
Chongding Church and Puhua Temple: two faiths, one morning
Bingzhongluo, Gongshan county
Chongding is a Catholic church first built by French missionaries; Puhua is a Tibetan Buddhist temple a short drive away. Seeing both shows how Nu, Lisu and Tibetan families here share a valley, and sometimes a household, across faiths.
What locals sayA church and a Tibetan temple in the same small valley is the clearest picture of how people live together here.
- Time
- 1.5 hours · Morning
- In Chinese
- 重丁教堂 普化寺
Based on what locals and regular visitors share, checked against current sources · Updated September 2026. Details change — check opening times locally.

