Xichan Temple | A thousand-year-old temple.

|A thousand-year-old temple. The scenery of Xichan Temple is healing and peaceful. 🏯Xichan Temple is one of the five major Zen temples in Fuzhou, with a great influence in Southeast Asia. Temples such as Shuanglin Temple in Singapore, Shuangqing Temple in Penang, Malaysia, Nanputuo Temple, Erfu Temple, and Guanyin Temple in Vietnam are all sub-temples of Xichan Temple, managed by monks sent from Xichan Temple. Every year, many monks and believers from home and abroad come to visit, making it an important window for Buddhist exchanges between Fuzhou and Southeast Asia. 📍Address: No. 455, Gongye Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province 🎫Ticket: CNY 20 for adults 🕖Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 7:00–18:00, last entry at 16:30 🅿️Parking lot available 🏯Main buildings of Xichan Temple: 📿Hall of Heavenly Kings 📿Mahavira Hall 📿Sutra Library 📿Guanyin Hall 📿Hall of Five Hundred Arhats 📿Pagoda of Gratitude 📿Mazu Temple 📿Jade Buddha Building 📿Fangsheng Pool 📿Nine-Bend Bridge 🏯Cultural relics in the temple: ✅Ancient well from the Tang Dynasty ✅Two lychee trees from the Song Dynasty ✅Drum stones from the Yuan Dynasty