Caoxi Temple, Anning 曹溪寺Cáoxī Sì

About Caoxi Temple, Anning

A Chan Buddhist temple at the foot of Cong Hill, 1.5 km south of Anning's hot-spring town of Wenquan, probably founded in the Dali Kingdom period by monks devoted to the patriarch Huineng. Its main hall, the double-eaved Baohua Pavilion, was restored in 1694 and houses a wooden Buddhist trinity that scholars have dated variously from the Southern Song to the early Ming. Local legend holds that once every 60 years the Mid-Autumn moon shines through a small round window onto the face of the main Buddha.

How to get to Caoxi Temple, Anning

Just south of Wenquan, about 45 km west of Kunming, roughly an hour by road; the Wenquan cliff inscriptions are close by.

Nearby

• Western Hills & Dragon Gate 西山龙门 20 km
  Taoist grottoes and a single-file ledge path cut into a cliff high above Dianchi Lake
• Green Lake Park 翠湖公园 30 km
  Kunming's favourite park, where wintering gulls wheel over willow-lined causeways

Also within 20 km: Wenquan Cliff Inscriptions, Anning 温泉摩崖石刻群 (under 10 km), Anning Confucian Temple 安宁文庙 (under 10 km), Yulong Bay 玉龙湾 (10 km), Shilongba Hydropower Station 石龙坝水电站 (10 km), Qinglong Gorge, Anning 青龙峡 (10 km).

On the map

Open Caoxi Temple, Anning on the illustrated map to see the terrain around it and what else is close, and to add it to a trip.

Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)