Guanlin Temple Travel Guide

The Guanlin Temple, with ancient classical architecture, is one of the State´s AAAA-grade tourist attractions in Luoyang. Guanlin Temple, about seven kilometers (about 4.5 miles) south of Luoyang City, was built in a large scale, with majestic statues enshrined in magnificent classical halls, occupying 200 Chinese Mu (13.33 ha.) of land in area.

It is the place where Guan Yu´s head was buried. Guan Yu is a hero in Chinese history and is the only person respected by Confucians, Buddhists and Taoists during the Three Kingdoms Period. And it has more than 150 halls, over 70 ancient stone tablets, 4 stone archways, more than 110 big and small lions, and over 800 ancient cypress trees. The layout of the temple highly embodies the traditional style of Chinese architecture. It is designed and built symmetrically.