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Dabeiyuan Monastery

Sitting on Tianwei Road in Hebei District, Dabeiyuan (Monastery of Great Mercy) (http://www.china.org.cn/english/olympic/218529.htm) is the largest Buddhist temple in Tianjin. Built in 1611 and expanded in 1940, it was partially destroyed in the 1976 earthquake and was only restored in 1980. (More...)