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A list of 1,000 Chinese temple and monastery names in pinyin and English, from Guangji Si and Qingxu Guan (Pure Void Abbey) to Cold Mountain Monastery and Temple of the City God. Made for wuxia and xianxia fiction, games and maps.

About Chinese temple names

A Chinese religious building carries its type in its last word. Si is a Buddhist temple or monastery. Guan (abbey) and Gong (palace) are Daoist, and Gong is also borne by temples of popular deities such as Mazu's Tianhou Gong. An is a nunnery or a small hermitage. Miao and Ci are temples and shrines to deities, sages and ancestors, such as the city god's Chenghuang Miao or a clan's ancestral hall. Ta is a pagoda. In front of the ending usually stand two characters from a shared stock of auspicious words: cloud, dragon, spring, compassion, light, peace.

Because that stock is shared, two-character temple names recur all over China, and many entries here are borne by one or several real temples. The names follow real patterns, and thirty of the best known are labelled "real" with their location. In English the ending is translated once and never doubled: Ciyun Si is Compassion Cloud Temple, not "Ciyun Si Temple".

The list mixes plain pinyin, pinyin with an English gloss and full English renderings. It runs through Buddhist temples, Daoist abbeys and palaces, nunneries and hermitages, temples to gods and clan shrines, mountain monasteries and cliff temples, pagodas and grottoes, martial monasteries for wuxia, and ruined temples for ghost stories.

How to choose Chinese temple names

  • Choose the ending by religion first: Si for Buddhist monks, Guan or Gong for Daoist priests, An for nuns or a lone hermit, Miao or Ci for a god, a sage or an ancestor.
  • Use the pinyin form where characters speak the name and the English form in narration or on a map legend, but never join the two into something like "Longquan Si Temple".
  • Put a mountain or town in front when your world has several temples of one name, the way real ones are told apart: a Guangji Si on West Mountain and another inside the city walls.
  • Entries labelled "real" are existing places of worship. Keep them for stories set in that location, and remember that an unlabelled name may still match a real temple somewhere.
  • Buddhism, Daoism and Chinese folk religion are living faiths, so treat even a ruined or haunted temple with the respect you would give a real one.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Si, Guan, Gong, An, Miao, Ci and Ta?

Si is a Buddhist temple or monastery, while Guan and Gong are Daoist and are usually rendered as abbey and palace. An is a nunnery or hermitage, Miao and Ci are temples and shrines to deities, sages and ancestors, and Ta is a pagoda. Yuan is a cloister, Dong a cave and Yan a crag temple. In the list, Puji Si, Chongxu Guan, Shuiyue An (Water Moon Nunnery) and Chenghuang Miao (City God Temple) show the main types.

Are these real Chinese temple names?

They follow real naming patterns, and because two-character temple names recur across China, many of them belong to real temples somewhere. Thirty well-known ones carry a label, for example Shaolin Si (real, Henan) and Baiyun Guan (real, Beijing). Treat the rest as typical names, not as names nobody has used.

Which names suit a wuxia or xianxia story?

For martial monks look at entries such as Iron Staff Monastery, Jingang Si (Vajra Temple) and Tiger Subduing Temple. Daoist cultivators fit names like Qingxu Guan (Pure Void Abbey) or Palace of the Purple Empyrean. Every entry names a building, so pair it with a sect or school name if your story needs one.

Does the list cover monasteries and nunneries as well as temples?

Yes. Chinese uses Si for both a temple and a monastery, so most Si names work for either, and the list adds English forms such as Cold Mountain Monastery and Cloud Gate Monastery. Nunneries and hermitages end in An, and small retreats appear as cloisters and viharas, for example Zhulin Jingshe (Bamboo Grove Vihara).

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A: 32 names

  • Abandoned Abbey of the Withered Pine
  • Abbey of Perfected Truth
  • Abbey of Supreme Simplicity
  • Abbey of the Azure Ox
  • Abbey of the Drifting Gourd
  • Abbey of the Empty Valley Spirit
  • Abbey of the Hidden Sage
  • Abbey of the Jade Maiden Peak
  • Abbey of the Mysterious Capital
  • Abbey of the Nine Cauldrons

A, continued

  • Abbey of the Returning Immortal
  • Abbey of the Southern Dipper
  • Abbey of the Uncarved Block
  • Abbey of the Yellow Court
  • Alms Bowl Temple
  • Altar of Soil and Grain
  • Altar of the First Farmer
  • Altar of the Rain Prayers
  • Altar of the Seven Stars
  • Altar of the Thunder Rites
  • Amitabha Vow Temple

A, continued

  • Ancestral Hall of the Ouyang Lineage
  • Ancestral Hall of the Xu Family
  • Ancestral Hall of the Yang Family
  • Ancestral Shrine of the Sima Clan
  • Ancestral Shrine of the Zhao Clan
  • Ancestral Temple of the Old Dukes
  • Ancient Cypress Temple
  • Anguo Si
  • Anle Si
  • Anyuan Si
  • Autumn Water Nunnery

B: 49 names

  • Bai Ta (White Pagoda)
  • Baihe Guan (White Crane Abbey)
  • Bailong Miao (White Dragon Temple)
  • Bailong Ta
  • Baima Si (real, Luoyang)
  • Baishui Si
  • Baita Si (White Pagoda Temple)
  • Baiyi An (White Robe Nunnery)
  • Baiyun An
  • Baiyun Guan (real, Beijing)
  • Baizhang Yan (Hundred Fathom Crag)
  • Bamboo Shade Nunnery

B, continued

  • Banshan An (Halfway Up the Mountain Hermitage)
  • Bao'en Si
  • Baofeng Chan Si (Treasure Peak Chan Temple)
  • Baofu Si
  • Baogong Ci (Shrine of Lord Bao)
  • Baoguo Si (Repaying the Nation Temple)
  • Baohua Si (Precious Flower Temple)
  • Baolin Si
  • Baoning Si (Precious Tranquility Temple)
  • Baopu Guan (Embracing Simplicity Abbey)
  • Baoqing Chan Si
  • Baoshan Si (Treasure Mountain Temple)

