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  光孝寺坐落于广州市光孝路，是广州市四大丛林（光孝、六榕、海幢、华林寺）之一，是全国重点文物保护单位。该寺最初是南越王赵佗第三代子孙赵建德的 住宅，三国时吴国都尉虞翻被贬广州，住在此地，并在此扩建住宅讲学，虞翻死后，家人把住宅改为庙宇。东晋时期，西域名僧昙摩耶舍来广州传教时，在此建造大 雄宝殿。南宋绍兴二十一年（公元1151年）改名光孝寺。 光孝寺作为岭南第一间佛寺和岭南佛教的传播地，是佛教禅宗六祖慧能削发的地方，有过著名的“风幡论辩”。寺内至今保存的建筑、历史遗迹及文物主 要有：始建于东晋的大雄宝殿；南朝时达摩和尚在此开凿的洗钵泉；唐朝建造的瘗发塔和经石幢；南汉时的千佛铁塔；宋朝时期的六祖殿和伽蓝殿，以及碑刻、佛 像、诃子树和菩提树等佛家信物。 地址：光孝路 邮编：510030 联系单位：市民族宗教事务局 电话：（86）20-87372187 传真：（86）20-87394545 网址： www.mzzjw.gd.gov.cn               Guangxiao Temple Guangxiao Temple, located on Guangxiao Road, Guangzhou, is one of the four famous temples in Guangdong Province (Guangxiao, Six Banyan, Haizhuang and Hualin) and a National Key Cultural Relic Protection Unit. The temple was initially built as the mansion for Zhao Jiande, the third-generation offspring of Nanyue King Zhao Tuo during the Western Han Dynasty (206BC - 24AD).  In the Three-Kingdoms Period, an official named Yu Fan was demoted and banished to the Far South. He lived in Guangxiao Temple and gave lectures in

          Temple of Six Banyan Trees Temple of Six Banyan Trees is located on Zhongshan Liu Lu. Built in the 3rd year of Datong Reign of Liang Dynasty (573 AD) and with a history of over 1,400 years, Temple of Six Banyan Trees is one of the most noted historical relics in Guangzhou. In the very center of the temple stands the flowery pagoda measuring 57 meters tall, in a shape of eleven angles, counting 9 floors from outside and 17 floors inside. To the east of the pagoda lie Mountain Gate, Smiling Buddha and Tianwang Hall, Weituo Hall, the Portrait of Su Dongpo (famous poet and calligrapher of Song Dynasty) and about a dozen of steles with the inscriptions relating to six banyan trees. To the west of the pagoda are Daxiong Baodian Hall—the main hall of the temple. About 14 meters tall and covering an area of 300 m2, the hall is home to the three biggest copper Buddhist statues made in the 2nd year of Emperor Kangxi's Reign of the Qing Dynasty (1663 AD). Measuring 6 meters tall