yangzhou daming temple gate archway

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Daming Temple was first built in the Southern Song Dynasty Emperor Xiao Ming Dynasty (457-464 years) and named. More than 1,500 years, the temple more than a name change, such as the Sui Dynasty said, "Qiling Temple", "West Temple", the late Tang said "scale" and so on. Qing Dynasty, due to taboo "Ming" word, once along the said "Qiling Temple", Qianlong thirty years the emperor personally wrote a book, "Chidi method net temple."