B, continued

  • Baosheng Si
  • Baoshou Yuan
  • Baotong Si
  • Baoyun Si (Precious Cloud Temple)
  • Baozang Si (Treasure Store Temple)
  • Bat Cave Shrine
  • Baxian Gong (Eight Immortals Palace)
  • Bazha Miao
  • Beidi Miao (Northern Emperor Temple)
  • Beishan Si (North Mountain Temple)
  • Beiyue Miao (Northern Peak Temple)
  • Bitter Bamboo Temple

B, continued

  • Bixia Gong (Azure Dawn Palace)
  • Biyun Si (real, Beijing)
  • Blessed Land of the Hidden Stream
  • Blessed Land of the Nine Wells
  • Boatmen's Guanyin Temple
  • Bodhi Tree Temple
  • Border Pass Temple of the Armed Monks
  • Bore Jingshe (Prajna Vihara)
  • Boundless Light Temple
  • Bright Mirror Temple
  • Broken Bell Temple
  • Bronze Buddha Temple
  • Burned Temple of the Southern Slope

C: 65 names

  • Caishen Miao (God of Wealth Temple)
  • Camel Hump Ridge Temple
  • Camphor Tree Temple
  • Cangjie Ci
  • Cao'an (Thatched Hermitage)
  • Cave Shrines of the Yellow Bluff
  • Chan Monastery at Dragon Well
  • Chan Monastery of the Bright Summit
  • Chan Monastery of the Empty Valley
  • Chan Monastery of the Old Cedar
  • Chan Monastery of the Quiet Ridge
  • Chanding Yuan (Meditation Cloister)
  • Changchun Guan (Eternal Spring Abbey)

C, continued

  • Chanyuan Si
  • Chaotian Gong (Facing Heaven Palace)
  • Chaoyang Dong (Facing the Sun Cave)
  • Chaoyuan Guan
  • Chen Shi Zongci
  • Chenghuang Miao (City God Temple)
  • Chengtian Yuan
  • Chisong Guan (Red Pine Abbey)
  • Chongfu Si
  • Chongfu Yuan
  • Chongning Si
  • Chongqing Si
  • Chongshan Si (Revering Goodness Temple)

C, continued

  • Chongwen Ta (Revering Culture Pagoda)
  • Chongxu Guan
  • Chongyang Guan
  • Chunyang Gong (Pure Yang Palace)
  • Chunyang Guan
  • Ciguang Si (Compassion Light Temple)
  • Cihang An
  • Cihui Si (Compassion and Wisdom Temple)
  • Ciji Gong
  • Cinnabar Well Abbey
  • Cishou Si
  • Cishou Ta
  • Ciyun An

C, continued

  • Ciyun Si (Compassion Cloud Temple)
  • Clear Mind Temple
  • Clear Stream Temple
  • Cliffside Temple of the Sky Ladder
  • Cloister at the Cloud Line
  • Cloister of the Dream Butterfly
  • Cloister of the Mended Robe
  • Cloister of the Mossy Cliff
  • Cloister of the Sitting and Forgetting
  • Cloister of the Western Pines
  • Cloister of the Yellow Crane
  • Cloud Gate Monastery
  • Cloud Roost Retreat

C, continued

  • Coast Guarding Temple of the Staff Monks
  • Cobweb Altar Temple
  • Coffin Rest Temple
  • Cold Mountain Monastery
  • Collapsed Pagoda of the East Bank
  • Crane Call Abbey
  • Crane Stance Temple
  • Crow Roost Temple
  • Cuifeng Si
  • Cuiwei Si
  • Cuiyan Chan Yuan
  • Cuiyun Si (Emerald Cloud Temple)
  • Cuizhu An (Green Bamboo Nunnery)

D: 32 names

  • Da Guangji Si (Great Guangji Temple)
  • Dabei An
  • Dabei Si (Great Compassion Temple)
  • Dafo Si (Great Buddha Temple)
  • Dafo Yan (Great Buddha Crag)
  • Dai Miao (real, Tai'an)
  • Dajue Si
  • Damo Si (Bodhidharma Temple)
  • Danxia Guan (Cinnabar Mist Abbey)
  • Daoist Cloister of Embraced Simplicity

D, continued

  • Daoist Cloister of the Jade Spring
  • Daoist Cloister of the Long Spring
  • Dayan Ta (real, Xi'an)
  • Dayun Si (Great Cloud Temple)
  • Dazhong Si (Great Bell Temple)
  • Deer Park Monastery
  • Demon Quelling Temple
  • Deserted Nunnery of the Cold Pond
  • Dharma Drum Temple
  • Dingguang Ta
  • Dinghui Si

D, continued

  • Dizang An
  • Dizang Si
  • Dong Ta (East Pagoda)
  • Dongchan Si
  • Dongshan Si (East Mountain Temple)
  • Dongyue Miao (Eastern Peak Temple)
  • Dongzhen Guan
  • Doumu Gong (Dipper Mother Palace)
  • Dragon King Shrine at the Ford
  • Duobao Si
  • Duobao Ta (Many Treasures Pagoda)

E: 7 names

  • Eagle Crag Monastery
  • Earth God Shrine at the Crossroads
  • Echoing Valley Monastery
  • Elixir Terrace of the Old Recluse
  • Erlang Miao
  • Erwang Miao (Two Kings Temple)
  • Escort Road Temple

F: 35 names

  • Fahai Si
  • Fahua Si
  • Fahui Si (Dharma Wisdom Temple)
  • Famen Si (real, Shaanxi)
  • Fang Ta (Square Pagoda)
  • Fawang Si (Dharma King Temple)
  • Faxi Chan Si (Dharma Joy Chan Temple)
  • Faxing Si
  • Fayu Si (Dharma Rain Temple)
  • Fayuan Si (real, Beijing)
  • Fayun Chan Si (Dharma Cloud Chan Temple)

