Guangxiao Temple

Guangxiao Temple, otherwise called Bright Filial Temple, is a magnificant and antiquated sanctuary, worked as the chateau for Prince Zhao Jiande of the Nanyue Kingdom amid the Western Han Dynasty 206BC - 24AD.

There is an expression in Guangzhou that "Guangxiao Temple comes sooner than Guangzhou". With a past filled with more than 1,600 years, the sanctuary is rumored as the most seasoned and the biggest sanctuary of Buddhism in Guangzhou. Bunches of famous priests in and abroad propagandized in the sanctuary, including/strong>Xuanzang, the prominent priest in Tang Dynasty 618A.D-907A.D and Bodhidharma, the 28th patriarch of Buddhism. Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Chinese Zen Buddhism, was appointment under the bodhi tree in the sanctuary 1333 years back. The greatness sanctuary and glory castle influence Guangxiao sanctuary to wind up noticeably a fortune of Chinese engineering. The social relics in the sanctuary are critical ever, culture, engineering in Guangdong.