No. 33: Tianning Temple, Changzhou, Jiangsu

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on August 27, 2012.)

Statue of Maitreya (弥勒) in front of the huge pagoda (塔) at
Tianning Temple (天宁寺) in Changzhou, Jiangsu (江苏, 常州市)

July 26, 2010 - Traveling down the Yangtze from Yangzhou and Zhenjiang by bus, I reached Changzhou, home to Tianning Temple.

Trip 5: Eastern Anhui and Jiangsu (July 20-30, 2010)

This is a record of my fifth trip to visit the 142 Key Temples of China. Links lead to articles on the temple (or other site) named.