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Daxiangguo Temple (simplified Chinese: 大相国寺; traditional Chinese: 大相國寺） is a famous Chinese Buddhist Temple in Kaifeng in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China.
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History
It was first built in 555 A.D.，the sixth year during Emperor Wenxuan's reign of the Northern Qi period (550-577) and it was named "Xiangguo Temple"(simplified Chinese: 相国寺; traditional Chinese: 相國寺）then.It was renamed Daxiangguo Temple in memory of Emperor Ruizong of Tang who took the throne as Xiangwang (Chinese: 相王),the king of Xiang,in 712 A.D.
The temple reached the height of its status as a Royal Temple in the Song Dynasty but it was destroyed in the late Ming Dynasty due to the flood of the Yellow River. It was reconstructed under the Qing Dynasty.
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