[ **up: [[Hangzhou (China)|Hangzhou]] | [[Temples--China]]** ] --- # Yongfu Temple [[2025-0315. 'Yongfu Temple, located in the Lingyin Scenic Area, is blessed with a peaceful and beautiful environment. It has been more than 1600 years old since Huili Master from West India founded this temple.'|'Yongfu Temple, located in the Lingyin Scenic Area, is blessed with a peaceful and beautiful environment. It has been more than 1600 years old since Huili Master from West India founded this temple.']][^1] [[2025-0319. Description of Yongfu Temple (Hanzghou).|’Constructed following the Jiangnan garden-style architecture marked by expansive courtyards, Yongfu Temple garners acclaim as the most picturesque temple in Hangzhou for its splendid integration of Buddhist elements and the natural environment. Enveloped in ethereal forest mist, the courtyards enhance the prominence of revered Buddhist sculptures.’]][^2] [[2025-0319. Description of Yongfu Temple (Hanzghou).|'Unlike other conventional temples, Yongfu Temple lacks incense burners, ensuring an atmosphere free from smoke and conducive to spiritual cleansing.']][^3] ![[Wikimedia Commons - Yongfu Temple (Hangzhou) 20231124_03 - licenced CC BY-SA 4.0.jpg]] Yongfu Temple in 2023. Photograph by Windmemories ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=openverse)).[^4] --- ## Tourist destination ### Location In walking distance (via a mountain trail) from the better-known [[Lingyin Temple (Hangzhou)|Lingyin Temple]].[^5] [[2025-0319. 'Embarking from Lingyin Temple and traversing the mountain trail, Yongfu Temple emerges shortly thereafter.'|’Despite their proximity, the influx of visitors is starkly different; Lingyin Temple bustles with devotees, while Yongfu Temple remains serene.’]][^6] --- #### Yongfu Temple benefitted from Gen Z’s 2023 temple-visiting trend [[2025-0315. 'Hangzhou’s Lingyin Temple (has) also experienced long queues outside their gates, often forming early in the morning.'|'Other renowned temples in China, such as Hangzhou’s Lingyin Temple have also experienced long queues outside their gates, often forming early in the morning. This contrasts sharply with the situation just a few years ago when temples like Yonghe Palace only became crowded during major holidays.']][^7] #### Spring Festival [[2025-0315. 'Xiaohongshu user Huini went to Yongfu Temple in Hangzhou during the Spring Festival, where she had a try at the temple coffee and noodles.'|'Xiaohongshu user Huini went to Yongfu Temple in Hangzhou during the Spring Festival, where she had a try at the temple coffee and noodles.']][^8] [^1]: Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, ‘Yongfu Temple’, *Hangzhou*, retrieved 15 March 2025, https://wgly.hangzhou.gov.cn/art/2023/8/16/art_1229740543_58948402.html. [^2]: ‘Yongfu Temple: Discover China’s Most Beautiful Temple in Hangzhou’, *Peek*, retrieved 19 March 2025, https://www.peek.com/hangzhou-zhejiang-china/r0a437/yongfu-temple-discover-chinas-most-beautiful-temple-in-hangzhou/a0g67krn. [^3]: ‘Yongfu Temple: Discover China’s Most Beautiful Temple in Hangzhou’, *Peek*, retrieved 19 March 2025, https://www.peek.com/hangzhou-zhejiang-china/r0a437/yongfu-temple-discover-chinas-most-beautiful-temple-in-hangzhou/a0g67krn. [^4]: Windmemories \[pseud.] ‘20231124 Yongfu Temple 03’, *Wikimedia Commons*, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=141421613. Licenced [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=openverse). [^5]: ‘Yongfu Temple: Discover China’s Most Beautiful Temple in Hangzhou’, *Peek*, retrieved 19 March 2025, https://www.peek.com/hangzhou-zhejiang-china/r0a437/yongfu-temple-discover-chinas-most-beautiful-temple-in-hangzhou/a0g67krn. [^6]: ‘Yongfu Temple: Discover China’s Most Beautiful Temple in Hangzhou’, *Peek*, retrieved 19 March 2025, https://www.peek.com/hangzhou-zhejiang-china/r0a437/yongfu-temple-discover-chinas-most-beautiful-temple-in-hangzhou/a0g67krn. [^7]: Zihao Liu, ‘[[Liu. ‘China’s Gen Z Spiritual Awakening_ Young Chinese Flock to Temples’, 2023.|China's Gen Z Spiritual Awakening? Young Chinese Flock to Temples]]’, *Jing Daily*, 23 March 2023, https://jingdaily.com/posts/young-chinese-temple-visits-bracelets.arch 2023, https://jingdaily.com/posts/young-chinese-temple-visits-bracelets. [^8]: Zhang Han, ‘[[Zhang. ‘Young people visit temples to catch fashion trend, relieve pressure’, 2023.|Young people visit temples to catch fashion trend, relieve pressure]]’, *Global Times*, 22 March 2023, https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287753.shtml.