Xingfu Zen Temple

Xingfu Zen Temple is located at the northern foot of Yushan in Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, and was announced by the State Council as a national key temple in 1983. The temple was founded during the Southern Qi dynasty and has a history of over 1,500 years. It was originally named 'Daci Temple', and in the third year of the Datong era of the Liang dynasty (537), it was renamed Xingfu Temple. According to legend, during the Tang dynasty's Zhenguan period, two dragons, one black and one white, fought fiercely, causing a stream to burst forth, thus creating a broken ravine, hence the temple was also known as 'Poshan Temple'. In the ninth year of the Xiantong era of Tang Emperor Yizong (868), the temple was granted an imperial plaque with the name Poshan Xingfu Temple, and since then it has been referred to as Xingfu Temple, Poshan Temple, or Poshan Xingfu Temple.