Quanzhou Chongfu Temple

Chongfu Temple is on Chongfu Road, Licheng District, Quanzhou, Fujian. Erected in early Song times, it ranks among Quanzhou’s Three Major Buddhist Monasteries alongside Kaiyuan and Chengtian Temples. Its lofty, spacious halls feature a unique layout: Maitreya Hall upfront, Mahavira Hall at the center, and a Thousand‑Hand Guanyin statue in the rear hall. It houses three treasured relics: Yingeng Pagoda (Quanzhou’s earliest stone pagoda), a Ming‑dynasty bronze bell, and a giant cauldron feeding 1,000 people. Two exquisitely carved Song stone statues confirm it was once a Southern Chan Buddhist temple.