Xichan Temple 1
Xichan Temple, one of the five major Zen forests in Fuzhou, is a national key temple, located at the foot of Yishan Mountain in the western suburbs, on the west and south sides of Ye Highway. A couplet is engraved on the pillar of the gate of the ancient temple: "The official script was handed down to the Song Dynasty in the Four Dynasties, and the bells rang in the Tang Dynasty through the ages." This is a couplet written by Zhou Lian in Qing Dynasty, pointing out that "Xichan Temple" is an ancient temple in Tang Dynasty.
2. Linyang Temple
Fuzhou Linyang Temple, also known as Linyang Temple, was founded in Changxing in the late Tang Dynasty. The existing temple was rebuilt by Kyle Johnson, the abbot of Gushan Yongquan Temple in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty (1875- 1908), and it is one of the five Buddhist forests in Fuzhou. Linyang Temple is magnificent, and the temple complex faces south, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the lake on one side.
3. Yongquan Temple
Yongquan Temple is the highest temple in Fujian and one of the national key temples. The temple was built on the mountainside of Gushan Mountain at an altitude of 455 meters, covering an area of about 1.7 hectares, with incense burner peak in front and Bai Yunfeng in the back. It has a strange architectural pattern of "you can't see the temple when you enter the mountain, and you can't see the mountain when you enter the temple" Yongquan Temple was founded in 783 as Huayan Temple.
4. Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple in Fuzhou was founded in the third year of Liang Taiqing in the Southern Dynasties (549). Formerly known as Lingshan Temple, it was later changed to Dayun Temple, and was also called longxing temple in the early Tang Dynasty. In the 23rd year of Tang Kaiyuan (735), it was renamed today. Kaiyuan Temple is located in Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. It used to be a royal temple and ancestral hall, and an ancient temple in Fujian Province.
5. Chongsheng Temple
Xuefeng Chongsheng Temple, also known as Chongsheng Temple, is located at the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the northwest of Minhou County. Xuefeng Mountain, whose real name is Elephant Bone Peak, stretches for more than 60 miles, spanning Minhou, Luoyuan, Gutian and Minqing counties, 77 kilometers away from Fuzhou. Xuefeng Mountain, Gushan Mountain and Qishan Mountain, which are surrounded by Fuzhou, are collectively called the "three wonders" of Fuzhou.