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Kinkaku-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famous for its stunning golden pavilion whose top two floors are covered in gold leaf, making it one of Japan's most iconic landmarks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple holds significant cultural importance as a National Special Historic Site and National Special Landscape, though the current structure dates to 1955 after the original was destroyed by arson.
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- Religious building.name
- Rokuon-ji
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- File:Golden Pavilion Kinkaku-ji water mirror 2024.jpg
- Religious building.image_size
- 350
- Religious building.caption
- The shariden at Rokuon-ji, commonly known as the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji)
- Religious building.mapframe
- yes
- Religious building.mapframe zoom
- 14
- Religious building.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Religious building.map_type
- Japan
- Religious building.location
- 1 Kinkakuji-chō, Kita-ku, Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Buddhism
- Religious building.sect
- Zen, Rinzai sect, Shōkoku-ji school
- Religious building.deity
Article · 中文
鹿苑寺（日语：鹿苑寺／ろくおんじ Rokuonji），又名金閣寺（日语：金閣寺／きんかくじ kinkakuji），是一座最早完成於1397年（應永四年）的日本佛寺，位於京都府京都市北區，是一座臨濟宗相國寺派的寺院，其名稱源自於日本室町時代著名的足利氏第三代幕府將軍足利義滿之法名，又因為寺內核心建築「舍利殿」的外牆全是以金箔裝飾，所以又被稱為「金閣寺」。 鹿苑寺除了是知名的觀光旅遊景點之外，并于1994年以「古都京都的文化財」的一部份被聯合國教科文組織指定為世界文化遺產的重要歷史建築。
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