page_title: Shikshin Temple
hierarchical_section_title: Shikshin Temple
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the Qigexing Buddhist Temple Ruins, southwest of the town of Yanqi, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China.
context_page_description: The Qigexing Temple is a ruined compound of Buddhist sites located about 25–30 km southwest of the town of Karasahr, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China. The site was a major religious center along the northern route of the Silk Road in the second half of the first millennium CE.
context_section_description: The Qigexing Temple (Uyghur: Хорчу‎, ULY: Xorqu; simplified Chinese: 七个星佛寺; traditional Chinese: 七個星佛寺; pinyin: Qīgèxīng Fósì; literally: 'Seven-Stars Buddhist Temple') is a ruined compound of Buddhist sites located about 25–30 km southwest of the town of Karasahr, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China. The site was a major religious center along the northern route of the Silk Road in the second half of the first millennium CE.
caption: View of the ruins
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