Sanping Temple

As a National AAAA scenic spot, Sanping Temple is located in the Sanping Gorge in the territory of Wenfeng Town of Pinghe County, the Southwest of Zhangzhou city, Fujian Province. It covers a total area of over 4,000 m2.

The temple has three halls and two gates (internal and external), and an internal door and a gate to the mountain. There are daxionbaodian, Zudian, Tadian, known as Sanluoban locally. On the opposite of the gate to the scenic spot, there stands a giant marble sculpture of the founder of the temple. The axis of the three halls is shaped as moving snake, which is unique in the temple architecture in China. Centered at Sanping temple, which is over 1,000 years old, the central scenic spot covers an area of 12 km2, including Sanping Temple, Guanji Park, Yinke Park, Cilang Pavilion, Maoshi Cave, Mountain Turtle, Tiger Forest, Hupa Spring, Longrui Waterfall, and the Memorial Hall commemorating the joining of the Red Army forces, hence the name of 8 ancient scenic spots and 24 modern scenic spots. It attracts a lot of visitors especially when ceremonies are held each year on lunar January 6th to celebrate the birthday of the founder of the temple, on lunar June 6th to mark the anniversary of the founder entry to religion, and on lunar November 6th to celebrate the anniversary of the death the founder of the temple.

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