Nanjing Dabaoen Temple Ruins Travel Guide

　　The Dabaoen Temple Ruins Scenic Area is located outside Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing, adjacent to the Outer Qinhuai River in the north, Yuhua Terrace in the south, 1865 Park in the east, and Yuhua Road in the west. Dabaoen Temple is a relatively old Buddhist temple in Chinese history. Its predecessor was Jianchu Temple and Asoka Pagoda built during the Chiwu period of the Eastern Wu Dynasty (238-250 AD). It is the second temple in China after the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, and the first Buddhist temple built in southern China. It is known as the three major temples in Jinling together with Linggu Temple and Tianjie Temple, and has hundreds of temples under its jurisdiction. The Dabaoen Temple Ruins is a temple site with higher specifications, larger scale and better preservation in China. In 2008, a large number of cultural relics such as "Buddha's True Bone", "Inductive Relics", "Relics of All Saints" and "Seven Treasures Asoka Pagoda" were unearthed from the underground palace of Changgan Temple, the predecessor of Dabaoen Temple, which shocked the world and the Buddhist community. In 2011, it was rated as one of the "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2010". In 2013, it was approved and announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit. The core area of ??the scenic spot includes the site protection area, the Da Baoen Temple site museum, and the Da Baoen Temple, etc., which enshrine the responsive relics, display the thousand-year-old national treasures such as the stone casket, iron casket, seven-treasure Ashoka pagoda, gold coffin and silver coffin unearthed from the underground palace, and protect the Da Baoen Temple site such as the thousand-year-old underground palace and gallery.

　　1. Opening hours

　　01/01-06/30 08:30-17:30 open;07/01-09/30 08:30-19:30 open;10/01-12/29 Open from 08:30 to 19:30, October 15 to December 29, stop climbing the tower at 17:30, light-up ceremony at 18:30

　　2. Preferential policies

　　Children: Minors under 1.4 meters (inclusive) in height (children must be accompanied by adults to enter the park), free

　　Elderly: Elderly over 70 years old (inclusive) (with valid ID), free; Age: 60 years old (inclusive) to 69 years old (inclusive), half price

　　Children/students: Full-time university, middle school, and elementary school students (excluding adult education and graduate students) are limited to heights of 1.4 meters (inclusive) and above, and age 21 years old (inclusive) ) or less, half price

　　Military personnel: Active-duty military personnel and retired military personnel are free with valid ID

　　Disabled persons: Free with valid ID

　　Retired cadres: Free with valid ID

　　Veterans and relatives of the three types of personnel: Persons holding the "Veterans of the People's Republic of China Preferential Card" and the "Preferential Card for the Relatives of Martyrs, Soldiers Died in the Line of Duty, and Soldiers Died of Illness of the People's Republic of China" can enter the park free of charge, free

　　Religious people: Free with the certificate of ordination and the certificate of precepts (conversion certificate cannot be used)

　　Free blood donors: Free with the blood donation honor certificate

　　Taiwanese compatriots: Free with the Taiwan compatriot certificate