QiXiaSi (栖霞寺) was first built in 489 and known to be one of the four most famous temples in China. It features the Buddha's Relics Pagoda in the southeast of Qixia Temple and houses a large collection of Chinese Buddhist art.
The pagoda containing Budddha’s relics is the original from the Sui dynasty contains Buddha’s relics. Some of the damages to the pagoda are due to natural wear while others are due to cultural revolution.
The Amitaba statue pictured, made during the Ming dynasty, was stolen by the Japanese during their invasion. Then it was purchased back and returned back to this temple. Would it have survived the Cultural Revolution?
This temple also houses a Buddhist divinity school but has less than a hundred students. A resident monastic feels that this is due to the one child policy in China, but recently changed to two.
Longchangsi, Baohuashan, Jurong, Jiangsu, China