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A fact from Lianxing Temple appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the White Dagoba at Lianxing Temple was probably not originally made of an enormous pile of salt?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lianxing Temple.

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"When Traveling in Yangzhou...", Official site, Min News, 4 February 2024.

obviously isn't a terribly reliable source. It could presumably be trusted with the names of the buildings the writer visited—Daxiong Hall, Tianwang Hall, Yunshan Pavilion, a sutra library, the dagoba, and a dormitory—but not with ancient history contradicting the other sources. That said, its article states the temple was first built in the late Sui or early Tang and it was only rebuilt under the Yuan. It also says the temple was renamed to Fahai Temple after the establishment of the PRC. — LlywelynII 17:23, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Luo should be a reliable source & his work on China's pagodas for the Foreign Language Press in Beijing does still use Lianxing as the temple's name. — LlywelynII 19:38, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:13, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the White Dagoba at the Lianxing Temple in Yangzhou was not built by Iranian nomads 1000 years ago? Source: Snow, Edgar; et al. (10 August 1929), "Journeying through Kiangsu: From Shanghai to the Capital via the Shanghai Nanking Railway", China Weekly Review, vol. XLIX, Shanghai: Millard Publishing Co., p. 568, for the fact that some people used to believe that. Every other source in the article and world for the fact that it's wrong.
- ALT1: ... that the White Dagoba at the Lianxing Temple in Yangzhou was probably not originally made of an enormous pile of salt? Source: Morris, Edwin T. (1983), The Gardens of China: History, Art, and Meanings, New York: Scribner, p. 122, for the fact that it's a traditional story in China. "White Pagoda", Official site, Yangzhou: Slender West Lake Scenic Spot, 2023, for it probably being wrong in the opinion of the site's caretakers and official historians.
- ALT2: ... that the Taiping rebels destroyed most of Yangzhou's Lianxing Temple but left its White Dagoba alone so it could be used as a watchtower? Source: Olivová, Lucie B. (2009), "Building History and the Preservation of Yangzhou", Lifestyle and Entertainment in Yangzhou, NIAS Studies in Asian Topics, No. 44, Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, p. 17.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Barley
- Comment: Kindly do not add extraneous links to the hooks. DYK is here to promote the newly created articles and readers can click through if interested.

Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self-nominated at 20:13, 3 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Lianxing Temple; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

New enough, long enough, well-sourced and presentable. AGF for the sources of the hooks (Edgar Snow mentioned this temple??!) Original hook sounds fun. All three hooks appeared in the article. QPQ confirmed. ! Indeed, another nice little place in Yangzhou. Good food there. Cheers, --The Lonely Pather (talk) 21:00, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]