Wenshu Monastery is located in Qingyang District. It was built in the Sui Dynasty and was rebuilt during the Kangxi period and was renamed as Wenshu Monastery.
There are more than 300 large and small Buddha statues enshrined in the courtyard, which are made of steel, de-veil, wood carving, stone carving, clay sculpture and other materials. Among them is a Burmese Jade Buddha from Burma, which is extremely precious. In the temple, the five halls of Heavenly Kings Hall, the Three Great Halls, the Daxiong Hall, the Saying Hall, and the Tibetan Scripture Building are successively connected, and they are integrated with the bell tower, zhai hall, and gallery on both sides of the east and west sides, and are equipped with other buildings to form a closed Siheyuan. There is also a tea house and a unique vegetarian restaurant “Xiang Zhai Tang” in the courtyard, making it a favorite leisure place for local residents. In addition, the Wenshu Monastery also houses many treasures of calligraphy and painting since the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as Buddhist relics such as the roof bones of Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty, the Indian Bayeux Sutra, and the Japanese Gilt Sutra in the Tang Dynasty. However, the visitors are hard to have a see for their preciousness and rareness.
