Scenic Spot Address: Lixiang Peak, the highest point of Fangshan Tourist Area.

Also known simply as Jingde Temple. First built in 1316 AD (the 3rd year of the Yanyou reign of the Yuan Dynasty) by Monk Lingnan, the first patriarch who introduced Buddhism to Fangshan, it is the earliest sacred site for the spread of Buddhist culture in Chuxiong Prefecture.

The temple was once on a grand scale. It consisted of three main halls: the Mahavira Hall, the Diamond Hall and the Buddhist Scripture Repository. There were nine courtyards, 36 buildings with a total of 126 rooms, 108 Buddha statues and more than 800 resident monks. Each year, numerous pilgrims flocked here from Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other regions to attend grand Buddhist ceremonies. The air resounded with the toll of bells and drums, incense curled upward, and the whole place maintained a solemn and serene atmosphere. This prosperous period lasted for more than 600 years.

The entire temple was burned down in 1859 (the 9th year of the Xianfeng reign of the Qing Dynasty) and reconstructed in 1923 (the 12th year of the Republic of China).

During the Cultural Revolution, all buildings of the temple were completely destroyed. Reconstruction was launched in 1992, restoring the Heavenly King Hall, Diamond Hall and Mahavira Hall. Today the temple houses 18 Buddha statues of different sizes and covers an area of 37.68 mu. It preserves hundreds of state-protected ancient trees planted in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, including cypresses, Catalpa fargesii and Araucaria cunninghamii.