The Baoxiang Temple scenic area is currently a national AAAA-level tourist scenic area. It is a Buddhist cultural theme scenic area integrating religious cultural relics display and worship, Buddhist study and experience, and tourism and leisure. Baoxiang Temple was first built in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was originally named Zhaokong Temple. When Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty made a pilgrimage to Mount Tai, he stayed in Wenshang and bestowed the name Baoxiang Temple, thus making it a royal temple.
It has the reputation of ‘famous scenic spot in the Northern Dynasties and the first Buddhist site in the East’. There are many eminent monks in the temple. The morning bells and evening drums sound and incense smoke curls. After a thousand years, the incense has never waned. It has become a blessed place for emperors, generals, celebrities and scholars to worship Buddha and sightsee. Opening hours: Open all year round from 08:00 to 17:00; Open all year round from 08:00 to 17:30. Preferential policies: Elderly: People aged 60 years old (inclusive) and above can enter for free with their senior citizen certificate and ID card originals. Children: Children under 1.4 meters (exclusive) can enter for free; Children between 1.4 meters (inclusive) and 1.5 meters (inclusive) can enter at half price. Military personnel: Active-duty military personnel, disabled military personnel, retired military personnel and military cadres in retirement can enter for free with their valid certificate originals. Disabled people: Disabled people with disability certificates; visually and intellectually disabled people; people with first- or second-level physical disabilities and one accompanying person can enter for free. Local residents of Wenshang County: People can enter for free with their ID card or other valid certificate originals. Jining Tourism One Card: People can enter for free with their Jining Tourism One Card. Tourism professionals: Escorts, tour guides and travel agency managers of travel agency teams (with original qualification certificates), and journalists: People can enter for free with the original certificate issued by the National Press and Publication Administration or the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and passed the annual review. High-level talents: People can enter for free with their ID card and valid certificate originals such as Shandong Huicai Card, Holy Land Talent One Card and Zhongdu Talent Card. Converted lay Buddhists: Converted lay Buddhists with their conversion certificates (the conversion certificate should contain a bareheaded photo of the person and be stamped with the seal of the Buddhist Association of Shandong Province) can enter for free. Students: Minors aged 6 years old (inclusive) to 8 years old (inclusive) (children under 14 years old (exclusive) can enter with valid certificates such as student ID card, ID card and social security card. Students aged 14 years old (inclusive) to 18 years old (inclusive) can enter with student ID cards), at half price. Service facilities: Parking lot: [Baoxiang Temple Parking Lot]. Reference price: free. Address: Baoxiang Temple scenic area in Wenshang. Parking spaces: 120.
