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Kaiyuan Temple

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Kaiyuan Temple
开元寺

Kaiyuan Temple was the largest Buddhist temple in Quanzhou with top-ranked official status during the Song-Yuan period. [Photo by Cheng Dongdong for chinadaily.com.cn]

This was the largest and highest government-sanctioned Buddhist temple in Song-Yuan Quanzhou. Its economic and multi-cultural relics and its high architectural standard reflect the economic prosperity and fusion of diverse cultures in Song-Yuan Quanzhou thanks to maritime trade. They also testify to the significant contributions of government officials, monks and powerful local clans to the city's socio-economic development and maritime trade during the Song-Yuan period.

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