Chen Tien Buddhist Temple
Templo Budista Chen Tien
A Chinese Buddhist temple in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, with a 7 m tall Guanyin statue and over a hundred Buddha figures set on a hillside, looking across the river toward Paraguay.
Chen Tien Buddhist Temple was built in 1996 by the local Chinese community on a hillside near the Paraná River in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. It is one of the larger Chinese-style Buddhist temples in South America. More than 100 Buddha statues line the square in front of the temple. The most eye-catching is a standing Guanyin statue about 7 m tall, with the Paraná River and Ciudad del Este in Paraguay visible beyond it. The temple houses Buddhist statues, a tea room and vegetarian food. Admission is free, and visitors should dress appropriately. Getting there: a taxi from downtown Foz do Iguaçu takes about 10 minutes. It can be combined with the Triple Frontier and the Friendship Bridge area.
Opening hours
About 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Ciudad del Este
- Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque
- Itaipu Dam
- Monday Falls
- Triple Frontier Landmark (Marco das Três Fronteiras)
- La Feirinha (Puerto Iguazú)
- La Aripuca
- Güirá Oga Wildlife Refuge