Confucian Temple
Photo: ScareCriterion12, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quanzhou Confucian Temple is situated 1 km southeast of Kaiyuan Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beifeng and Wan’an.
Beifeng
Suburb
Beifeng Subdistrict is a township-level division of the Fengze district situated in Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
Wan’an
Suburb
Wan'an Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Luojiang District, Quanzhou, Fujian, China. As of 2018, it has 8 residential communities under its administration. Wan’an is situated 9 km northeast of Kaiyuan Temple.
Kaiyuan Temple
- Categories: cultural heritage of China, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Quanzhou, South Fujian, Fujian, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.91738° or 24° 55′ 3″ northLongitude
118.58106° or 118° 34′ 52″ eastOpen location code
7PPWWH8J+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 229531797OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q1721819
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Yue Chinese—“Kaiyuan Temple” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কাইয়ুয়ান মন্দির (কোয়ানঝো)”
- Bengali: “কাইয়ুয়ান মন্দির”
- Chinese: “Khai-goân-sī”
- Chinese: “开元寺”
- Chinese: “泉州开元寺”
- Chinese: “紫雲堂”
- Eastern Mari: “Кайюан (Сюанчжоу)”
- Eastern Mari: “Кайюан”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كايوان”
- French: “temple Kaiyuan”
- French: “Temple Kaiyuan”
- German: “Kaiyuan Tempel”
- German: “Kaiyuan-Tempel (Quanzhou)”
- German: “Kaiyuan-Tempel”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Kaiyuan Quanzhou”
- Italian: “Tempio del Principio”
- Japanese: “開元寺”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Khai-goân-sī”
- Polish: “Kaiyuan si”
- Tatar: “Кайюан Гыйбадәтханәсе (Сюаньчжоу)”
- Tatar: “Кайюан гыйбадәтханәсе”
- Yue Chinese: “開元寺”
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