The Dafo Temple (Chinese: 大佛寺; pinyin: Dàfó Sì) is a famous Buddhist temple in Zhejiang and has a long history of more than 1000 years. This Temple is the symbol of the Xinchang prefecture and it attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. Recently, the temple and its surroundings have often been used as a movie shooting area because of its exquisite natural beauty.
During the Cultural Revolution, locals covered the giant buddha statues in the temple with pictures of Mao Zedong to prevent the radical Red Guard from smashing the statues, which they were mandated to do so under the directive of "destroying all the old traditions".
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Notable Buddhist temples in China
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- Baoguang Temple
- Baoguo Temple
- Dabeilou Temple
- Dafo Temple
- Donglin Temple
- Famen Temple
- Fawang Temple
- Fayu Temple
- Fengguo Temple
- Foguang Temple
- Geyuan Temple
- Grand Temple of Mount Heng
- Guanghua Temple
- Gufo Temple
- Guiyuan Temple
- Guoqing Temple
- Hanging Temple
- Hanshan Temple
- Huacheng Temple
- Huqiu Temple
- Jade Buddha Temple
- Ji Le Temple
- Jianfu Temple
- Jiming Temple
- Jing'an Temple
- Jingci Temple
- Jinge Temple
- Kaishan Temple
- Kumbum Monastery
- Linggu Temple
- Lingyan Temple
- Lingyin Temple
- Longhua Temple
- Longxing Monastery
- Lake Manasarovar
- Mimi Temple
- Nanchan Temple
- Nanhua Temple
- Nanputuo Temple
- Pagoda Forest at Shaolin Temple
- Palpung Monastery
- Puji Temple
- Puning Temple
- Putuo Zongcheng Temple
- Qiongzhu Temple
- Qixia Temple
- Shanhua Temple
- Shaolin Monastery
- Shuanglin Temple
- Spring Temple Buddha
- Standard Design for Buddhist Temple Construction
- Temple of Bright Filial Piety
- Temple of Great Compassion
- Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
- Tianning Temple
- Wa Sau Toi
- Wanfu Temple
- White Horse Temple
- Wolong Temple
- Xiangyan Temple
- Xi Ming Temple
- Xingjiao Temple
- Yanqing Temple
- Yanshan Temple
- Youguo Temple
- Zhanshan Temple
- Zhenguo Temple
- Zunsheng Temple
- Daxiangguo Temple
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