Huayan Temple

　　   Huayan Temple is located on Dalao Mountain in Huayan Township, Jiulongpo District, and is named after the Huayan Cave situated to the south of the temple. The exact year of its establishment is not recorded in historical sources. During the Kangxi, Daoguang, and Tongzhi reigns of the Qing Dynasty, the temple was successively renovated and expanded. It now covers an area of 160,000 square meters, with a built-up area of 16,000 square meters. The towering cliffs around the temple rise hundreds of feet high, resembling ceremonial tablets, and the area is lush with pine and bamboo trees, offering a serene and secluded atmosphere. The site features eight scenic spots, including Moon over the Heavenly Pond at Night and Pine Waves Across the Myriad Ridges. Huayan Temple is divided into the Main Temple and the Small Temple. The Main Temple consists of a traditional courtyard-style complex of brick-and-wood structures, organized into three sections: the front hall, middle hall, and rear hall — namely the Mahavira Hall, the Patriarch Shengke Hall, and the Guanyin Hall. To the left of the temple lies the Hall of Welcoming the Buddha. The sixteen arhat wooden reliefs inside the Mahavira Hall are rarely seen in other temples. The temple also houses many treasures, such as an Indian jade Buddha, along with numerous statues made of copper, jade, stone, wood, and clay, as well as a model of the Great Golden Pagoda. The Small Temple refers to Huayan Cave, which faces the Main Temple across a lake and serves as the ancestral shrine of Huayan Temple.