F, continued

  • Fazang Chan Si
  • Feihong Ta (Flying Rainbow Pagoda)
  • Fenglin Si (Maple Grove Temple)
  • Fengshen Miao (Wind God Temple)
  • Five Hundred Arhats Temple
  • Flood Mark Temple
  • Flourishing Dharma Temple
  • Flower Garland Temple
  • Foguang Si (real, Mount Wutai)
  • Forgotten Shrine of the River Bend
  • Four Heavenly Kings Temple
  • Fox Spirit Shrine

F, continued

  • Frost Maple Monastery
  • Fuhai Si (Sea of Blessings Temple)
  • Fuhu Si
  • Fuhui Si (Blessing and Wisdom Temple)
  • Fuqing Si
  • Fuquan Si (Blessed Spring Temple)
  • Fusheng Si
  • Fushou Si (Blessings and Longevity Temple)
  • Fuxi Miao
  • Fuyan Chan Si
  • Fuyuan An
  • Fuyuan Si

G: 34 names

  • Ganlu An (Sweet Dew Nunnery)
  • Ganlu Si
  • Ganquan Si (Sweet Spring Temple)
  • Golden Carp Pond Temple
  • Golden Wheel Temple
  • Great Bell Tower Temple
  • Great Mercy Temple
  • Great Vehicle Temple
  • Grotto Heaven of the Bright Morning
  • Grotto Heaven of the Cloud Platform
  • Grotto Heaven of the Peach Source

G, continued

  • Grotto of the Cinnabar Furnace
  • Grotto of the Dripping Spring Buddha
  • Grotto of the Jade Pivot
  • Grotto of the Painted Bodhisattvas
  • Grotto of the Sixteen Arhats
  • Grottoes of the Northern Ravine
  • Grottoes of the Ten Thousand Lamps
  • Gu Miao (The Old Shrine)
  • Gu Si (The Ancient Temple)
  • Guandi Miao (Temple of Lord Guan)
  • Guangde Si (Broad Virtue Temple)

G, continued

  • Guangfu Si (Broad Blessing Temple)
  • Guanghua Si
  • Guanghui Chan Si
  • Guangji Si
  • Guangjiao Si
  • Guangming Si (Radiant Light Temple)
  • Guangyan Chan Yuan
  • Guanyin An
  • Guanyin of the South Sea Temple
  • Guanyin Si (Guanyin Temple)
  • Guoqing Si (real, Mount Tiantai)
  • Gushan Si (Drum Mountain Temple)

H: 45 names

  • Haihui Chan Si
  • Haishen Miao (Sea God Temple)
  • Haiyin Chan Si (Ocean Seal Chan Temple)
  • Hanging Rock Temple
  • Hanshan Si (real, Suzhou)
  • Hanyan Si (Cold Cliff Temple)
  • Heart Sutra Temple
  • Hedgehog Immortal Shrine
  • Heilong Miao (Black Dragon Temple)
  • Herb Gatherer's Retreat
  • Hermitage Above the Mist
  • Hermitage at Tiger Stream
  • Hermitage Beside the Cold Spring
  • Hermitage of Forgotten Years
  • Hermitage of Leaning Clouds

H, continued

  • Hermitage of the Late Plum
  • Hermitage of the Returning Crane
  • Hermitage of the Single Lamp
  • Hermitage of the Unlocked Gate
  • Heshen Miao (River God Temple)
  • High Terrace Temple
  • Hollow Banyan Shrine
  • Hongfa Si (Spreading the Dharma Temple)
  • Hongfu Si
  • Houtu Miao (Temple of the Earth Sovereign)
  • Hualin Si (Flower Grove Temple)
  • Huang Miao (The Deserted Temple)
  • Huang Shi Zongci
  • Huanglong Dong
  • Huanglong Guan (Yellow Dragon Abbey)

H, continued

  • Huayan Si
  • Huayan Yuan
  • Huazang Si
  • Hufa Si (Dharma Protector Temple)
  • Huguo Si (Nation Protecting Temple)
  • Huiguang Si (Wisdom Light Temple)
  • Huiji Si
  • Huilin Si (Wisdom Grove Temple)
  • Huiming An
  • Huiquan Si (Wisdom Spring Temple)
  • Huiri Si (Wisdom Sun Temple)
  • Huiyun Si (Wisdom Cloud Temple)
  • Hundred Lotus Temple
  • Hundred Steps Temple
  • Huoshen Miao (Fire God Temple)

I: 3 names

  • Iron Palm Chan Temple
  • Iron Ridge Monastery
  • Iron Staff Monastery

J: 36 names

  • Jade Belt Bridge Temple
  • Jade Lamp Nunnery
  • Jiexiao Ci (Shrine of the Chaste and Filial)
  • Jile An
  • Jile Si
  • Jiming Si (real, Nanjing)
  • Jin Ci (real, Taiyuan)
  • Jinding Si
  • Jinfo Si (Golden Buddha Temple)
  • Jing'an Si (real, Shanghai)
  • Jingang Baozuo Ta (Diamond Throne Pagoda)
  • Jingang Si (Vajra Temple)

J, continued

  • Jingde Yuan
  • Jinge Si (Golden Pavilion Temple)
  • Jingfu Si
  • Jingguang Si (Pure Light Temple)
  • Jinghui Chan Si
  • Jingju Chan Si
  • Jingming Guan
  • Jingtu Si (Pure Land Temple)
  • Jingtu Yuan (Pure Land Cloister)
  • Jingxin An (Pure Heart Nunnery)
  • Jingxiu An (Quiet Cultivation Nunnery)
  • Jingye An

