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Giant Buddha Temple

At 28 Minzhu West Street in Ganzhou District, the Western Xia hall shelters a reclining figure built on a wooden frame and finished in clay. A Ming pagoda and a Qing guildhall share the compound, giving the temple a layered urban history.

Panorama of the buildings in the Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple complex.
Panorama of the Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple complex

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Panorama of the buildings in the Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple complex.

A reclining Buddha in the old city

Zhangye’s Giant Buddha Temple centers on a large indoor wooden-frame, clay-plastered reclining Buddha. Its Western Xia hall stands within a compound that also preserves later towers and halls.

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