Chanyuan Temple

Chanyuan Temple sits at the foot of four peaks, Zhaoming, Xuri, Cuiwei and Yanghe, and is surrounded by Mountain Qinglong (Green Dragon) and Mountain Baihu (White Tiger). The temple is sheltered by old trees and circled by pure streams. It was built in the Ming Dynasty (1425 A.D.). In 1733, the Emperor Yongzhen of the Qing Dynasty inscribed the board “Chanyuan Temple” for this temple. It covered an area of 3 hectares and had 500 rooms in the temple in its thriving period. It was one of the main Buddhistly holy lands in Southeast China.

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