Ningbo Yanqing Temple

Ningbo Yanqing Temple

Ningbo Yanqing Temple is a municipal cultural relic protection site in Ningbo.

Yanqing Temple is situated at No. 1 Yanqing Lane, Lingqiao Road, Haishu District, Ningbo. The current structure is from the Qing Dynasty and was listed as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit of Ningbo in May 1961. First built in the fifth year of Guangshun of the Later Zhou Dynasty during the Five Dynasties (953), it was originally named Bao’en Monastery, and acquired its present name in the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu of the Song Dynasty (1070). It was ranked second among the Five Mountains of the preaching schools across the land and has undergone multiple cycles of prosperity, decline, and reconstruction throughout the dynasties.

On the west side of the original main hall were three stone steles: the Ming Dynasty's "Preface to the Reconstruction of Shize Hall," the Qing Dynasty's "Yanqing Temple Mahayana Assembly Donors’ Land Inscription Stele," and the "Yanqing Temple Land Donation Stele with Donor Inscriptions." In 2011, when the temple’s Jixiang Hall was renovated, these three steles were re-embedded in the outer wall on the north side of the main hall.

Yanqing Temple was once a center for the revival of the Tiantai Sect, exerting considerable influence in Japan and Southeast Asian countries. It was also the gathering place of the "Nanhu Poetry Society" during the late Ming Dynasty, where Huang Zongxi once held "Witness Lectures."

Address: Lane 203, Lingqiao Road, Haishu District, Ningbo

Type: Temple

Recommended visiting time: About 1 hour

Ticket information:

Free admission.