Ancient Tea Horse Road – Ya’an Guanyin Pavilion

Ancient Tea Horse Road – Ya’an Guanyin Pavilion

The Ancient Tea Horse Road – Ya’an Guanyin Pavilion is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Located at No. 106 Xianqian Street in Ya’an City, the Guanyin Pavilion, formerly known as “Yuexin Pavilion,” was first built during the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties (502–557 AD), according to surviving stone inscriptions from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The temple was renovated, rebuilt, and expanded during the 4th year of the Hongwu era in the Ming Dynasty (1384 AD) and the 40th year of the Kangxi reign in the Qing Dynasty (1701 AD).

The temple faces north and is a double-eaved, hip-and-gable roof wooden structure built with a post-and-lintel system. The entire structure shows no use of nails or rivets, demonstrating exquisite craftsmanship. It originally had three main halls and dozens of wing rooms. The existing main hall (Guanyin Hall) contains a “Dragon Well,” whose water is cool and refreshing. In September 1954, the former Civil Affairs Department and Cultural Affairs Office of Xikang Province designated it as a key cultural relics protection unit. In January 1985, the Ya’an Municipal People’s Government announced it as a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit.

Protected area: The site extends 100 meters northward, 45 meters westward, reaches Cangping Mountain to the south, and extends 45 meters eastward from the original footprint.

Construction control zone: Extends 50 meters east, west, and north of the protected area, overlapping with the protected area to the south.