Great Brightness Temple

(Local Name: Daming Si) The Temple of Daming Si, 4km/2.5mi northwest of Yangzhou, is 1500 years old; however, the present buildings are replacements built in the second half of the 19th C. Before the monk Jianzhen (688-763) went to Japan to spread the Buddhist gospel he lived and worked here for many years. As a result, all Japanese monks attach considerable importance to this temple.