Yuantong Temple

Yuantong Temple
圆通寺
Yuantong Temple
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
Location
LocationKunming, Yunnan
CountryChina
Shown within Yunnan
Yuantong Temple (China)
Geographic coordinates25°03′18″N 102°42′37″E / 25.055039°N 102.710348°E / 25.055039; 102.710348
Architecture
StyleChinese architecture
Date establishedTang dynasty

Yuantong Temple (simplified Chinese: 圆通寺; traditional Chinese: 圓通寺; pinyin: Yuántōng Sì) is an ancient Buddhist temple in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is located in a protected natural depression and in recent years it has been expanded with funding from Thailand. In the 1950s, it hosted a grand ceremony to greet and send on the sacred teeth of the Buddha and so became important in Southeast Asia.

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