J, continued

  • Jingye Si (Pure Karma Temple)
  • Jingyun Si (Pure Cloud Temple)
  • Jingzhong Si
  • Jinhua Guan
  • Jinlong Si (Golden Dragon Temple)
  • Jinque Gong (Golden Tower Palace)
  • Jinshan Si (real, Zhenjiang)
  • Jinsu Si
  • Jiufeng Si (Nine Peaks Temple)
  • Jiutian Guan (Nine Heavens Abbey)
  • Jiuxiao Gong (Nine Empyreans Palace)
  • Jixiang Ta (Auspicious Pagoda)

K: 8 names

  • Kaibao Si
  • Kaifu Si
  • Kaihua Si
  • Kaishan Si (Mountain Opening Temple)
  • Kaiyuan Si (real, Quanzhou)
  • Kong Miao (real, Qufu)
  • Ksitigarbha Vow Temple
  • Kuixing Ta

L: 51 names

  • Lamp Pagoda of the Harbor Mouth
  • Lanruo Si (Forest Retreat Temple)
  • Laojun Dong (Lord Lao Cave)
  • Laojun Guan (Lord Lao Abbey)
  • Laughing Buddha Temple
  • Leaning Pagoda of Tiger Rock
  • Leifeng Ta (real, Hangzhou)
  • Leishen Miao (Thunder God Temple)
  • Leizu Gong (Thunder Ancestor Palace)
  • Lengyan Si (Shurangama Temple)
  • Leopard Ridge Temple
  • Li Shi Zongci (Li Clan Ancestral Hall)

L, continued

  • Lianchi Si (Lotus Pond Temple)
  • Lianhua Jingshe (Lotus Vihara)
  • Lianhua Si
  • Lin Shi Zongci (Lin Clan Ancestral Hall)
  • Lingbao Guan (Numinous Treasure Abbey)
  • Lingfeng Si (Spirit Peak Temple)
  • Lingguang Si (Numinous Light Temple)
  • Lingquan Si
  • Lingshan Si (Spirit Mountain Temple)
  • Lingxiao Gong
  • Lingxiao Ta
  • Lingyan Si
  • Lingyin Si (real, Hangzhou)

L, continued

  • Linshui Gong
  • Listening Rain Temple
  • Liu Shi Zongci (Liu Clan Ancestral Hall)
  • Liuhe Ta (real, Hangzhou)
  • Liuli Ta (Glazed Tile Pagoda)
  • Liuyin An (Willow Shade Nunnery)
  • Liuzu Si (Sixth Patriarch Temple)
  • Longchang Chan Si
  • Longhua Si
  • Longhua Ta
  • Longmen Si (Dragon Gate Temple)
  • Longmu Miao (Dragon Mother Temple)
  • Longquan Si

L, continued

  • Longshen Ci (Dragon Spirit Shrine)
  • Longtan Si (Dragon Pool Temple)
  • Longwang Miao (Dragon King Temple)
  • Longxing Si (Dragon Rising Temple)
  • Longyan Si (Dragon Cliff Temple)
  • Lotus Fragrance Nunnery
  • Lotus Peak Temple
  • Lotus Sutra Temple
  • Luban Miao
  • Luohan Dong (Arhat Cave)
  • Luohan Si (Arhat Temple)
  • Luyuan Si
  • Lüzu Ci (Shrine of Ancestor Lü)

M: 47 names

  • Magnolia Spring Temple
  • Maitreya's Smile Temple
  • Manjushri Lion Temple
  • Mantis Hill Temple
  • Mashen Miao (Horse God Temple)
  • Mazu Miao
  • Mazu Temple on the Harbor
  • Medicine Master Temple
  • Meihua An (Plum Blossom Hermitage)
  • Memorial Shrine of the Drowned Poet
  • Miaofa Si (Wondrous Dharma Temple)

M, continued

  • Miaogao Si
  • Miaoguo Si
  • Miaolian An (Wondrous Lotus Nunnery)
  • Miaoming Si (Wondrous Brightness Temple)
  • Miaoxiang Si (Wondrous Fragrance Temple)
  • Miaoyin An (Wondrous Sound Nunnery)
  • Midnight Bell Temple
  • Mile Si (Maitreya Temple)
  • Mingdao Guan
  • Minghuan Ci (Shrine of Eminent Officials)
  • Mingjue Si (Bright Awakening Temple)
  • Mingyue An (Bright Moon Hermitage)

M, continued

  • Mist Bound Temple
  • Mist Valley Monastery
  • Mituo Si
  • Monastery Above the Clouds
  • Monastery at Heaven's Gate Pass
  • Monastery of the Azure Ridge
  • Monastery of the Bamboo Sea
  • Monastery of the Fighting Arhats
  • Monastery of the Five Terraces
  • Monastery of the Flying Waterfall
  • Monastery of the Hanging Cliff
  • Monastery of the Lone Pine

M, continued

  • Monastery of the Morning Bell
  • Monastery of the Nine Bends
  • Monastery of the Returning Clouds
  • Monastery of the Stone Stairs
  • Monastery of the Sunrise Terrace
  • Monastery of the Wall Facing Patriarch
  • Monastery of the Western Summit
  • Moon Reflecting Pool Temple
  • Morning Drum Temple
  • Morning Mist Abbey
  • Moss Step Hermitage
  • Mu Ta (Wooden Pagoda)

N: 22 names

  • Nanchan Si (South Chan Temple)
  • Nanhua Si (real, Guangdong)
  • Nanputuo Si (real, Xiamen)
  • Nanshan Si
  • Nantai Si
  • Nanyue Miao (Southern Peak Temple)
  • Nengren Chan Si
  • Niangniang Miao (Temple of the Goddess)
  • Nine Dragon Wall Temple
  • Nine Lotus Temple
  • Nine Tier Pagoda of the Old Capital

