Jingjusi 净居寺 was built around 705 AD under another name. In 714, the temple was renamed to Anyin Si by Tang emperor. That emperor, before becoming one, had visited this temple to escape court intrigue. During the Song Dynasty in 1104AD the temple was renamed to its current name Jingjusi. The Cultural Revolution damaged or destroyed the majority of the temple.
The temple was rebuilt in mid 1980s. Upon entering the first thing we noticed is that the main hall is surround by water all around. The architecture is also very different from the other temples. The supports below the roof (think its officially called intercolumnar brackets) have painted golden dragon heads and phoenixes. These architecture are supposed to be representative of the local area.
Temples dedicated to Zunti Bodhisattva or Cundi in Sanskrit became more prevalent as we visited temple further south and southwest. See the picture below.
Toward the back of the temple complex is the Qizu Tower memorial (Qi=Seven, Zu=Patriarch) or seventh patriarch's memorial, originally built in 740AD, which houses Qizu Xingsi’s body. It was rebuilt in 1990 based on the original appearance.
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