White Horse Temple
E186371
White Horse Temple is traditionally regarded as the first Buddhist temple in China and an important cradle of Chinese Buddhism, located near Luoyang in Henan Province.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Horse Temple canonical | 8 |
| White Horse Temple complex | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1624827 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Horse Temple Context triple: [Henan Province, containsFamousTemple, White Horse Temple]
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A.
Longshan Temple
Longshan Temple is a historic and richly decorated Buddhist and folk religion temple in Taipei, Taiwan, renowned as one of the city’s most important religious and cultural sites.
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B.
Guiyuan Temple
Guiyuan Temple is a historic and renowned Buddhist temple in Wuhan, China, known for its rich cultural heritage and significant religious influence.
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C.
Jade Buddha Temple
Jade Buddha Temple is a renowned Buddhist temple in Shanghai famous for its exquisite jade Buddha statues and traditional Chinese architecture.
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D.
Du Hang Pagoda
Du Hang Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hai Phong, Vietnam, known for its traditional architecture, ancient statues, and tranquil courtyards.
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E.
Longhua Temple
Longhua Temple is an ancient and historically significant Buddhist temple in Shanghai, renowned for its traditional architecture and the city’s oldest surviving pagoda.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: White Horse Temple Target entity description: White Horse Temple is traditionally regarded as the first Buddhist temple in China and an important cradle of Chinese Buddhism, located near Luoyang in Henan Province.
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A.
Longshan Temple
Longshan Temple is a historic and richly decorated Buddhist and folk religion temple in Taipei, Taiwan, renowned as one of the city’s most important religious and cultural sites.
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B.
Guiyuan Temple
Guiyuan Temple is a historic and renowned Buddhist temple in Wuhan, China, known for its rich cultural heritage and significant religious influence.
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C.
Jade Buddha Temple
Jade Buddha Temple is a renowned Buddhist temple in Shanghai famous for its exquisite jade Buddha statues and traditional Chinese architecture.
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D.
Du Hang Pagoda
Du Hang Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hai Phong, Vietnam, known for its traditional architecture, ancient statues, and tranquil courtyards.
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E.
Longhua Temple
Longhua Temple is an ancient and historically significant Buddhist temple in Shanghai, renowned for its traditional architecture and the city’s oldest surviving pagoda.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
historical site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Chinese temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedCountry |
India
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ |
| associatedMonk |
Dharmaratna
ⓘ
Kāśyapa Mātaṅga ⓘ
linked to:
Mahākāśyapa
|
| associatedWith |
introduction of Buddhism to China
ⓘ
translation of Buddhist scriptures ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 白马寺 ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 68 CE ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Emperor Ming of Han ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod |
Eastern Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Han dynasty
|
| function |
Buddhist monastic center
ⓘ
place of Buddhist worship ⓘ |
| governingBody | local religious affairs authorities of Luoyang ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Baima Temple ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInfluence |
Chinese Buddhism
ⓘ
East Asian Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRelic |
Buddhist statues
ⓘ
ancient stone steles ⓘ inscriptions related to early Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasHall |
Hall of Great Buddha
ⓘ
Hall of Guidance ⓘ Hall of Heavenly Kings ⓘ Mahavira Hall ⓘ |
| hasInternationalZone | foreign Buddhist temples complex ⓘ |
| hasReconstruction | multiple times in imperial and modern periods ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
monastic quarters
ⓘ
pagoda ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
Henan Province ⓘ Luoyang ⓘ |
| namedAfter | white horse that carried Buddhist scriptures to China ⓘ |
| near |
ancient capital Luoyang
ⓘ
linked to:
Luoyang
|
| nearRiver | Luo River ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| province |
Henan
ⓘ
linked to:
Henan Province
|
| region | Central China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| significance |
first Buddhist temple in China
ⓘ
important cradle of Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist attraction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: White Horse Temple Description of subject: White Horse Temple is traditionally regarded as the first Buddhist temple in China and an important cradle of Chinese Buddhism, located near Luoyang in Henan Province.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: White Horse Temple
linked to: White Horse Temple