Xiangyan Temple () is a famous Chinese Buddhist Temple in

Xichuan County Xichuan County () is a county in the southwest of Henan province, China, bordering the provinces of Hubei to the south and Shaanxi to the northwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanyang. Xichuan has an area of a ...

in southeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China.

History

It was first built in Year 767 by Nanyang Huizhong, the second year during

Emperor Daizong Emperor Daizong of Tang (9 January 727 According to Daizong's biography in the ''Old Book of Tang'', he was born on the 13th day in the 12th month of the 14th year of the Kaiyuan era of Tang Xuanzong's reign. This date corresponds to 9 Jan 727 i ...

's reign of the Tang Dynasty period (618-907) and it was named "Changshou Temple" () then.

References

{{Buddhist temples in China Buddhist temples in Nanyang, Henan Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Henan