N, continued

  • Nine Year Cave Temple
  • Ningguo Si
  • Nunnery of Gathered Merit
  • Nunnery of Quiet Vows
  • Nunnery of the Clear Mirror
  • Nunnery of the Evening Bell
  • Nunnery of the Still Pond
  • Nunnery of the Sweet Dew Vase
  • Nunnery of the White Robed Guanyin
  • Nunnery Under the Old Ginkgo
  • Nüwa Miao

O: 7 names

  • Old City God Temple by the Moat
  • Old Garrison Temple
  • Old Temple of the Northern Ridge
  • One Bowl Hermitage
  • Orchid Stream Nunnery
  • Osmanthus Court Temple
  • Overgrown Temple of the Bamboo Thicket

P: 59 names

  • Pagoda Forest of the Abbots
  • Pagoda of the Bronze Finial
  • Pagoda of the Buried Sutras
  • Pagoda of the Flower Rain
  • Pagoda of the Hundred Bells
  • Pagoda of the Returning Geese
  • Pagoda of the Six Windows
  • Pagoda of the Sleeping Flood Dragon
  • Pagoda of the Tooth Relic
  • Pagoda That Calms the Tide
  • Palace of Encountered Truth
  • Palace of Eternal Joy
  • Palace of Flowing Pearl
  • Palace of Gathered Immortals

P, continued

  • Palace of Ten Thousand Springs
  • Palace of the Azure Dawn Sovereign
  • Palace of the Celestial Master
  • Palace of the Dark Heaven Emperor
  • Palace of the Eastern Flower Emperor
  • Palace of the Golden Mother
  • Palace of the Great One
  • Palace of the Jade Capital
  • Palace of the Morning Audience
  • Palace of the Northern Dipper
  • Palace of the Primordial Lord
  • Palace of the Purple Empyrean
  • Palace of the Southern Cliff
  • Palace of the Star Lords
  • Palace of the Three Mao Lords

P, continued

  • Palace of the Thunder Court
  • Palace of the Vermilion Mound
  • Panlong Si (Coiled Dragon Temple)
  • Paper Lantern Temple
  • Peaceful Nation Temple
  • Peach Spring Abbey
  • Penglai Gong (Penglai Palace)
  • Peony Terrace Temple
  • Perfect Enlightenment Temple
  • Pilu Yuan (Vairocana Cloister)
  • Pine Gate Temple
  • Pine Ridge Monastery
  • Plum Flower Post Temple
  • Po Miao (The Broken Shrine)
  • Precious Canopy Temple

P, continued

  • Pu'an Si
  • Puguang Si (Universal Light Temple)
  • Puhui Si (Universal Wisdom Temple)
  • Puji Si
  • Pujue Si
  • Pule Si
  • Pumen Si (Universal Gate Temple)
  • Puming Si (Universal Brightness Temple)
  • Puning Si
  • Pure Heart Nunnery by the Ferry
  • Pure Land Lotus Temple
  • Puren Si
  • Puxian Yuan (Samantabhadra Cloister)
  • Puzhao Si (Universal Illumination Temple)
  • Puzhao Yuan

Q: 21 names

  • Qianfo Dong (Thousand Buddha Caves)
  • Qianfo Si (Thousand Buddhas Temple)
  • Qibao Si
  • Qingfeng An (Clear Breeze Hermitage)
  • Qinglian Si (Blue Lotus Temple)
  • Qingliang Jingshe
  • Qingliang Si
  • Qingquan Si (Clear Spring Temple)
  • Qingshan Si
  • Qingshui Yan

Q, continued

  • Qingsong Guan (Green Pine Abbey)
  • Qingxin An (Clear Heart Nunnery)
  • Qingxu Guan (Pure Void Abbey)
  • Qingyang Gong (real, Chengdu)
  • Qingyin Si
  • Qingyuan Guan (Clear Source Abbey)
  • Qingyun Si (Blue Cloud Temple)
  • Qiyuan Jingshe (Jetavana Vihara)
  • Qiyuan Si
  • Quanzhen Guan (Complete Perfection Abbey)
  • Quzi Ci

R: 20 names

  • Rain Flower Terrace Temple
  • Rain Shelter Temple
  • Red Maple Temple
  • Reed Crossing Temple
  • Released Life Pond Temple
  • Relic Light Temple
  • Renshou Ta
  • Retreat Among the Plum Trees
  • Retreat of the Nameless Master
  • Retreat of the Reed Flute Stream

R, continued

  • Retreat of the Stone Gate Recluse
  • Roofless Temple on the Old Post Road
  • Ruiguang Si
  • Ruiguang Ta (Auspicious Light Pagoda)
  • Ruined Temple of the Mountain God
  • Ruins of the Old Imperial Monastery
  • Ruixiang Si
  • Ruiying Si
  • Ruiyun Si (Propitious Cloud Temple)
  • Rulai Si (Tathagata Temple)

S: 77 names

  • Sala Grove Temple
  • Salt Merchants' Temple
  • Samantabhadra Elephant Temple
  • San Ta (Three Pagodas)
  • Sandalwood Buddha Temple
  • Sanguan Miao (Three Officials Temple)
  • Sanjie Miao (Three Realms Temple)
  • Sanqing Dong
  • Sanqing Guan (Three Purities Abbey)
  • Sansheng Si (Three Sages Temple)
  • Sanxian Ci (Shrine of the Three Worthies)
  • Sanyi Miao (Temple of the Three Sworn Brothers)

S, continued

  • Sanyuan Gong (Three Primes Palace)
  • Sanyuan Guan
  • Sea of Clouds Chan Temple
  • Seven Buddhas Temple
  • Seven Storey Pagoda of the River Bend
  • Shang Puji Si (Upper Puji Temple)
  • Shangqing Gong (Highest Clarity Palace)
  • Shanshen Miao (Mountain God Temple)
  • Shaolin Si (real, Henan)
  • Sheli Ta (Relic Pagoda)
  • Shengguo Si
  • Shengquan Si (Holy Spring Temple)
  • Shengshou Si

