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Lingyin Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, is located in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, with its north peak facing Feilaifeng. It was built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty 326 years, covering an area of about 87,000 square meters. The ancestor of Lingyin Temple was Huili and Shang, a monk of West India. In the Southern Dynasty, Emperor Liang Wudi granted farmland and expanded it. Qian Si, king of Wu and Yue in the Five Dynasties, asked Yongming Master Yanshou to revitalize and open up, and gave the name Lingyin New Temple. During the Jiading reign of Song Ning Zong, Lingyin Temple was known as one of the `Five Mountains` of Zen in the south of the Yangtze River. During the reign of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Buddhist monks with virtue lived in Lingyin and raised funds to rebuild the palace, which lasted for 18 years. Its magnificent scale leaped to the `top of the southeast`. In the 28th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty 1689, Emperor Kangxi was named `Yunlin Zen Temple` when he visited the south. Lingyin Temple is mainly composed of Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Palace, Pharmacist Hall, Pharmacist Hall, Huayan Hall as the central axis, with 500 Luohan Hall, Jigong Hall, Huayan Pavilion, Dabei Tower and Abbot`s Hall attached on both sides. The current abbot is Master Guangquan.