Dai Buddhist temples conserved in Jinggu

Three Buddhist temples of Dai ethnic style have been well-protected in Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County, southwest Yunnan’s Pu'er City.

Mengwo Buddha Temple (Jinggu Culture and Tourism Bureau)

Mengwo Buddha Temple (Jinggu Culture and Tourism Bureau)

They are the Mengwo Buddha Temple(1721), the Qiannuo Buddhist Temple(1778), and the Mangdaofo Temple(1899).

Qiannuo Buddhist Temple (Jinggu Culture and Tourism Bureau)

Qiannuo Buddhist Temple (Jinggu Culture and Tourism Bureau)

The Dai Buddhism in Jinggu is Theravada, one of the three Buddhist branches (the other two being Mahayana and Hinayana). Theravada is also popular in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.

Mangdaofo Temple  (Jinggu Culture and Tourism Bureau)

Mangdaofo Temple (Jinggu Culture and Tourism Bureau)

Jinggu county implemented measures to protect cultural and natural heritages in recent years, and the historical features of the Dai Buddhist architecture have been maintained.

Reporting by Dai Zheng and Chen Denghui (Pu'er Wenl Information); Trans-editing by Mo Yingyi