Jinghai Temple

Jinghai Temple
A picture of Jinghaisi Museum
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Location
Country	China
Location in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Geographic coordinates	32°05′39″N 118°44′28″E / 32.09417°N 118.74111°E / 32.09417; 118.74111
Architecture
Completed	1842

Jinghai Temple (Chinese: 静海寺; pinyin: Jìnghǎi Sì) is a 15th-century temple located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, to the southwest of Shizi Mountain (Chinese: 狮子山).^[1] It was built to commemorate the voyage of Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty.^[2] The terms of the Treaty of Nanking were discussed in the temple. It was destroyed and rebuilt thrice, during the Taiping Rebellion and the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1988, it was rebuilt on its original site. In 1990, the temple became home to the Historical Exhibition Museum of the Treaty of Nanking. After two expansions in 1996 and 2005, it is now the Nanjing Jinghai Temple Memorial, with material related to both Zheng He's voyage and the Treaty of Nanking. It is a National 4A Level Scenic Spot, as well as part of the National Patriotism Education Base, and the Nanjing Relic Protection Unit.