S, continued

  • Shengyin Si
  • Shennong Ci
  • Shi Ta (Stone Pagoda)
  • Shifang Yuan (Ten Directions Cloister)
  • Shifo Si
  • Shiquan An (Stone Spring Hermitage)
  • Shizi Si
  • Shou'an Si
  • Shouning Si (Longevity and Peace Temple)
  • Shousheng Yuan
  • Shrine of the Border General
  • Shrine of the Canal Builder
  • Shrine of the Faithful Widow

S, continued

  • Shrine of the Filial Daughter
  • Shrine of the Flower Goddess
  • Shrine of the Founding Ancestor
  • Shrine of the Loyal Minister
  • Shrine of the Tea Sage
  • Shrine of the Upright Magistrate
  • Shrine of the Well Spirit
  • Shrine of the White Robed Physician
  • Shrine of the Yellow Stone Elder
  • Shuang Ta (Twin Pagodas)
  • Shuangfeng Si (Twin Peaks Temple)
  • Shuanglong Si (Twin Dragon Temple)
  • Shuangta Si (Twin Pagoda Temple)

S, continued

  • Shuangzhong Ci
  • Shuiyue An (Water Moon Nunnery)
  • Singing Oriole Temple
  • Snow Kneeling Terrace Temple
  • Snow Peak Monastery
  • Snow Plum Nunnery
  • Songfeng An (Pine Wind Hermitage)
  • Songfeng Jingshe
  • Songhe Guan (Pine and Crane Abbey)
  • Songlin Si (Pine Grove Temple)
  • Songyan Si (Pine Cliff Temple)
  • Songyue An (Pine Moon Hermitage)
  • Spirit Tablet Temple

S, continued

  • Spirit Tortoise Temple
  • Still Pine Chan Temple
  • Stone Bed Hermitage
  • Stone Bell Hill Temple
  • Stone Bridge Temple
  • Stone Gate Monastery
  • Stone Grottoes of the Red Cliff
  • Stone Lion Temple
  • Sudden Awakening Chan Temple
  • Summit Temple of the Golden Roof
  • Sunken Temple of the Reservoir
  • Sutra Hall Temple
  • Sword Burial Temple

T: 192 names

  • Taihe Gong (Supreme Harmony Palace)
  • Taihe Guan (Supreme Harmony Abbey)
  • Taiji Dong (Supreme Ultimate Cave)
  • Taiping Si
  • Taiqing Guan (Supreme Clarity Abbey)
  • Taiyi Guan
  • Tanzhe Si (real, Beijing)
  • Taohua An (Peach Blossom Hermitage)
  • Tea Garden Temple
  • Tea Mountain Monastery
  • Temple at Crane Roost Crag
  • Temple at Rainbow Bridge Gorge
  • Temple at the Mouth of the Gorge
  • Temple at Thunder Pass

T, continued

  • Temple Behind the Pine Stockade
  • Temple Below the Waterfall
  • Temple Beside the Plunging Stream
  • Temple Beyond the Wild Cemetery
  • Temple Half Buried in Sand
  • Temple Hung in the Air
  • Temple in the Fir Forest
  • Temple of Confucius
  • Temple of King Yu the Flood Tamer
  • Temple of Lady Golden Flower
  • Temple of the Ash Covered Courtyard
  • Temple of the Autumn Slopes
  • Temple of the Bandit Quelling Bell
  • Temple of the Barred Mountain Gate
  • Temple of the Beacon Hill Monks

T, continued

  • Temple of the Bell Striking Monk
  • Temple of the Black Dragon Pool
  • Temple of the Black Wind Ridge
  • Temple of the Bone White Pagoda
  • Temple of the Bridge Guardian
  • Temple of the Broken Staff Oath
  • Temple of the Child Giving Goddess
  • Temple of the Cinnabar Cliffs
  • Temple of the City God
  • Temple of the Copper Gate
  • Temple of the Cracked Drum
  • Temple of the Dark Lady of the Nine Heavens
  • Temple of the Diamond Sutra Cave
  • Temple of the Divine Farmer
  • Temple of the Drifting Dunes

T, continued

  • Temple of the Drum Tower Vigil
  • Temple of the Duke of Zhou
  • Temple of the Eighteen Bronze Men
  • Temple of the Elephant Trunk Hill
  • Temple of the Empty Alms Bowl
  • Temple of the Faded Murals
  • Temple of the Fallen Roof Beam
  • Temple of the First Teacher
  • Temple of the Five Animal Spirits
  • Temple of the Five Manifestations
  • Temple of the Five Roads Wealth God
  • Temple of the God of Literature
  • Temple of the Goddess of Eyesight
  • Temple of the Goddess of Mount Tai
  • Temple of the Granary God

T, continued

  • Temple of the Guardian Kings
  • Temple of the Headless Buddha
  • Temple of the Heavenly Pillar
  • Temple of the Hemp Maiden
  • Temple of the Hidden Sword Vault
  • Temple of the Horse King
  • Temple of the Insect King
  • Temple of the Jade Screen Peak
  • Temple of the Laid Down Blade
  • Temple of the Lake God
  • Temple of the Last Monk
  • Temple of the Leaning Peak
  • Temple of the Life Protecting Emperor
  • Temple of the Lion Crag

T, continued

  • Temple of the Lion's Roar
  • Temple of the Locked Scripture Tower
  • Temple of the Lost Caravan
  • Temple of the Martial Sage
  • Temple of the Monk Soldiers
  • Temple of the Moonlit Graves
  • Temple of the Nine Flower Peaks
  • Temple of the Northern Fist
  • Temple of the Ox Herding Pictures
  • Temple of the Ox King
  • Temple of the Peach Garden Oath
  • Temple of the Peeling Gold
  • Temple of the Plague Quelling Lords
  • Temple of the Princess of Azure Clouds
  • Temple of the Purple Summit

