The place was anciently known as the Buddha's Land, where saints roam the streets," says the Quanzhou calling card: Kaiyuan Temple

Kaiyuan Temple is located on West Street in Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It is an important cultural relic along the southeast coast of China and the largest Buddhist temple in Fujian Province. The temple was originally founded in the second year of the Chuigong era of the Tang Dynasty (686 AD), initially named Lotus Dojo. It was renamed Kaiyuan Temple in the twenty-sixth year of the Kaiyuan era (738 AD) and was the largest and most officially prominent Buddhist temple in Quanzhou during the Song and Yuan dynasties. The existing main temple buildings were constructed during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a length of 260 meters from north to south and a width of 300 meters from east to west, covering an area of 78,000 square meters.