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Yongquan Temple is located on the mountaintop of Gu Mountain in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. It was built in 908 A.D. and has an area of more than 4 acres. It has 25 halls, big or small. The temple maintains its original Ming-Qing architectural style. The main hall is magnificent and majestic. In the middle of the hall, there stand three Buddha. Beside the Buddha stand the Eighteen Arhats. They are different in facial expression and gesture. In the back of the hall, there is a three-sage statue, which weighs about 1.15 ton. In front of the statue, there is a long desk. It is said that the desk has gone through several fires and remains in good condition.
As one of the five Buddhist temples in Fujian, it takes up an important position in Buddhism circles in China. The temple has a big collection of Buddhism books including more than 10,000 Ming-Qing Buddhist scriptures and 30,000 Buddhism writings in all ages. Among them, 657 volumes of Buddhist scriptures were written in blood by ascetic monks. The most prominent Buddhist writing is An Brief Analysis of Da Fa Guang Fo Hua Yan Jing, which is considered to be the leading Buddhist writing in ancient China.