Qixia Temple

TempleDay Trips: Niushou Mountain, Qixia Mountain and Tangshan

QIXIA TEMPLE · QIXIA SI

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Day Trips: Niushou Mountain, Qixia Mountain and Tangshan · 32.154°N 118.953°E

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The working monastery at the south-west foot of Qixia Mountain, and the oldest continuously important thing in this district. The municipal religious-affairs bureau's own account: in 484, the Southern Qi recluse and classicist Ming Sengshao gave up his house here to be a temple, and the monk Fadu founded Qixia Temple on the site of his study; under the Liang, the monk Senglang expounded the Three Treatise doctrine here, which is why the temple is called the ancestral court of the Sanlun school. When the Sui emperor ordered reliquary pagodas built across eighty-three prefectures, his decree named this temple first.

Before you goTreat this as a monastery you are visiting, not a sight you are ticking. Two practical unknowns you should plan around, because nobody publishes them. First, hours: neither the municipal religious-affairs bureau, the district government nor the scenic area publishes opening or closing times for the temple, so assume daylight hours and do not arrive late. Second, money: the city's price handbook lists which temples in Nanjing have a government-set admission - Jiming Temple at 10 yuan, Pilu Temple at 20 - and Qixia Temple is not on that list; what is on it is the Qixia Mountain scenic area at 50 or 80 yuan. The temple has no ticket of its own, but it sits inside the mountain's gate, so plan on buying the 50-yuan scenic-area ticket (80 in maple season) to reach it; the city's price rules waive that ticket only for clergy and lay followers of the same religion going to the temple. Whether the temple asks for an incense coupon on top is not published. And remember what the place is for: it holds provincial five-star religious-venue status and is a functioning Sanlun-school monastery with resident monks, so photography inside halls, dress and noise are governed by the temple, not by a tourist board. Something wrong here? Tell us →

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AdmissionTicketedNo temple ticket of its own; you normally pass the 50-yuan mountain gate firstSource ↗

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LandmarkQixia Temple (栖霞寺，栖霞街 88 号)

Address88 Qixia Street, Qixia District, Nanjing (南京市栖霞区栖霞街 88 号)Source ↗Navigate ↗

EntranceAt the south-west foot of Qixia Mountain, inside the scenic area; the national heritage list places the stone pagoda at 84 Qixia Street, in the temple's south-east corner behind the sutra library

Last verified 2026-09-24

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Paying on site

Nothing published for the temple. The Qixia Mountain scenic-area ticket is bought at the mountain gate on the same street

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