Fast Facts about Six Banyan Temple in Guangzhou

- Admission Fee: CNY 10
- Opening Hours: 08:30 hrs to 17:00 hrs
- Recommended Time for a Visit: One hour
- Route: 74,86,6
- Subway No.1

You can trace the history of Six Banyan Temple in Guangzhou to more than 1400 years. As you visit Guangzhou in China, you must Six Banyan Temple which is considered to be one of the four best Buddhist temples in the area. Located on the Liurong Road and built in 537, it offers you a rich heritage of historic relics. Six Banyan Temple in Guangzhou underwent several phases of remodeling and was earlier known by various names like Changshou Temple (Longevity Temple) and Jinghui Temple.

History says that Six Banyan Temple was given its present name by the great litterateur, Su Dongpo during the Song Dynasty. He spotted the six banyan trees in the temple while he was on his way to the north at a point of time. Th sigt of the trees vitalized him so much that he suggested the present name when asked about one by the abbot of the temple. Thereafter, Jinghui Temple was renamed.

Features of Six Banyan Temple in Guangzhou

- Tianwang Hall in Six Banyan Temple in Guangzhou has the Laughing Buddha
- You will come across Six Banyan Pagoda or Flowery Pagoda inside the temple.
- Six Banyan Pagoda consists of Buddhist relics and displays splendid architectural designs with curved roofs and the tip built like stamens
- The entire pagoda looks like a stigma straight in the air
- Daxiong Baodian Hall has three copper Buddhist statues with Sakyamuni in the middle, Amitabha on the left and the Apothecary Buddha on the right.
- During Chinese traditional Spring Festival and Lantern Festival , joss sticks are burnt by numerous devotees