section_path: Main sights/Buddhist and Taoist culture/Daci Temple
section_name: Daci Temple
paragraph_text: Daci Temple
  
  The Daci Temple (大慈寺), a temple in downtown Chengdu was first built during the Wei and Jin dynasties, with its cultural height during the Tang and Song dynasties. Xuanzang, a Tang dynasty monk, was initiated into monkhood and studied for several years here; during this time, he gave frequent sermons in Daci Monastery.