page_title: Huayan Temple (Datong)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Huayan Temple (Datong) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Pagoda at the Huayan Monastery. Innercity Datong, Shanxi. Deutsch: Pagode im Huayan Kloster. Datong, Shanxi.
context_page_description: Huayan Temple or Huayan Monastery is a Buddhist temple located in Datong, Shanxi, China.
  Huayan Temple has been burned down and rebuilt several times. The Mahavira Hall and Buddhist Texts Library still preserve the architectural style of the Liao and Jin dynasties.
  It is an artistic complex of ancient Chinese architecture, sculpture, frescoes and inscriptions, as well as a cultural synthesis of religion and politics.
caption: A wood pagoda at Huayan Temple.
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