Xingfu Zen Temple

Xingfu Zen Temple, located at the northern foot of Yushan in Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, is a national key Buddhist temple in Han Chinese areas designated by the State Council, a cultural relic protection unit, originally named 'Daci Temple' during the Yanxing to Zhongxing years of the Southern Qi dynasty. In the fifth year of the Datong era of the Liang dynasty (539 AD), it was greatly renovated and expanded, renamed 'Fushou Temple', and also known as 'Poshan Temple' because it was next to Polongjian. In the ninth year of the Xiantong era of the Tang dynasty (868 AD), Emperor Yizong bestowed the name 'Xingfu Zen Temple', making Xingfu Temple one of the famous temples in the south of the Yangtze River. In the thirty-seventh year of the Qianlong era (1772 AD), a pavilion was built and a stele was erected inside Xingfu Temple, which remains intact. The vegetarian noodles from the neighboring Xingfu Old Noodle Shop are very famous.