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Must Sees The Forest Stone Yuantong Temple West Hill&Dragon Gate Huating Temple Taihua Temple Sanqingge Pavilions The Grand View Park Dianchi Lake Yunnan Ethnic Villages The Dai Nationality Village The Bai Nationality Village The Yi Nationality Village Black Dragon Pool Bamboo Temple World Horti-Expo Garden Optional Attractions Green Lake Park Jiuxiang Scenic Spot Golden Temple Park A Lu Ancient Cave Bamboo Temple (Qiongzhu Si), a Tang Dynasty temple known for its Arhat statues, is located in Yu'an Mountains in the Northwest of Kunming, about 7 Kilometers away from the center of the city. It is arguably the most famous of Kunming's temples. Bamboo Temple was first built in the Song Dynasty, and was burnt down in 1419 in the Ming Dynasty. Later, the temple was rebuilt and renovated several times. Arhats are famous monks and "saints" of Chinese Buddhism, usually displayed in large groups of 500 or more. The Arhats of the Bamboo Temple were made over a period of seven years by a famous craftsman from Sichuan called Li Guangxiu. His masterpieces are extremely realistic and lifelike, even if some of the statues are a bit surreal. On each side of the temple gate stand four ancient Cypress trees, planted during the Ming Dynasty, more than 400 years ago. Entering the temple, the first thing visitors notice is the carefully designed courtyard, spread over four layers, one on top of another. The Main Hall contains a trinity of enormous gilded Buddha statues seated on lotus thrones. Around the temple are mountains covered with trees everywhere , and at the gate of the temple stand many very tall cypress trees which were planted in ancient times . The streams and brooks are flowing through the woods and valley, making a beautiful natural sound. At the back of the temple, a great deal of bamboo is so green as if there were some dew-drops on its leaves. That is the so-called Qiongzhu--a kind of bamboo.

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