Luohan Temple Among High-rise Buildings At Night， Chongqing, China Editorial Photo

Luohan Temple among high-rise buildings at night.Luohan Temple, located in Yuzhong District, Chongqing City, was built in the Zhiping period of the Northern Song Dynasty 1064-1067, formerly known as Zhiping Temple. The temple was built because of Luohan Cave.According to `Records of Scenic Spots in Shuzhong`, `Zhiping Temple...has two caves, Luohan and Xiantian, all of which are ancient caves.` Later, it was also called Luohan Temple and Ancient Buddha Rock. The Luohan Temple is more than 20 meters long, and there are more than 400 Buddha statues carved on the Mo rock in the Song Dynasty, including the reclining Buddha Nirvana statue commonly known as `sleeping Buddha`, the Guanyin statue and the supporting figure, etc. The style is quite similar to the Dazu Baoding Mountain stone carvings.Luohan Temple is one of the national key Buddhist temples, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and the resident of the Chongqing Buddhist Association.