Guoqing Temple

Zhejiang · China

Guoqing Temple, China
Photo: me, Joshtinho, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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autumn
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Founded in 598 at the foot of the Tiantai Mountains, this temple is the ancestral home of the Tiantai school of Buddhism. Its walled courtyards, ancient plum tree and stone pagoda have drawn pilgrims for over a millennium.

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