Qita Temple features an elegant and solemn structure, representing a typical Zen Buddhist temple layout with seven halls. The main structures include: the Seven Buddhas Pagoda, the Mountain Gate Archway, the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, the Hall of Universal Compassion, the Hall of the Three Saints, the Dharma Hall and Sutra Library, the Jade Buddha Pavilion, the Ancestral Hall, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Eastern and Western Wings, and the Comprehensive Building.
Apart from the main halls being classical architecture, the temple also preserves a collection of valuable cultural relics: the stupa of the founding patriarch, Master Xinjing Zanghuan, two large bronze bells from the Song Dynasty weighing seven to eight thousand pounds each, a copy of the ‘Dragon Treasury’ printed in the 13th year of the Qing Yongzheng era (1735) and bestowed by Emperor Guangxu, a bundle of Sanskrit palm-leaf scriptures, a set of Qing Dynasty stone carvings depicting the 500 Arhats, exquisitely crafted and embodying the essence of Buddhist treasures, unparalleled in the country, as well as various precious cultural relics housed in the ‘Qi Xin Exhibition Hall’. The temple is open all year round from 5:00 to 17:00. It is important to note that burning incense is not allowed inside the temple.Qita Chan Temple
Qita Temple features an elegant and solemn structure, representing a typical Zen Buddhist temple lay[...]
