Chongsheng Temple
Chongsheng Temple, is a Buddhist temple near the old town of Dali in Yunnan province, southern China. The Three Pagodas are part of the complex. It was once the royal temple of the Kingdom of Dali, originally built in the 9th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: 蒋亦炯, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Dali, China
- Also known as: “Chong Shen Monastery” and “崇圣寺三塔文化旅游区”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple and Yangzuomie City Ruins.
Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple
Photo: Tdxiang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Three Pagodas of the Chongsheng Temple are an ensemble of three independent pagodas arranged on the corners of an equilateral triangle, near the old town of Dali, Yunnan province, China, dating from the time of the Kingdom of Nanzhao and Kingdom of Dali in the 9th and 10th centuries. Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple is situated 450 metres east of Chongsheng Temple.
Yangzuomie City Ruins
Archaeological site
Photo: Halazhang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yangzuomie City Ruins is an archaeological site, which is situated 770 metres southeast of Chongsheng Temple.
Stele of Kublai Khan occupied Yunnan
Photo: Halazhang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stele of Kublai Khan occupied Yunnan is situated 1½ km southeast of Chongsheng Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dali.
Dali
Town
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dali Town is a township-level division in Dali City, in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. The town contains the historic centre of the county-level city of Dali and is also commonly known as Dali Old Town. Dali is situated 2½ km southeast of Chongsheng Temple.
Chongsheng Temple
- Categories: place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.70728° or 25° 42′ 26″ northLongitude
100.14235° or 100° 8′ 33″ eastOpen location code
7PQ2P44R+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 848708168OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousWikidata ID
Q15978226
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Chongsheng Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大理崇圣寺”
- Chinese: “崇圣寺”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد تشونج شنج”
- French: “temple Chongsheng”
- French: “Temple Chongsheng”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Chongsheng”
- Italian: “Tempio dell’Ammirazione Divina”
- Japanese: “崇聖寺”
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