Puning Xi (Chengde)

China / Hebei / Chengde
 temple, listed building / architectural heritage, 18th century construction
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Puning Road, Shuangqiao District
Chengde, Chengde, Hebei, China
Phone: +86 314 205 8209

Puning Xi(Puning temple)is located to the north of the Mountain Resort of Chengde. It was built in 1755. It is also known as 'Big Buddha Temple', for a big wooden Buddhist statue housed there. The Buddhist statue is unusual, being of Kwan-yin, standing 22.23 meters (approx. 72.93 feet) tall, with a thousand eyes and a thousand arms. It is made with five kinds of lignum - pine, cypress, elm, fir and linden, and is one of the biggest preserved wooden statues in China (By Dr. Richard Foong Sg Petani, Kedah, Malaysia)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puning_Temple_(Hebei)
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Coordinates:   41°0'53"N   117°56'46"E

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  • There are 25 arms and eyes each represnting 40 so called thousand eyes and a thousand arms
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