Introduction to Kaiyuan Temple: Kaiyuan Temple, formerly known as Jingguan Temple, was built in the second year of Xinghe in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (540). It was renamed Jiehui Temple in the tenth year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty (591). ) was renamed Fengzhou. The existing buildings are of distinct Tang Dynasty style. Different from the layout of other temples, Kaiyuan Temple does not adopt a symmetrical layout. Instead, the tower and bell tower stand side by side, reflecting the transition of Buddhist temple architecture from the tower as the center in the early stage to the hall as the center in the later period.

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