Yangzhou Wanshou Temple

Yangzhou Wanshou Temple

Yangzhou Wanshou Temple is a cultural relics protection unit of Yangzhou City.

Wanshou Temple

It is now a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit, located at No. 26 Wanshou Street in the downtown area. It is said to have been originally built during the Song Dynasty, rebuilt in the seventh year of the Jingtai era of the Ming Dynasty (1456), and renamed Wanshou Temple in the second year of the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty (1797). It was destroyed by fire during the Xianfeng era and later restored. The surviving structures include the main hall, scripture depository, ordination platform, and side corridors. Covering an area of about 3,850 square meters, with a total building area of 1,420 square meters, the main hall features a hip-and-gable roof with double eaves and has nine purlins in depth; its beams, columns, and bracket sets are largely intact. The ordination platform has a single-eave flush-gable roof, spans three bays in width, and extends eleven purlins in depth. The temple originally housed a Tang Dynasty Buddhist pagoda pillar, which was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. In 1997, with approval from the provincial Department of Culture and the Yangzhou Municipal Government, it was relocated and reconstructed at the eastern side of Wenfeng Park as part of the protection efforts for Wenfeng Temple.

Further Reading:

· Yangzhou’s First to Third Batch of Municipal-Level Cultural Relics Protection Units