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Chongding Church and Puhua Temple: two faiths, one morning
Photo: 蒋亦炯, CC BY-SA 3.0

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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
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Based on what locals and regular visitors share, checked against current sources · Updated September 2026. Details change — check opening times locally.