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Nanputuo Temple

Nanputuo’s cultural significance is carried by people as well as buildings. Guanyin devotion informs its account of volunteer service; Buddhist education supplies a less visible world of structured learning. Its vegetarian cuisine has developed through ingredient choices and culinary skill. A visit becomes more meaningful when ceremony, routine maintenance and study are treated as parts of a continuing religious community.

Nanputuo Temple

An ornate two-tiered temple roof with colorful ceramic figures above a stone forecourt.

The work of a living temple

Understand Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen through Guanyin devotion, Buddhist study, volunteer work and the changing craft of vegetarian cooking.

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  1. The Hall of Heavenly Kings at Nanputuo Temple, Xiamen.厦门南普陀寺 · Rights status unspecified Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.