Religious Places

Jingci Temple is a peaceful Buddhist monastery

Jingci Temple Set against the hillside across the road from Leifeng Pagoda, this peaceful Buddhist monastery houses a vast effigy of Sakyamuni in the main hall and, in an adjacent hall, a magnificent 1000-arm statue of Guanyin. It is said this is where the Japanese monk, Nampo J?my?, learned about Zen before returning to Kyoto with his newly discovered knowledge.

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