Yanta District, People's Republic of China

Daxingshan Temple

Yanta District, People's Republic of China

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Daxingshan Temple, a Buddhist temple in Yanta District of Xi'an, Shaanxi, reached its zenith during the Tang dynasty (618–907) as a major center of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism. The temple hosted three prominent Buddhist monks—Śubhakarasiṃha, Vajrabodhi, and Amoghavajra—known as the "Three Prominent Buddhist Monks in the Kaiyuan Period," whose teachings were later transmitted to Japan by monks Ennin and Enchin. Alongside Daci'en Temple and Jianfu Temple, it served as one of the three principal sutra translation sites of the Tang era. Following the dynasty's fall in 907, the temple suffered severe destruction during the Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution and subsequent warfare and natural disasters, eventually fading from public knowledge. Most of its present structures date to repairs and reconstruction undertaken during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and in modern times. The temple retains the status of a National Key Buddhist Temple in the Han Chinese Area.