Longgui Pinghua Temple and Xishi Nunnery

　　Longhua Temple

　　First built during the Song Dynasty, the temple features grand and imposing halls, enjoys a flourishing incense culture, and is a key Buddhist temple in China. It currently serves as the headquarters of the Guangxi Buddhist Association.

　　Xishi Nunnery

　　First built in the third year of the Shunzhi era of the Qing Dynasty (1646 AD), the nunnery houses the Mahavira Hall, Miaoxu Tower, Banching Pavilion, and the Sarira Stupa. It is a key Buddhist temple in China.

　　Sarira (Buddhist relics)

　　The late Venerable Master Kuan Neng, former Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China and former abbess of Xishi Nunnery, presided over Xishan Xishi Nunnery for decades. She devoted herself to Buddhist practice, accumulated great virtue, and attained profound spiritual attainment, earning deep reverence from the public. After her passing in 1989, apart from the bodhi bead rosary she wore throughout her life, which remained un-melted under 1600-degree high heat with 48 beads intact, three sarira (Buddhist relics) were also produced from her remains — the world’s first recorded case of a bhikkhuni (female monastic) producing such relics. Her fame has spread far and wide. Countless devotees now yearn to visit Xishan Xishi Nunnery, offer incense, and pay homage to these sacred relics.