Zhenguo Temple

37°17′08″N 112°16′15″E / 37.28556°N 112.27083°E / 37.28556; 112.27083

Zhenguo Temple
The Wanfo Hall of Zhenguo Temple. The tiled roof is decorated with small, ornate dragons. There is one door opening to a bricked courtyard
The Ten-Thousand Buddha Hall (Wànfó diàn) of Zhenguo Temple
Religion
AffiliationBuddhist
ProvinceShanxi
Location
LocationPingyao
Architecture
Completed963
Northern Han dynasty
Zhenguo Temple
"Zhenguo Temple" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese鎮國寺
Simplified Chinese镇国寺
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhènguó sì
Wade–GilesChen4-kuo2 ssu4
IPA[ʈʂə̂n.kwǒ sɨ̂]
Wu
SuzhouneseTsěn-kueh zŷ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJan-gwok jih
JyutpingZan3-gwok3 zi6
Southern Min
Tâi-lôTìn-kok sī

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.