37°17′08″N 112°16′15″E / 37.28556°N 112.27083°E
Zhenguo Temple | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Province | Shanxi |
Location | |
Location | Pingyao |
Architecture | |
Completed | 963 Northern Han dynasty |
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Traditional Chinese | 鎮國寺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 镇国寺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhenguo Temple (Chinese: 镇国寺) is a Buddhist temple located 10 km from Pingyao in the village of Hadongcun, in Shanxi Province, China. The temple's oldest hall, the Wanfo Hall, was built in 963 during the Northern Han dynasty, and is notable for featuring very large brackets that hold up the roof and flying eaves. The sculptures inside the hall are among the only examples of 10th century Buddhist sculpture in China.