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The Guangxiao Temple is One of the four famous temples in Guangdong
Province, it has a history of 1,500 years. The temple enjoys a very
important position in the Buddhist history in China. Many famous monks
from home and abroad have come to preach here since the Eastern Jin
Dynasty (317-420). In the temple, there are the Mahavira Hall, Sleeping
Buddha statue, bodhi trees and East and West Iron Pagodas.
In 676 during the Tang Dynasty, Huineng, one of the six founders
of China's Buddhism, had his head shaven in Guangxiao Temple and
became a monk. Later monks of the temple built the Liuzu Hair Pagoda
to bury his hair. The octagonal, seven-storeyed structure of stone,
sand and brick, is 7.8 meters high. The statues of seated Buddha
in the niches on every storey are among best stone carvings.
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