Furong Monastery

Visitor information

Also known as

芙蓉寺

City

Dongguan

Coordinates

22.8800391, 114.0287196

About Furong Monastery

Furong Temple is located halfway up Furong Mountain in Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. It takes about 20 minutes to walk up the stairs from Xinhua South Road Cigarette Factory. The temple is a large stone structure made of blue bricks, more than 20 meters high, and is solemn and solemn. Its history may be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was a place for spiritual cultivation by foreigners. There are records of reconstruction in the Ming Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the 34th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1696), and it was once a holy place for Buddhism and Taoism. Furong Temple had monks practicing before the Anti-Japanese War, but it was abandoned due to the war. In 1983, the city government began to repair the temple. In 1990, the Provincial Buddhist Association sent Master Guangfeng to manage the temple.

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• Nanhai Temple in Nansha, Guangzhou — 4A
• Guangdong Memorial Hall of East River Column — 4A
• The Opium War Museum — 4A
• Dongguan Science and Technology Museum — 4A
• Dongguan Botanical Gardens
• Eagle Beak Rock
• Yunfengyan
• Chishui Yanziyan National Forest Park

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