North China
Shanxi
Datong City

Shanhua Monastry

Shanhua Temple is a Buddhist temple located in , Shanxi Province, . The temple was first founded during the early 8th century of the Tang dynasty, but its earliest surviving building dates from the 11th century.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: building in Datong, China
  • Also known as: “Shan hua Temple”, “Shanhua Si”, and “Shanhua Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nine Dragon Wall, Datong and Huayan Monastery.

Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 720 metres northeast of Shanhua Monastry.

Buddhist temple
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Huayan Temple or is a located in , , China. Huayan Temple has been burned down and rebuilt several times. The Mahavira Hall and Buddhist Texts Library still preserve the architectural style of the Liao and Jin dynasties. is situated 740 metres northwest of Shanhua Monastry.

Railway station
Photo: 西安兵马俑, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The railway station is a railway station of Beijing–Baotou railway and Datong–Puzhou railway. The station located in , , China. is situated 3½ km north of Shanhua Monastry.

Shanhua Monastry

Latitude
40.08607° or 40° 5′ 10″ north
Longitude
113.29326° or 113° 17′ 36″ east
Open location code
8PGM37PV+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 366497911
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q548433
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Shanhua Monastry” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “শানহুয়া মন্দির”
  • Chinese: “善化寺”
  • Dutch: “Shanhuatempel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد شانهوا”
  • French: “temple Shanhua”
  • French: “Temple Shanhua”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש שאנחווה”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Shanhua”
  • Japanese: “善化寺”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Shanhua”
  • Portuguese: “Templo Shanhua”
  • Russian: “Шаньхуа”
  • Sinhala: “ෂැංහුආ පන්සල”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Шаньхуа”

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Highlights include 普贤阁 and 三圣殿.

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