Mimi Temple () is located on Mimi Hill (秘密岩), Weiping Mountain, 38 kilometers southwest of
Taihuai Town in
Mount Wutai
Mount Wutai, also known by its Chinese name Wutaishan and as is a sacred Buddhist site at the headwaters of the Qingshui in Shanxi Province, China. Its central area is surrounded by a cluster of flat-topped peaks roughly corresponding to the ...
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Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
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China. It is named after the hill. Another name for the hill is Mimo (秘魔岩). So an alternative name for the temple is Mimo Temple (秘魔寺).
It was founded in
Tang Dynasty
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Buddhist temples in Xinzhou
Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shanxi