T, continued

  • Temple of the Queen Mother of the West
  • Temple of the Quiet Fist
  • Temple of the Rain Master
  • Temple of the Red Sandstone Bluff
  • Temple of the Returning Blade
  • Temple of the River Earl
  • Temple of the Rootless Tree
  • Temple of the Sage Mother
  • Temple of the Salt Well God
  • Temple of the Scarred Pillars
  • Temple of the Scholar's Last Lodging
  • Temple of the Sea Calming Goddess
  • Temple of the Sealed Well
  • Temple of the Second Sage
  • Temple of the Seven Star Crags

T, continued

  • Temple of the Seventy Two Arts
  • Temple of the Silent Wooden Fish
  • Temple of the Silkworm Goddess
  • Temple of the Single Sandal
  • Temple of the Sleeping Dragon Hill
  • Temple of the Snake Immortal
  • Temple of the Southern Staff
  • Temple of the Standing Vigil
  • Temple of the Star of Examinations
  • Temple of the Stone Forest
  • Temple of the Subdued Demon Pestle
  • Temple of the Sutra Depository Guard
  • Temple of the Sweeping Monk
  • Temple of the Third Prince
  • Temple of the Thirteen Staff Monks

T, continued

  • Temple of the Thousand Staves
  • Temple of the Thousand Year Tree Spirit
  • Temple of the Three Mountain Kings
  • Temple of the Three Pure Ones
  • Temple of the Three Sovereigns
  • Temple of the Three Stars
  • Temple of the Thunder Lord
  • Temple of the Thunder Palm Stele
  • Temple of the Tide God
  • Temple of the Tiger Lord
  • Temple of the Toppled Stele
  • Temple of the Two Immortals
  • Temple of the Unclaimed Dead
  • Temple of the Unfinished Sutra

T, continued

  • Temple of the Unlit Lamps
  • Temple of the Unsheathed Vow
  • Temple of the Vajra Guardians
  • Temple of the Vanishing Path
  • Temple of the Water Immortals
  • Temple of the Wave Subduing General
  • Temple of the Weaver Maid
  • Temple of the Weeping Statue
  • Temple of the Whispering Bamboo
  • Temple of the White Clad Guest
  • Temple of the Wind Cave Ridge
  • Temple of the Wind Earl
  • Temple of the Wine Ancestor
  • Temple of the Wordless Abbot
  • Temple of the Worn Flagstones

T, continued

  • Temple of the Yellow Emperor
  • Temple of the Yellow Weasel Spirit
  • Temple on Phoenix Hill
  • Temple on the Sheer Face
  • Temple Seen Only at Dusk
  • Temple Where No Incense Burns
  • Terrace of Lord Lao's Furnace
  • Terrace of the Ascending Immortal
  • Terrace of the Flute Player
  • Terrace of the Scripture Lecture
  • Terrace of the Star Watchers
  • Thatched Hall of the Sleeping Ox
  • Thatched Hall of the Western Stream
  • Thatched Hermitage of the Pine Ridge
  • Thatched Hut of the Fisherman Sage

T, continued

  • Thirteen Eave Pagoda
  • Thousand Armed Guanyin Temple
  • Thousand Step Monastery
  • Three Jewels Temple
  • Three Reeds Hermitage
  • Tianchi Si (Heavenly Pool Temple)
  • Tianfei Gong (Heavenly Consort Palace)
  • Tianhou Gong (Empress of Heaven Palace)
  • Tianhou Miao
  • Tianjie Si
  • Tianlong Si (Heavenly Dragon Temple)
  • Tianning Si
  • Tianning Ta
  • Tianqing Guan (Heavenly Celebration Abbey)
  • Tianshi Guan

T, continued

  • Tianwang Si (Heavenly King Temple)
  • Tianxian Guan (Heavenly Immortal Abbey)
  • Tianzhu Chan Si
  • Tie Ta (Iron Pagoda)
  • Tiefo An
  • Tiefo Si
  • Tieshan Si (Iron Mountain Temple)
  • Tiger Gorge Monastery
  • Tiger Subduing Temple
  • Tingsong An (Listening to Pines Hermitage)
  • Tongren Si (Bronze Men Temple)
  • Tongxuan Guan (Penetrating Mystery Abbey)
  • Tripitaka Tower Temple
  • Tudi Miao (Earth God Temple)
  • Twin Ginkgo Temple

U: 1 name

  • Universal Salvation Temple

V: 2 names

  • Vajra Fist Temple
  • Vulture Peak Temple

W: 43 names

  • Wande Si
  • Wandering Ghost Shrine
  • Wanfo Dong (Ten Thousand Buddha Cave)
  • Wanfo Si (Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple)
  • Wanfu Si
  • Wang Shi Zongci
  • Wanghai Ta (Sea Watching Pagoda)
  • Wangmu Gong (Queen Mother Palace)
  • Wangye Miao
  • Wangyun An (Cloud Gazing Hermitage)
  • Wannian Si
  • Wanshou Gong (Ten Thousand Years Palace)
  • Wanshou Si
  • Wayside Shrine of the Field God

W, continued

  • Weituo Si (Skanda Temple)
  • Wen Miao (Temple of Culture)
  • Wenbi Ta (Writing Brush Pagoda)
  • Wenchang Gong
  • Wenchang Ta
  • Wenfeng Ta (Literary Peak Pagoda)
  • Wenguang Ta (Literary Light Pagoda)
  • Wenshu Si
  • Wenshu Yuan (Manjushri Cloister)
  • Wenxing Ta (Literary Star Pagoda)
  • Western Paradise Temple
  • White Deer Grotto Retreat
  • White Egret Temple
  • White Horse Bridge Temple

