[2025 Guanghan Attraction] Travel Guide for Longju Temple (Updated Jul)

Guanghan Longju Temple is located in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. It is a Buddhist temple with a long history. The temple was first built in the Tang Dynasty and has undergone many renovations. Most of the existing buildings were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Longju Temple attracts many tourists and believers with its simple architectural style and profound cultural heritage. The main buildings in the temple include the Main Hall, the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Hall of Guanyin, etc. The temple also preserves a large number of Buddhist cultural relics and ancient inscriptions. Longju Temple is not only a pilgrimage site for Buddhist believers, but also an important place for studying ancient Chinese architecture and Buddhist culture.

📍Attraction address: Longjusi Village, Xinfeng Town, Guanghan City, Deyang City, Sichuan Province 🚗 Transportation to attractions: Drive to 👍️Must-see attractions: There is a stone plaque with the words "Longju Ancient Temple" engraved on it on the gate of Longju Temple. According to the existing inscription on the Public Discussion Regulations of Longju Temple on the Bank of Wuhoujin written in the first year of Daoguang reign of Qing Dynasty (1821), “Longju Ancient Temple is the Taoist temple of Baiyun Mazu, founded in Bingyin year of Hongwu reign of Ming Dynasty (1386). It has been repaired and renovated in different ways since then, and the names of the donors can be verified by recording them in the beams of the temple.” Mazu was the founder of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. His surname was Ma and his given name was Daoyi. He was from Shifang, Hanzhou and was an eminent Buddhist monk. A statue of Mazu and a stone column base with deep relief coiled dragon patterns are still preserved in the temple, which are said to be relics from the Tang Dynasty. After Mazu became a monk at Luohan Temple in Shifang, he came here to perform rituals. This should have been in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, more than 1,200 years ago. A Buddhist temple was built on this basis in the Bingyin year of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, which lasted more than 600 years. After several major additions and reconstructions, the temple building had begun to take shape during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. The entire temple covers an area of ​​more than 40 acres, with spacious and grand halls, towering ancient trees in the garden, lush and verdant, eight-shaped whitewashed walls outside the mountain gate, and ancient cypresses arranged in rows. Under the shade of the lush trees, the temple looks more solemn, profound and elegant, especially the bracket-arched architecture of the central hall and the Ming Dynasty murals in the hall, which have high historical and artistic value. They depict the Twelve Perfect Enlightenments, 72 monks and donors, with deft brushwork and line drawings covered with gold powder. The characters are solemn and beautiful, and the buildings are magnificent and splendid. The Bodhisattvas have small mustaches on their faces and each holds a magical instrument. It is a precious heritage of Chinese painting art. In the early 1950s, the provincial cultural relics department allocated funds to build wooden railings around the central hall for protection, and later replaced them with a protective wall. In August 1956, it was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by the Sichuan Provincial People's Committee. On March 26, 2013, it was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council. 🎟️Ticket related: No reservation required, no tickets, free parking fee 💗Other tips: This place is very close to Sanxingdui, so make arrangements here

Address: Guanghan City, Sichuan Province Longju Temple, located in Hanzhou Street of Guanghan City, is 4.5 kilometers away from the city center and is the largest Buddhist tourist attraction in Guanghan. The temple was originally built in the middle of the Tang Dynasty by the eighth ancestor of the Zen Buddhism sect, Master Mazu Daoyi. It was rebuilt during the Ming Dynasty and has retained its name ever since. It was opened to the public in 1987. The temple now covers an area of over 40 acres, with the central hall being a Ming Dynasty structure, while the other buildings were constructed after the opening. Longju Temple is the largest and most distinctive Buddhist temple in Guanghan City, with a reasonable layout, complete functions, exquisite murals, numerous jade Buddhas, many pagodas, and unique features. In 2012, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

‼My Chengdu-Guanghan travel itinerary‼ ✅Day 1: Chengdu Chunxi Road - Sanxingdui Museum - Liu Douhua - Lou's Zhang Laolao - Xiong's Pochan Rabbit ✅Day 2: Luocheng - Fang Lake - Zhengyi Hanjin Noodles - Luocheng Night Market ✅Day 3: Longju Temple - Qingbaijiang Phoenix Lake ✅Day 4: Sanqing View - Chengxiang Ancient City - Peng Lao Liu Hot and Sour Noodles Today is the fourth day of the trip, and I'm still on the road. My route is slowly moving from Guanghan to Chengdu Chunxi Road. I'm making a guide for everyone on the road. You can refer to it. When I get home, I'll summarize the itinerary for these few days and make a complete travel guide😉 ---------- ❤️About Longju Temple: Carved beams and painted rafters, wooden dragons winding around, hence the name Longju Temple. It is said to have been built by the eighth ancestor of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, Master Mazu Dao. The main hall was rebuilt during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 10 murals painted in the second year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1466) on the four walls of the hall. The murals depict the twelve round enlightened bodhisattvas, along with disciples, protectors, and donors. ---------- 📍Longju Temple is 14 kilometers away from Sanxingdui Museum 📍Longju Temple is 10 kilometers away from Luocheng mentioned in the previous note 🎫Free 🗺️Visiting and praying for about 1 hour 📸Photography tour for about 1.5 hours ---------- 🌟There is vegetarian food available at noon, not expensive 10r/person (no vegetarian food during the New Year period) 🌟Each person can get free incense at the temple gate (3 sticks) 🌟The main hall is currently not open to the public due to the unfinished cultural relic restoration project 🌟Opening hours are 8:00-19:30 in summer and 8:00-17:00 in winter 🌟Parking is available at the entrance, there are plenty of parking spaces, and there are also many places to eat

| The Longju Temple in Guanghan is really amazing. The stunning temple near Sanxingdui | The Longju Temple in Guanghan is really amazing Because of a photo of the Vajra pillar Found this unattended but historical and genuine ancient temple. Even the monument for cultural relics protection was erected in 1956. Longju Ancient Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in Guanghan City with a reasonable layout, complete functions, unique murals, many jade Buddhas, many pagodas, and unique characteristics. It was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2012. Longju Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, originally for Emperor Li Shimin's war tea station for the eighth ancestor of Buddhism, Master Mazu Dao, and was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty, Except for the main hall built in the Ming Dynasty, The rest of the ancient buildings are from the Qing Dynasty, and there are also many newly built halls in modern times 1. The main hall of the Ming Dynasty has been enclosed and is not open to the public. I saw the introduction outside the hall saying that the Ming Dynasty murals inside. The master of traditional Chinese painting, Zhang Daqian, visited Longju Temple to admire the Ming Dynasty murals, praising them as "having the style of Dunhuang murals". 2. Vajra pillar: This image is a foreigner who followed the Tang Dynasty Master Mazu Dao, who was very strong and didn't talk much, and looked mighty When building the scripture tower, a wooden pillar accidentally fell and broke a section, At the critical moment, the foreigner stepped forward and held it up with his hand, and the merit was completed, so there is this image of Vajra with angry eyes. 3. Tree house on the ancient tree: The ancient trees in the temple are towering, the canopy is like a cover, witnessing the millennium vicissitudes of Longju Temple! Longju Temple, Hanzhou Street, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province It takes 18 minutes from Chengdu East Station to Guanghan North by high-speed rail Bus No. 9 goes directly to the entrance of Longju Temple (one bus per hour)

📍: Longju Temple 🚗: 1h drive from downtown Chengdu This temple is very niche Exquisite and compact, it has a sense of age Choose a good weather, and set off with your friends! Thank you for reading See you next time!