001 Architecture Hualin Temple In the second year of the Qiande era of the Northern Song (964), Bao Xiurang, an official of the Wuyue Kingdom serving as commandery governor of Fuzhou, founded the Yueshan Jixiang Chan Cloister on the ruined site of the old city at the southern foot of today's Mount Pingshan, praying for peace within the realm. The celebrated Southern Song minister Zhang Jun once lodged at the temple during his exile in Fuzhou; in the twentieth century the surviving main hall escaped demolition by being used as a warehouse, and was ultimately preserved through survey, dismantling, and relocation. Northern Song Dynasty Fuzhou, Fujian Province Main Hall of Hualin Temple · Hualin Temple · Yueshan Jixiang Chan Cloister →