W, continued

  • Wild Goose Marsh Monastery
  • Will o' the Wisp Shrine
  • Willow Bank Nunnery
  • Willow Ferry Temple
  • Wind and Thunder Temple
  • Wish Granting Jewel Temple
  • Wofo Si (Reclining Buddha Temple)
  • Wolong Si (Crouching Dragon Temple)
  • Woodcutter's Hermitage
  • Wu Miao (Martial Temple)
  • Wu Shi Zongci
  • Wuchen An (Dustless Nunnery)
  • Wuhou Ci (real, Chengdu)
  • Wuliang Guan
  • Wulong Miao (Five Dragons Temple)

X: 32 names

  • Xi Ta (West Pagoda)
  • Xia Puji Si (Lower Puji Temple)
  • Xiangfu Yuan
  • Xiangguo Si (real, Kaifeng)
  • Xianglong Si (Dragon Subduing Temple)
  • Xiangshan Si (Fragrant Mountain Temple)
  • Xiangxian Ci (Shrine of Local Worthies)
  • Xiangxue An (Fragrant Snow Nunnery)
  • Xiangyun Si (Auspicious Cloud Temple)
  • Xianhe Guan (Immortal Crane Abbey)

X, continued

  • Xianren Yan (Immortal's Crag)
  • Xianxian Ci (Shrine of Former Worthies)
  • Xiao Xitian Si (Little Western Paradise Temple)
  • Xiaoshan An (Small Mountain Hermitage)
  • Xilai Si (Coming from the West Temple)
  • Xilin Si
  • Xilin Ta
  • Xingfu Si
  • Xingguo Chan Yuan
  • Xingguo Si
  • Xinghua Si (Flourishing Transformation Temple)

X, continued

  • Xinglong Si
  • Xingshan Chan Si
  • Xinyue An (New Moon Nunnery)
  • Xishan Si (West Mountain Temple)
  • Xiuzhen Guan (Cultivating Truth Abbey)
  • Xiyue Miao (Western Peak Temple)
  • Xuankong Si (real, Shanxi)
  • Xuanmiao Guan (real, Suzhou)
  • Xuanwu Gong (Dark Warrior Palace)
  • Xuefeng Si
  • Xumi Ta (Sumeru Pagoda)

Y: 51 names

  • Yanfu Si (Prolonged Blessing Temple)
  • Yanqing Si
  • Yanshou Yuan (Prolonged Life Cloister)
  • Yaochi Guan (Jasper Pool Abbey)
  • Yaoshi Si (Medicine Buddha Temple)
  • Yaoshi Yuan
  • Yaowang Miao (Medicine King Temple)
  • Ye Miao (The Wild Shrine)
  • Yellow Plum Monastery
  • Yong'an Si (Eternal Peace Temple)
  • Yongfu Si
  • Yongle Gong (real, Shanxi)

Y, continued

  • Yongming Si (Eternal Brightness Temple)
  • Yongning Si
  • Yongqing Si (Eternal Celebration Temple)
  • Yongquan Si
  • Yongshou Si (Eternal Longevity Temple)
  • Yongtai Si
  • Yuanguang Si (Perfect Light Temple)
  • Yuanjue Si
  • Yuanmiao Guan
  • Yuanming Si (Perfect Brightness Temple)
  • Yuantong An
  • Yuantong Si
  • Yuanzhao Si (Perfect Illumination Temple)

Y, continued

  • Yuelao Ci (Shrine of the Old Man Under the Moon)
  • Yuelao Miao
  • Yuexi An (Moon Stream Hermitage)
  • Yufeng Si
  • Yufo Si (Jade Buddha Temple)
  • Yuhua An
  • Yuhua Si
  • Yuhuang Gong (Jade Emperor Palace)
  • Yuhuang Guan (Jade Emperor Abbey)
  • Yunfeng Si (Cloud Peak Temple)
  • Yunhe Guan (Cloud Crane Abbey)
  • Yunji Si (Cloud Edge Temple)
  • Yunju Si

Y, continued

  • Yunlong Si (Cloud Dragon Temple)
  • Yunmen Si
  • Yunqi Chan Si
  • Yunquan Si (Cloud Spring Temple)
  • Yunshui An (Cloud and Water Hermitage)
  • Yunshui Jingshe
  • Yuntai Si (Cloud Terrace Temple)
  • Yunü Dong (Jade Maiden Cave)
  • Yunxiao Guan
  • Yuqing Gong (Jade Clarity Palace)
  • Yuquan Si
  • Yuwang Miao (Temple of King Yu)
  • Yuxu Guan (Jade Void Abbey)

Z: 29 names

  • Zaojun Miao (Kitchen God Temple)
  • Zhang Shi Jiamiao (Zhang Family Temple)
  • Zhaoming Si (Shining Brightness Temple)
  • Zhaoqing Si
  • Zhenfeng Ta
  • Zhengjue Chan Si
  • Zhenguo Ta
  • Zhenhai Ta (Sea Calming Pagoda)
  • Zhenjue Si (True Awakening Temple)
  • Zhenru Si
  • Zhenshan Si (Mountain Guarding Temple)
  • Zhenwu Guan (True Warrior Abbey)
  • Zhenwu Miao
  • Zhonglie Ci (Shrine of Loyal Martyrs)

Z, continued

  • Zhongyi Ci (Shrine of the Loyal and Righteous)
  • Zhongyue Miao (Central Peak Temple)
  • Zhou Shi Jiamiao
  • Zhuan Ta (Brick Pagoda)
  • Zhulin Jingshe (Bamboo Grove Vihara)
  • Zhulin Si
  • Zhusheng Chan Si
  • Zhuyuan An (Bamboo Garden Nunnery)
  • Ziji Gong
  • Zisheng Yuan
  • Zixia Guan (Purple Mist Abbey)
  • Zixiao Gong (real, Mount Wudang)
  • Ziyang Guan (Purple Yang Abbey)
  • Ziyun Guan (Purple Cloud Abbey)
  • Zizhu An (Purple Bamboo Nunnery)