Nanmu Courtyard

　　　　A municipal-level forest park. Located on the eastern side of Changshou District, Chongqing. About 10 kilometers from downtown Changshou, it can be directly accessed via the Chongqing–Fuling Expressway. Named after the ancient temple and the vast nanmu (Phoebe nanmu) trees covering the mountains, it is dubbed the “Little Bamboo Sea.” The site originally started as the Luku Temple built during the Tang Dynasty. After over 500 years spanning the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties, it was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty and renamed Guanyin Temple. It was renovated and expanded during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty. As the forest evolved into a nanmu-dominated canopy, it came to be known as Nanmu Courtyard.