Guangxiao Temple

Guangxiao Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist in , the capital of 's Province. As the special geographical position, Guangxiao Temple often acted as a stopover point for Asian missionary monks in the past.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Also known as: “Kwong Hau Temple” and “Temple of Bright Filial Piety”
  • Address: 光孝路 109, 广州市, 越秀区, 广东省

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Guangzhou No.1 People’s Hospital and Temple of the Six Banyan Trees.

Hospital
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is situated 230 metres north of Guangxiao Temple.

Buddhist temple
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The or Liurong Temple is a in , , originally built in AD 537. The temple's proximity to foreign consulates in has made it a regular destination for families participating in the international adoption of children from . is situated 350 metres southeast of Guangxiao Temple.

Mosque
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The is the main of , located in the Yuexiu District, in the of . Rebuilt many times over its history, some historical texts claim that it was first built in the 7th century, but modern scholarship places its foundation at a later period during the Tang or Song dynasties. is situated 710 metres south of Guangxiao Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Liurong and Jinhua.

Suburb
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is a subdistrict of the Yuexiu District in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, southern China.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Liwan District, , People's Republic of China.

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is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18.7 million, making it China's fourth-largest city after Chongqing, Shanghai and Beijing.

Guangxiao Temple

Latitude
23.13189° or 23° 7′ 55″ north
Longitude
113.25149° or 113° 15′ 5″ east
Open location code
7PMM47J2+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 361874090
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q985779
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Yue Chinese—“Guangxiao Temple” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “Guangxiao Temple (Guangzhou)”
  • Burmese: “Guangxiao Temple”
  • Chinese: “Guāng​xiào ​sì”
  • Chinese: “光孝寺”
  • Chinese: “報恩光孝禪寺”
  • Chinese: “报恩光孝禅寺”
  • Dutch: “Guangxiaotempel”
  • Dutch: “Temple of Bright Filial Piety”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد جوانجشياو”
  • French: “Temple Guangxiao (Guangzhou)”
  • French: “Temple Guangxiao”
  • French: “Temple Guāng​xiào”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Guangxiao”
  • Japanese: “光孝寺 (広州市)”
  • Japanese: “光孝寺”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tempelet til den skinnende barnlige pietet”
  • Norwegian: “Tempelet til den skinnende barnlige pietet”
  • Polish: “Guangxiao si”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Jasnej Synowskiej Pobożności”
  • Portuguese: “Templo Guangxiao (Guangzhou)”
  • Portuguese: “Templo Guangxiao”
  • Russian: “Храм Баоэнь Гуансяо”
  • Turkish: “Guangxiao Tapınağı (Guangzhou)”
  • Turkish: “Guangxiao Tapınağı”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Quang Hiếu”
  • Yue Chinese: “光孝寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “報恩光孝禪寺”

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