The City of Kaifeng, Henan, China

8. Kaifeng Xiangguo Temple

Xiangguo Temple is one of the more famous Buddhist temples in China. Built in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the temple reached its splendor period in the Tang and Song Dynasties favored by the imperial rulers. In the Arhat Hall of this temple is an impressive statue of a Bodhisattva carved from a single gingko trunk. Destroyed by a Yellow River flood at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), it was reconstructed again at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.