Nanyuan Temple

　　Nanyuan Temple, originally named Zhongshan Temple, is located in Gaonan Village, about 10 kilometers southwest of Shaowu City. It was first built in the second year of the Taiping Xingguo era during the Northern Song Dynasty (977 AD), and is one of the important temples in northern Fujian. The original site was at Zhantanwo, and its founding monk was Monk Weishan. In the late Ming Dynasty, Monk Kenzhuo Cheng moved the temple to its current location and renamed it Nanyuan Temple. Since then, it has undergone multiple renovations and expansions. The main structures within the temple include the Mahavira Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Dharma Hall, and Scripture Depository, totaling over 100 rooms. During the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court bestowed more than 2,000 volumes of scriptures. In the Ming and Qing periods, the temple printed and distributed Buddhist texts such as the "Diamond Sutra Commentary," making it a center for Buddhist scripture printing and distribution in Fujian Province. It had a significant influence on the spread of Buddhism, and some camphorwood printing blocks are still preserved today. The site is now open as a Buddhist venue.