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Nanjing Jiming Temple, Jiming Si

Jiming Temple is located in the northeast of Nanjing. It was first built in the Southern Tang (937-975) and again in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The surviving temple was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). With Xuanwu Lake on the back, Jiming Temple faces Purple Mountain to the east. The Guanyin Building, Huomeng Building, Jingyang Building and the Rouge are inside the temple ground. There still remains a section of the old palace wall called Taicheng behind the temple.

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