# Guangsheng Temple (广胜寺)

Linfen, Shanxi Province · North China, China · Guidebook rating: 4/5
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## Key facts

- **Admission:** ¥50
- **Opening hours:** 8：00—17：30
- **Time needed:** 2 hours
- **Getting there:** Take a bus from Linfen Bus Station to Hongdong Bus Station; the journey takes 40 minutes and costs ¥5. Then take a local bus from Hongdong Bus Station to Guangsheng Temple, or take a taxi for ¥5.
- **Good for:** Architecture, Temples

## About Guangsheng Temple

Located on the southern foot of Mount Huo (霍山), 17 km northeast of Hongdong County, Guangsheng Temple has an Upper Temple on the mountain summit and a Lower Temple at the foot of the mountain, about 500 metres apart. It is said that Episode 18 of the 1987 TV series Journey to the West was filmed here. The Feihong Pagoda (Rainbow Pagoda) is the most famous structure of the Upper Temple; it stands 47.31 metres tall with 13 storeys. The rear hall of the Lower Temple houses clay sculptures of the Three Buddhas and the bodhisattvas Manjushri and Samantabhadra, all works from the Yuan dynasty. The upper walls of this hall were once covered in murals, but in 1928 they were sold abroad and are now held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, USA. Remaining on the upper part of the gable wall is a 16-square-metre section of mural depicting "The Fifty-Three Visits of the Youth Sudhana" (善财童子五十三参). Finely painted in rich colours, it dates from when the hall was built.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 1856. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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