The Guiyuan Temple is Wuhan's most famous Buddhist temple, both in terms of religious significance and architecture. For several years this temple has been considered one of the most holy Buddhist sites in central China and Buddhist followers and dignitaries including the US Secretary of State, former Singapore Prime Minister and the Cambodian King have visited the temple.
Although the temple at the site today is not the original, the renovations have been executed authentically -- consisting of a Grand hall, Guest hall, Meditation hall and Abbot's room and covering an area of 46,900 square meters. The original temple building took over six years to finish.
Inside, the temple houses a collection of rare sutra, a jade Buddha and 500 gilded Arhats, all of which survived the ravages of the Cultural Revolution.
And on a side note, there is also a good vegetarian restaurant here.
