Guoqing Temple

Guoqing Temple
國清寺
The Guoqing Monastery on Tiantai Mountain.
Religion
Affiliation	East Asian Buddhism
Sect	Tiantai
Prefecture	Taizhou
Province	Zhejiang
Rite	Chinese
Year consecrated	598 CE
Location
Country	China
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Prefecture	Taizhou
Geographic coordinates	29°10′23″N 121°02′33″E / 29.173141°N 121.042594°E / 29.173141; 121.042594
Architecture
Style	Chinese architecture
Founder	Emperor Yang of Sui
Date established	598 CE
Completed	1734 (reconstruction)

The Guoqing Temple (simplified Chinese: 国清寺; traditional Chinese: 國清寺; pinyin: Guóqīng sì; Wade–Giles: Kuo-ch'ing Ssu) is a Buddhist temple on Mount Tiantai, in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Originally built in 598 CE during the Sui dynasty, and renovated during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735), the temple is located roughly 220 kilometres (140 mi) from the city of Hangzhou. It was the initial site for the creation of the Tiantai school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, founded by the Chinese Buddhist teacher Zhiyi (538–597 CE).^[1] The temple covers an area of some 23,000 m² (250,000 sq ft) and features 600 rooms in a total of 14 different halls, including the Grand Hall of Sakyamuni, the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats and the Hall of Monk Jigong. The exterior of the building features Chinese pagodas such as the Sui Pagoda, the Seven Buddha Pagoda, and the Memorial Pagoda of Monk Yi Xing (6832–727 CE).^[2][3]