What are the most worthwhile religious temples (Taoist temples) tourist attractions in China?

1 Famen Temple

Famen Temple, also known as the "True Body Pagoda", is located in Baoji City, the hometown of Emperor Yan and the hometown of bronzes. In 2004, it was rated as a "Pagoda of True Body" by UNESCO. "The ninth wonder of the world", the Famen Temple Underground Palace is the largest underground palace under the tower ever seen.

2 Shaolin Temple

Shaolin Temple is located under the Wuru Peak of Songshan Mountain in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. It is named "Shaolin Temple" because it is located in the dense jungle of Shaoshi Mountain in the hinterland of Songshan Mountain. Shaolin Temple is a world-famous Buddhist temple and the ancestral temple of Zen Buddhism in Chinese Buddhism. It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese Buddhism and is known as "the most famous temple in the world".

3 Jokhang Temple

The Jokhang Temple, also known as "Zulakang" and "Juekang" (meaning Buddhist temple in Tibetan), is located in the center of the old city of Lhasa. It is said that the Buddhist temple was built by King Songtsen Gampo of Tibet. The reason why Lhasa is known as the "Holy Land" is related to this Buddha statue. The temple was originally called "Jhasa", and later "Jhasa" became the name of the city and evolved into the current "Lhasa".

The 4th Floor Guandai

The Lou Guandai is the earliest important holy place of Taoism in China and the birthplace of Taoist Lou Guan. Its sermon platform is like an ark floating in the bamboo sea and pine forest. , often called Louguantai. It is located in Zhouzhi County, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, in the middle of the northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains.

5 Labrang Monastery

Labrang Monastery is located in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Its full name in Tibetan is: "Gaden Xia Zhu Darji Tashi Yisuqi" "Ju Lang" means Ju Xi talks about building and revitalizing the Jixiang Youxuan Temple. It is called Tashiqi Temple for short and is generally called Labrang Temple.

6 Kumbum Temple

Tambum Temple, also known as Taer Temple, was founded in the 10th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1377). It is named after the Big Silver Pagoda built in the Dajinwa Temple to commemorate Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Yellow Sect. It is called "Gun Benxian Balin" in Tibetan, which means "Maitreya Temple with a hundred thousand lions roaring Buddha statues". It is located in Xining City, Qinghai Province Lusha'er Town, Huangzhong County, 25 kilometers southwest, is a national AAAAA tourist attraction

7 Da Ci'en Temple

Da Ci'en Temple is located in Jinchangfang, Chang'an City, Tang Dynasty (today's Shaanxi Province South of Xi'an City), it is the ancestral home of the Consciousness-only Sect of Chinese Buddhism (also known as Faxiang Sect, Jushe Sect, and Ci'en Sect). It is one of the three major translation sites in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and has been in existence for more than 1,350 years. Daci'en Temple is the most famous and magnificent Buddhist temple in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty. It was built under the imperial decree of the Li and Tang Dynasties.