Lingyin Temple

A thousand-year-old temple first built in the Eastern Jin, among Jiangnan's most famous Buddhist monasteries, with precious carvings at Feilai Peak in front.

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Founded in the Eastern Jin, Lingyin Temple is one of Hangzhou's oldest Buddhist temples, with grand halls, thriving incense and sculptures of great artistic value.

Before it, Feilai Peak is covered with carvings from the Five Dynasties to Song-Yuan era, numerous and vivid amid quiet woods.

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